Did you guys see the Great Gatsby trailer? What did you think?

( Sorry to the mods if this counts as youtube spamming.)

As much as i like Leonardo Di Caprio, I think this movie looks terrible. I think the thing that bothers me teh most is the CG. Don't get me wrong CG has it's place in the movie industry, but with a setting like this they should just pay the extra money for a few sets.

Any Great Gatsby film without Robert Redford is a poor Great Gatsby film. And even then, Robert Redford was the good part, and not a whole lot else.

Based upon this trailer, I think this will be a bad thing, but that's based around a few things. I don't like Baz Lurhmann as a director. I think the cast seems somewhat weak, apart from Leonardo, as you said. And I don't like any adaptation of a book that I genuinely like. I am incredibly biased in this fashion, but that does not preclude the distinct possibility that this will be a steaming pile of poop of a movie. Or it could be the best Great Gatsby movie out there, I don't know. I just know I won't watch it.

DiCaprio is perfect.

Baz Lurhmann is not.

I hate that book with a passion, so I have no desire to see it. But still, from the trailer it looks a bit patomime and rubbish.

Carey Mulligan > lots of other actresses

Someone needs to keep Baz away from bad CG and good actors.

Another Great Gatsby movie? Pushing aside the fact that I think that is a book that could never be made into an interesting movie (because of the style of book it is), haven't they done like five of them already?

Perfect music for the trailer and movie -_-

Doesn't look to interesting, but then again, i have a built in bias against love stories. Maybe it has something to do with me being a dude.

The CG gives it a weird fairy tale kind of thing. May be interesting, I don't know.

I personally think its great. I was particularly impressed at the beginning of the trailer how they done Gatsby's parties like it should be. Glamorous, loud and exploding with money. Although I think Carey Mulligan was the wrong choice for the role.

Tobey Maguire + Leonardo Dicaprio = more drama (yelling). It's just getting goofy.

I think Leo DiCaprio's run of great movies is over. J. Edgar was terrible and this looks "meh" at best. From the trailer, it looks like it's trying too hard to imitate the Romeo + Juliet movie and will probably end up being soulless and bland as a result. Don't even get me started on Carey Mulligan. No doubt her "big" scene will be her crying for about 5 minutes straight.

Nothing says 1922 like heavily auto-tuned music.

I think Leo DiCaprio's run of great movies is over.

As a movie, it looks like it'll be amusing in a Luhrmann-y sort of way, but I never much cared for the book so I can't say I have any interest in seeing it.

@dudeglove said:

Oh jesus christ, Baz Luhrmann still exists?

Whenever I hear that name I think of this. I was about to make fun of it because I haven't heard it in about 10+ years, but then I listened to it again and it's surprisingly relevant. OH MY GOD I'M GETTING OLD.

Not the best director, but I get why it's him who made this.

Much like Moulin Rouge or Romeo and Juliet, this could be fun in a cheese ball kind of way. I'll watch it at some point, probably on netflix

I hate that book with a passion, so I have no desire to see it. But still, from the trailer it looks a bit patomime and rubbish.

I think the visuals look stunning. For that reason alone, I'll probably see it, though probably not in theaters. The rest looks okay.

I doubt that "No Church In The Wild" actually finds its way into the movie, though. Remember, this is a trailer. Publicity is finding the most dramatic sequences and dialing them up to 11. The film will probably be more similar to what people would expect, though Moulin Rouge makes a fair statement for the song actually getting in somehow. More importantly, I think "Dark Fantasy" or "Power" would probably have been a better fit for the themes of the movie, so, Baz, pick better Kanye West songs.

That trailer makes me want to avoid that movie.

@bonorbitz said:

@dudeglove said:

Oh jesus christ, Baz Luhrmann still exists?

Whenever I hear that name I think of this. I was about to make fun of it because I haven't heard it in about 10+ years, but then I listened to it again and it's surprisingly relevant. OH MY GOD I'M GETTING OLD.

Haha. Was thinking the exact same thing.

I never read the book, but the trailer looked interesting.

I didn't enjoy the book and Baz Luhrmann stuff is made exactly for 11th grade film students, so I doubt I'll watch this one.

@dudeglove said:

@bonorbitz said:

@dudeglove said:

Oh jesus christ, Baz Luhrmann still exists?

Whenever I hear that name I think of this. I was about to make fun of it because I haven't heard it in about 10+ years, but then I listened to it again and it's surprisingly relevant. OH MY GOD I'M GETTING OLD.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I fucking hate you for posting this. Just... just. No. Please. Never do this again. To anyone.

It could be worse couldn't it? Like that shitty Butterfly Kisses song or that song about dead mommy's shoes or whatever the fuck it was about? Sorry, won't do it again. I dated a girl in the mid-to-late 90s who had a hard on for this type of shitty music and loved that Romeo and Juliet movie.

@BraveToaster said:

I never read the book, but the trailer looked interesting.

great gatsby is one of the best books of all time, it's a classic but unlike other considered classics (Moby Dick, Crime and Punishment, War and Piece) it's relatively short, it's engaging, thought provoking.

Nothing like this movie which seems pretty terrible.

usually hate classic books but Great Gatsby is so good I usually read it once a year

Wasn't expecting that at all. On the one hand, it doesn't seem like it fits. But on the other, why not go a bit crazy? There's already a "classic" Gatsby movie, and I don't think we needed another.

@bonorbitz said:

@dudeglove said:

Oh jesus christ, Baz Luhrmann still exists?

Whenever I hear that name I think of this. I was about to make fun of it because I haven't heard it in about 10+ years, but then I listened to it again and it's surprisingly relevant. OH MY GOD I'M GETTING OLD.

i know right!

I think it looks pretty good.

Shitty CGI and interesting choices for the songs over the trailer. Reminds me of when Anonymous had "Everything In The Right Place" by Radiohead on their trailer

I think it looks... interesting. It has a very Moulin Rouge computer-generated city look to it, which I don't know if that's how I imagine the Great Gatsby. But, I guess we shall see when it comes out. I think I am interested in seeing it through, I really like the book.

Never read the book. Know the name. Always curious about it. Movie looks interesting. Could end up being a good trailer/bad movie situation of course.

Love the book. Seem to be the only one here who does. This movie only superficially looks like the book. At least they got the billboard in. I don't see this even making my Netflix queue.

I thought it looked alright. I may go and see it.

Love the book, love Baz, love Leo, should be cool.

Fitzgerald is burred in a church about ten minuets from my house. In Rockville.

As for the movie I dont know. I hated the book.

The visual style just doesn't look right to me for some reason. 
 
the book is one of my all time favorites but I this doesn't look too interesting

It probably does a fine job with the story but I don't like the way it looks and the tone of it. It looks too modern, too clean, and too vibrant. I understand it was the roaring 20s and that's a part of the story but some restraint certainly isn't a bad thing.

Music choice seems a bit odd, but I'll see it. JGatz fo' life.

@Jay444111 said:

What... isn't this movie based on a book by the psycho chick who did Atlas(almost spelled that Atlus...) Shrugged? If so... why??? I mean... she was pretty fucking insane and her books encourage greed on an insane level. Also the fact is that the world would look a lot more like Bioshock than whatever shit she had wet dreams about.

You are way mixed up, bro. The book is a Fitzgerald classic.

@SirPsychoSexy said:

@Jay444111 said:

What... isn't this movie based on a book by the psycho chick who did Atlas(almost spelled that Atlus...) Shrugged? If so... why??? I mean... she was pretty fucking insane and her books encourage greed on an insane level. Also the fact is that the world would look a lot more like Bioshock than whatever shit she had wet dreams about.

You are way mixed up, bro. The book is a Fitzgerald classic.

Yeah... checked wikipedia. That is why I deleted my post. I fully admit I was wrong there... but still Ayn Rand was insane and should never be listened to. I should check this book out sometime... Need to finish War of the Worlds right now. WHY is that book better than every single movie adaption? Why!?

I love Baz Lurhmann but I think his style does not fit in with Fitzgerald and his classic novel. The cast does look great and I think they can do a good job but the style this movie is going for is not right for the book.

But I hope I'm wrong...The Great Gatsby is one of my favorite books.

I didn't watch the trailer for fear of spoilers, but as someone who just read the book, and loves Leonardo DiCaprio, I will definitely be seeing it.

The American literature classic, "The Great Gatsby" is now... The movie no one was asking for.

Serious question: do people hate The Great Gatsby purely because it was one of the books they were forced to read in high school English class?

Because pro tip: it was probably the best book you were forced to read in high school English class. I'm sure when you were 14 you felt really cool when you decided to just automatically hate every book you were forced to read in school, but carrying that attitude through into your adult life seems immature. Seriously, it's not like school boards are going out of their way to make you read garbage. The novels you had to read in high school are usually quite good.

For example, the books I remember reading in high school were To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies, The Great Gatsby, and The Stone Angel. Obviously you get a little sick of having to complete assignments related to one book for most of a term, but I would still say that I found each of them to be an interesting read.

The Stone Angel is perhaps the one exception, as I just think it was a poor choice to have 17-18-year-olds read, because the main character is incredibly hard to relate to or care about. She is almost cartoonishly stubborn and prideful, and the novel is spent looking back on her life as she makes the most obviously stupid life decisions at every step of the way. I guess some English department head thought there was some good lesson in there for students just about to finish high school, along the lines of "don't make stupid decisions purely to spite your parents" or something, but the novel is just so frustrating to read. The quality of the author's writing was perfectly fine, but the story, characters, and themes were far less engaging than the other 3 books I read in high school English class.

I'm not a biggest fan of The Great Gatsby - I respect more than I like, it's no Catcher In The Rye. That said, this trailer looks truly abysmal. There's nothing I hate more in movies than Baz Luhrman's awful visual style; style over substance to the fullest degree. Ironic having that be the guy to direct this.