Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) recounts the short time he
spent with Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) and how it affected his life.
I won’t go into specifics since the film itself is only
recently out, so I’ll just make some general comments. The first half was both
weird and boring at the same time, although I’m not sure how it managed that. I
don’t know who keeps giving work to Tobey Maguire but they need to have their
heads looked at. He is just so awful, it’s like he’s fresh out of acting school
and thinks every line has to be said in this ridiculously dramatic way while
his eyes look all serious and thoughtful. To be fair though, all the rest of
the actors were good. All of Leonardo DiCaprio’s scenes were great, he never
fails to impress me. Some of the shots were beautiful but I feel like the film
relied too heavily on the beauty involved and didn’t spend enough time
developing the story in a believable way.
6/10
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