The only reason I will eventually watch this on DVD/Netflix: Amitabh Bachchan!!! (Also the music choices in that trailer were TERRIBLE. Nobody knows how to make a good trailer anymore.)
Are there ANY movies you like Allison? Just kidding, this looks awful. So I am going to go see Prometheus, and if any one gives me spoilers, I will jam a traffic cone in your porthole!
I'd sign a petition to stop Baz Luhrmann...from pretty much doing anything. I'm torn...I do love Carey Mulligan, but everything else is just so...OMG BAZ LUHRMANN. It's like every movie is just a ginormous OMG BAZ LUHRMANN JIZZ FEST.
Pro: It's a great story that I don't even think Leo and Baz can fuck up.
Con: High School students will watch this instead of reading the book.
Pro: I like the super crazy glossy sheen. I'm just going to play the gay card here and move on.
Con: Leo and Spiderman
Pro: Mulligan
I'll watch it and probably enjoy it. Though I think they should have chosen Ryan Gosling for Gatsby. I have this idea of Baz saying to a young Leo in 1997, "I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO BE MY GATSBY. DON'T FORGET TO USE SUNTAN LOTION!"
@Fruit Cup: It's a boring story about boring people. The symbolism is as subtle as Graham. But I respect your opinion.
This movie though! The casting is terrible. Carey Mulligan is making the same face she made during the entirety of Drive. And Leo is aging not so well, he looks older than 37, too old to play Gatsby, anyways. You're never getting that Oscar, Leo.
I, too, respect your opinion. But I have fond memories of reading it. Probably the first "real" book I read... So. Yeah. Different experience. I'm not great with nuance. So overt symbolism is fine by me. The characters aren't boring!
Let me just read back arenit's comment as I understand it:
"Thing I'm assuming about your likes/dislikes added to what I suspect is your reason for liking/disliking whatever it is we're talking about here leading to blanket dismissal of what everyone else has had to say thus far, leading to me feeling superior to them, for some reason."
I'm also stealing Erik's new catchphrase.
Con: High School students will watch this instead of reading the book.
Pro: I like the super crazy glossy sheen. I'm just going to play the gay card here and move on.
Con: Leo and Spiderman
Pro: Mulligan
I'll watch it and probably enjoy it. Though I think they should have chosen Ryan Gosling for Gatsby. I have this idea of Baz saying to a young Leo in 1997, "I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO BE MY GATSBY. DON'T FORGET TO USE SUNTAN LOTION!"
@C&B, I never tire of this story.
This movie though! The casting is terrible. Carey Mulligan is making the same face she made during the entirety of Drive. And Leo is aging not so well, he looks older than 37, too old to play Gatsby, anyways. You're never getting that Oscar, Leo.
Passion! Romance! Cars! Cigars! Danger!
"Thing I'm assuming about your likes/dislikes added to what I suspect is your reason for liking/disliking whatever it is we're talking about here leading to blanket dismissal of what everyone else has had to say thus far, leading to me feeling superior to them, for some reason."
Right?