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Had you asked me this time last year about my prediction for best of 2012, it would have been THE GREAT GATSBY
Hey folks, Harry here... The greatest film loss of 2012 was when Fox moved THE GREAT GATSBY from this holiday season, to Summer 2013. I love F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel - and I haven't been overly fond of any of the adaptations. Redford was who I imagined playing Gatsby when I read the book, but when I saw his version... it seemed a tad artificial. Great script, cinematography, score... but it didn't pop for me. Of the existing film adaptations, I prefer the Alan Ladd 40's telling of Gatsby... but just looking at the two trailers that Baz has hit us with, this is the version I'm dying for. He's got the Twenties roaring the way they oughta.. Here, take a look:
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What is with the terrible music in all of the trailers for this movie?
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Dec. 19, 2012, 7:30 p.m. CST
Yeah, except... no one would ask you, unless they wanted a badly-written piece of gibberish to laugh at.
by Banned-ki-moon
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Dec. 19, 2012, 7:30 p.m. CST
Love Leo ... HATE Tobey. Wish I didn't but I just find him totally unwatchable.
by GINGE_MUPPET
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which turned gatsby into a basic gangster movie? hollywood doesnt understand gatsby and adding a rap soundrack to the the trailer...proves it the book wasnt about glorifying the 20s...it was written to hold up a mirror to the lie of the american dream harry, next time you post one of these...I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVIE...posts...please add how much money or swag you have gotten from the studio thank you
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Dec. 19, 2012, 7:36 p.m. CST
No fan of Romeo + Juliet, not interested in Moulin Rouge but I saw this trailer in 3D and it was sweet.
by JackSlater4
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Love Leo and don't care for Tobey and not really his fault.
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ya...thats the ticket hey, when are they gonna remake grapes of wrath and make it more upbeat?
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Dec. 19, 2012, 7:42 p.m. CST
Of course none of songs are not from that period. It's like if Scorsese would've used a public enemy song for goodfellas.
by Cedric Ford
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And I genuinely didn't care for the book, so it's no loss for me.
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Dec. 19, 2012, 7:44 p.m. CST
Please no contemporary pop music -- keep it a true period piece.
by Joey Stars
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So you wiped off the pizza sauce and posted it?
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Dec. 19, 2012, 7:45 p.m. CST
Are kids that stupid that they wouldn't appreciate 20's music?
by Joey Stars
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Dec. 19, 2012, 7:47 p.m. CST
DePalma's Scarface is probably the number one gangsta hip hop movie of all time and didn't have no hip hop songs in the trailer and the movie.
by Cedric Ford
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Dec. 19, 2012, 7:49 p.m. CST
Point is stop with the pop songs that have nothing to do with the film.
by Cedric Ford
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Dec. 19, 2012, 7:50 p.m. CST
You didn't like the Redford version? Figures, it was good.
by terrynation
And yes, the music in the trailer is awful; it completely detracts from the period setting. Frankly, this is yet another 'why?' kind of movie for me... I just don't see the reasoning behind making it.
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... it's gonna suck balls.
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just stop...it doesn't mean anything, you're just saying it because you've read it in variety a million times. And not just harry either. almost every writer on aicn does this (not to mention other movie related websites).
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There is just something about the guy that gets under my skin. I'm not sure if it's his voice, his face, his demeanor or what, but I just don't like watching the guy. Kinda reminds me of that Stepbrother scene with Rob Riggle wanting to punch Will Ferrell because of his face. Of course, I feel the same way about many celebrities, Justin Bieber, Jamie Foxx, Mark Wahlberg just to name a few.
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Dec. 19, 2012, 8:01 p.m. CST
The best part about this film was when gangsta rap started playing when black people drove by in a car.
by Timothy Marcione
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...in that you want to punch them for no other reason than they seem to be asking for a punch. The punchability of these faces is turned up to 11.
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What a stupid rendition of the Turtle's "Happy Together". Wasn't that music in Ernest Goes to Camp? At least it wasn't screamed them. Overuse of CGI as well. Lets face it, old sports, this is going to be terrible.
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...and yes, that's the English teacher in me speaking.
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Dec. 19, 2012, 8:12 p.m. CST
why are you guys down on tobey? he is perfectly cast in this this shit festi
by john
for the life of me, cant find the buzby berkely scenes anywhere in the novel
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...of course, I could be a heathen. Nothing about the trailer makes me want to see it....
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I hope she ends up on Mr. Skin!
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Just checked and kind of saggy
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Visually stunning films but then there's the cast acting like hyperactive 3 year olds on crazy pills...
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Dec. 19, 2012, 8:28 p.m. CST
I dont know why anyone would expect that from a Luhrmann film
by Calibos's Ginger JewFro
What an oppressive, horrible filmmaker he is. This looks to be no different.
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Dec. 19, 2012, 8:33 p.m. CST
Leave it to Baz to take what is, essentially, a very sad novel...
by Mikey Wood
...and blow it all out of proportion. Garish bordering on tacky and not a single line spoken in that trailer was from the book. Color me intrigued.
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Dec. 19, 2012, 9:03 p.m. CST
And when I say "intrigued" I mean in a "morbid curiosity" kind of way...
by Mikey Wood
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"BEST FILM OF 2012!!!!!!" Sure. -Namaste-
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Dec. 19, 2012, 9:13 p.m. CST
There is not one solitary frame, sound or utterance in that trailer that is even in the neighborhood of the tone, texture and themes of the book.
by Jacob Underhill
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Dec. 19, 2012, 9:14 p.m. CST
I'm still a big fan of MILLER'S CROSSING as far as modern 20's gangster flicks go. I doubt it will suplant that as my fav....
by DementedCaver
....but please let it just be good.
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Dec. 19, 2012, 9:16 p.m. CST
...and as far as appropriate music in the movie goes.....just TRY...JUST F***ING TRY TO TOP THE DANNY BOY SCENE. I dare yah...I double dog dare yah.
by DementedCaver
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First the horrible write up about future Star Wars movies (a horror movie...Scorsese tale set in the same universe...WHAT?!) and now this. It's time for you to grow up, Harry. This shit is getting ridiculous.
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Dec. 19, 2012, 9:31 p.m. CST
Also, it's WARNER BROS. not FOX who's handling the release, Harry
by Dharma4
C'mon, man -Namaste-
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If I remember correctly, the book is pretty vague about Gatsby's appearance other than he's thin and his hair was combed back. Other than that, he was a blank slate, which, if you think about it, fit the character: An unremarkable man, even down to the way he looked, who, through sheer force of will, made himself remarkable. Tom, on the other hand, is portrayed as posessing masculine beauty; an inheritance as undeserved as his money. So in the original movie, Redford would have made a much better Tom, and yeah, Sam Waterston would actually have made a better Gatsby. As for the new movie, THE GREAT GATSBY is on the level of literature that can be reinterpreted through different lenses and different sensibilities without damaging the original product. So Baz Luhrman can do whatever he wants, and I'd even be interested to see it.
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Dec. 19, 2012, 9:40 p.m. CST
Harry with every word you write I become more convinced you're the stupidest fuck on the planet or
by FistOSalmon
No, that's actually about right. A 3d version of Gatsbey directed by Baz Luhrmann being pushed back is the worse loss of 2012. It's one of the biggest wins of 2012 you dumb, dumb illiterate fuck. The only the that makes it a bigger win is if someone sent a robot back in time and killed the person that green lit this project in the first place. And then you. That would actually make a pretty good movie as long as anyone besides Baz-Fucking--Luhrmann was directing it.
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during the outdoor brunch when the butler pours the champagne into the glass the camera view will be from the bottom of the glass so the champagne will be omg coming right at you! so cool!
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Dec. 19, 2012, 9:56 p.m. CST
It's not said enough but I've enjoyed AICN for years. Thanks to all the contributors for keeping me informed and entertained.
by Cedric Ford
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Dec. 19, 2012, 10:10 p.m. CST
if you love the book, you don't like the looks of this
by Thunderbolt Ross
that is a fact, so if you say you DO like the looks of the movie, you either don't love the book or or lying. THE END
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all style, no substance. Australia had a good cast and cliched but good story, but was ruined by campy tone and over the top theatrics
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Dec. 19, 2012, 10:40 p.m. CST
Actually The Great Gatsby is one of my favourites from High school and I DO LIKE THE LOOK OF THIS FILM...
by Brodie Watson
But I will reserve final judgement until watching the film. For me having Great Gatsby in 3D and with the vibrant colours i've seen in the trailers it already matches my expectations. For me the Book was all about F Scott Fitzgerald using colours and imagery to express themes. The colour green for example was used to express life vitality the future (shown in the trailer on the dock light like it was ripped straight out of the pages)...yellow for gold greed and death... white, innocence, blue Gatsby's illusions... sorry but I LOVE THE LOOK OF THIS TRAILER AS A TRUE FAN OF THE NOVEL
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Dec. 19, 2012, 10:42 p.m. CST
FOR FUCKS SAKE TOM SAYS HOPE AS THEY SHOW THE GREEN DOCKLIGHT! YOU PEOPLE WHO SAY YOU'RE NOT A FAN IF YOU...
by Brodie Watson
YOU PEOPLE WHO SAY YOU'RE NOT A FAN OF THE BOOK IF YOU LIKE THIS TRAILER ARE COMPLETE FUCKING IDIOTS THAT OBVIOUSLY DONT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
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Dec. 19, 2012, 10:49 p.m. CST
even the tone colour of grey is used in the scenes of death dying
by Brodie Watson
i dont want to say anymore cause you fucking idiots who probably haven't read the book saying its nothing like the book make me angry
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Then again, I don't really think a movie is the best way to experience Gatsby, either.
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Dec. 19, 2012, 10:53 p.m. CST
The music screams "we don't trust this material with the FB and Twitter crowd beecause they've obviously never heard of the novel"
by broderick crawford
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"Most of the big shore places were closed now and there were hardly any lights except the shadowy, moving glow of a ferryboat across the Sound. And as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors' eyes -- a fresh green breast of the new world. Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby's house, had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams; for a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder. And, as I sat there, brooding on the old unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night. Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter -- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther...And one fine morning -- So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
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Everything he's ever put to film is like nails on a chalkboard to me. I've never managed to make it all the way through one of his movies. I literally can not watch them for more than a few minutes.
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Dec. 20, 2012, 1:33 a.m. CST
Never knew that Jay-Z and Kanye West were alive during the 1920's. I thought they were born much later.
by Jt
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Dec. 20, 2012, 1:36 a.m. CST
Why is it that Tobey Macguire and Leonardo Dicaprio still look like teenagers?
by Jt
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I'm not a huge fan of the music, but just because it's in the trailer doesn't mean it's in the movie. And not all music has to be in the period. The fact that many of you can't think out of a box explains why you are posting on here and Baz is out making movies.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ofhW0XF9WM
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Is it just me, or is Leonardo very... limited in his acting skills? It is like Ben Aflleck with his "I'm only serious when I'm an asshole" face, only in this case, when Leo screams and goes into histrionics.
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Dec. 20, 2012, 7:35 a.m. CST
I find it odd that adults worldwide try to opress and reign in kids with ritalin with the slightest evidence (and frequent misdiognosis as well) of ADHD, yet Hollywood indulges on Lurrhman's every retarded fucking whim.
by Sean
He is shit, no better than Ratner, but somehow more pretentious. Which is possibly worse.
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Dec. 20, 2012, 8:22 a.m. CST
Harry loves the novel and predicts this would've been movie of the year?
by buggerbugger
Will he still think so when Manbat and Clayface don't appear?
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A film by Quenten Tarrantino.
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Dec. 20, 2012, 8:34 a.m. CST
redford version was pretty good, movie should stand on its own
by Hugh Gustavus
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Dec. 20, 2012, 9:03 a.m. CST
Agreed. Tobey is and has always been ass water left over from saved by the bell.
by UltraTron
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Dec. 20, 2012, 9:04 a.m. CST
Oh and stop making fun of Harry's reacher review. Poor guy's on meds. Leave em alone.
by UltraTron
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Where the hell did the Tobey hate come from? Knock it off you goofballs!
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Why not? Tarantino steals every other damned thing why not this too?
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I've always felt that story could only benefit from some slight tweaking. They lose their home and travel cross country towards California to compete on a dance show, win the prize, and win back their home. Along the way they meet new friends, find love, and defeat both their evil landlord and his evil dancers (who he hired specifically to keep the Joads from winning). Best of all, with all that dancing, not only would it be in 3D, but would obviously star Channing Tatum as Tom Joad. 3D and Channing Tatum? That's money in the bank, baby!
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Dec. 20, 2012, 11:54 a.m. CST
Baz Luhrman makes feature length music videos not films.
by SergeantStedenko
Not sure if that's better or worse than most other films these days which are just live action video games.
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I'm pretty sure James Brown wasn't alive during or before the 1800s, yet people are creaming their pants to see Django Unchained. Why is everyone ok with the music in that trailer and not with this one?
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Dec. 20, 2012, 1:32 p.m. CST
This will be the perfect movie for Harry and 10th grade English classes.
by The_Cellarrat
Loud, Shiny, and with every character braying their motivations loudly and passionately. Critics who are fooled by this approach will call it a bold modernization. Baz Luhrman: A director who despises his audiences so much that he takes classic stories and upgrades all subtext into blatant dialogue and horn stings.
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Dec. 20, 2012, 2:45 p.m. CST
Because Django is an original story and Gatsby is one of the major works of American Lit
by broderick crawford
Not to mention QT's style seems to welcome anachronisms and musical flourishes. The Gatsby music sounds like pandering.
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Tarzan Of The Apes. Call me crazy, but go ahead and read both books and see if you don't see a good deal of similarities between the stories of Tarzan & Jane and Gatsby & Daisy. ps Tarzan came first.
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I've actually never seen any of the films but this looks pretty good.
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For the sequel? Dark Gatsby Then Gatsby Rises Reboot Gatsby Reborn Music killed it for me. Hated the Bowie song in basterds
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Dec. 20, 2012, 5:34 p.m. CST
STFU, Cedhollywood. Ain't done nobody done asked you nothin.
by Banned-ki-moon
STFU with your "gangsta" speak, i.e. broken mumble English.
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Dec. 20, 2012, 5:37 p.m. CST
Fanboys stop it with the musical racsism and pay attention for once
by capt ulrick
it seems to be common trend with white male fanboys (and some fangirls and even a few black fanboys and fangirls) these day's to immediately shut their brains off whenever they hear hip hop in a trailer. This is soo fucking irritating.Lets take a look at Baz's adaptation. He's doing the great gatsby by modern technique along with his signature style.Ever moving camera , bright color pallet , dazzling sights and sounds- all of which are meant to mimic the emotional feel of the roaring 20's when the story takes place. Moving on to the music. Have any of you actually taken listen to No church in the wild? Have any of you read the lyrics? If you had then you would notice that the message of the lyrics fall right into place with the - again the emotional feel of the period. This is where fans of hip hop, and fans of music in general become truthfully pissed at the fanboy community; No one wants to take the time to investigate the song to see how there can be a connection with the two. having said that when that happens fanboys and fangirls come off as,well idiots. honestly take a good listen to Kanye's no church in the wild. Then go back and skim through a history book about what life in the 20's was like for the young and wealthy (hell for anybody in the 20's who was looking to have a good time) then i think you will start to understand why No church in the wild was an excellent choice to accompany the trailer and the film. If not for it's lyrical content the for melody of course. and also try to remember not all hip hop or rap is bad . simply because i may not fit your musical taste does not mean it has no positive cultural significance.
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The only reason to see this movie
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No church in wild also isnt "gangsta rap" and this is coming from a black, gay,25 year old who adores pop music and was not allowed to listen to rap or hip hop (still dont really) growing up .
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I wonder if Leonardo DiCaprio knows who Amitabh Bachchan is? Leo probably thinks he is the most famous person in this movie. How wrong he is...
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Dec. 20, 2012, 7:17 p.m. CST
This trailer tries REALLY hard to sell Gatsby to PG-13 iPhone Facbook tween crap audiences of today
by Ricardo
Good luck. Oh, Harry will fucking love it.
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Dec. 20, 2012, 10 p.m. CST
thefaceofboe you do understand that the novel does not glorify the 20s
by john
right? dont care what you think he is doing, or why you think the song choices are correct...this fuck is being allowed to spit on one of the greatest pieces of american lit ever written
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christina hendricks...think of the final scene
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Dec. 21, 2012, 11:54 a.m. CST
That is the SINGLE WORST USE OF MUSIC that I can recall ever experiencing in a movie trailer. Both songs were ghastly incongruous.
by golden tribw
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Dec. 21, 2012, 12:52 p.m. CST
Redford nailed Gatsby, and Nelson Riddle's orchestrations made the 70's version pretty much untouchable
by matineer
Mia Farrow, Lois Chiles and Sam Waterston (sic) were also very good. Howard Da Silva, too. Everything here just looks inflated; bigger shirt closet, bigger house, bigger party. DiCaprio is trying to get Gatsby's inflection. The characters look almost too young now.
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The preview alone makes me wish I could live in the 20's, that style is so cool. Leo is perfect for Gatsby.
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Dec. 22, 2012, 1:49 a.m. CST
That music, as already pointed out, is ridiculous in the extreme! It totally...
by Jaka
....distracted me from what was going on in the trailer. And it was so annoying that I can say with complete certainty right now that I will wait for reviews before going to see this. Because if that modern music is in the film, it will never see on cent of my hard earned money. Awful. Just awful.
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Dec. 22, 2012, 1:54 a.m. CST
thefaceofboe, I don't care if it's hip-hop. In fact, the rock music in the trailer was even worse.
by Jaka
The issue for me is that it is 100% WRONG for the period. Now, sometimes that works, but it's a rare occasion. Like, it worked in 'A Knight's Tale' because it fit with the tone of the movie. If the music in that trailer fits with the tone of this movie, then the tone of the MOVIE is wrong. That's the problem with using that music for this particular trailer, particularly for people who are familiar with Fitzgerald or Gatsby. It doesn't make sense, so your brain immediately starts thinking about that instead of what LOOKS like it could be an interesting film.
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Dec. 22, 2012, 12:21 p.m. CST
Had anyone asked Harry ANYTHING this time last year, he'd just be responding now.
by The_Cellarrat
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What bugs the hell out of me is that 20s jazz, rerecorded properly, would sound just as funky and daring as anything from the past 20 years. We only think it sounds old fashioned because of the recording quality There's a great moment in Midnight In Paris where they're playing a Josephine Baker record and it sounds like a fricking hard house tune.
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Both films were music video/epileptic affairs that made no damn sense....and were subliminally gay. I suspect Gatsby to be of equal fare...and will avoid it just as I successfully managed to avoid both prior films in their entireity. And of they shoehorn Barney Google? DOUBLE THAT.
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Dec. 24, 2012, 8:21 a.m. CST
Like "Rouge" this movie better have a hit song behind it...
by doom master
Otherwise it will fail.
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