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The Great Gatsby film

DaisyFlower [Edit] [Delete] 109 replies 10:33 May 23rd, 2012

So the trailer is out for The Great Gatsby. http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/archive/2012/05/23/the-great-gatsby-trailer-is-here--watch-carey-mulligan-and-leonardo-di-caprio-si.htm

Any thoughts? I wish they hadn't gone with Leonardo DiCaprio, he doesn't fit my idea of Gatsby at all.

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Carey Mulligan is in ALL the films these days

Lucien | 23 May '12, 10:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Do you remember when this guy was in everything?
  
  http://www.virginmedia.com/images/paul-reynolds-now.jpg
  
  Literally everything.
  
  Royter-Hatfood @Lucien | 23 May '12, 10:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
- She is like the female Fassbender....
  
  Ichor @Lucien | 23 May '12, 12:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
It's been filmed in 3D, for fuck's sake.

Looks like all my worries that Baz Luhrmann would sacrifice substance for style are coming true...

proslo | 23 May '12, 10:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Why has this been done in 3D?
  
  What could that POSSIBLY add?
  
  Gringo @proslo | 23 May '12, 10:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  DaisyFlower, meowington, Icarus-Smicarus, andyvine, poptimusgrime, badmanreturns, and Wooly31 this'd this
  - Some flapper's arse flying towards our faces.
    
    Leo DiCaprio's forehead veins literally bursting out of the screen.
    
    And so on. It's the Luhrmann way.
    
    proslo @Gringo | 23 May '12, 10:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - $$$ at the box office, is my guess.
    
    DaddyorChips @Gringo | 23 May '12, 10:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - But will people pay to see this in 3D?
      
      Seeing as 3D sales are plummeting for action 3D movies?
      
      Gringo @DaddyorChips | 23 May '12, 10:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - True, but I never underestimate the sheer coke-fuelled folly of Hollywood executives.
        
        DaddyorChips @Gringo | 23 May '12, 10:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - it's as if the distant green light
        
        is coming right at me
        
        mute-branches @Gringo | 11 May '13, 23:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Apart from a few quid to the ticket sales?
    
    Didn't see it was Baz Luhrmann, I suppose that might go a little way to explain the way it is going to look and why 3D
    
    Gringo @Gringo | 23 May '12, 10:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - 1x dimension
    
    Balonz @Gringo | 23 May '12, 10:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I hope the giant poster is wearing 3D glasses
    
    dan_thw @Gringo | 23 May '12, 12:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I fucking HATE 3D films.
  
  meowington @proslo | 23 May '12, 10:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - AH HAAAATE 3D
    
    DaddyorChips @meowington | 23 May '12, 10:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    meowington this'd this
    - (that Herzog one was alright though).
      
      DaddyorChips @DaddyorChips | 23 May '12, 10:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Not seen that.
        
        But every 3D film I have seen looks shit. Its always too dark and blurry. I probably won't see a 3D film again unless I see it in the imax. It just doesn't do anything for me. I don't go WOW THATS INCREDIBLE, I COULD TOUCH THAT, I just go 'I can't really see anything here'
        
        meowington @DaddyorChips | 23 May '12, 10:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - That was amazing, but that's because it wouldn't have worked without 3D.
        
        It's still the only 3D film I've seen where I think the 3D added something substantial to the experience though.
        
        proslo @DaddyorChips | 23 May '12, 11:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Never seen one
    
    Probably never will, but then again, I'm not the target audience for Transformers, Piranha 3DD and Battleships
    
    Gringo @meowington | 23 May '12, 10:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - What about that Katy Perry documentary?
      
      KATY PERRY 3D BOOBS!
      (I will go and see this film but not in 3D)
      
      meowington @Gringo | 23 May '12, 10:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - *36D
        
        Gringo @meowington | 23 May '12, 11:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - I'll make do with these
        
        http://www.gifflix.com/c/KATY_PERRY_GIFS/
        
        Gringo @meowington | 23 May '12, 11:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        DaddyorChips and mute-branches this'd this
        
        I'd certainly make do with those.
        
        DaddyorChips @Gringo | 23 May '12, 11:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Baz Luhrmann choose style over substance?
  
  Girl, you trippin'
  
  joeymahone @proslo | 23 May '12, 11:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Gringo and Royter-Hatfood this'd this
  - He's angling for that Claudia Winkleman spot.
    
    DaddyorChips @joeymahone | 23 May '12, 11:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
It's such a great book, I think they might ruin it

oh well, and the 3d really would do nothing

19948 | 23 May '12, 10:56 | X | ^ This | Reply

TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
- the goggles do nothing!
  
  ohgood @19948 | 23 May '12, 11:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  DaddyorChips and ethricdouble this'd this
  - Like the new design, though
    
    http://i.imgur.com/RgRdE.jpg
    
    joeymahone @ohgood | 23 May '12, 11:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    ohgood this'd this
- those 3d bobs are the bees knees
  
  broomstick @19948 | 12 May '13, 22:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- it's as if
  
  F Scott Fitzgerald's evocative prose is coming right at me
  
  mute-branches @19948 | 12 May '13, 22:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
Guys, this comes out on the 26th of DECEMBER

Remind me about it again in 8 months

Lucien | 23 May '12, 10:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Boxing day?
  
  I'm biz.
  
  meowington @Lucien | 23 May '12, 11:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Boxing day is in seven months
    
    Either Lucien wants to see it around Burn's Night or is a FUCKING IDIOT!
    
    Balonz @meowington | 23 May '12, 11:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Its Lucien we're talking about so definitely
      
      the latter
      
      meowington @Balonz | 23 May '12, 11:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Joke's on both of you if you're planning on going in the first two weeks of release
        
        I'll be sitting there in peace on the 26th January. You'll be there shoulder to shoulder with annoying plums snuffling away on their Malteasers
        
        Lucien @meowington | 23 May '12, 12:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- On January 26th?
  
  Might have finished in the cinema by then
  
  Gringo @Lucien | 23 May '12, 11:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Oh wow
  
  I didn't realise it was so far off.
  
  DaisyFlower @Lucien | 23 May '12, 11:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
Yeah, that looks pretty nice actually.

Quite looking forward to this.

justanothersheeldz | 23 May '12, 10:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
3D?!

F Scott Fitzwhatsisface would be spinning in his grave!

Has someone started a Facebook group to protest this?!

boydungud | 23 May '12, 11:00 | X | ^ This | Reply

Gringo this'd this
Think it looks great.

I think Luhrman's OTT stylings will create an amazing looking jazz age, and DiCaprio and Mulligan have acting chops to carry it off. Not fussed either way about the 3D really.

hip_young_gunslinger | 23 May '12, 11:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Yeah, but your opinions are usually quite bad
  
  Royter-Hatfood @hip_young_gunslinger | 23 May '12, 11:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Lend us a pen mate.
    
    hip_young_gunslinger @Royter-Hatfood | 23 May '12, 11:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
Every film Luhrmann has made has been worse than the previous one.

It's going to have to be terrible to be worse than Australia.

marckee | 23 May '12, 11:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Film or country?
  
  boydungud @marckee | 23 May '12, 11:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Royter-Hatfood this'd this
- Is Australia even worth than Moulin Rouge?
  
  Strewth.
  
  joeymahone @marckee | 23 May '12, 11:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah, a lot worse, and I don't think much of Moulin Rouge.
    
    marckee @joeymahone | 23 May '12, 11:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
IT WAS A WORLD THAT TIME FORGOT

HE WAS A MAN WHO THREW FANCY PARTIES
*Slo mo shot of Gatsby glowering menacingly next to a tray of cocktails*
SHE WAS A GIRL NAMED AFTER A SMALL FLOWER
*slo mo shot of Daisy diving for cover as plate glass window explodes behind her*
THERE WAS PLENTY OF IMAGERY ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM
*shot of American flag being riddled with machine gun bullets as Nick screams NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!*
IN THEATERS 2012

MrScagdenSir | 23 May '12, 11:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
I'm actually looking forward to it although I'm still slightly apprehensive about it

I love the book and DiCaprio is a pretty perfect Gatsby in my opinion. From what i've read the 3D bits are only for the party sequences, still probably a massive cash-in but I'd rather pay the extra few quid for something that was shot in 3d rather than added in post-production which always looks terrible.

Shame they've cast Tobey Maguire as Nick, he wouldn't be my choice at all

Smyth2 | 23 May '12, 11:44 | X | ^ This | Reply

andyvine, justanothersheeldz, and badmanreturns this'd this
I like 3D

cheers

Lucien | 23 May '12, 12:02 | X | ^ This | Reply

Balonz this'd this
- I don't understand what's not to like? they are giving you an EXTRA DIMENSION
  
  why would people hate that? why? just why?
  
  prison_keith @Lucien | 23 May '12, 18:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
I read the book very recently and enjoyed it.

I watched the 70s movie the other night, that was quite disappointing. I'm looking forward to this though, they make the parties look immense.

Ichor | 23 May '12, 12:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I'd completely fogotten about the previous film
  
  I remember it now, we were shown it in school. I can't picture any of the actors, though, I can't say it had any impact on my imagining of the book.
  
  DaisyFlower @Ichor | 23 May '12, 12:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - It had that guy in...from all the films.
    
    DaddyorChips @DaisyFlower | 23 May '12, 12:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Ichor this'd this
  - It was a bit of a non-event.
    
    Ichor @DaisyFlower | 23 May '12, 13:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
it looks relaly good

shrewbie | 23 May '12, 12:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
i don't like the look of it

josh | 23 May '12, 12:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
Wouldn't it be great if he made it in the same tacky way as Romeo + Juliet?

Hawaiian shirts and drag queens and neon religious iconography everywhere? It'd be so great.

Haven't seen this trailer yet.

poptimusgrime | 23 May '12, 12:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
Mulligan and Edgerton: great casting

Maguire and Di Caprio: nah.

my copy is a tattered charity shop purchase with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow on the front, so naturally that's how I picture Daisy and Gatsby.

I can see Mulligan being perfect as Daisy, but Di Caprio, IDK...great actor, but he isn't dashing enough. ...wait...Gosling. omg, and he would NAIL that Gatsby look, you know the one.

as for Nick...well I never really pictured him all that vividly. I can only imagine Maguire making him too much of a wet lettuce.

incandenza_ | 23 May '12, 13:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
- yeah, they missed a trick by not considering Gosling
  
  Film ruined.
  
  incandenza_ @incandenza_ | 23 May '12, 13:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Gosling is a pretty bad choice.
    
    Too effeminate and kooky for Gatsby.
    
    malick @incandenza_ | 23 May '12, 18:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    eimaj1779 this'd this
- The problem with Nick/Maguire
  
  is that he's not much of a character in the book; he doesn't really impact the story much but he's on every page as he's really the eyes through which the reader sees the rest of the story. The film needs to still tell everything from his perspective whilst covering up for the fact that he doesn't really say or do very much; I really can't see how Tobey Maguire is gonna pull that off
  
  Smyth2 @incandenza_ | 23 May '12, 18:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I dunno, I don't think he's just a narrator.
    
    He acts as the moral centre of the book, who sees the emptiness of the people and times. I do see why it is a difficult role as he is a slightly blank/introspective character, but I reckon Maguire is as good as any modern actor to play that role. Maybe Casey Affleck could have done it.
    
    Bruce Dern pulled it off quite well in the original.
    
    malick @Smyth2 | 23 May '12, 19:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Casey Affleck would've been absolutely perfect for it
      
      He was probably overlooked as his brother was originally playing Tom
      
      Smyth2 @malick | 23 May '12, 19:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
this looks guff.

but y'know. the boy baz isn't really for me, so i wasn't expecting much.

still. it's good that the trailer is a blank as i remember the book. i read it two years ago, and i can't even remember the plot. if someone asked me what it was about, i could honestly only say...

'well...there's this guy gatsby. jazz age, parties. those haircuts. and a girl, i think. in america. and...ermm...'

pretty much exactly what the trailer tells us.

michael_w | 23 May '12, 18:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
I really like Baz Luhrmann.

Romeo + Juliet has one of my favourite film openings.

I think the way to treat this is the same as Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette- it's lost all the context/nuances of the subject but is a fluffy delight.

I think the 70's version got a lot of things right, I think the main casting is pretty much perfect but the script and the overall film was really flat. It's a shame 'cos someone could make a really good, faithful adaptation of the book.

I'm definitely gonna see it and probably just enjoy it for what it is-an overblown, preposterous Baz Luhrmann extravaganza.

malick | 23 May '12, 18:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Exactly
  
  ^ This
  
  eimaj1779 @malick | 23 May '12, 20:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  PickledOeuf this'd this
LOOKS WANK

they've dumbed it down so much

politelydeclined | 23 May '12, 18:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- not sure how you can tell that from the trailer tbh
  
  joeymahone @politelydeclined | 23 May '12, 19:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - using Kanye West and Jay Z for the backing music isn't a good start
    
    politelydeclined @joeymahone | 23 May '12, 19:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - i personally think that it works really well
      
      justanothersheeldz @politelydeclined | 23 May '12, 21:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
Literally just this minute finished reading the book

Was waiting for something interesting to happen all the way through it. Absolutely boring waste of time.

untrue | 23 May '12, 19:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- SPOILERS:
  
  Rich man with big house has some parties. Ends up dying.
  
  untrue @untrue | 23 May '12, 20:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I can't believe you've done that
    
    -dan- @untrue | 23 May '12, 20:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - *spoiler*...
    
    does he die?
    
    i can't even remember him dying. did i even read this fucking bookjesus...
    
    michael_w @untrue | 23 May '12, 20:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - It was written in such a stupid way I'm not even sure either. I think so. Most pointless book I've ever read.
      
      untrue @michael_w | 23 May '12, 21:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - If you honestly think this...
        
        ...then I'm going to have to call you an absolute dullard.
        
        Sorry but rules are rules.
        
        shinymcshine @untrue | 23 May '12, 22:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        japes_, badmanreturns, and Ichor this'd this
        
        i'm not saying it's pointless..
        
        i'm just saying, i can't remember a thing about it. i mean. i just think there might be something in that.
        
        i mean. i've seen 'Commando' once. but i remember that film man. i fucking....i can quote you that shit. 'don't disturb my friend'...'hey matrix, you said you'd kill me last'...etc etc.
        
        and i....i just. i can't fucking remember a thing about the great fucking gatsby. i can't even remember if he was actually that great. i'm just saying. that must mean something.
        
        michael_w @shinymcshine | 23 May '12, 23:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I can remember there's a green light in there somewhere
        
        I remember because I did it for AS-level and our teacher kept banging on about it for fucking ages as if it actually meant something. The rest of it's forgettable, unlikeable drivel.
        However, all of ^this may just be a result of me doing it at school, which is a surefire way to not like a book. If I'd read it myself, who knows..?
        
        -dan- @michael_w | 23 May '12, 23:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
This is better than any film could be

http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=259

84joe | 23 May '12, 20:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
- :D
  
  that is incredible
  
  joeymahone @84joe | 24 May '12, 10:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
cool

another classic I don't have to read.

shrinebabe | 23 May '12, 20:57 | X | ^ This | Reply

eltham this'd this
The 'Great' Gatsby?

the bloody boring Gatsby more like. hear me yeah?

michael_w | 23 May '12, 23:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- aren't you a big fan of Revolutionary Road?
  
  they have not dissimilar themes and style
  
  malick @michael_w | 23 May '12, 23:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - i can see that..
    
    but they're so, so different.
    
    i love revolutionary road as much as Gatsby failed to move me in any way. but i see your point.
    
    michael_w @malick | 23 May '12, 23:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
For some reason, I've always assumed The Great Gatsby was about a train

Is it not about a train?

Zapsta | 23 May '12, 23:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
- that's Passenger 57 with Wesley Snipes
  
  malick @Zapsta | 23 May '12, 23:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- are you thinking of Under Siege 2?
  
  michael_w @Zapsta | 23 May '12, 23:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  HotBeefTrauma this'd this
- No everyone, he's thinking of The Train That Couldn't Slow Down
  
  -dan- @Zapsta | 23 May '12, 23:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
pretty sure anyone who doesn't like the book

is missing a brain part. the bit that would enable them to process things like beauty, emotion...like, I'm thinking the idea of owning a really big train set is really appealing to them.

incandenza_ | 23 May '12, 23:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Nah...
  
  eimaj1779 @incandenza_ | 24 May '12, 01:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  joeymahone this'd this
- I loved the book
  
  and would bite your arm off for a really big train set.
  
  So fuck you.
  
  justanothersheeldz @incandenza_ | 24 May '12, 07:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  MrScagdenSir, DaisyFlower, and DaddyorChips this'd this
  - full disclosure:
    
    I'd quite like an epic train set. it just felt like a sick burn.
    
    with hills and tunnels and a conductor's whistle? awesome.
    
    incandenza_ @justanothersheeldz | 24 May '12, 17:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Nah there's no beauty
  
  Just tryhard, sterile attempts at it.
  
  untrue @incandenza_ | 24 May '12, 15:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - untrue
    
    seriously, that's mental. it's effortless and heartfelt. just 'cause it's impossibly elegant doesn't make it try-hard. and if you think it's sterile, you are missing the point. there's a wealth of darkness underneath the imagery of 1920s high society glamour. the contrast is intoxicating.
    
    incandenza_ @untrue | 24 May '12, 17:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    mute-branches and broomstick this'd this
Luhrmann wants stabbing.

DaddyorChips | 24 May '12, 01:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
This is my favourite book

Probably shouldn't watch this, should I?

TimmyL | 24 May '12, 10:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
Is it more indie bellend

to say this looks shit (because it does) or to be contrary and say it doesn't look shit (even though it does)? I want to maximise my indie bellendry.

DanielKelly | 24 May '12, 15:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The second option
  
  Pretend it's good like people did with the New Girl
  
  TimmyL @DanielKelly | 24 May '12, 16:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - New Girl is brilliant though
    
    much better than the Great Gatsby
    
    Smyth2 @TimmyL | 24 May '12, 17:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
Hmm

not put back until next summer

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118057499.html?cmpid=RSS|News|LatestNews&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

roastthemonaspit | 6 Aug '12, 18:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- *now
  
  roastthemonaspit @roastthemonaspit | 6 Aug '12, 18:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Aww, what?
  
  Even though I wasn't sure if it would be good, I was still looking forward to it.
  
  DaisyFlower @roastthemonaspit | 6 Aug '12, 18:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
100

japes_ | 6 Aug '12, 19:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
best trailer i've ever seen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ozkOhXmijtk

shrewbie | 4 Apr '13, 19:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- calm down
  
  Aaron @shrewbie | 4 Apr '13, 19:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I'm dreading this being brilliant cos I said I didn't like the book
  
  untrue @shrewbie | 5 Apr '13, 15:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
was ok

pretty annoying though

japes | 11 May '13, 22:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
daisy being a flake in bullet-time blew my mind.

broomstick | 12 May '13, 22:41 | X | ^ This | Reply

mute-branches this'd this
oppan charleston style

mute-branches | 12 May '13, 22:49 | X | ^ This | Reply

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