The Great Gatsby

the blue honey of the Mediterranean

Saw GATZ last night, just amazing. The reading made the text absolutely sing, and the performance brought the characters to life, it's really more than the sum of its parts and I thought it was a solid 10 even though I had problems with some of the cast choices, Gatsby in particular. He was too old, too balding, too monotone. Sounds like a major criticism but because so much of the play is carried by the reading it wasn't such a big deal.

They really brought out the humour of the book, played some of the scenes almost farcically. Maybe pushed it too far once or twice but nbd. Like when girls rubbing champagne into Gatsby's hair was mentioned, Nick looked up sharply at the balding Gatsby, and he turned to frown at the audience. lulz.

the way they stage the party at tom's mistress's house in the early part of the book is amazing.

yeah this was probably the highlight.

ledge! yay! i can see the criticism of the dude who played gatsby but omg the dude who played nick!!! amirite? he was amazing.

i hope it was the same dude in london. scott shepherd?

yep, a tour de force indeed. loved the way he started off just reading, somewhat hesitantly and woodenly, and gradually became nick. well worth a standing ovation but none of the other fuckers in my row (at the front in the top balcony) stood up.

I liked the way that the actor who played Gatsby looked nothing like how I imagined the character to look. It enhanced the shifting between the story and the office environment.

Somehow I don't see Gatsby as being a summer blockbuster.

I'm still waiting for Elevator Repair Service to announce their fall plans for Gatz, I really want to see it. Now that I have money.

They know their audience. It's their only hope. xp

Already jokes on Twitter about how the plan is to make it into three movies.

just a web series will do

Yeah, this seemed perfectly suited to winter. What are the big summer 2013 would-bes it will be up against?

Iron Man, Superman, Iron Man, Hungry Man, Area Man

I'm OK with pushing it to summer if only b/c the novel takes place during summer.

Dead Man, Rain Man II: The Rainier, Rich Man Richer Man

Star Trek 2, Iron Man 3, Fast and Furious, um, 6, Hangover 3, Superman 6, World War Z, Monsters Inc. 2, Robopacalypse, Pacific Rim.

Grown Ups 2, Smurfs 2.

I'm OK with pushing it to summer if only b/c the novel takes place during summer.

Would be funny if all movies were shown exclusively during the season in which they are set.

prob a new Kiarostami too

Would be funny if all movies were shown exclusively during the season in which they are set.

"A long time ago..."

Kiarostami 2.

Tarr 2: The Reckoning.

this time it's personal.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8vkug9iozgk/SfCbK1L6NXI/AAAAAAAAAI8/3DiLCmziEbY/s400/p-28308-38250P-cat.jpg

live action garfield sequel?

the crated catsby

a couple years old -- Bilge Ebiri on mistaking TGG for a 'star-crossed romance.'

When people talk about the lack of chemistry between Redford and Farrow in Clayton’s film, I have to laugh, bitterly: Any honest depiction of this story pretty much ensures that there will be no chemistry between them.

http://ebiri.blogspot.de/2010/11/its-gonna-be-hard-for-me-to-keep-my.html

We got new trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7AFnJbETLw

this is going to be gatsby with pitchfork music isn't it. ffs.

very little gravitatsby indeed

I'm not sure why film makers think people want to see period clothes, cars, and interior design but somehow can't handle period music.

I know Nick is not an old character but Toby Maguire seems like a babe in arms compared to the considerate & understanding character in the book. Or maybe I'm just lol old, the police are getting younger every day. I think Leo could actually pull off a decent Gatsby in a less flamboyant production.

it actually looks good visually but i really don't think there's any need for some pop version of gatsby at a time when people are so obsessed with drama from that era.

People are really into the 20s right now?

somehow can't handle period music.

1) Last film version had period music, bombed

2) it's Luhrmann (in the vapor trail of Tarantino)

saw the trailer to this before django oh the lols and oh my eyes

is this thing getting dumped?

Man, never realised Ben Affleck was in the running to play Tom Buchanan.

I re-read this last year. It's great, the words are wonderful and poetic, it's a well put-together piece of literature. But it is basically all about rich people that have nothing to do but lay around all day drinking and smoking and getting into drama. It's basically a literary forerunner of celebrity-based reality TV.

I kept reading, thinking "Oh, wow, that's a great phrase" every so often but mostly wondering WHEN IS SOMETHING GOING TO HAPPEN. And by the time it does i don't really care about any of these people.

So is there a movie coming out

Quit reminding me.

Filter will always remind you

And as noted:

Surely there's no way in hell Baz has been able to resist Lana Del Rey?

― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:56 AM (11 months ago)

thank you for this, now I can convince my wife not to go see this

― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:57 AM

And yes, she's on the soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5snA5TEse9w

ILM vivisection beginning:

The Great Gatsby soundtrack from hell

A tale of two covers.

Will this version at least let Nick be gay?

letnickbegay.tumblr.com

ugh, I normally shrug at movie tie-in book covers but the original Gatsby one is so classic

apparently hemingway thought the original gatsby cover made it look like a 'bad science fiction' novel!

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/04/26/business/media/Gatsby/Gatsby-popup.jpg

The new cover looks like the blonde woman is waiting for Giant Leo to take her from behind...

...but all of a sudden all these normal-sized people appeared between them, and she's like "What the fuck, who are you?!"