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I haven't read the book or seen older movie. This review is about the Jay Gatsby only. Leo is amazing actor and his acting is marvelous. It gives us a true idea about relationships and love. Amazing movie. 10/10.

How the world's great actor Leonardo DiCaprio chose to do such a bad film is hard to understand, but to his credit, I bet he had no idea that the classic story of "The Great Gatsby" would turn out so horribly. To be fair, DiCaprio is not bad in the film. It's director Baz Luhrman who ruins this story, generating an ugly, flashy, loud, obnoxious and stale style that demolishes the entire film. Carrey , one of the most annoying actors around, is at her peak in trying to make audiences dislike yet another one of her characters. She has no chemistry with DiCaprio and is unfit for this film. Absolutely nothing works with this Gatsby remake, and it's best to forget this film ever happened.

I'm gonna start off by saying that this is not vitriol related to the book. I didn't think the book was really spectacular. It was an interesting period piece for sure, but it really didn't catch me or move me. This movie. This...this thing, this creation. It's not worthy anyone's time. Baz Luhrmann as a director has no idea what the hell he's doing. His Romeo and Juliet film was dumb enough on its own (Dancing with guns, enough said), but this film started off in the bottom of the barrel and dug a basement for itself, then fell through to Hell. The beginning sets a bad enough precedent; Nick is apparently institutionalized for anger issues and alcoholism that were never present in the story, and the plot device of him being institutionalized is ultimately pointless. Why the hell would you make such a stupid change when it's largely inconsequential? The infusion of modern radio music leaves me scratching my head even now. The actors for Tom and Nick actually fit their characters relatively well, and DiCaprio does a great job as usual, but for chrissake even their acting couldn't save this trainwreck. If it wasn't for the safety net of the source material, only god knows how much worse Luhrmann could've made this.

It's one of those movies that you either love it or hate it. I gave it a 4 for the effort for the story telling, great indoor design and costumes. After 20 minutes I felt like shooting myself for not stooping from the first 5 minutes. If you feel you don't like the first 15 minutes then I would suggest you just quit.