The Great Gatsby Trailer- Page 3

[nygrl232]

Posted: 8/6/12 at 8:12pm

Lavish trailer, but meh.

I agree that the book is difficult to adapt into film. There's tons of symbolism in it and Gatsby's fascination with Daisy is hard to capture as well. He's often played as kinda nuts while Daisy is played as a ditz. That's a weird combo.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 8/6/12 at 11:11pm

Well, this was unexpected! Could be a smart move. There are already a handful of high-profile flicks on Oscar radar this season.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 8/7/12 at 2:07am

For all its big moments, the novel to me has always seemed actually rather intimate.

Yes, and, in fact, Gatsby calls off the big parties about halfway through the narrative, when Daisy says she doesn't care for them. There follows a series of scenes in a hauntingly empty mansion.

So marketing the film as an exercise in Jazz Age excess is either misleading or a bad sign. (FWIW, that's exactly how they marketed the early 70s version. I agree with Eric that it wasn't as bad as people tend to claim, but the parties weren't the best part of the film.)

Updated On: 8/7/12 at 02:07 AM

[Addison D.]

Posted: 2/8/13 at 5:34pm

So....Christmas has come and gone, and B12B's link is defunct. Also, I have yet to encounter a 'Gatsby' trailer in theaters.

Anyone know if/when 'Gatsby' is (still) coming to Town?

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 2/8/13 at 5:38pm

It's still coming out. They showed the trailer when I went to see "Les Miz".

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 2/8/13 at 5:44pm

Great Gatsby Trailer

[Addison D.]

Posted: 2/8/13 at 5:55pm

Thanks Mister Matt!

I'm even less convinced/even more intrigued than before.

I'm heading out with the dog to play in the snow and then I'm coming home and watching 'Strictly Ballroom'.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 2/8/13 at 6:46pm

Hrmm flashbacks to stuff just barely mentioned in the book? (ie the ship stuff)

[Addison D.]

Posted: 2/8/13 at 7:23pm

Right?

The mystery of Gatsby's past is apparently going to be ruthlessly, relentlessly explained to us in 3-D.

That was the "less convinced" part.

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/8/13 at 7:33pm

I think I'm willing to take the "Baz Lurhmann" ride and let it be what it is.

Once I got over the news that Moulin Rouge! wasn't going to be a remake of the original film or an autobiographical account of Lautrec and his friends, I settled back and enjoyed a beautiful, incredible movie.

I'm willing to go in with an open mind on this one, too.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 2/8/13 at 7:36pm

Speaking of Moulin Rouge, seeing the trailer for Gatsby before Les Mis made me wish that Baz would direct another movie musical, as well as another Broadway show. I adored his production of La Boheme some years back.

[Addison D.]

Posted: 2/8/13 at 7:55pm

"I think I'm willing to take the "Baz Lurhmann" ride and let it be what it is."

And THAT was the "more intrigued" part--the film depicted in the trailer is so tangibly, so recognizably a Baz Lurhmann film and I am, quibble though I may, a deeply died Baz Lurhmann fan.

I'm definitely in. But I'm in with qualms.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 2/13/13 at 8:01pm

Well at least this Luhrmann ride seems to be closer to his films that I enjoy (sometimes despite myself) then Australia...

I suppose for me, this isn't quite a Moulin Rouge, or even R&J case, simply because Romeo and Juliet I can accept at this point done any way conceivable, and MR was an original work (even if, by its nature, it was a pastiche). I'm prob too invested in my love for Gatsby--so I'm worried how much I will be able to sit back and see the movie for itself and not just compare it to my experience with the book (I suppose I could comnpare it to past versions of the film--like the Paul Rudd TV movie or the Redford one, in which case at the least it should be more exciting...)