Great Gatsby

     I went to go see the Great Gatsby in theaters on Saturday May 11. The interpretation of the book and the movie were spot on to me. From start to finish the movie is pretty accurate to the book. I didn't really see any huge changes. All in all the movie was really good and I would recommend seeing it.

     In the movie the characterization is done well. Daisy matches up to her character really well. You can tell she is sort of ditsy because it goes off the book really well. It also shows how careless she is for her daughter. She treats it more like a possession than a gift from God. On page 9 Daisy asks if people from Chicago miss her. This shows that she is very high headed of herself. She might think she is better than every other girl. The one minor mistake that I caught was she was careless in the book  but she was thoughtless in the movie. Her voice wasn't rich like money but it was more of a girl that was lost. All in all she was a great actor and it was almost spot on.

     Nick was very observant in the movie just as he was in the book. He notices things really quick with Gatsby. He is suspicious about him and the things that involve him. At the end of chapter one, Nick is observing Gatsby when he stares out into the lake. This is just an example of Nick being observant. In the movie Nick starts out his narration kind of broken up and has troubles with alcohol. In the book it shows that he is very considerate. The actor for Nick was very good just a bit awkward in moments of the movie.

     Tom is portrayed very well in the movie. He was pretty spot on as well. He is still that level headed man that cheats on his wife. In both pieces he is portrayed as a villain from the beginning. You get the vibe from both the book and movie. The way he answers the phone during dinner is a big hint that something is going on with him. In both pieces we are told right away that he has a mistress. I think Toms character was played very well.

      Jordan was also portrayed in both very well. She played a spot on character from the book. We are told that Jordan is an athlete. I think she fits the description from the book very well. It says she is a small breasted women with some manlier features. When her character comes on in the movie you can tell right away that she has some manlier features. I don't think they could have done a better job with this character.

     Gatsby's character is portrayed the best I think. He is this mysterious man in both. I think he does a pretty good job at portraying the New York accent. He is still madly in love with Daisy. He is mysterious about what he does. He lies about his past life and supposedly tells the truth to Nick later. He was a poor man early in his life and he became rich with a big mansion on the west egg. Good portrayal of Gatsby.

     The plot between the two are very spot on. The movie follows the guidelines from the book very well. I think they left out some minor detail for time sake. The Valley of ashes is kind of different because they short the description in the book I believe. In the movie it is developed and described better. When Tom and Nick pick up Myrtle they drive around and spot a man selling puppies. In the movie they leave this out completely.Gatsby and Daisy still have their never ending love for each other and Tom turns into this super villain that is after Gatsby. In the movie they develop this really nice. Everything in the book fits together well, but the movie had some minor errors that didn't really affect anything.

     The one big thing that I noticed between the two was how they portrayed the tone and the mood. The music was a big surprise to me. They played modern music at Gatsby's parties like; Jay-z, Florence and the Machines, Beyonce, and Gotye, These are all up beat artists that don't fit into the time period of the 20s. It changes the mood of the story quite a bit. I think they should of played 20s music instead of 20th century music. It didn't really make sense to me why they did this because it just makes things incorrect.

     The movie was very good and I would probably go see it again. It only had a few minor mistakes and one big mistake with the music. They kept to the story line very well which made it a very good production.