So, if one is able to watch the film without constant comparisons to the novel, I think they will better enjoy the viewing experience, but that doesn't excuse the film's shortcomings when it comes to living up to its source material. If this weren't the case, then the film should never have been titled "The Great Gatsby". The 2013 Gatsby is made for a generation of people who don’t read, have no attention span, have no depth or subtlety, and must be enticed by plastic characters with obvious emotions and by loud glitzy things in order to get the point. And contrary as to how I was able to watch the film, one should be able to critique this film based on the vantage of comparing it to the novel. No subtlety, no depth, too loud, in your face, and over the top. The problem with the film is that it IS based on the novel. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts. I thought the secondary leads and the character parts were for the most part well cast and that the actors each made the roles their own. Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period which reveals a hero like no other one who could live at no other time and in no other place. Granted they are not what I envisioned Gatsby and Daisy being like when I read Fitzgerald's work, but in my opinion they are able to make the roles work. I personally did not find the film extremely miscast and the leads were not a problem for me. Also, the script does not take enough advantage of it's source material and the wonderful prose of Fitzgerald. And this does detract from what most people love about the book. Like many of the previous posters mentioned, the film does drastically diminish Gatsby's mystery by laying out his background early on in the story. However, once I finished the film I began to make comparisons to the novel, which is definitely in my personal all-time top 10 books, and that's where the film went from an 8 to a 7 or 6. I'm not saying it is a perfect film by far, but as a stand alone film, it is better than the average B melodrama of the period. And I have to say, I believe this greatly aided in my enjoyment of the picture. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading, reading or sharing this file.~~~6.5/10~~~ It has been a while since I read the novel, so I was able to detach myself from the source material enough to watch the film from that vantage point. This book was published in Australia and is out of copyright there.
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