The Great Gatsby

from www.konbini.com

The Great Gatsby is a movie about Gatsby's great love for a woman. It seems as though the measures he took just make make her believe he's worthy of her were nothing short of grand. The movie delights you with stunning production sets and elegant costumes. It lifts your spirit up with the grandeur of upscale parties then slowly drags you down the more you get to know the characters until you're left with the heavy feeling of witnessing the fall of social climber all in the name of love. What makes it so much bigger than a love story are the involvement of themes such as oppression, domestic violence, social division, adultery, and money--lots of it.

The things that's worth the watch are the sets, the parties, the costumes, and the quotable quotes. Of course, the actors were a good fit to their roles in the movie--if only Leonardo DiCaprio made his accent a little more un-intentional especially when saying the line, "owd spowt." 

The movie is about Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Daisy (Carey Mulligan) but you see it through the eyes of Nick Carraway (Toby Maguire) as a witness to both sides of the story as someone being, "both within and without." But for me, The Great Gatsby the movie is represented in the persona of Jordan Baker (Elizabeth Debicki) as a lavish woman who loves the intrigue and being present in the commotion of it all. She knows the secrets, but the character never interferes in the organic unfolding of the story, rather is part of the story that makes it beautiful.  

from edenliaothewomb.tumblr.com