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The Great Gatsby [2012]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7DonhNflsw
Its lavish - Leo is one my fave actors andhave been waiting for this..... and seeing Leo and Tobey together in a movie is great, finally the trailer :cool:
Its lavish - Leo is one my fave actors andhave been waiting for this..... and seeing Leo and Tobey together in a movie is great, finally the trailer :cool:
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I know some ppl wont like the music to it, but i think it suits the lavish-ness and the song lyrics do suit the theme of the movie it seems
I am one of those ppl that isnt into 3D much
I liked the Robert Redford film, but preferred the Toby Stephens film. This new adaptation looks like it should be good.
his presence is just not big enough imo, he isnt very interesting to watch. its weird, i must be one of the only people that thinks he isnt right for roles like this.
there are 10 other actors that would have been much better as Gatsby.
Completely agree. I don't buy him as Gatsby at all. Robert Redford was the perfect Gatsby.
Toby Stephans is a good actor, though aint seen none of the other Gatsby movies
Looking forward to Leo as him
Gatsby's house is bigger than I have imagined
I think 'Love is Blindness' is a great choice for the trailer. I think it works really well. Usually though the songs in the trailer are chosen separately - does anyone know whether Baz is putting more contemporary music in the film?
I have no idea what other music - Baz will choose.......
I know nothing about The Great Gatsby but I find Leo very difficult to enjoy in films and often feel he is miscast.I just find him rather cold.
Maybe that will work in his favour. After all, Gatsby manages to pass through unnoticed at his parties with people (such as Nick) not even aware they are speaking to his host.
Although I still think Heath Ledger would have made a stunning Gatsby. Sadness.
I'm reading the novel for the first time at the moment - and it's hard for me now to NOT picture Leo as I'm reading LOL I'm trying to read it and create my own version of him, but it's not working...
Yeah but its an understated charisma, a knowing aura. Leo just doesn’t have it, I got nothing against the guy but the fact he gets all these plum roles he is ill fitted for, in some things he can be very effective. I hear you on Ledger playing the role, would have been awesome, death is a bitch. I still think there are a few out there now that would do a better job than Leo though.
Who would you rather got the part?
I think Robert Redford is very good in the film, but I find the film as a whole slightly sentimental and badly shot actually.
Damian Lewis springs to mind as just right imo but I guess he doesn’t have the star power at this moment in time, of someone like Leo anyway. Other obvious mentions, Johnny Depp, Edward Norton, Hugh Jackman, Aaron Eckhart, michael fassbender, Clive Owen. I reckon all those guys have the tools to play that role far better than Dicaprio, bless him
I agree about the original, I’m not a great fan but like the character, Redford did do a great job, he was the best thing about the film.
I'd have hated Johnny Depp in the role, he gets on my nerves. Totally unpopular opinion, I know
Leo's problem is that he always (at least these days) makes acting look like hard work, and the effort going into it is horribly obvious. Thus he never quite seems natural in the role, despite desperately trying to convince us otherwise. It could be that the true acting greats work the role without that sort of effort showing, even when the character they're portraying is going through Hell.
Agree that Redford wasn't bad as Gatsby in that rather bland version from yonks ago. Myself, always thought Clooney would've made a good go of it, although he's probably too old these days.
I think it only looks like hard work with Dicaprio when he plays roles that are too big for him or ill fitting. Usually biopic type stuff, he just isnt convincing, like someone in fancy dress trying to convince, as you say. He just hasn't got that on screen presence that arrests you. He can be decent though when playing a role within his scope, he was very good in Departed and Shutter Island imo.
This should have happened, good call. I agree, probably too old these days.
(Tobey looks very thin in the face in the trailer though...)
I haven't seen many of his recent films, but in his early days I always thought he was very natural on film and had a lot of charisma. It's a shame if he's lost that.
And although for some he was an unpopular choice for Revolutionary Road (the only recent film of his I have seen) - I thought the opening scenes, particularly that big argument at the roadside with Kate Winslet, he was very good.