What's On @ the Movies 2013 - The Great Gatsby {2D}

After seeing the woeful Hangover Part III recently I thought let's give Hollywood (Baz Luhrmann style) another go, well before we get to the details here is the trailer (just for all you who missed it already LOL):

So now to the Leo and Tobey Fest plus heaps of Aussie kids in the mix. Look this film (first a novel) has been done a few times before but never in 3D and now this epic is getting the Baz Luhrmann treatment. It's grand, it's visionary, it's a tour de force of a film with a massive soundtrack (which I will get to next) and sometimes feels like one long (and I mean long) music video.

So the music video part is the first half with so much Lana Del Rey and Jay Z you may have mistaken yourself to have been listening to Triple J's Hottest 100.

Lana Del Rey proves she is still relevant with her track on the soundtrack "Young and Beautiful" which has now turned out to be her second biggest hit after "Video Games".



Aside from Lana, Jay Z is featured heavily in the opening 30 minutes as is the horrid Beyonce cover of the late and great Amy Winehouse hit "Back to Black".  Equally awful (relating back to Beyonce) is the Emilie Sande's cover of "Crazy in Love" is bland and dull.

It was very nice Baz included locals Goyte (only a small exert of "Hearts a Mess" is featured) and SIA gets on the soundtrack but not in the film.

The Florence song is sublime as is The xx contribution "Together".


From the soundtrack now and back to the movie. Some of the reviews have been way harsh and tall poppy syndrome comes into mind. Yes Australia was all sorts of fucked up and horrible but this is actually and EPIC and un love story. Leo is awesome and Carey Mulligan is a breath of fresh air on the big screen.

Joel Edgerton also deserves a mention as he was exceptional and I always really enjoy his work.

The Great Gatsby it's a vision and must be seen on the big screen, I'm pretty sure it would lose half it's shine on a home TV.

Baz Luhrmann gets a most improved award for this film, I was expecting nothing but the I actually left the cinema like wow that was a real cinema experience. The Great Gatsby, it's great but not excellent, 3.75 homegrown stars.