In the 2013 film version of The Great Gatsby, there were numerous differences in comparison to the 1974 film. In the new movie they had rap music. The parties were more accurate. The movie had a great color. The character’s wore less makeup. The characters weren’t sweating in the new movie. I also liked it because it showed with myrtle got hit. The cars in the new movie where more modern. I didn’t like the old one as good as the new because the old one had bad quality. I didn’t like the old movie as well because it wasn’t that accurate to the book. The new movie was more accurate because in book we read that nick was the only one that went to Gatsby 's funeral and it did happen.
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Show MoreThe Great Gatsby (2013) This movie does an excellent job at adapting the original characters from the book, and symbols used in the book. For example, the characters of Nick Carraway, Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan, and Jay Gatsby are very similar to the characters portrayed in the book, and the green light that portrays the hope that Gatsby has as he tries to pursue a relationship with Daisy Buchanan is also kept the same. Chicago
Isabella Talamantez Ms. Tobias English III- 6th 12 January 2017 The Great Gatsby, Compared and Contrasted The Great Gatsby is a popular book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the 1920s. Much later it was adapted into a movie that is a topic of debate because of its similarities and differences. While they both have the same storyline of a poor farmer’s son rising to riches with the aspiration of getting his dream girl, the book and movie have variations concerning details such as the materialistics and relationships.
The Great Gatsby is a book following Nick Carraway who comes to New York searching for the American Dream but instead finds friendship with his neighbor Gatsby. Since its release, the book has sold millions of copying around the world and is now known as a Great American Novel. Its overwhelming success has inspired new media types to attempt to recapture the charm of the original books, like a movie created in 2013 by Baz Luhrmann. The film stays mostly faithful to the book it is based on, but new and altered material allows characters like Nick to get more development where it might have been lacking in the book.
For any book lover, when the movie comes out expectations are already low because it is extremely hard for a director to capture the same experience as written in the book in a much shorter time. There is no exception when discussing the movie “The Great Gatsby”, directed by Baz Luhrmann in 2013. Cinematical decisions concerning the characters, plot, and scenes changed the original vision that author F. Scott Fitzgerald dreamed for his book when it was published in 1925. By specifically analyzing three scenes from the movie and comparing them to the book, it is very clear to see that the movie is not an accurate representation of the classic novel.
In Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby”, Jay Gatsby, also known as James Gatz is released in theatres today that is based off of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel to life in a well created movie. As in all movies based off famous novels, there are minor errors but also major achievements bringing the story to life. The movie starts with introducing Nick Carraway, acted by Tobey Maguire, who is stationed in an asylum telling his story from the summer of 1922 to a doctor. His biggest part of the story is his neighbor in West Egg, Jay Gatsby, acted by Leonardo DiCaprio.
The older movie was a film that was made for its time. That means the style of it was modern to its time period. The music was classic 1920s and the dancing was around the same time also. The newer movie was a film that was made a little more modern.
Veronica Botello Ms. Tobias English 3 GT 4th 10 January 2017 The Great Gatsby Comparison The following paper will depict the comparisons of the film version of The Great Gatsby and the original novel. In the Novel version of ‘The Great Gatsby’, the story of a man named Gatsby and his associations with people (such as his relationship with Daisy and Tom, which reaches its peak at about pg.
The scene at the party has many different things going on, making it hard to create an image of everything that is going on, while the movie shows the same thing, but it shows a visual of all of it making the image more appealing. During this scene we meet Gatsby for the first time, and get a glimpse of him, and we also understand why Nick was invited. Moreover, the reason why this is important is because in the book, it is hard to pick up all these small details, but in the movie everything is in front of your eyes. Some may argue that the book gives a better visual art examples because it has many detail throughout, with many moments of excitement. This though, is not true because some people visualize better with the movie version because it points out those key elements.
Gatsby has the most major reinvention of the book, which is expected since the book is about his
Part of the blame, however, lies with the directors of the 2013 edition of The Great Gatsby, who allowed the audience to see Gatsby’s face long before we are introduced to him in the movie. The mystery of who Gatsby was pervaded more clearly through the beginning of the older version of the
Such as the behaviors of men towards woman, the lower class, and people of colour. While the 2013 film adaptation of The Great Gatsby was trying to be as historically accurate as possibly, there are many inaccuracies in the items, wardrobe, and music. Many of the inaccuracies in this adaptation of The Great Gatsby were quite careless, such
The main party scene is a great example of this contrast in music in the two movies. The 1974 past version uses the song called “Jordan’s Tango” by Nelson Riddle which is a song produced with ragtime and jazz components of the 1920’s to get crowds of this time moving. While this song was played in the movie there was a huge carnival tent popped out in front of J. Gatsby’s mansion, while this tent was more appropriate for this time it didn't really connect to the viewers because it was more seen as a precipitly placed circus tent. While in the 2013 present movie version, the party scene was larger, grander, and bombarding the viewer with the feel of a party. The party was boisteriously flowing out of Gatsby's mansion, as implied by the book, and draped all of its attendees with alcohol and glitter.
The novel “THE GREAT GATSBY” was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in the year 1925. This text was adapted as a film in 2013, co-written and directed by Baz Luhrmann. The film’s production initiated in 2011 and took place in Australia and was released on May 10th 2013. The main characters are Jay Gatsby played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Daisy Buchanan played by Carey Mulligan, Nick Carraway played by Tobey Maguire, Tom Buchanan played by Joel Edgerton and Jordan Baker played by Elizabeth Debicki. Other important counterparts include Craig Armstrong, music personnel, Casting by Nikki Barrett and Ronna Kress, Set decoration by Beverley Dunn and Eva Starlite and Costume Design by Catherine martin.
The Great Gatsby (2013) Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, and Joel Edgerton Director: Baz Luhrmann Synopsis: The movie, The Great Gatsby, begins with Tobey Maguire starring as a man named Nick Carraway, from the midwest, who happens to be narrating his experience in the east throughout the movie to a therapist as well as writing it down in a personal novel. In the East, he is entangled in the lives of his cousin Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan) and her past love, Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), a mysterious millionaire who has a thing for throwing extravagant parties and who also is Nick’s neighbor. Review: Baz Luhrmann Directs a dazzlingly, tragic love story based on the novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925), giving it a more 21st century feel.
The Great Gatsby was precisely effective throughout the film through the characters, the themes and the scenes. Baz Luhrmann’s cast selection was excellent and extremely brought the movie to life, and still adapted to the novel. Leonardo DiCaprio and other star characters made the novel come straight to life and they all acted sensationally well, from the star to the background people. They brought excitement to the film and gave us great images to