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re: Gatsby
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:32 pm to PurpleNGoldFan
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:32 pm to PurpleNGoldFan
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Love the Robert Redford movie.
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I really enjoyed that movie when I saw it in the theater at 15. The interesting characters to me were the Nick Carraway (Sam Waterston), Jordan Baker (Lois Chiles) and Tom Buchanan (Bruce Dern) In the 1974 version, I found Jay Gatsby (Redford) and Daisy Buchanan (Mia Farrow) both to be very boring people. The Myrtle Wilson character (Karen Black) was a despicable one.
Redford was more model than actor in some of his roles (Inside Daisy Clover, This Property Is Condemned, Gatsby & The Way We Were) & Daisy was too high maintenance. Gatsby's business partners were also interesting people.
I love Inside Daisy Clover and This Property is Condemned but for Natalie Wood, not Redford. He played those parts well but they didn't require much more than looking good and misbehaving a little.
This post was edited on 5/10/13 at 2:35 pm
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Posted on 5/10/13 at 3:25 pm to chinese58
my indicator for not expecting much from this movie is the fact that out of everyone on campus, the people most excited about it are the sorority girls.
The book is a classic, but it does not and will not appeal to everyone. However - and I'm pretty "meh" on it - its themes fit in perfectly with the younger generation right now: gluttony, excess, ultra consumerism, and arrogance. There's a reaosn the sorority crowd is eating it up.
Sadly, they'll miss the message of "Daisy et al are shite human beings" and go straight for the "tragic romance."
The book is a classic, but it does not and will not appeal to everyone. However - and I'm pretty "meh" on it - its themes fit in perfectly with the younger generation right now: gluttony, excess, ultra consumerism, and arrogance. There's a reaosn the sorority crowd is eating it up.
Sadly, they'll miss the message of "Daisy et al are shite human beings" and go straight for the "tragic romance."
Posted on 5/10/13 at 5:56 pm to chinese58
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