Love
is one such celebration of life that may look a wonderful experience to watch
as an outsider but, sometimes, costs nothing less than utter loneliness &
excruciating pain within for the host. Baz Luhrmann’s lyrical-magical-tragic
drama THE GREAT GATSBY unfolds emotional layers of love through the changing
times.
Set
in 1920’s, Nick Carraway (Tobey
Maguire) - an ameture bond-seller at Wall street finds and
befriends with a mysteriously wealthy ‘talk of the town’ lone extravagant named
Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) in his dreamy filthy rich neighbourhood
who throws grand larger than life parties for almost everyone in the town but
probably no one cares about the lonesomeness he possesses in linger for his lady-love
in bad times Daisy Buchanan (Carey
Mulligan) to come back in his good times now. But is
it good enough to regain what is lost in past?
THE
GREAT GATSBY looks a bollywood film in many senses. The tragic love story where
poor gets rich and now tries his best to get her lost love back, grand sets
& astonishing art direction that creates a world wirth reference directly taken
from fairytales and the soundtrack that celebrates life at every stage. Though,
with a duration of almost 2 hour 30 min, slow pace, uneven screenplay and too
much graphic work for an emotional love saga makes it a complete ‘no’ for
entertainment-seekers.
Performances
are good. DiCaprio excels the cast. My favourite scene of his is where he is to
meet his girlfriend of the past, for the first in 5 long years and he is so anxious
to make it all look impressive. Terrific! Besides, there is also Bachchan Saab.
After all the Hullabaloo over his debut in Hollywood, I must say its
great to see him sharing a good comfortable space on-screen with DiCaprio &
Tobey…and he undoubtedly makes a mark in his small but unmissable role of Meyer
Wolfsheim. I wish some more meaty roles from Hollywood to make it worth
what this man deserves.
In
nutshell, this literature-inspired emotion-bleeding drama is a cinematic
experience where fine performances are overpowered by splendid visuals and superlative
art-direction…but not for all. Strictly for those who love cinema for the sake
of its art & craft. ***[3/5]
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