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The Great Gatsby
I'm not quite sure what to make of it. Half of me wants to rate it highly, while the other half wants to give it low marks. I usually love Baz Luhrmann's work (something about his over-stylized, over-the-top art direction intrigues me and draws me in like no other director can), but this one seemed... off. The first part of the movie was his typical work, but the second half had a far more serious, almost bare bones feel to it. It may have been the direction he was attempting, but it just felt like it was directed by two different people.
The acting was great. I was prepared to hate it simply due to Tobey Maguire (I hated him in the Spiderman trilogy), but he actually did a pretty good job. DiCaprio's ability to draw you into his own fictitious world was believable, and many of the scenes makes me feel like this could very well be among his best work thus far.
I dunno. I've never read the book, nor have I seen the other versions of this movie, so I have nothing to compare it to. I guess if I have to rate it, I'd give it:
6/10
Edit: Oh yeah, I also watched Iron Man 3. It was certainly a lot darker than I had expected, especially considering the direction of the first two. I'm personally a fan of grittier, darker films, so I liked it more than the rest of the trilogy. That said, it still wasn't very good. Mindless popcorn flick, mainly. 6/10
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