“Always try to see the best in people.” It may be the mantra that The Great Gatsby’s narrator tries to live by, but it is a luxury that not all of the novel’s fans will have granted Baz Luhrmann when this latest adaptation was announced. Known for his highly stylised visuals and a penchant for aligning period specific plotlines with present day flourish overt enough to rival Quentin Tarantino’s, some feared that in Luhrmann’s hands the story would lose not only its context, but also its subtlety. Thankfully, they were wrong. Well, at least about the first part.
Impressive cast, great music, vintage clothes – can the Coens do no wrong? Oh… there’s JT.
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Put the Champagne back on ice, we’ve got to wait til summer 2013
Don’t you think it could have used a few more sequins, Baz?
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