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I watch many movies because one actor is involved in it, unfortunately for that, the movie I watch can turn out to be one of the worst ever and 'The Great Gatsby' is not an exception
I watched 'The Great Gatsby' because there was Leonardo DiCaprio in it, he's good but everyone else sticks out like a sore thumb, I do not blame Leonardo DiCaprio or Tobey Maguire for being involved, the novel is being considered one of the best novels of the 20th century (however I do not think the novel would be any better)
Although I don't blame Tobey Maguire for this disaster, he was the wrong choice for Nick Carraway
Honestly I had high expectations of about 8 out of 10 so this is a huge disappointment and quite possibly the most disappointing movie I've ever seen (possibly also the longest bad movie I've seen and definitely one of the most overrated movies ever)
The story is boring and only decent for 10 minutes, it's worse than 'The Beach' which is good for 30 minutes, 'The Great Gatsby' is 143 minutes whereas 'The Beach' is only 120 minutes and I want 133 minutes of my life back!
I can't say anything about the 3D except I didn't watch it in 3D and I didn't like the music because it was too modern, 'The Great Gatsby' is set in the 1920's and the music is far too 2013
I bet the novel is worse than the movie and I probably will never read it (my expectations are it'll be pretty abysmal anyway), what lets 'The Great Gatsby' down is the boring non-stop story, for about 15 minutes, I want Leonardo DiCaprio to appear and when he does at last, it's one of the only two good scenes (the beginning and the party at Gatsby's mansion)
To conclude, although I don't hate it as much as I used to, apart from nice scenery and lead acting, it is a bad, bland movie and not worth a look at all
4/10
