This film is probably the most visually stunning I've ever seen. Luhrmann's style is just breathtaking.

Have you ever seen Moulin Rouge? Well this is the exact looooong and booooring "masterpiece". Every classic Baz Luhrmann movie will always include entertaining dancing and partying scenes with WEAK ongoing story about the main characters: Kidman dies at the end and leaves McGregor in tears, Gatsby isn't Gatsby but the real bad ones aren't who they pretend to be...Mind you, I don't dislike the lead actors but I feel that they have messed up by saying yes to star in these movies.Last thing: DiCaprio and Maguire have naturally adolescent voices and I have noticed that they tried to man them up throughout the movie. Unfortunately they fade back to their baby voices by the end of it. Booo to them. #fail

WHY DID HE HAVE TO DIE??? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY DID HE DESERVE TO DIE? NO

I suppose the thought behind hiring Baz Luhrmann to direct THE GREAT GATSBY was that he could bring the Roaring Twenties as described in F. Scott Fitzgerald's book to life in a lavish, vivid, and colourful way and he does that all right. The first thirty minutes of this film is a headache-inducing overload of the senses, with everything directed in a way which makes over-the-top sound like a tame description. It's as if a kid ate a jar of sugar and then went berserk with tins of paint in an all-white room. The effect is nausea-inducing, and the worst thing for me is the use of anachronistic music (hip hop) and the like instead of period-era fare. The rest of the film settles down a bit, but the story still feels lightweight and drawn out, with a minimum of characterisation. Leonardo DiCaprio does the best he can with what he's given but you feel a bit sorry for him due to the lack of direction he receives, while others like Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan are miscast and out of place. Isla Fisher is embarrassingly bad. This is the kind of disappointment that I do my best to erase from my memory soon after watching.