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Differences Between The Great Gatsby Book And Movie

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The Great Gatsby Review The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays itself to be prominent in English literature while entailing various American ideals like the American dream. The adaptation of The Great Gatsby as a movie is quite accurate to the book and follows the plot along with these ideologies. Although at times the movie extends the plot or adds additional details, the additions are justified and contextually relevant. For example, the movie spoke more of Dan Cody and how Gatsby got “Old sport” through his mentor. The visual display of the book was unexpectedly detailed and cinematic, the selection for actors to play certain characters was quite exquisite, and the music was greatly done. Throughout the film, we experience many …show more content…

For example, Myrtle’s death was made grand and intense due to several camera angles, perspectives, and pace building up to the big moment when she’s hit. This scene is powerful and impactful for me as time freezes and we see a detailed view of Myrtles already dead body spiraling in the air. The glimmering light of the glass shards in the air also added to the lighting and aesthetic of the scene. The overall selection for scenary in the movie was very fitting in reflecting the description of the settings from the …show more content…

When compared to the book, the characterization was well done with both the physical looks of the characters and their personalities. Gatsby for example had a very fitting actor, Leornardo Di Caprio. He was able to portray Gatsby’s physique as sort of restless (through his actions) and self made while also delivering dialogue in a fitting tone. Tom’s actor, Joel Edgerton was another great pick as he has a look that gives off rich and well maintained (in my opinion). He has a very straight face and a sort of paralyzing stare throughout the movie, a seemingly superior look. The tone in Tom’s voice is also well fit as he comes off as aggressive (or atleast passive aggressive), mean, and confident. There are however, a few exceptions to well fit actors. In my opinion, Nick’s actor was a bad choice as he seems more clueless and dumb in the movie unlike the book. He’s almost like a spectator in some of the scenes rather than the narrator. Even when he is narrating, his narration between scenes seems random at times. Moreover, his thoughts are portrayed in a sort of poetic way taking away from direct and clear narration in the book. It revokes the “I walked…” or “ I figured, I…” etc. Instead of seeing the novel through Nick’s first person perspective, it feels almost like a complete third person point of

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Daniel Aguirre Ms. Tobias English III GT - 6th 12 January 2017 After analyzing both the movie and the novel, I have discovered similarities and differences. Ill try to compare and contrast the two since the movie does not depict the story exactly as how the novel does. Similarities There were still some similarities in the film that tied back to the book. One of the main ones is when Nick walks to Gatsby’s backyard and finds him standing at the edge of his dock reaching out to what was a green light.

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The most effective of the film that represents the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the film “The Great Gatsby” directed by Baz Luhrmann (2013). In comparison, the “Midnight in Paris” directed by Woody Allen (2011), which did not have any effectiveness due to little reference to the actual novel. In Midnight in Paris, they did not reference the novel as much as they should have but the movie did great. Baz Luhrmann did more with the movie as like the book where characters mostly matched personalities.

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The character, Nick Carraway would be portrayed by Timothee Chalamet. Timothee Chalamet is an American actor. He began his career in short films, but he has been getting more exposure especially from the recent Oscars. I believe Timothee would play this role best , because he is so transparent and non judgemental in real life. He is quite young, so he would be very committed and focused on being the best Nick possible.

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Casandra Salazar Ms. Tobias English III GT 12 January 2017 The Great Gatsby After reading and watching The Great Gatsby, I gathered the dissemblance and alikeness in both the book and motion picture. As written in “The Great Gatsby”, the first example of similarity is that the book has the same theme to the “Roaring 20’s”. In the written book, Fitzgerald described the parties as huge and dramatic, where as in the movie, the directors did a fantastic job translating Fitzgerald’s words into a lavish visual spectacle of booze, sequins, and confetti.

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Alyssa Mahler Professor Weimer English Comp 1 30 November 2016 The Great Gatsby Because of the major time difference of the production of the book “The Great Gatsby” by Fitzgerald and the movie by Lurhmann, there were modifications to the film to fit the present day time. Scenes were cut and characters personalities were changed to catch the audience’s attention and keep the young viewers interested. “The Great Gatsby” is a story about a rich man who is on a quest to get his life together for a woman named Daisy. She is already with someone but Gatsby hopes she will leave him soon.

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Furthermore, it develops Nick’s character as someone who is very meek and mostly listens to what others say. He is constantly being interrupted by Gatsby, but doesn’t really mind it and lets it go. In addition, Daisy’s voice is also brought up further emphasizing this sort of “trade mark” that she is known for.

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The Great Gatsby is an iconic piece of American literature encompassing the 1920s era in American history. This story was written in 1923 by F. Scott Fitzgerald and was later adapted into a movie in 1949, 1973, 2000, and then once again in 2013. In the 2000 version of the movie the plot line was very similar to the book with only a few major differences and a few discreet ones as well. The movie however, also followed the book very well and even used direct quotes from the book helping you to understand the point Fitzgerald was trying to make. Markowitz the director made many good decisions in this adaptation as well as a few costly mistakes that made the importance of the book and plot line of Fitzgerald’s book.

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Luhrmann cast and presents the characters are captivating and special in some areas, but breakdown in others. Leonardo DiCaprio seems to fit in Jay Gatsby’s roll really well, showing off his lavish and party-driven lifestyle, symbolizing his American Dream perfectly. Same can be said about Daisy Buchanan. Her love for Gatsby, sooner or later being with him is her American Dream, which was portrayed nice as well in the crossover from the book to the silver screen. These perfect portrayals break down there, however, from Tobey Maguire playing Nick Carraway.

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was an excellent book, one I particularly enjoyed reading. So you could imagine my excitement to watch the modern movie adaptation. I went into this movie expecting a solid adaptation of the novel, which is what I recommend for the expectations a viewer should have. I believe that you will be pleasantly surprised by some moments, and disappointed by others. It does appear that the movie spared very little expense in its visuals, as the visuals of Gatsby’s parties and mansion are stunning and unforgettable.

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Baz Lurhmann’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby isn’t a disaster. Every frame is sincere. The sincerity of Lurhmann’s film was achieved by his choice of cast which included, highly praised Leonardo DiCaprio as the enigmatic Jay Gatsby, Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway, Joel Edgerton and Carey Mulligan as Tom and Daisy Buchanan. and the collection of hip-hop, alternative rock, pop, electronica, and jazz that accompanies Baz Luhrmann 's movie. DiCaprio 's portrayal of Gatsby is said to be the movie 's greatest and simplest special effect: an illusion conjured mainly through body language and voice.

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Fitzgerald conjures a story that provides emotions of hope, trust, friendship, love, wealth, happiness, pain, and irony. The Great Gatsby provides all of these emotions and then some. While all of the emotions are present in the book, the format the story is presented in can enhance and even disregard the sentiments that the story is trying to exhibit. This can be seen when comparing the actual book and the adaptation into a movie. The changes and similarities can be outlined by seeing how the overall plot is portrayed, and also by what the movie and book provide in terms of how the story comes across.

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For starters, there are similarities between the book and the movie. For the most part the the movie is very accurate with portraying all the symbolism that was portrayed in the novel. This includes the scene where we are first introduced to Jordan Baker and Daisy Buchanan, who are both wearing white and in a room filled with flowing white curtains just like in chapter one of “The Great Gatsby.” The color white in both the novel and film is supposed to represent innocence. There is also the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock that Gatsby reaches out to that represents his dream.

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This may just be my interpretation, but throughout the film, he just seemed creepy most of the time. Other than that, I felt that most of the characters were portrayed in the movie close to how I pictured them while reading the book. The one other exception, however, would be Kristen Stewart’s Marylou didn’t seem as ditzy as she did in the novel. That could just be because the only other work I’ve seen her in are one of the Twilight movies, which was pretty much somber the entire way

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Jay and Nick are not particularly interesting people to me, and if I was not reading the book, i would not have watched this movie. It is a moderate movie. The plot of the movie was not predictable. The Great Gatsby is in Nick Carraway’s perspective.

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