Between the movie and book of The Great Gatsby there are similarities and differences. The setting in the book is different than the movie. The setting is plotted differently. Also, there are some characters that are different. The parties are different as well. They go in a different order in the movie than the book.…
As a top selling mind wrenching, interesting book the film industry decided to make a film. Discussed is a compare and contrast of the book, “The Great Gatsby” written by F Scott Fitzgerald and the 1974 movie directed by Jack Clayton. There are few differences in the book and the movie. The biggest contrast between the movie and the book would be the stark contrast in the portrayals of Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby’s relationship. In the book Daisy seems much more caring and loving and not so much of a snob. Another difference in the movie is that of the narration of, “the film was quite different from that of the movie, making the storyline change”.(Cunningham) The difference in dress between Nick Carroway in the movie compared to the way Daisy dressed is a stark difference and should be similar in dress as far as the time era is concerned. The largest part is that in movies one cannot portray everything in the book but the movie stuck to the exact same story line and was very weak in the character department because of the fact the characters in the book were not very well represented.…
New version- The new version depicts Myrtle’s death. It is also a lot more cinematic about each scene. Two scenes are missing from the new movie that were in the old movie: Wilson showing up to Tom’s house looking for Gatsby, and the entirety of Gatsby’s dad showing up for Gatsby’s funeral. Acting in the new movie is somewhat better than the old version, but missed the emotional bits.…
There is a great deal of differences and similarities between the novel version and the movie version of “The Great Gatsby”. The novel version of The Great Gatsby is the more “official” version of the story. As we all know Hollywood likes to add somethings to their movies and make them more interesting. . Between the two versions there are plenty of similarities and differences which can be seen quite well. In the two versions we were introduced to the five main characters; Nick, Gatsby, Tom, Daisy, and Myrtle. While at the second party which Nick goes to, he is able to see Tom and Myrtle's affair present while they are in Myrtle’s apartment. We also hear about the “Green Light” across from Gatsby’s house which is where Daisy lives.…
How appropriate that the rapper has been commissioned to score the new film version of ‘The Great Gatsby,’ since Jay-Z has so much in common with the title character of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel. Marlow Stern dissects their similarities.…
The movie and the novel The Great Gatsby surprisingly contrast in many ways. This is surprising because with small changes between the two can cause some confusion to the audience. Small changes can have a huge effect on how the audience perceives both the novel and the movie. Although most of the time there is a purpose as to why the writer decides to make these subtle changes. While reading the novel and watching the movie The Great Gatsby one will notice they have differences concerning the beginning scene, the way Gatsby and Daisy were separated and Gatsby’s death.…
In both versions of the film, there were many characteristics and events that were extremely similar. All of the characters from the book are the same. Nick and Gatsby became friend’s. Gatsby took Nick to lunch and Gatsby has a friend waiting after that they ran into Tom. Gatsby disappeared in both movie when Nick was trying to introduce to Tom. Their clothes are similar to the old movie and the new movie. Gatsby’s party was similar to the old movie and the new movie. The party in the old movie had dancing, tents, and food. The party in the new movie had lights, balloons and confetti’s and a Dj. Gatsby threw big parties because he wants Daisy to come.…
The book Great Gatsby was created into a movie twice in 1974 which was directed by Jack Clayton and in 2013 which was directed by Baz Luhrmann. Although people may argue about how the both films are similar nevertheless throughout the film there are many key points where it shows the difference between both films. Such as the beginning of the film where Clayton's film has the character Nick talk exactly like the book while Luhrmann’s goes into a similar route but a different way. In Clayton’s film the making of how Gatsby had got rich is completely not shown in the film, in Luhrmann’s shows how he had became rich. Clayton’s film Gatsby is shot three times while in Luhrmann’s Gatsby is shot once.…
The Great Gatsby is a movie directed by Baz Luhrmann. The movie represents the novel ‘'The Great Gatsby'' written by Scott Fitzgerald. It is Scott's analysis on the American society during the Roaring Twenties. The characters represent the American Dream. The main-characters in this story are Jay Gatsby, Nick Carraway, and Daisy Buchanan.…
This is the first movie I have seen which was directed by Baz Luhrmann. For the most part, I think he did a rather good job, however the whole typewritten words over a bad CGI sky thing reminded me of a really cheesy gif someone would have on their tumblr page, just saying. As for the music, I believe he uses modern music and dance in a retro setting as a way to capture the way the audience at the time would have felt in that setting. In other words, if he used music that today's audience associates with old-fashion and retro themes, the feeling of being at a wild party would be lost.…
In The Great Gatsby, there are a variety of themes. Of all the themes the book has to offer, the film captures best, the lack of morals and the corruption of the American Dream. Towards the beginning of the film when Nick first meets Myrtle she is immediately showing her lack of morals by the way she interacts with Tom, giving Nick a sense of their secret affair. In addition, the party she hosts at the apartment is over the top inappropriate compared to the one in the novel as Nick is exposed to sex, drugs, and destruction. But it can be more relatable to the viewers with today’s parties and the modernized music playing in the background. A final example would be Daisy giving Tom a pen to write down any numbers of random women he’d toy with,…
The Great Gatsby and On the Road are both similar. They have a lot of different things in common. The time period seems to be the same in both of them by how things are happening in the world, what is going on, and how people are treated. On the Road is about a couple of friends who constantly travel by hitchhiking most of the time. The Great Gatsby is about a rich man who was in love with a girl and he went to the war which caused them to drift apart. The two seem to be nothing alike, but On the Road and The Great Gatsby interpret the same message, they have similar characters, and the women are treated the same.…
Although this rendition of “The Great Gatsby” is noteworthy, Luhrmann included many of the main points but forgot to include the smaller reasons that explained these convoluted messages to the audience. Some critics say this movie “mirrored the novel”, and while this movie did reflect some good ideas and moments from the novel, it seems as if it was mirrored from a carnival mirror since everything is stretched and twisted into an odd new way. 2.5 out of 5…
The movie adaptation of The Great Gatsby maintained true to the original book by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Although mostly everything seems to stay the same, some movie scenes differ. Nick's character is tweaked and Gatsby's parties are not the same. The movie also creates more false hope than the novel does.…
The movie of The Great Gatsby is basically created based on the novel which is written by F.Scott Fitzgerald. However, the story line, plot twists and screenplays of the movie has been modify by the scriptwriters which are Craig Pearce and Baz Luhrmann. Director of the movie is Baz Luhrmann and it is distribute by Warner Bros. The casts of this movie including Leornardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Debicki. Amitabh Bachchan and Jack Thompson. The movie rating is PG-13 and was launched at 10th May 2013. The running time for the entire movie is 2 hours 23 minutes (143…