Recuerdo haber visto la versión del 2013 de la mano de Baz Luhrmann con un reparto espectacular protagonizando DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire y carey Mulligan entre otros y quedé fascinado con la historia trágica de obsesión, esperanza y un duro comentario a el clasismo. Un poquito más de una década después me animé a ver la versión de 1974 dirigida por Jack Clayton con un guión adaptado del maestro Francis Ford Coppola y con actuaciones de los histriones Robert Redford y Mia Farrow; como espectador podría pensar que es la formula del éxito y es que el guión fue fielmente adaptado de la novela de F. Scott Fitzgerald pero donde cae estrepitosamente es en el factor entretenimiento. La cinta es elegante y sutil en la puesta en escena y diseño de producción, por desgracia las actuaciones se pueden llegar a sentir insípidas sobretodo en donde la tragedia y dramatismo requieren de una interpretación poderosa para transmitir todo eso. Al final decido quedarme con la versión de 2013 no porque sea mejor sino porque el protagonista y sus co-protagónicos logran inyectarle ese dinamismo de la que ésta carece.

It's decent but definitely an acquired taste and not for everyone. This can be very dry and a slow burn at times despite so much lavishness and production value which is sort of bizarre. I have never read the novel myself so I can't speak for how faifthful this is but I can speak to how this works and doesn't work as a film. Nothing is really broken with it. The acting and pacing are all ok and everything else is half decent. The problems really begin with Nick isn't really as interesting a character as everyone else and feels very wooden throughout. Second, this focuses especially in the first half so much on the lavish lifestyle and production value it doesn't forget as much as it puts the storytelling on hold. Finally, it feels like while it has lots of commentary on wealth, high society, and how it affects us as people it loses focus on the love triangle and that commnetary gets jumbled a bit. Add to the fact this has a dry feel and is slow throughout most of the time because of those factors and you see why this really isn't for everyone. This needed to tell the story through Jay and show him grow and develop with Nick, cut back on the excessive party lifestyle scenes, and add a bit more charm to the performances to give it a less dry tone. But anyone who is a fan of the source material, director, or any actors in this should give it a try.

Beautiful to look at. Uneven cast. Slow. Faithful to the book on a surface level only.

cast literalmente sacado de como mi mente lo imaginó en el libro, pretty cool jordan, muy guapo tom

Great story. Good rendition of the book

Although Robert Redford is entertaining to watch in most movies, he can't act his way out of a brown paper bag. Mia Farrow is usually better but someone misdirected her here. No one would fawn over her Daisy Buchanan. She's insufferable. Sam Waterson tries his best and the movie is overall worth watching. Bruce Dern is always good. But the whole thing just doesn't fit together well. Probably the best actor in the whole thing is the guy who plays Gatsby's father in a tiny scene. And, if you are a literature fan, it sadly comes nowhere near the book.

I saw this when it came out and didn't really like it at the time. I think it was a combination of the poor reviews and my being too young (19) to appreciate it. Seeing it again for the first time all these years later, I think it was very well done; the cast and direction excellent. The nostalgia factor helps also. My only criticism is that the pacing at the beginning was too slow. It's hard to understand why it was so poorly received. I'll have to reread the book to see if this adaptation missed something of the book's spirit.

This is a good film but it needed to shave at least 25-40 minutes of its run time in order for it to be more watchable. 2 hour and 24 minutes is to much for such a simple plot it would be better at 1 hour and 50 min to help its pacing issue.

This is a haunting period film where the composer lulls us with melancholic nostalgia only so the director can rub our faces in the mire of mismatched partners, uninhibited lust, greedy self-interest, and broken dreams. Clayton makes us believe we can 'return to the past' and then turns the tables us so that we are confronted with present realities. A must-see for students of "historical authenticity" in film.

I think there are many takeaways from this film. Redford gives a credible vulnerability to Jay Gatsby. Although, the whole premise of The Great Gatsby is underpinned by the notion of reliving the past, and that one has to be monogamous to that first love, even in separation. Gatsby could have wooed Daisy away from Tom, had he not been intent on whitewashing her relationship with Tom from existence. It's a bit like in The American version of The Office when Michael gets a new girlfriend and photoshops himself into her old holiday photos. If you get my drift.

Terrible horrible boring cringy book adaption of great Gatsby.

An ok adaptation of a so-so book.

The Great Gatsby (1974) line cast keeps the movie afloat, it's a solid adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald classic novel.

The poor reviews from the critics and the public let me know that most of them did not read the book or, if they did, did not understand it. The complaints and observations make it clear that the audience and the critics did not want to see Gatsby as a shallow fool and Daisy as silly, careless twit. Both stars obviously read the book and understood it as did the director. The fact that it did not please the audience shows that the public wanted to see something else.

What Luzman made later with music, this version tries to do with intense glittering. And although actors and scenography are great, it fails to show some key moments of the novel.

A great movie for perfect little fools, doesn't do the book justice, I don't think any movie can.

A faithful adaptation =/= a good movie. You're better off reading the book, as that will allow your imagination to get creative with the visuals, something this movie failed to do. Long story short, it's tediously boring.

The best romance movie ever made!

This film was almost good.

i thought this was pretty good