Great Gatsby: Movie vs Book

The plot and the setting of book and movie are very similar. There was a lot of thins borrowed from the book, but there was a lot changed as well. The movie followed the plot of book very closely and portrayed the setting of the book very well. A lot of the dialogue was borrowed and spoken directly as it was in the book.

The characters in this novel doesn’t look like I would have expected it to be in the movie. All of the characters look older in the film. In the novel it made the characters seem to younger because, Calvin and Beth had got Conrad a car for christmas towards the middle compared to the film Conrad had already had the car from the beginning. The lifestyle that the Jarretts live in is strange. Their lifestyle is strange because Beth doesn’t like to interact with Conrad. Beth really just likes to go on trips with Calvin and leave Conrad. I feel like the film is strange because when Calvin, Beth, or Conrad step outside there is never any kids or cars going through.

“So, we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past"- Nick Carraway, a famous quote that captures the harsh indictment in chasing the American dream. “The Great Gatsby” an original literary art form, has been adapted to film by director Baz Luhrmann. Both forms display different approaches at telling the story. Yet the novel written by the famous F. Scott Fitzgerald is proven to be superior. The characters of Daisy Buchanan and Gatsby are diluted and the historical message of the novel are changed in film thus creating a very lacklustre attempt at illustrating “The Great Gatsby”.

Baz Luhrman’s movie “The Great Gatsby ”, had differences in both the movie and the book. It has about five direct changes from the book that a person can think of or notice when comparing them. First the narrator, Nick Caraway. When he is writing about his experiences from back to his summer at West Egg, and some of the text from the is seen floating across the screen as the scene begins to enter into New York City. It has to be one of the most cooler adaptations of a book that was noticed.

One of the differences between the movie and book is Nick Carraway’s character. In the novel, Nick seems like a serious person. The book makes it appear as if he doesn’t get in much trouble. “I have been drunk just twice in my life and the second time was that afternoon”. The party in the book doesn’t seem so wild like in the movie. In the movie, Nick is introduced in an institution getting help from a doctor after having alcoholic and depression problems. In the party scene

On April 25, 1925, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published. Very quickly, The Great Gatsby became a meritorious piece of American literature embodying the hopes and downfalls of people chasing the American Dream. In the book, narrator Nick Carraway reminisces about the downfall and death of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby, who tried to chase a dream that has already passed him. Forty-nine years after the publication of the book, the first of two movies of the same name was released. In 2013, the newest movie version of The Great Gatsby premiered. Although both movies are based on the original book, The Great Gatsby movies are wildly different with their interpretations of the book. But, the 1974 adaptation is the superior The Great Gatsby movie due to the beautiful landscape, old Hollywood glamour, and accuracy to the book and time period.

One of the many things that stood out to me was that Daisy still stayed with Tom. She could have someone that would treat her the way she should be treated. Gatsby would not cheat on her like Tom does all throughout the story. Gatsby is also a hard working man, “she only married you because I was poor and and she was tired of waiting for me”.(103) Gatsby had to earn his wealth he was born into a poor family. Tom was born into wealth, “his family were enormously wealthy-even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach”.(6) Another reason why I was surprised that she stayed with Tom is that she did not love him, “I did love him once-but I loved you too”.(132) She also did not love Gatsby anymore, she did when she had dated him

Do I think the Gatsby movie was “lacking something”, no I do not. The movie, in my opinion was very well done. The casting of most of the characters was exceptional. However, I didn't so much like the actress that played Daisy in the movie. After reading the book I had a very different depiction of her. Also, the movie had a very controversial part, the music. Many will say that it's too contemporary or that it does not match the author's characters, but actually I thought it gave the movie a little more life, something the book was unable to do. Being a boomlet, the movie was way more interesting, exciting ,and was able to keep my attention more than the book did. The book seemed to drag scenes on or slow moving, but the movie was upbeat and

Most people say the book is always different than the movie, but when it come to “The Great Gatsby” not much is different. The 2013 movie adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” is not much different to the book itself. There are only few minor, little details the movie does not give to the book.There are also a lot of things the movie stays true to the book as well. To start, the narrator Nick Carraway in the book is not in a sanitarium like it is portrayed in the film. In the movie Nick is in the sanitarium to cope with the events that had happened with Gatsby and his alcoholism that the event had sparked. Jordan Baker, we immediately find out she is a golfer, not much about Jordan is revealed,

For me it's a film and a novel and it's called the Great Gatsby. I just love the book and the movie it's one of the best novels that i have read over and over. I had started to read the novel in the begin of the school year, but i did not really care for it and i would read it but i would get so far behind that i kinda gave up on it. When i had told my brother that i had been reading the Great Gatsby he had said that he had loved that novel. When he had told me to finish reading it, i didn't want to i didn't think i would like it and i didn't like to read. When i had finished reading it i had changed my mind i loved it. I later had told my brother that i finished it and showed me that my brother and i have something to talk about and that i

There has been the endless debate about whether the original book is better than the movie adaptation or not? In the reading of chapter 5 and 6 of The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald evidently shows the reason why reading the original book is, at least this time, way better than watching the movie. Luhrmann (2013) appears to depict The Great Gatsby as the romantic-drama love story between the lovers from the different social classes. While, Fitzgerald (1925) spectacularly draws the reasonable motivation contributes to James Gatz’s, or Jay Gatsby’s striving for the prosperity. In these two chapter, 5 and 6, it becomes obvious that the most essential theme of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the American Dream.

Great Gatsby novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby film directed by Baz Luhrmann. I will be referencing the two entities point by point attacking main subjects and detail from the novel and the film. Some of these points are very likely to be grand and noticeable, some may be very minescule. Join me as I dissect topics and compare and contrast points from The Great Gatsby novel an d The Great Gatsby film.

Answering the question “Which do you like best, the book or the movie?” always had been a simple task. For so many films, I gave a swift reply with my obvious choice, the book. No doubts clouded my mind, for the book always surpassed the film. Baz Luhrmann destroyed that notion. In 2013, Australian director Baz Luhrmann released his vibrant/modern rendition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. After finally reading Great Gatsby at the end of junior year, I watched the 2013 film adaptation for the third time in my life, and my mind broke. Viewing the film so quickly after analyzing the book stirred a storm inside of me when I could not decree he book infinitely superior to its cinematic counterpart. Instead, I discovered

While the movie did remain loyal to the book at big times, it did skimp out on some other juicy details. For example, the details from Gatsby in the book always throwing lavished parties that the neighborhood attended. You could hear it from a couple blocks away. According the book while Gatsby had his parties, you could always see his house lit up from across the river. Nick Carraway, who Gatsby befriends if the movie and book narrates the movie as well as the book. Implying that he is the author. One of the scenes that happened in the book that didn’t happen in the movie was Owl Eyes, who provided comedic relief didn’t provide that comic relief like intended in the book in the movie.

The main character that is there through the whole book is Nick Carraway. Nick is the narrator and one of the characters in the book. Also in the movie. Nick in the beginning of the book is a happy and knowledgeable man. He worked hard to get where he was and knew exactly what he wanted. Nick Carraway said in the book, “I was rather literary in college -- one year I wrote a series