great Gatsby movie vs. book
The Great Gatsby
Ms. Benoit, English
Ben Murray
2013
The Great Gatsby
I believe that the filmmakers translated the great Gatsby very well from text to the big screen, showing life back in the early nineteen hundreds with the glamour of the high society. Although the transition from text to film was very good there were some changes but there are always changes for example the “iron man” comics were very different from the films but change and adaptation is sometimes necessary for growth and the ever-evolving world.
In the novel Nick and Gatsby meet at the first party nick is invited too. Nick striking up a conversation with a man that he describes to be about his age, sharing war stories and they make plans to socialize the next day. Nick then exclaims he still hasn’t met the host and the man explains he is in fact Gatsby. However in the movie Gatsby being played by Leonardo DiCaprio it would give it away that he’s the man Nick has been waiting to meet so instead Gatsby over hears Nick say he hasn’t met the host and Gatsby turns around and says I’m Gatsby. One thing I did notice about DiCaprio playing Gatsby was he over used Gatsby saying “old sport” in the book he does say it a fair amount but not as much as he does in the film.
In the book it seemed very much so that Jordan Baker and Nick were a thing, after their tea date it describes Nick and Jordan having a moment where they kiss. The fact that nick doesn’t get home until two in the morning it seems that it worked out pretty good for him. In the film you can see that there may be some feelings between the two but never shows the interaction of nick drawing her closer and then eventually as he describes “this time I drew here even closer this time to my face”. Although in the movie he still doesn’t get home until very late at night. They could have left this part out because of time restrictions or because the director could have felt it wasn’t an important part that he had to show
Ms. Benoit, English
Ben Murray
2013
The Great Gatsby
I believe that the filmmakers translated the great Gatsby very well from text to the big screen, showing life back in the early nineteen hundreds with the glamour of the high society. Although the transition from text to film was very good there were some changes but there are always changes for example the “iron man” comics were very different from the films but change and adaptation is sometimes necessary for growth and the ever-evolving world.
In the novel Nick and Gatsby meet at the first party nick is invited too. Nick striking up a conversation with a man that he describes to be about his age, sharing war stories and they make plans to socialize the next day. Nick then exclaims he still hasn’t met the host and the man explains he is in fact Gatsby. However in the movie Gatsby being played by Leonardo DiCaprio it would give it away that he’s the man Nick has been waiting to meet so instead Gatsby over hears Nick say he hasn’t met the host and Gatsby turns around and says I’m Gatsby. One thing I did notice about DiCaprio playing Gatsby was he over used Gatsby saying “old sport” in the book he does say it a fair amount but not as much as he does in the film.
In the book it seemed very much so that Jordan Baker and Nick were a thing, after their tea date it describes Nick and Jordan having a moment where they kiss. The fact that nick doesn’t get home until two in the morning it seems that it worked out pretty good for him. In the film you can see that there may be some feelings between the two but never shows the interaction of nick drawing her closer and then eventually as he describes “this time I drew here even closer this time to my face”. Although in the movie he still doesn’t get home until very late at night. They could have left this part out because of time restrictions or because the director could have felt it wasn’t an important part that he had to show