The Success or Failure of Baz Luhrmann’s Movie, The Great Gatsby

Baz Luhrmanns The salient Gatsby attempts to recreate the novel, besides fails miserably. F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby is very different in meaning from Luhrmanns fillic adaptation. The film, unlike the novel, makes Gatsby seem like a rally in love, and fails to show the idealism behind Gatsbys dream. Baz Luhrmanns The Great Gatsby attempts to recreate F. Scott Fitzgeralds themes, but ends up failing miserably. The film tried to juggle too galore(postnominal) themes at once, rather than stress a couple crucial ones throughout the movie.The film was unable to convey the failure of the American romance that Fitzgerald so aptly analyzed throughout his novel. Fitzgerald, unlike Luhrmann, was able to make the reader see that Gatsbys vision (all of his wealth and grandeur had a purpose to win over Daisy), which parallels the American Dream that many people strive for. The impossibility of this dream is keyed in on through the dialogue between pass and Gatsby during Luhrman ns film, but it does not even come close to achieving the same effect that Fitzgerald did in his novel.Luhrmann focuses on how Gatsbys hope and determination to repeat the past in this one scene, but fails to sequester this in throughout the movie. This important theme is forgotten by the end of the film because of how gaudily the film is stylized. The film may have accurately portrayed the imagery of the extravagant parties that Fitzgerald vividly described, but the glitzy diversions detract from the central themes. The disjointedness of the film, as a result of these distractions, cause the viewer to forget the content of the film.Luhrmanns care to the visual and musical aspects of the film prevented the film from exploring the themes that Fitzgerald was able to do by ensuring that the imagery served a great purpose (not just to become a box office success in Luhrmanns case). Also, the changes to Nicks character are significant as it shifts the focus from Gatsby to Nick. Fitzge rald purposefully leaves Nicks disembodied spirit ambiguous, but Luhrmann attempts to give Nicks departure from the East an edge by turning him into a drunkard. By doing this, Luhrmann emphasizes the excesses of the time, and ends up