I saw the Great Gatsby today.
Some thoughts:
There was a crazy lady in the theater sitting behind me. Her running commentary throughout the movie was delightful. A few gems from her "not-remotely-involved-in-the-production point of view" were as follows:
"I'm goin' out for a cigarette."
(upon returning to the theater after her cigarette some 30 minutes later)
"Oh! Leonardo Dicaprio!"
(reading out-loud every word shown on-screen)
"The Great Gatsby. Oh!"
(during any intense background music)
"Oooh, something bad's gonna happen."
Here are my thoughts:
Blink, or "Banana Girl" from An Education once dated Jack, presumably after he drowned in the Arctic judging by his old face. Blink's cousin, Spiderman has a bromance with Jack and Jack likes to toss shirts around. Apparently, dude bought a house across the bay from his ex girlfriend whom he never got over. (Dumb move, weirdo.) He said he couldn't be with her because he wasn't born into a wealthy family. We don't know this for a while. We all think Jack's an heir to a fortune or something, but really he just sells alcohol. Oh no, he's not a cool home brewer or anything, he bootlegs whiskey or some crap.
Blink's husband (no idea who the actor is) is cheating with her on a girl who wears a lot of colors. This is how you know she's low-class. Blink accidentally hits her husband's mistress with a car, killing the mistress. Then the mistress's husband thinks it's Jack, shoots him so he falls in a pool and dies. Then he shoots himself, or maybe THE BUTLER DID IT!?!
Sometimes when there are scenes with driving cars, the movie looks like that weird "Speed Racer" movie with Christina Ricci. It's disturbing.
Also, sometimes there are African Americans singing and dancing. Yeah.
All that said, my new goal in life is to go to a party held at Gatsby's house. It looks totally kick-ass.
"Leo always be drownin'"
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