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17. Summer's Epic Fail

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #2)

Fri May 10, 2013, 12:28 PM

May 2013

one star by Rolling Stone mag. Their comment on the music: "nothing like hip-hop to add relevance to a retro classic".

From the New Yorker, "“The Great Gatsby”: Try Again, Old Sport"

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The newest movie version of The Great Gatsby looks like a cartoon.... [View all] WCGreen May 2013 OP

I'm going to miss it olddots May 2013 #1

The LA Times didn't like it much either: CaliforniaPeggy May 2013 #2

I pretty much said the same thing just by looking at the promos... WCGreen May 2013 #3

They should hire you! CaliforniaPeggy May 2013 #4

Second that. The sound track alone is a wtf. n/t sarge43 May 2013 #11

Summer's Epic Fail ballardgirl May 2013 #17

why?? Bombero1956 May 2013 #5

Heard the Will.I.Am song a few weeks back. AngryOldDem May 2013 #9

Saw it tonight. It was AMAZING. Fearless May 2013 #6

On Hardball today tblue May 2013 #7

I'm going to read a wide range of reviews before making up my mind to see it. AngryOldDem May 2013 #8

Yeah that's the feeling I'm getting so far too... Locut0s May 2013 #10

I'll wait until it comes out on Netflix. femmocrat May 2013 #12

I'm going to see it. 6000eliot May 2013 #13

What do you think of the two Bartleby movies? rug May 2013 #14

I'm unaware of any "Bartleby" movie except a short film I saw in grade school. 6000eliot May 2013 #27

The one with Paul Scofield is good, even if st in 20th century London. rug May 2013 #29

I'll wait until it come to On Demand. HappyMe May 2013 #15

It's Baz Luhrmann sharp_stick May 2013 #16

I liked Moulin Rouge! a lot. WCGreen May 2013 #19

Weirdly so did I sharp_stick May 2013 #30

The Daily Beast reviewer hated it GCP May 2013 #18

"Relentless assault on the senses"... WorseBeforeBetter May 2013 #28

Mrs. WC Green suggested what his face take on To Kill A Mocking Bird next WCGreen May 2013 #20

I don't care. I still want to see it, on the Big Screen, too. Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #21

Me too! Loryn May 2013 #22

here, you can have the seat beside me ... Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #23

I'll bring extra! Loryn May 2013 #25

Meh. Moondog May 2013 #24

I'll see it at home eventually. In_The_Wind May 2013 #26

Not going - hate this director and do not get his critical appeal exxo1111 May 2013 #31

I saw the trailer in the movies and thought it looked pretty good. MrSlayer May 2013 #32

Saw the Redford/Farrow version tonight again (netflix.) elleng May 2013 #33