Great Gatsby
A good film giving you the feel of New York in the "Roaring 20's" especially the upper crust. The film opens with a very vintage Warner Brothers black and white title. Great CGI, lots of opening scenes of vintage color film, which basically help set the stage. Gatsby is a mythic figure, a man no one knows very much about but who began as a second lieutenant in WW-1 and finished as a decorated major, although this is shown only in quick flashbacks. He throws wild parties for New York's elite, but his past is as murky as is the source of his considerable wealth. The film gives an idea of the debauchery of the 20's East Coast upper crust but there are no explicit sex scenes, only the suggestion thereof, and the language is squeaky clean.
Very excessive drinking is shown along with references to drugs, and some very irresponsible driving perhaps under the influence at times.
The film may be forgiven its pandering to modern audiences by interspersing Gershwin with rap and hip hop versions of 20's music. Everything else looked perfect, to me.
The film ended with quite a bit of applause from the audience. I would give it 4 stars.
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