LOS ANGELES, CA –
The Great Gatsby, written by newcomer
F. Scott Fitzgerald and based on the recent major motion picture, came out this
week we think and is satisfactory enough. Considering the May 10th
premier of the film, Mr. Fitzgerald only took a couple months to write the
passable novel, and it shows. The acceptable prose and adequate character
development, while sufficient for a book, just don’t pop off the page the way a
3-D Leonardo DiCaprio popped off the screen playing the charismatic Jay Gatsby.
The American novelist gives an ample effort to describe the roaring 1920s party
scene, but to be perfectly honest, he just can’t compete with Baz Luhrmann’s
set design and Jay-Z’s thumping beats. The only positive part about this new
book version is that, at 180 pages, it’s relatively short, though it would
obviously take less time to just see the far superior movie. The tolerable book
is selling well enough though, prompting movie studios to evaluate other money
making opportunities. There are already rumors that they might make Luhrmann’s
and DiCaprio’s Romeo + Juliet into a
play by the end of the year.
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| Just watch the movie |
Credit KaraKreative for book cover
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