After reading F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby there was one chapter that I really enjoyed the most. Chapter five, in my opinion, is one of the most important chapters in the novel. Gatsby and Daisy finally meet. Not to mention all the symbolism in this one chapter that you just can’t miss, and if it is adapted into a movie it must be well executed, for if not the movie will fail to bring purpose to the book.
In the 2013 film version of The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann the scene where Gatsby and Daisy meet again at Nick's house should be exactly like the book. We should feel the emotion and understand the tone of the scene, and I believe in this film version there are parts of the scene that live up to the chapter, and other …show more content…
Gatsby wants time and he wants to control it, Gatsby wants to strip off the 5 wasteful years he's had, and through the whole novel, he idolizes his past with Daisy. This is another key symbol the movie must get right, and director Luhrmann does just that. The dialogue in this exact scene is kept the same “We’ve met before,” muttered Gatsby, and “We haven’t met for many years,” said Daisy, also the most important, “ Five years next November.” Not to mention the knocking down of the clock which is a key essential for time; moreover, Leonardo's acting was very well illustrated in this scene. His nervousness definitely shined through when he knocked the clock off the mantel and said: “I’m sorry about the clock,” ( but it’s just an old clock …show more content…
On an artificial note daisy states “I certainly am awfully glad to see you again” in the book it sounds fake when she say this to Gatsby. Are you really happy to see him or are you glad to see that he's wealthy now ( poor Gatsby Daisy really is careless), but in the scene it's contradicting her voice and facial expression show us that she’s happy to see Gatsby that there is some sort of hope that The Great Gatsby is a romance, but it’s not and Luhrmann fails to see that, not mention Daisy and her non-streaked teary face that was not presented in this
In the 2013 film version of The Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann the scene where Gatsby and Daisy meet again at Nick's house should be exactly like the book. We should feel the emotion and understand the tone of the scene, and I believe in this film version there are parts of the scene that live up to the chapter, and other …show more content…
Gatsby wants time and he wants to control it, Gatsby wants to strip off the 5 wasteful years he's had, and through the whole novel, he idolizes his past with Daisy. This is another key symbol the movie must get right, and director Luhrmann does just that. The dialogue in this exact scene is kept the same “We’ve met before,” muttered Gatsby, and “We haven’t met for many years,” said Daisy, also the most important, “ Five years next November.” Not to mention the knocking down of the clock which is a key essential for time; moreover, Leonardo's acting was very well illustrated in this scene. His nervousness definitely shined through when he knocked the clock off the mantel and said: “I’m sorry about the clock,” ( but it’s just an old clock …show more content…
On an artificial note daisy states “I certainly am awfully glad to see you again” in the book it sounds fake when she say this to Gatsby. Are you really happy to see him or are you glad to see that he's wealthy now ( poor Gatsby Daisy really is careless), but in the scene it's contradicting her voice and facial expression show us that she’s happy to see Gatsby that there is some sort of hope that The Great Gatsby is a romance, but it’s not and Luhrmann fails to see that, not mention Daisy and her non-streaked teary face that was not presented in this