The Great Gatsby: Comparing The Book And The Movie

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In the older version of The Great Gatsby the characters are different. The acting was a lot better I think in the new version than in the older version. The acting in both films were great, the crying and sobbing could have had a little more work for some characters but in all both movies were great. The differences in the older movie was that Gatsby did not say “Old Sport” very often and the crash scene was different in the newer version than in the older version. The Eyes of Dr. T.J Eckleburg were older looking in the new movie and newer looking in the older movie. The Older movie was more related to the book than the new version was. The plot of the last scene was different in the movies, one movie has the crash scene and the other has no

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