While Gatsby is always thrown out there as the great american novel, I absolutely hated it due to the fact that I was "forced" to read the book, to the tone of tests and homework assignments.
Now that everyone is complaining that the movie is terrible, It just makes me wonder; Who actually enjoyed reading this novel, and what made anyone think it would be good as a movie adaptation?
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I hated the book. The original movie was actually pretty good, but the new one looks like crap.
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That book sucked I hated it. 1984 should be the greatest american novel. Thing is a work of art.
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Wait the new movie is bad?
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It was okay. I liked the trailer for the new movie, but only for the song.
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I loved the book.
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I had to read it recently, I didn't think it was amazing or anything.
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Edited by VerticalGradient: 5/11/2013 8:17:07 PMThe first time I read it I was confused with being instructed to make sense of all the symbolism, whereas the second reading I had a better teacher who actually helped make sense of the novel and its meaning, so the second time I enjoyed it more. I can appreciate it for its meaning and Fitzgerald's writing, but I'm not really fond of it. I still keep my copy on my bookshelf, but I prefer to read sci-fi and fantasy and such. Probably poor decisions on part of whoever was involved in creating the new film, but it'll probably be a box-office success because DiCaprio.
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ugh....The Great Gatsby was so boring and monotonous.