Escape to the Movies: The Great Gatsby

[Paragon Fury]

Has......has Moviebob always had this Boston accent?

Because this seems like a new thing.

 

[bravetoaster]

I feel like some of you guys miss the point, in novel Daisy is the American dream during this time period. Where we have romanctice view something much more then it is, and in the end it may not be worth effort put into it. That Make Gatsby so sad made will and enegry of titian and undying hope, for his dream to not worth of him.

PS this fellow does ten time better job of the explaining then then me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw9Au9OoN88&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOeEc9ME62zTfqc0h6Pe8vb&index=4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn0WZ8-0Z1Y&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOeEc9ME62zTfqc0h6Pe8vb

Interesting videos--thank you for sharing. I still do not care for the story or book, but appreciate learning about its historical context and hearing an explanation for why someone else enjoys or appreciates it. I still do not like it, but that's a matter of taste; you can't be right or wrong for liking or disliking a particular piece of art.

 

[madhousezack]

You also can't spoiler something that's required high school reading. Anybody who doesn't know the story of The Great Gatsby by this point has no excuse not to.

It might surprise you to learn the rest of the world isn't required to study your country's literary canon.

I don't think he literally meant that it's required reading everywhere, it was just a hyperbolic statement meant to convey the popularity and public recognition of the book. It might not be as popular in other places as it is in the U.S., but it is still popular to some extent, more-so than say "The Tommyknockers."

 

[Joel Bridge]

I feel like some of you guys miss the point, in novel Daisy is the American dream during this time period. Where we have romanctice view something much more then it is, and in the end it may not be worth effort put into it. That Make Gatsby so sad made will and enegry of titian and undying hope, for his dream to not worth of him.

PS this fellow does ten time better job of the explaining then then me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw9Au9OoN88&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOeEc9ME62zTfqc0h6Pe8vb&index=4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn0WZ8-0Z1Y&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOeEc9ME62zTfqc0h6Pe8vb

Interesting videos--thank you for sharing. I still do not care for the story or book, but appreciate learning about its historical context and hearing an explanation for why someone else enjoys or appreciates it. I still do not like it, but that's a matter of taste; you can't be right or wrong for liking or disliking a particular piece of art.

As fan of book this current movie is retelling but stil miss mark when comes to meaning behind story.

 

[Taunta]

about the whole "dosnt need a spoiler alert because its so old and everyone should know it" it does require a spoiler alert for some like me, as it may be required reading for yank's its not all to well known over here in the UK (most people know OF it, but beyond that not all that many have actually read it or have heard the story)

EDIT: I wonder how many Americans have read anything by Chaucer?

I'm not sure, as I attended an atypical high school, but at least personally, we were required to read parts of The Canterbury Tales in modern English.

I also just recently took a Chaucer course at my University, which is the entirety of The Canterbury Tales in original Middle English.

 

[ReinWeisserRitter]

It's weird how your commentary so often has obvious, jarring splicing where it was clear you wanted to re-word something, but your stance on your accent slipping out of nowhere seems to be "eh, fuck it". Maybe the obvious, jarring splicing is frequently the accent-slippage you ended up noticing and redoing, I dunno, but it always struck me as strange.