Gatsby: He Truly Is Great!

So a few weeks ago, I did helped with my boyfriend's book report for his English class. They were reading The Great Gatsby, so I pulled up the SparkNotes and read away. By the time I finished the report, I was convinced that this was one of the worst books I've ever read (and that's really saying something. I'm looking at you, Wanted: Mud Blossom). However, when the movie came out, my mother said it was absolutely fantastic and that I had to go see it. My friend Angie posted on Facebook asking who wanted to see it with her, so I thought hey, why not?

Well, my mother turned out to be absolutely right: it was fantastic.

Here's a quick summary of the movie:

So, Spiderman moves to a nice little cottage on Long Island, right next door to Jack from Titanic. Jack lives right across the lake from the guy who killed Osama bin Laden, who is married to this random blonde chick, who is Spiderman's cousin. Anyways, Jack's heart goes on and on for Random Blonde Chick and, as a result, he throws crazy parties at his crazy house to try and get her attention. He ultimately does, and they begin a love affair ...Guy Who Killed Osama bin Laden doesn't like the fact that Random Blonde Chick loves Jack back. Random Blonde Chick hits Guy Who Killed Osama bin Laden's mistress with a car and kills her, the mistress' husband thinks it was Jack, Jack gets shot and dies in water. Yet again. Spiderman goes crazy and ends up in a mental care facility. THE END.

Oh, I forgot the part about the dubstep! (Yes. Dubstep.)

It sounds strange, but it was probably one of the best-made movies I've ever seen. The modern music mixed with the old-timey footage actually meshed very well together. My favorite scene was when Spiderman (okay, fine, Nick) was at the party in Myrtle's apartment and there was a mix of "I Can't Stop" playing over everything. That was amazing.

My train of thought is dying. That's all.