The Great Gatsby (2013)
I would probably call Elvis something of a missed opportunity where the cast had so much potential but director, Baz Luhrmann, somehow let his style reduce the film to a more shallow montage of the singer's life. Luhrmann is certainly great at putting on a show but he missed the mark at delivering what could have been the definitive biopic. 10 years prior to release of Elvis, Luhrmann had his sights on another big extravaganza with adapting The Great Gatsby , which I saw in the cinema and only just rewatched recently. Would his direction be better suited to this or am I just not gelling with his approach? Adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel that was set in the 1920s when it was written, the story follows a WW1 hero use his new found success to make a name for himself with big, glitzy parties in Long Island with the sole hope of rekindling his former lover who now resides across the bay from him. The story is told though from the perspective of his humble neighbour...
