Comments on: Tobey Maguire & Joel Edgerton Do Some Old Timey Boxing In Set Pics From ‘The Great Gatsby’

By: jingmei

jingmei — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:36:37 +0000

How long Tobey Maguire hasn\’t shown up in a film. I used to like him a lot.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:36:37 +0000

Carter, you are so right about Christina Hendricks. She has the blowsiness and the earthiness of Myrtle. Isla Fisher is moderately talented and good at playing cutie pies, but she has the wrong look (too delicate) and not enough depth as an actress to play Myrtle. Thank goodness it\’s one of the smaller roles. OTOH, I think the movie is a bad idea from the get-go. An American classic filmed in 3D in Australia? What were they thinking?

At T.J. Eckleburg–great reference!!

By: T.J. Eckleburg

T.J. Eckleburg — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:36:37 +0000

\”While we’re at it, why was Attack of the Clones filmed in Australia too? It is a classic interstellar adventure set in space – it should have been filmed in space.\”

And look how well THAT turned out.

By: daniels

daniels — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:36:37 +0000

Carter…. Just wondering: why not just imagine the right actors in the roles? Why do you need to see your vision manifest? I don\’t think I\’ll ever understand why it\’s that appealing in the first place to see one\’s favorite book \”come to life on screen.\”

Re: Mulligan — she\’s actually at her best in An Education, and I don\’t think WEAK and SAD are good descriptions of her character there.

By: Carter

Carter — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:36:37 +0000

My main worry is Mulligan. She seems so miscast. I have my worries about Isla Fisher too, but Myrtle is not as specific of a character as Daisy. Mulligan seems so wrong for the part. First of all, Daisy is suppose to be breathtakingly beautiful and not to sound shallow, but Mulligan does not fit with that description. She\’s at her best playing sad, weak characters because she always looks SAD AND WEAK. She\’s a poor man\’s Michelle Williams. Hell, Michelle Williams could have done the role more justice. If she can play Marilyn, she can play Daisy. She\’s much more chameleon like in her appeal. Not Mulligan. And the blonde hair has got to go. I\’ve seen pics of Mulligan recently and she still has blonde hair, but Daisy does NOT have blonde hair. There is a line in the novel that references her hair color. If they do not get that detail right, clearly they aren\’t making a faithful adaptation. They could be using a wig, but I need to see some more set pictures. Mia Farrow was physically a great Daisy and that\’s about it. Besides not being able to inhibit the character entirely, the blonde hair was also off. I know this sounds silly getting so upset about the hair color, but Luhrman was very intent on making a faithful adaptation of one of the most prized novels in American literature, so why not get EVERY detail right. This is a huge assumption but I also cannot see Mulligan and DiCaprio having the kind of chemistry that Gatsby and Daisy are meant to have. She\’s a decade younger than he is, and I find that to be jarring if we are meant to believe these two people (in actors mode) are deeply and madly in love. I want to shake Luhrman and repeatedly call him a moron for making such a huge casting mistake. I\’m hoping I\’m wrong and the film is a huge success both critically and financially but good god, I\’m worried.

Lastly, Christina Hendricks would have made the PERFECT Myrtle. Stupid Luhrman, always casting your people but never thinking of artistic quality or really thinking in general.

By: Glass

Glass — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:36:37 +0000

And I\’m pretty sure they\’re not boxing in a scene – it looks like they\’re behind the camera and just fooling around while the crew is setting up.

By: Glass

Glass — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:36:37 +0000

While we\’re at it, why was Attack of the Clones filmed in Australia too? It is a classic interstellar adventure set in space – it should have been filmed in space.

Movie magic, guys, it\’s why we\’re all here. Modern Long Island looks nothing like 1920s Long Island. It\’s easier to build massive sets from the ground up than to find houses here and there with a \”period look\” and pay off the neighbors to take down their satellite dishes.

By: jmp

jmp — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:36:37 +0000

T.J. Eckleburg, I completely agree.

By: kintaro.west

kintaro.west — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:36:37 +0000

Does Sydney double as New York? The book could be set in Dubai and he\’ll still film out there in Australia….I\’m use to it….it\’s gonna look like his version of Romeo & Juliet either way.

By: la

la — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:36:37 +0000

Why does it matter where it\’s being filmed?

By: T.J. Eckleburg

T.J. Eckleburg — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:36:37 +0000

Oh, wait….It\’s because Bad Luhrmann is an atrocious \”filmmaker,\” and this production is a travesty of the highest order

By: T.J. Eckleburg

T.J. Eckleburg — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:36:37 +0000

Agreed.

By: Dr. Metzner

Dr. Metzner — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:36:37 +0000

I don\’t understand why it is being filmed in Australia. It is a classic American novel set in the U.S.