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A movie titled The
Great Gatsby is a movie directed by Baz Luhrmann which is adapted from
a novel with the same title written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The movie is
narrated by Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway who is explaining about his rich
neighbor named Gatsby, staring by Leonardo DiCaprio. The story of the movie
begins in the winter when Nick is being examined by a doctor for his
alcoholism. He tells the doctor about Gatsby.
Nick says that he never
see Gatsby since he moved to his new rent house next to Gatsby’s lavish
mansion. One day, Nick goes to his cousin’s house, named Daisy Buchanan who is
staring by Carey Mulligan, to have a dinner with her husband named Tom who is staring
by Joel Edgerton and her friend named Jordan Baker who is staring by Elizabeth
Debicki.
Suddenly, he says that
he won’t tell the doctor about it and then the doctor asks him to write it
since writing can bring Nick a solace. The doctor says that no one has to ever
read it because Nick can burn it. He asks Nick whatever that makes him
ease.
When writing, Nick
remembers a place called “valley of ashes” that he has been visited with Tom to
visit his mistress named Myrtle who is staring by Isla Fisher. She is a wife of
George Wilson who is staring by Jason Clarke.
Then, Nick finds out
that Tom has an apartment which is used to spend time with Myrtle. At first,
Nick thinks that it is not true, so he decides to go but Catherine, Myrtle’s
cousin, stops him and asks him to spend his time there.
On the following day,
Nick realizes that he is already in his house when he opens his eyes. Suddenly,
he feels that Gatsby always watch him from his mansion. He more convinced with
his feeling when someone gives him a party invitation from Gatsby.
When Nick comes to the
party, he asks people about Gatsby, but no one really see him. They even make
many rumors of him, like he is a German spy during the war, a murderer, and
many more. Unexpectedly, he meets Gatsby directly. He thinks that Gatsby has a
special smile that no one has.
One day, Jordan tells
Nick that Gatsby wants him to invite Daisy on a tea occasion at his house. On
the day, Gatsby realizes that both Gatsby and Daisy really needs to talk after
five years of separation. He thinks that it is the second time for him to keep
a secret of married people and their lovers.
On the next party at
Gatsby’s house, Daisy comes with his husband. Gatsby brings her to a place
where they plan about their future. Nick warns Gatsby that he cannot repeat the
past, but Gatsby asks Nick to accompany him to tell Tom that Daisy is leaving.
On Nick’s thirtieth
birthday, he, Tom, Gatsby, Daisy, and Jordan go to the Plaza. Tom is driving
Gatsby’s car with Nick and Jordan while Daisy and Gatsby take Tom’s car.
Eventually, Tom stops at George’s garage because the car is run out of gas. He
knows there that George and Myrtle are moving west.
At the Plaza, Gatsby
tells Tom that she never loved him. It makes Tom angry and says that Gatsby
gets his fortune illegally with a man named Meyer. Gatsby turns into angry and
brings Daisy go by his own car.
Unfortunately, at night,
Myrtle is running toward Gatsby’s car because she thinks that Tom drives the
car as before. She hits by the car and finally died. Seeing a crowd in front of
George’s garage, Tom, Nick, and Jordan approach the crowd. Tom says to George
that the yellow car that is trying to be approach by Myrtle belongs to Gatsby.
When Gatsby is alone,
Nick finds him. Gatsby tells him that it is Daisy was the driver actually, but
he intends to take the blame. At that time, he also tells Nick about his real
life and name.
On the following day,
when Nick is calling Gatsby, he hears two shots. He finds out that the first
shot is a shot from George to Gatsby and the second shot is a shot that George
turning to himself.
Unfortunately, Daisy,
Tom, and their daughter are leaving New York when Nick invites Daisy to attend
Gatsby’s funeral. It finally makes Nick as the one who really knows the truth
while media says that Gatsby had an affair with Myrtle and he killed her. The
last scene is back to the time when Nick finishes his writing in the sanitarium
and names it as The Great Gatsby.
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