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The Great Gatsby (2013)
Easy Watch
I was very hesitant to watch this movie because; I did not really enjoy the book. But, I was very pleased while watching the movie. The first thing that caught my eye was the costumes and scenery. These two areas of the movie were spot on when it comes to the era of the movie. Another great aspect of the movie was the characters. Tobey Maguire did a fantastic job and portrayed the quiet character he was supposed to be well. Leonardo DiCaprio was also a great contribution to this movie. Gatsby was intended to be a mysterious man who was read by others as well off. Carey Mulligan fulfilled her role with a lot of promise. She was able to play her position as the middle women well and her acting as secret mistress was great. Overall, this was a good movie it had a good story line, and as the movie plays you become more and more interested with what will happy next. Although I do have one complaint about this movie, time. The movie is over two hours long and can feel that way at times. Even with this small issue, I would watch this movie again.
Liz & Dick (2012)
Not much to watch
I watched this movie with my roommate hoping for a good night filled with good movies, boy was I ever wrong. We began watching the movie and quickly contemplated turning it off. Going into the movie I did not know much about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. After watching the movie, I still know very little about them. I feel that costumes were the best feature of the movie, the clothing fit the era presented very nicely. As for actors and actresses, I feel that Bowler played a believable role at Richard Burton, but Lohan she had played to many other roles that I am familiar with to successfully fill this role. I feel someone else would have been a better chosen and she may have been chosen only to sell the movie. That is one of the main reasons that we watched it. This hour and a half movie felt like it could have been playing for three plus hours. Then to top it all off the movie ended so suddenly. The whole movie moved at a steady pace then all of a sudden the second divorce happens, then Burton is dead. Not the way I would have paced the ending of the movie.