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Trailer for forthcoming release made me cringe!!

posted 12 years ago by Divmercy1
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Not sure about anyone else, but IMO, I literally cringed ("ouch") when I heard the soundclip accompanying the movie trailer for Great Gatsby's forthcoming release (with L. DeCaprio) -- hearing a very slow-moving "So Happy Together."
You have GOT to be kidding me!?! Didn't the producers do enough homework to know that a song from the late 60s doesn't really mesh well with the music from the 20s? I mean, come ON! Couldn't they use some jazz numbers, Charleston music, etc.??? Really!?!
IMO, I think the 1974 release version had the best "themed" music - no "So Happy Together" there!! LOL :O

[–] ed-78 12 years ago

I didn't like the anachronistic music when I first watched the first trailer last year. But since then I have found myself more open to the idea, and the trailer music doesn't bother me. I chalk it up to watching (and loving) Quentin Tarantino's historical adventure movies Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained. These movies includes hip-hop, music from the 60s, Jim Croce, etc. They worked well to establish the right mood despite the settings being World War 2 France and the antebellum South!

Also, the music in trailers often doesn't show up in the movie, or sometimes only during the end credits. I predict that in scenes which show music being played by people (at the party, or in that open-topped, Newport Jazz Festival style car seen briefly in one trailer), the music will be period music.

[–] Eowyn8 12 years ago

I'm expecting the movie to be a bit Moulon Rouge-ish.

[–] rgcustomer 12 years ago

The 2013 version has a heart. I think part of why it works so well is the music.

This version explains some things more clearly, but it's just so sterile. Frankly, if the film needed to be set in outer space for it to work better than this, then it would be the correct decision.

[–] obscure_metaphor 12 years ago

entirely agree. The Luhrmann version gets the story, the passion and the scale right, and everything else is up for grabs, just like his Romeo and Juliet. In regards to the music, some sections work better than others, but on the whole it works. It feels like it would have felt at the time; a world filled with the most exciting and intense parties, the fastest cars and the limitless potential of what the next night may bring.

The 74 edition may have more direct dialogue, but confusingly, its often the least relevant pieces from the book. Also, the introduction to Gatsby is ruined, changing it from something cool and effortless into something dramatic and awkward.

[–] shiftylee 11 years ago

I agree. Luhrmann got it right. The 60's era Gatsby missed the mark.

[–] shiftylee 11 years ago

70's. Typo.

[–] charlesheld 11 years ago

Little known music/movie trivia:

Prehistoric monkeys didn't write "Also Sprach Zarathustra".

Oh, and both "The Charleston" and "What'll I Do" were released in 1923 so technically the '74 version has anachronistic music as well, since the story is set in 1922.