Was Daisy supposed to be that annoying?

Depends on whether you like socialites or not and whether you are a man or a woman, and even whether you are young, middle aged or old.

Daisy is supposed to be a woman with instantaneous hypnotic power over normal men in general and young men in particular (unless you are jagged and/or over-analyzing on purpose). She's supposed to have the heart stopping power of say young Mischa Barton from "The O.C." days (as in he doesn't even bother to check her cup size :-). The one who can give Ryan one single look, ask "Who are you" and have his heart and mind captured forever. She's a mythical creature that a man of substantial wealth would die for without even thinking.

Which must make her one hell of annoying for female audience by default :-) even if she wasn't stealing "their" Robert Redford away. Never came across a woman who watched "The Great Gatsby" for any other reason except to stare at Redford :-))))

I could mention a few contemporary and reasonably notorious socialites which are universally disliked or hated by women and quite captivating for men even if they are not picture perfect and/or large cup-ed :-)

Granted, Mia Farrow never had the heart stopping power of Mischa Barton but she was close enough to create if not mythical, then at least surreal creature that can believably lead one Gatsby to death with a smile on his face. Something that Daisy-to-be (Carey Mulligan) can't even dream about.

So, for all practical purposes Mia Farrow will remain the Queen of Daisies 40 years latter which is rather unimaginable achievement.

I actually thought Mia Farrow nailed the character. She was supposed to be a shallow, materialistic dingbat. The reader is never quite sure why Gatsby is so obsessed with her other than that he's trying to recreate the past. The way Farro portrayed her was annoying, but intentionally so. She appeared on screen exactly the way I imagined her in the book. When you read the book you want to reach into the book and slap her. In the 1974 film, you want to reach onto the screen and slap her. She did a fantastic job.

I thought she was awful. Really brought the film down. Also the casting of Myrtle was pretty bad. I just thought they both came across really hammy. Also, in the book yes both characters are daft but I found Daisy far more daft in the film. At least I can read the book and not be so annoyed by her. I wanted to literally slap Daisy in this film she was so annoying. Also I did not see the appeal in her at all. She came across so ditzy. I didn't think she seemed that extreme in the book. I actually thought Jordan Baker was more attractive than Mia Farrow in this film. Funnily enough I read that the actress who played Jordan was a contender for the Daisy role. I'd have been interested to see her portray the character. Yes Daisy is daft, unlikable, but I didn't feel she was so over the top in the book. Maybe I interpreted her badly in the book, idk. I'm interested in seeing the new Gastby film even if it stinks (it's Baz Luhrmann so I don't expect it to be a straight forward interpretation - maybe that's a good thing, won't need to relive the scene where Gatsby is showing off his clothes in this version). Hopefully Carey Mulligan can give a better portrayal of Daisy.

I always thought that Myrtle was WAY more annoying.

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"I read the book and although I found Daisy annoying I never though it would be as bad as she was in the movie"

same here. despite all her faults, you still understand why gatsby loves her in the book. in the movie, i kept thinking "why her? surely you can do better than this".

mia farrow was super-annoying, and acts in a way that seems a silly and too hysteric, but that may be from today's point of view. i wonder how her acting was perceived in those days ....?