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4. The Great Gatsby

Tomatometer Rating: 49% Baz Luhrmann is one of the most divisive directors out there. Some love his visually resplendent take on classic material, while others find his whole style rather vapid. And while we'd agree with those sentiments on the overblown and seriously compromised Australia, in terms of The Great Gatsby it's all a little misplaced; even before the film was released people were ready for it to be a dud. Contemporary music? High levels of CGI? What would F. Scott Fitzgerald say? We don't know (we're not Owen Wilson), but for our money The Great Gatsby is one of the most overlooked films of the past few years. Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby is spot-on casting that gives the actor ample opportunity to go into his angry face and sad face. The poor reviews really stem from a misunderstanding of the film on a fundamental level. Just like Romeo And Juliet reimagined as a mafia war, yet retaining Shakespeare's dialogue, Luhrmann's Gatsby isn't meant to be a definitive adaptation of the novel, but an new take on it. When you look at it in that way, the intoxicating style is less misunderstanding the opulence of the twenties than putting it in modern terms. That it's the best cinematic version (sorry Robert) is besides the point.