The Great Gatsby re-remake/adaptation came out in May, and I've been meaning to go see it with the BFFs. I am still stunned that Warner Brothers a) found out the date of our wedding; and b) decided to do a remake of The Great Gatsby in our honor. But they did! I guess we waited a bit too long to go see it, though, because by the time we got our respective acts and schedules together, the only place it was playing was at the Agawam Family Cinema. So off we went! After some misleading directions (my fault) we made it to the theater. Which was very... interesting. We soon realized why the ticket price was only $3.50. The theater looked and/or smelled like a combination of a high school lecture hall and the New York City bus station. There were alarming stains on the ceiling tiles, and more alarming stains on the floors. The seats had desk surfaces in front of them. Heather used the bathroom and noticed a sign on the trash saying, "Please no needles or diapers."
We were definitely not in Showcase Cinemas anymore, Toto.
The movie itself was okay. I mainly went for the costumes and sets, and was not at all disappointed. FABULOUS clothes, shoes, cars, houses, dishes, furniture and light fixtures. The acting was quite good, but the filming and directing was not really my style. The director, Baz Luhrmann, did Moulin Rouge, and the tone was very similar. However, I think it worked better in Moulin Rouge than it did here.
After the movie we stopped at an Irish pub for a pint. I could only finish half of mine, but The Karate Kid was on, so we stayed for the second show. Roaring Twenties, meet Classic Eighties! After a discussion and wikipedia investigation into Ralph Macchio's real age, we called it a night. Thank god for BFFs!
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