Why the 2013 Great Gatsby Movie is a Bad Adaptation...

On letterboxd, I have this movie at a generous 3.5/5. I don't think it's a catastrophic failure as a movie, I just think it fails at adapting the book in a lot of ways. I would still rather watch this than any of the other Gatsby movies. subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_BYECPCki1NWsV3bPCfcFw?sub_confirmation=1 letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tripleneon/ music: ping pong - art blakey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6CGiNlJS8A chuck berry rock n roll style backing track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgj7FCoZccA double trouble - john williams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7YLpHFFW64 sad cop story - ludvig moulin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc4FTV_RTVU parov stelar - booty swing (odd chap's club fix): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcY2ozyq7M0 finale - justin hurwitz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoeEobVMkKA nightfall - benny carter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9anF319IyTg fortunate son - creedance clearwater revival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWijx_AgPiA bubblehouse - medeski, martin and wood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHjgI5ysdJ0 seymour reads the constitution - brad mehldau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpwia-q_iI0 all alone - mal waldron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2bfMDqn_k jane street - tracktribe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBD2Dq0ZRO8 time codes: 0:00 - intro 0:47 - what is a good adaptation 3:34 - book's tone 5:07 - movie's tone 7:40 - book's themes 9:16 - important quote removed 11:21 - massive scene removed 13:17 - what about nick? 15:13 - how did we get here? 17:46 - outro sub count: 5,154