The story of Gatsby is classic and I am so glad I rented the DVD to watch it so I could fast forward through it. DiCaprio and McGuire came off like first year acting students with their cadence and tone of dialogue and facial expressions. It was really hard to watch. I didn't believe them in character for a second. Have you ever seen full of themselves teenagers trying to act like sophisticated adults? Watch this film and you will. Cliché acting at its worst. So glad I didn't pay for a full price movie ticket to go see this or I would have demanded my money back. BAZ's direction was fast and disjointed. There wasn't one character I wanted to root for or care about in this film unlike the ones in the book. Shallow shallow shallow. Yikes !