Only good thing about this movie was the acting. The music I hated but recognized that it was a smart way of catering to the interests of the current generation. The visuals though, there is no excuse for how god awful some scenes were. I don't know if the cgi was intentionally out of place but for someone who doesn't usually notice cgi, it was distracting and shocking for 2013.

Now for the plot. I haven't read the book, but I recognizes this new narrative they were spinning for this movie. It's the conventional mainstream hollywood love story tragedy. Would I have loved to see something more thought-provoking and actually stuck to a philosophy and theme? Yes. There's a reason high schools made kids read this in English class. But I can appreciate this movie to something that caters to the masses, pure candy-like entertainment that everyone can enjoy. And I think that was the goal for this movie. They made Nick into a more relatable audience surrogate, put in some trendy pop tunes and let the cash flow in. I feel like DiCaprio's talent was wasted with this careless movie. But hey, whatever sells, right?