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Alright, finished the book now, will probably go see the movie this week. Legolas Send a noteboard - 09/06/2013 09:53:07 PM

View original postBoth are almost too faithful to the scene ordering of the novel and there certainly are copious quotes from Fitzgerald's book, so it wouldn't be too bad to watch the film first and then read the book. But there are things in the book that are left open for interpretation, so it might be best to read that so the movie doesn't color them too much.

Definitely seems like you were right and it's better to read the book first. I agree that it's a great book, one of the best I've read this year for sure.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Larry - 18/05/2013 11:19:43 PM 1083 Views
I always enjoyed the Great Gatsby..... Anonymous2000 - 19/05/2013 04:47:35 AM 493 Views
There is certainly that Larry - 20/05/2013 03:59:57 AM 497 Views
Hm. Having neither seen the movie nor read the book yet, I have a question... Legolas - 19/05/2013 04:00:02 PM 462 Views
The 2013 movie has much the structure of the 1974 film (which review I linked to above) Larry - 20/05/2013 03:58:17 AM 478 Views
Alright, finished the book now, will probably go see the movie this week. Legolas - 09/06/2013 09:53:07 PM 437 Views
Loved the movie as well. Legolas - 12/06/2013 10:06:50 PM 473 Views
The book is lovely, and short so I'd go with reading that first. Rebekah - 20/05/2013 08:24:16 AM 439 Views
I often find myself in the position of defending Fitzgerald from people who don't think him serious. Tom - 20/05/2013 05:15:22 PM 949 Views
I prefer Fitzgerald to Hemingway, among others Larry - 21/05/2013 07:36:20 PM 864 Views
Tender is the Night is certainly better. Tom - 22/05/2013 01:13:22 AM 478 Views
Indeed. Larry - 22/05/2013 07:37:17 PM 708 Views
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