The Contenders
When I heard the news yesterday that Baz Luhrmann's upcoming adaptation of The Great Gatsby would be released at Christmas, I got excited. Until I realised it was Christmas 2012. I can't wait that long! Of course, I'll have to... So to ease the pain of waiting, I decided to play Pash, Pick or Pass with the Gatsby boys this week. Although I'm excited for the movie, the cast aren't exactly who I pictured when I read it, so these are my ideas of the boys...
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| Nick Carraway |
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| Jay Gatsby |
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| Tom Buchanan |
Pash: Gatsby, of course. Handsome, rich, fun... but way too messed up for anything permanent.
Pick: Nick. Yeah, he's kinda boring, but he's also kind, smart and stable - the natural choice out of the three for a lifelong commitment. I can always have Gatsby on the side, right? Not that I agree with that kind of thing. But this is Fitzgerald's world, not the real world, so what the hey.
Pass: Tom. He's one hell of a man, really. Emphasis on hell. He's such a brute. He and Daisy deserve each other.
Who would you pash/pick/pass?
Related: Review of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
LOVE your choices, really. ♥
ReplyDeleteI would agree, but you make it hard with those pics! LOL
ReplyDeleteI haven't read the book yet but I will next year (it's a requited reading for school) maybe I will start it early though!! Sure want to have the book read before the movie!
ReplyDeleteOh my, I love the actor playing Tom Buchanan! he was in inception♥
fantastic post:D
-thank you&come again.
Pick Gatsby. That man went to great lengths all for the love of a woman (at least according to my foggy memory of the book). I could get used to that kind of devotion (assuming I was the woman, that is) and I could certainly get used to living in his mansion!
ReplyDeletePash Tom. Sure, he's nothing to write home about, but he looks pretty good in that picture ;)
Pass on Nick. Boring, wimpy, and I don't like Ryan Gosling (but shhh don't tell my mom, she LOVES him).
Pash: Nick
ReplyDeletePick: Gatsby
Pass: Tom
Love your picks much better.
Oh Ryan Gosling is so dreamy!
ReplyDeleteI havent read this novel but i've seen the original movie, unfortunetly i cant remember much of the story but how gorgeous the clothes were!
I think I have to agree with all of your choices on this round. Gatsby is one of my all time favourite novels (and films). I honestly don't think anyone can play a better Gatsby than Robert Redford and now that I think about it, if Redford really was Gatsby, I might have to pick him cause he's just waaay too dreamy.
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So ashamed to admit I've never read this.
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