I want to see Brave!

I've gotten lazy about going to the movies. I don't know why really, but between how expensive it is, and then trying to convince my debt strapped friends to go with me it's next to impossible some times.

But even if I have to sit by myself, with a bunch of kids (ok...that sounds creepy), I'm going to see this movie.

Because I'm going to Scotland for University. And even though this film is animated...it's Scotland.

Great Gatsby

I LOVE. LOVE. LOVE. F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. It's just always been a favorite book of mine and I am so, so, so excited to catch the preview of the new trailer (with DiCaprio, etc.).

I even went out and found a new hardback copy (my old paperback, which I got in high school, was fairly battered). And of course, because I have a love for pretty books I went and got Coralie Bickford-Smith's versions. They are gorgeous! I have a bunch of the cloth bound versions (I went a little nutty after Borders closed).

Cloth-bound versions of books (from Stellify.net)

F. Scott Fitzgerald's hardback books (from Stellify.net)

If you don't want to read the book (you're crazy) here's the Wikipedia article on The Great Gatsby.

The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio at Gatsby, Toby Maguire at Nick Carraway (the main subject/narrator), and Carey Mulligan as Daisy. None of these guys are quite how I pictured the main characters but I always like Baz Luhrmann's movies so I am looking forward to it. It's going to be rapturously splendid.




Apparently there's a mistake in the trailer, Ziegfeld Follies has been mis-spelled. Here's a screen grab of it, I didn't even catch it in the preview.

from EW.com

Edit:

I think I fixed the video. Hopefully it works!




Related Links: 

• Interview with Coralie Bickford-Smith on DesignSponge
• Interview with Coralie Bickford-Smith from Design:Related
• Great Gatsby Trailer Review from HuffingtonPost.com
• The Great Gatsby Trailer Goof from EW.com
• Baz Luhrmann's Flashy Great Gatsby Trailer Earns Critical Praise, Sets off Internet Backlash from Vanity Fair