The third ‘Great Gatsby’ trailer is pretty great

If people were lining up to be skeptical of a film adaptation of a classic 1925 novel in 3-D, I’d be near the front of the queue. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could leave “The Great Gatsby� alone? Didn’t the soporific 1974 movie teach us anything? Can we not let F. Scott Fitzgerald rest in peace?

I have a deep appreciation for director Baz Luhrmann’s visual imagination. He makes things look amazing, and even if his “Romeo + Juliet� wasn’t loved by everyone, at least he tackled Shakespeare with a unique intensity and verve. But Gatsby and 3-D are two things I didn’t think I’ve ever have to contemplate. And so, well, I haven’t exactly been looking forward to it.

So it was with astonished pleasure that I watched the new official trailer for “The Great Gatsby.� Maybe it’s because it’s full of conflict -- we hear lots of Gatsby’s nemesis, Tom Buchanan. Maybe it’s because the colors are bright and the cuts are fast. Maybe it’s because -- and this worries me a bit -- the trailer seems to almost the entire arc of the movie, including someone getting run down by a car.

That hardly matters. It’s a pretty great trailer. Don’t miss it.

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