Gatsby gets positive feedback from Aussies THE Great Gatsby divided critics, but the Australian public have generally been dazzled by the Baz Luhrmann adaptation. The majority of cinemagoers leaving the first screenings of The Great Gatsby in Sydney on Thursday, its first day of release, were very positive. Vina Pham, 23, says she would see it again. "I've already texted friends saying you should go watch it tonight," she told AAP. I thought the soundtrack was phenomenal. It was a really contemporary take to that story. The music was a source of worry for Allan Jones, 63, from Glebe, who's a fan of the book and the 1974 film. I'd listened to the soundtrack on iTunes and I was a bit concerned about that, but there was enough of a mix with the traditional kind of music. A bit racy, but I loved it. Absolutely every moment of it," he said. On the other hand, another cinemagoer was clearly disgruntled. When asked if he saw The Great Gatsby, he simply replied: "Yes, but I shouldn't have." Twenty-three-year-old Shane Addison from Leichhardt was more on the fence. He said it was ambitious and worth seeing, but wasn't sure it fully lived up to the hype.