Junior class takes field trip to movie theatre to watch The Great Gatsby

There ain’t no party like a Gatsby party, because a Gatsby party don’t stop until two people are dead and everyone is disenchanted with the Jazz Age as a whole. The good news is that the junior class does not party quite as hard as Jay Gatsby did. They just gathered into a movie theatre to watch a movie during school hours which is a party to any high school student.

May 20 the junior class crowded onto buses and paraded over to the new B & B Wylie 12 with Marquee Suites & GS Movie Theatre by Wylie High School.

“The theatre was really nice, but I would definitely not go with that many people there ever again,” junior Rebeka Bartelson said.

The new B&B Theatre opened Friday, April 26. This is the first movie theatre in Wylie, and many students from Wylie East and Wylie High are employed there.

“It’s pretty neat working there. We get to make all of the popcorn and such,” junior Cody Nechamkin said. “The perks are more exciting than the pay. We get free popcorn and movies. It’s rather awesome.”

Though the students had already read the book, they still had their moments of shock and awe.

“The gun shot scared me so much that I jumped in my seat,” junior Lindsay Bain said.

The movie is two hours and 23 minutes long. It is jam packed with parties, emotions, extravagant everything and of course Jay Gatsby played by Leonardo DiCaprio.

“My favorite part was when Gatsby set up a secret plan to see Daisy,” junior Olivia Bozich said.  “He brought all the flowers to Nick’s house and was really nervous about seeing her for the first time.”

The chaperones, teachers and counselors even enjoyed the movie.

“I really enjoyed the movie even though not everything was exactly like the book,” English Teacher Michelle Lindsay said. “It was very appealing to the eye though, especially with Leonardo DiCaprio in it.”