Saltburn

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone give a two sentence write up so I can figure out whether I want to watch this? What is it and what's it about?

It's like someone crossed Brideshead Revisited with The Talented Mister Ripley, but with amazing cinematography and bad writing and acting that is okay at best. And then added a bunch of gratuitous gross sex stuff. It's kind of like, "Look how avant gard we are showing full frontal nudity!" But it is really just super tedious and boring and gross.

NP. This in no way says what it's about. Can you give an actual plot summary?

Ok, so ... actual plot summary: So it's just like the Talented Mr Ripley, but it is the 21st century and it's filmed in England instead of Italy. And someone has s!x with a grave.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Got 15 min seemed stupid and pointless.

I watched the whole thing. It was.

The people who are saying it is good have no idea that they are looking at style with no substance; they don't know what substance is.

+1 this was a terrible movie. Writers/Directors/Producers tried way to hard to be shocking and it was just cringeworthy and stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Got 15 min seemed stupid and pointless.

I watched the whole thing. It was.

The people who are saying it is good have no idea that they are looking at style with no substance; they don't know what substance is.

+1 this was a terrible movie. Writers/Directors/Producers tried way to hard to be shocking and it was just cringeworthy and stupid.

And boring.

I forced myself to stick with it, but it was challenging given how boring it was. Several scenes felt too long and drawn out.

And it was tough to watch Keoghan. He’s very flat.

[Anonymous]

The notion of aristocratic glamor followed by tragic fall, whether at the hands of a psycho or a revolution, has a strangely compelling hold on many people. It’s a pretty movie but with so many holes that wouldn't hold up in real life. Not my kind of story as I like a degree of realism. Even Talented Mr. Ripley had a plausibility Saltburn doesn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The notion of aristocratic glamor followed by tragic fall, whether at the hands of a psycho or a revolution, has a strangely compelling hold on many people. It’s a pretty movie but with so many holes that wouldn't hold up in real life. Not my kind of story as I like a degree of realism. Even Talented Mr. Ripley had a plausibility Saltburn doesn't.

+1

Talented Mr. Ripley had a far more plausible plot…and the time period helped.

It also had a more beautiful setting; the cinematography was stunning—with a lightness and brightness that Saltburn never had.

Lastly, TMR had a far more talented cast.

Keoghan isn’t a good actor. Elordi is a terrible actor. The others in the ensemble are better but forgettable.

Did anyone see Elordi on SNL last night? Oof, the guy looked emaciated and was clearly out of his element. He should stick to streaming service dramas for a mature audience; he’s decent at short bits of dialogue followed by sex scenes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The notion of aristocratic glamor followed by tragic fall, whether at the hands of a psycho or a revolution, has a strangely compelling hold on many people. It’s a pretty movie but with so many holes that wouldn't hold up in real life. Not my kind of story as I like a degree of realism. Even Talented Mr. Ripley had a plausibility Saltburn doesn't.

+1

Talented Mr. Ripley had a far more plausible plot…and the time period helped.

It also had a more beautiful setting; the cinematography was stunning—with a lightness and brightness that Saltburn never had.

Lastly, TMR had a far more talented cast.

Keoghan isn’t a good actor. Elordi is a terrible actor. The others in the ensemble are better but forgettable.

Did anyone see Elordi on SNL last night? Oof, the guy looked emaciated and was clearly out of his element. He should stick to streaming service dramas for a mature audience; he’s decent at short bits of dialogue followed by sex scenes.

I thought he was great in Banshees of the Inisherin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The A24 weird version of the Talented Mr Ripley

Yes.

I finally watched it last night and my take was it was a gross Talented Mr. Ripley. I actually thought the story had a lot of potential and some parts were really well done/worked really well. But this is a case of the sum not being greater than the whole of its parts.

Was bummed that Carey Mulligan got like three scenes and then was gone. Rosamund Pike was great in this, but she needed a little more over the top-ness. Barry Keoghan was amazing and on point throughout the entire film. But he was so odd from the get go that you knew something was off. So the "reveal" that he was a sociopathic serial killer wasn't that shocking.

ITA with the review that said the entire film existed for its coda of Keoghan dancing naked.

[Anonymous]

Keoghan is far too short and ugly to be anything but a character actor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed it until the ending. I expected there to be more complexity or intrigue to the plot. Ultimately there was nothing.

But I think it did a good job at building the suspense.

It was wrapped up so quickly. Like 10
minutes from the hottie to die till the closing credits. Really they were like now that this gorgeous specimen is off the screen we will let you go.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Good acting. Mediocre plot. Gratuitous sex scenes. Great cinematography.

B-

Sofia Coppola directing vibes

Yes! Felt like Marie Antoinette meets Saw.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think what I disliked most about Saltburn was that it’s some posh, spoiled English woman making an “eat the rich” satire that, while it lampoons everyone, ultimately implies the fabulously wealthy deserve all the attention.

The acting wasn’t bad, although the actor playing Oliver was too old for the part. Maybe they couldn’t find a hot younger actor to dance around stark naked.

I did think the actor playing Oliver was too old. He was good for the part but I thought Jacob Elordi was the real star. I also like the guy who played Farleigh.

May the popsicle scene live on forever!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keoghan is far too short and ugly to be anything but a character actor.

Is that a bad thing? We need these actors.

[Anonymous]

Elordi is beautiful but not a good actor. At least in this. I thought the movie was stupid and boring.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Keoghan is far too short and ugly to be anything but a character actor.

Is that a bad thing? We need these actors.

It’s fine for him to just be a character actor, but he—and the media—need to accept it.

He recently had a baby with a woman he jilted, and he’s been running around Hollywood and celeb events dressed like Marky Mark back in the day. It’s cringe.

He’s not a leading man.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keoghan is far too short and ugly to be anything but a character actor.

He's taller than Cruise, Hoffman, DeNiro and Pacino. Whether he's uglier than any of those people is opinion.