movie Saltburn | Homoerotic thriller starring Jacob Elordi & Barry Keoghan | November 24

[Asparagus Spears]

This was unexpectedly brilliant. They could have gone further with the bathtub scene and the murder on the dancefloor ending was really well done. One of the best films this year 

[bjorn]

Okay this was so much better than I expected. Probably the best film of 2023.

 

Perfectly cast, and loved the whole vibe. 

[Khal]

This was very 'great gowns, beautiful gowns'. I almost don't even want to call it that because that implies the director was actually trying to make something deeper and more meaningful, which I don't think she was

 

I enjoyed watching it, but I can easily see why people hate it and I won't disagree with them.

 

Everyone was great though and the film draws you in because it's so pretty to look at, but there's not much else.

 

It also suffers from the same issue I had with PYM where it kinda feels like the ending rushes at you.

Edited December 24, 2023 by Khal

[Dark Miracles]

Really enjoyed it, but there's a pretty sizable tonal shift going on at the end that took me out of it a bit.

 

There should be more praise for Richard E Grant and Alison Oliver, especially the latter.

[Jglj]

I found it to be entertaining enough, but the film is long and rushed at the same time as others pointed out.

 

I feel like they should’ve rewritten it a bit, the pacing is a bit all over the place and the characters aren’t well built a lot of the time. This could’ve been fixed with a tighter screenplay. I also think the themes, while interesting, are not properly explored.

 

That being said, the acting is phenomenal, which carried a lot of the movie for me.

Edited December 25, 2023 by Jglj

[Bethenny Frankel]

watched this last night and really enjoyed it, the pacing was a little eh in the final act but I can forgive that. one of the better films of the year!

 

[Venice B]

Rosamund was brilliant on this one, she took quite a few laughs out of me 

[ccfan007]

Wasn't nearly as crazy as people are making it out to be. I really enjoyed it!

[Scandalous]

i enjoyed it a lot but i wanted it be a little more wild since everyone talks about how ~crazyyy~ it is…those scenes are pretty tame lol

[Komet]

I expected this to be a fish out of water kind of thing, maybe with a queer romantic and a class commentary element and it... deffo wasn't  

For me it fell apart after the reveal scene

Spoiler

at the parents house. I much preferred the version of Ollie where he slowly realized he can manipulate all the vapid ego-centric people to work his way up from his horrible circumstances, and not the version where he's the mastermind villain since the start because... he's a sociopath I guess?? Idk. Also he just waited almost 20 years for the father to die so he can continue his plans? The plot felt dumb at the end ngl.

Great cinematography, beautiful cinematography, although 4:3 wasn't a good choice in my opinion

[Mornings]

Just saw it. I forget how “innocent”(there’s a better word that’s not coming to me)straight people are. My straight friends and my straight embracing gay people were really hyping this up to be something groundbreaking. I guess penises and gay storylines are still shocking.

 

That aside I did really enjoy it. I didn’t love how the ending just happened boom boom boom, but whatever it a choice that I can rationalize so I will just take it as a personal preference and not a fault

[TaylorNation]

it’s so weird to me that no one picked up on this being such a Talented Mr. Ripley rip-off

 

overall it was a fun watch but so completely and unnecessarily overhyped

 

like, the quote unquote “homoerotic” stuff was barely there, and from the way twitter is talking about it you would think it’s Salò or something  

[glitch]

16 hours ago, Komet said:

I expected this to be a fish out of water kind of thing, maybe with a queer romantic and a class commentary element and it... deffo wasn't  

For me it fell apart after the reveal scene

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at the parents house. I much preferred the version of Ollie where he slowly realized he can manipulate all the vapid ego-centric people to work his way up from his horrible circumstances, and not the version where he's the mastermind villain since the start because... he's a sociopath I guess?? Idk. Also he just waited almost 20 years for the father to die so he can continue his plans? The plot felt dumb at the end ngl.

Great cinematography, beautiful cinematography, although 4:3 wasn't a good choice in my opinion

Spoiler

I agree with this, it felt like it was trying to be two different things at once. It would've been better if it had just focused on Oliver being obsessed with Felix. The whole just wanting to kill the family for the estate in the end sorta ruined it for me.

Overall it was a pretty enjoyable watch but nothing amazing 

[kishi]

Beautifully shot movie. 

 

I liked Felix's parents and Farleigh the most. I liked the dynamics between Felix and Oliver, but I wish there was more tension between the two. 

 

Wasn't expecting the twist at the end, it took the movie to a place I wasn't expecting. Not sure how how I feel about it overall. 

[Taylor fanboy]

Visually appealing, disgustingly beautiful, goes for shock but a little too predictable.

 

Funny, entertaining, Rosamund and Carey EATING.

 

Good watch but isn’t really fresh. Poor man’s Parasite.

 

Oliver Quick was entering his reputation era. He came in READY FOR IT and danced through the end in a DELICATE fashion.

[James_Dean]

The comparisons to Parasite are stupid 

[teresaguidice]

18 hours ago, TaylorNation said:

it’s so weird to me that no one picked up on this being such a Talented Mr. Ripley rip-off

 

its been picked up on. its referenced in virtually every review.

 

https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/saltburn-review-emerald-fennell-barry-keoghan-1235705894/

 

 

 

 

[Daddy]

People that watched more than 5 movies see the "twist" coming from a mile away. It wasn't even hidden to be fair...

[thatsmydemi]

Loved it. Not me thinking it was some sort of call me by your name-esque movie 

[Mr. Loco]

18 hours ago, James_Dean said:

The comparisons to Parasite are stupid 

Why? Even tho in essence both are very different films, the plot si very similar.

[Starkboy]

Based on the reactions I expected something stronger. I loved the cinematography and soundtrack, plot was ok nothing special.... I mean it was pretty obvious what was going on.

 

Overall I really enjoyed, Rosamund is such a star.

 

 

Oh and this is gonna send Murder on the Dancefloor in the global charts

 

[Space]

On 12/26/2023 at 6:21 PM, TaylorNation said:

it’s so weird to me that no one picked up on this being such a Talented Mr. Ripley rip-off

lots of critics/people have been making this comparison for months lol

[Poxy]

Parasite, sweetie…

[pxxxtrick]

Bizarre ass movie but I enjoyed watching it. 

[BravoTangoWhiskey]

Really enjoyed this, coming from working in private schools in England and attending a rival uni to the one in the film made the characters so deliciously real to me. I enjoyed their downfalls, although I agree with posts in here that the motive should’ve been expanded on amongst other things. That said, it did give me a full range of emotions (arousal, horror, disgust, humour), unlike many other films from this year