Film Review: Saltburn

[saxitoxin]

I just saw it. It was basically The Talented Mr Ripley if all the characters were British instead of American.

Also, why does Barry Keoghan look like a 50 year-old Chinese man? Though, I notice a lot of Irish males look like middle-aged Chinese men, I'm not certain why.

And, fair warning, there is a LOT of dick in the last two minutes of the film. Some of you may find that a plus, others a minus. No one will be ambivalent.

4/5 stars

[Lonous]

Bad decision making by the director, putting porn at the end of a movie is a dick move.

[Votanic]

Make of this what you will:

The name Saltburn first appears following the Anglo-Saxon invasion and is derived from the Saxon name for the local stream, Sealt-Burna, or salty stream.

[saxitoxin]

Make of this what you will:

The name Saltburn first appears following the Anglo-Saxon invasion and is derived from the Saxon name for the local stream, Sealt-Burna, or salty stream.

particularly salient given the bathtub scene halfway through the film ... I'll leave it at that

[Votanic]

Make of this what you will:

The name Saltburn first appears following the Anglo-Saxon invasion and is derived from the Saxon name for the local stream, Sealt-Burna, or salty stream.

particularly salient given the bathtub scene halfway through the film ... I'll leave it at that

Does it involve the crossing of (salty) streams, like this?

Only this time, when they get slimed... It isn't ectoplasm.

[saxitoxin]

Who else is pumped for the Nick Offerman Civil War film? Being a Westerner I'm just happy that it appears the West are the good guys in this one unlike the bad guys in every other dystopian U.S. civil war movie.

[Votanic]

Who else is pumped for the Nick Offerman Civil War film? Being a Westerner I'm just happy that it appears the West are the good guys in this one unlike the bad guys in every other dystopian U.S. civil war movie.

Granted, I get this a tres fictional tale, chock-full of nifty CGI explosions...
But the phrase California-Texas Alliance seems so unlikely...though I could imagine the West splitting along urban vs. rural lines, with the subburbs being on the frontlines. In any case, California has a lot of rural bastions that are NOT being represented at the State or Federal level...
I wonder if the filmmakers ever saw this map:

I'm not suggesting this map was generated from the best data, but I think some of it is likely true. California (perceived only as a mix of wineries, silicon, silicone, sexual deviancy, and Hollywood) is doubtlessly hated by many of its western neighbors... and I would think much of Texas despises CA too, though this map argues for a strong anti-Okie vibe that I'm not aware of...

South Carolina hating Ohio must be an artifact of tiny sample size...
...but the idea that the greasy stripper-pole state of Florida is primarily fueled by self-loathing might explain much.

[mookiemcgee]

As a California resident, i feel like I'm speaking for most of my state in saying we hate Florida more than we hate Texas. I'm a bit shocked to see Florida hates itself.

[saxitoxin]

Some of these weren't a surprise - West Virginia hates Virginia and Virginia hates West Virginia - though I find it amusing that all those square and rectangular shaped states in the middle just hate whomever is next to them. Except the entire West hates California while California is oblivious that they even exist, let alone that them.

[saxitoxin]

But the phrase California-Texas Alliance seems so unlikely...

I'm betting they wanted to make an apolitical civil war film.

There was a Skeet Ulrich TV series way back years ago called Jericho, do you remember that? There was a nuclear bomb attack and it took a few months to get communications up again and when they did the residents of the town of Jericho discovered the country had started splintering along geographic lines into the West based in Cheyenne, the East based in D.C., and Texas. The West and the East were girding for war with each other and everyone was trying to win over Texas. Then Skeet Ulrich obtained proof that the West had planned the bombings and he CRASHED through the gates of the Texas embassy in Cheyenne.



Then the Texans gave Skeet an airplane to get the proof back to Texas ...



... and then the series JUST ENDED. We never found out what happened.

[Dukasaur]

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...but the idea that the greasy stripper-pole state of Florida is primarily fueled by self-loathing might explain much.