EARLY ACCESS: Saltburn FULL REACTION
Added 2024-02-09 19:30:27 +0000 UTCLazy, sun-soaked days spent slightly inebriated by the pool seamlessly transition into evenings filled with elegant, booze-infused dinners. Barry Keoghan delivers a profoundly disquieting portrayal in the role of Oliver Quick, a scholarship student at Oxford University. Arriving as a freshman, he gradually assimilates into the popular clique over time.
Rosamund Pike has an uproarious performance as Elspeth, Felix's glamorous mother—a former model with a penchant for melodrama and casual cruelty. Richard E. Grant as Felix's father, Sir James. Alison Oliver embodies the chic yet tragic character of Venetia, Felix's sister, delivering a killer bathtub monologue in the third act that stands out as one of the film's highlights. Carey Mulligan has a supporting role as the family's houseguest, Pamela who is unaware of her overstayed welcome due to her narcissistic tendencies.
The cinematography in Saltburn is remarkable, featuring numerous unique shots and vibrant colors that showcase the skill of the cast and crew. However, despite the visual prowess, the story didn't resonate as strongly as anticipated, with certain parts of the film falling a bit flat. Although there are shocking scenes, their impact is hindered by the overall lack of resonance in the narrative. Nevertheless, if you haven't seen it, we would still recommend giving it a shot for a one-time viewing experience.
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Comments
I don't think that it's about "eat the rich", because the rich here are the victims, the middle class guy is the villain. And the phrase "eat the rich" is normally said as criticism againt the wealthy. I don't see any serious social message here. To me it's just a campy thriller.
Aria Isara
2024-02-22 19:56:13 +0000 UTCI agree with the audience you think it's for. I've seen female reviewers like it and have found more of a fan fanbase for it on tiktok. As for Parasite, it's one of those movies you have to watch til the end.
Bri
2024-02-18 06:46:09 +0000 UTCYesss, especially this latest season with the rich storyline.
Bri
2024-02-18 06:40:21 +0000 UTCIt DEF has You vibes..... I thought exactly that while watching!
Roxanne LIL CRIP Kemmerer
2024-02-18 05:06:52 +0000 UTCYup I’m someone who loves experimental ,art house, avant- grande cinema so I was a bit surprised to see them reacting cuz it didn’t seem up their alley.
Morgan L
2024-02-17 03:25:16 +0000 UTCAvant-grande films aren’t for everyone lol
Morgan L
2024-02-17 03:23:11 +0000 UTCYes! The cinematography was amazing and I agree with the acting, everyone did so well! Yeah the way they did the reveal at the end was a little silly because at the point the audience already figured he had something to do with the deaths, but seeing that it all started with the bike was surprising. I think maybe I've interpreted the ending a bit differently as then others as well. I took it as he was obsessed with dude, but got the house idea after being there. I didn't think it was he wanted the house first and then did all of that, I would understand all the complaints if that was it. But Oliver said he loved and hated the guy, and I think he snapped once dude found out about his family, and he knew he would have to leave that lifestyle. Also as a watcher of Netflix's You, I just ate this up lol.
Bri
2024-02-16 05:47:45 +0000 UTCOliver Quick is The Talented Mr. Ripley's younger, pervy brother. I mean that as a compliment.
Leslie McKittrick
2024-02-16 01:00:07 +0000 UTCBri, I enjoyed this one quite a bit as well! It was beautifully shot, and the acting was *MUAH chef's kiss! Did I do a bit of "Oh God no, no, no, no, no!" for a few scenes...... sure. Was it the grossest thing I've ever seen?...... uhhh no shot! Social media extremism aside, it was a well-made film and I too had a fun time watching (and thoroughly enjoying) where the story went! It could've been a bit less predictable in its "reveal" ending, but even though I had a feeling early on that Oliver was a wack job, I was def caught off guard at the scene where Felix takes him home and finds out about all of Oliver's lies. THAT I wasn't expecting at that time in the film!lolol
Roxanne LIL CRIP Kemmerer
2024-02-16 00:12:18 +0000 UTCHi just to clear up some confusions, oxfam is a charity that has shops around the uk to raise money for there services, most if not all charity shops represent a precise charity so all there money goes to one cause also most charities are well known in the uk and in some countries because of their work and advertising. So when the guy said got his clothes from oxfam he basically means a charity shop or thrift store. British parties aren’t all like that maybe just the super wealthy can afford to go all out and grieve affects everyone differently so some people just ignore what’s really happening because that way they think it’s not but I wouldn’t call it a British thing.
Z
2024-02-15 14:55:17 +0000 UTCEDIT: OK I wasn't sure how that would work with syncing up with the movie in another tab, but that was pretty fun! A lot of stuff you guys are reviewing I'm not into, but I still enjoy your reactions. The story is pretty basic - eat the rich. It's just presented in a totally different way that's not for everyone. I love this movie and I would be interested in seeing how the likes and dislikes are distributed by gender. I personally think this film was made for women and gay men, and all the triggered responses I've seen (not you guys, just generally) basically support this. The vampire scene was my favorite. 🧛🏻🩸Lots of high camp here and Rosamund is the Queen! I have seen the comparisons to Parasite, and I remember all the raving about it, but I was so bored, I literally couldn't finish it. Looking forward to another watch along! === Oh boy! Been waiting for this and so glad I chose now to join! 😻
ninjabookitty
2024-02-15 00:53:33 +0000 UTCThis movie completely relies on too much shock value. Mason was right. This movie is definitely not the best and is lazy. As mentioned it feels like it was made for a one time viewing experience. People who are upset with his opinion must be upset because it hit some truths, though that’s not necessarily a bad thing. A show I think you guys would enjoy that reminds me of SaltBurn a bit is Succession. It is more fleshed out and does the rich family trope excellent.
CT
2024-02-14 04:18:21 +0000 UTC🤣
Badd Medicine
2024-02-14 00:15:32 +0000 UTCNo problem! My pleasure, I'm glad you found it interesting. Thank you for taking the time to reply and for the kind comment, it means a lot. It's still the most vile thing to watch on a human and spiritual level, I nearly threw up with some of those scenes 😂 Keep up the amazing work! 🤙
Christian Farrell
2024-02-13 23:59:43 +0000 UTCInteresting read here. Thank you for this 🤙
Badd Medicine
2024-02-13 20:47:05 +0000 UTCHey Guys! I'm a new member from Wales (UK) and have been thoroughly enjoying your content for the past few weeks. I completely agree with your reviews and analysis; I wonder whether, as Oak mentioned, there are Directors like Emerald Fennell (Saltburn) who deliberately write scenes like these based on the viewing culture of people sharing shock with others. You are all 100% correct, though; this movie is purely recommended based on 'what do you think the Badd Medicine guys would think of this!'. That said, being from Wales (we have many Castles and Gothic culture), this film could be categorised as Dark Gothic, as a cultural phenomenon, Gothic culture pertaining to death, demise, loss, and the darker depths of love. Does that mean it's a good film? Absolutely not. I think you're right that the movie conceit is laced with a slow-plodding plot that meanders without formulating its thesis, but again, this is a device used in European Gothic literature. I thought I'd leave this as a final thought from the Director (Emerald Fennell) as food for thought. Fennell argued that Saltburn is about the depths of love and the lengths we go to for it, like killing in the name of love. The scenes specifically addressing this are drinking the bathwater, the 'vampire' scene, and the grave scene, all of which illustrate how when we love someone we love every part of them, there are no gross parts to them, like when we make love we accept every dimension of our loved one, similarly, in the vampire scene he shows how we likes every part of her and accepts all that Venetia is (again I think its weird and not my opinion just an analysis). When she was asked about the grave scene, Emerald noted that when someone we love passes on we just want to be as close to them as possible, to feel them once again, and the dirt scene is meant to illustrate the depths of his love for Felix, for Fennell, it is not shock value but the Gothic storytelling of how dark our minds are, the issue with Gothism is that you have to believe these thoughts to buy into them, and as we all know, not everyone is Gothic in their mind. I think there are some interesting Gothic themes littered through the narrative, but I very much agree that it has been done much better in Parasite; I also think the reveal at the end ruins it and turns it into a 'gotcha' film when it never was that. Deep down, I don't think this film really knew what it wanted to be, so it became a mishmash of Gothism, eat-the-rich, and shock twist, with very little payoff in the end. I hope the next recommendation is better, some mentions I would love to see you watch Scorsese like 'The Departed', 'The Irishman' or his new one 'Killers of the Flower Moon' I'm sure Oak would appreciate the quality of that film, some others are David Fincher (Seven) like 'Zodiac', 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' and 'The Game' (You'll love the game its brilliant), or Adam McKay (The Big Short, Vice and Don't Look Up). My last one would be Wes Anderson, but he's very niche, and I'm not sure it would hit with the audience. I think you'd appreciate the vibrancy and art of his filmmaking; if so, Grand Budapest Hotel is the place to start. Keep up the brilliant work guys! I love the content, and you guys are the best team on YouTube. Take care and stay safe all; Cheers and Diolch (Thanks in Welsh).
Christian Farrell
2024-02-13 19:21:07 +0000 UTCWhy do I feel like watching The Kissing Booth now? 🤣
Nakia Smith
2024-02-13 00:30:09 +0000 UTCAs long as you enjoyed it, that's all that matters in the end 🤘
Badd Medicine
2024-02-12 13:53:43 +0000 UTCSeems my thoughts will be in the minority here, lol I haven't listened to your end review yet but I've been reading the comments here. This was a first time watch for me too and I'd say I enjoyed it. I didn't know much about this movie either, apart from the internet screaming about a bathtub scene lol. Yes I'd say it had 3 shocking scenes, but at the same time I just finished watching The Boys with ya'll, and they push the limits every other episode lol. About an hour in I was like yeah, I'm into it. I feel like it was very character and dialogue driven, and I was interested in the plot about a "nobody" going home to a rich family. Like ya'll I was curious where the movie was going, I didn't think it would turn into what Mason Quinn had guessed about the rich family hunting the poor thing. I actually didn't think it would turn sinister unless he went full Joe Goldberg on his obsession. But I was also waiting to see if the ending would fall off given how everyone's been talking about how bad it is, but it didn't fall off for me. The morning after the party's reveal was the direction I was hoping it would go in. Clearly at this point, dude was giving unhinged stalker and I like how much the movie leaned into that. I know people have said those scenes were just for shock, which sure, I guess, but I think it goes to show just how disturbed the main character actually is. I mean personally, I tend to look into a lot of true crime cases so I'm very aware of how fucked up humans can be. I think the movie was trying to showcase that, after making him seem so harmless in the beginning. I wasn't expecting him to pick off the whole family, but I liked it, it was giving Parasite in that way. The title makes a lot more sense now as well, it's really every fucked up thing he did to get there. Alright I'm gonna finish the review now lol.
Bri
2024-02-12 10:01:50 +0000 UTCI am new here, and reading the description in this video. Who wrote this? you guys really know how to write a review. Edit: ok now I am scrolling down to some other video description, and I never really read a video description before. but in this channel, now I know I should.
Fajar Kurniawan
2024-02-11 15:21:57 +0000 UTCI haven't seen this, but did watch the last minute or so of the discussion and read the comments. If its correct that the story is lacking with a too heavy emphasis on shock, I'll just go ahead and skip this, so thanks for watching so i don't have to.
db
2024-02-11 01:33:13 +0000 UTCReally interesting reaction! I absolutely adored this film, but I do think it tapped into something very British that I imagine makes it awfully strange for others to watch. Watching it in the cinema I was really floored by it. I would say i think people hype it up too much calling it 'traumatising' etc, my friend and I that watched were happy to go along for the ride and found it scandalising and fun! I think the pretty big difference between this and Parasite was also that Olly wasn't poor at all. He was upper middle class, not in the Catton's echelon and not dirt poor as he portrayed himself, just an unextraordinary guy who set his sights on something he'd never get any other way.
Francesca Seychell
2024-02-11 00:52:26 +0000 UTCOouff that was a stinker 😬
Ryan Bellefleur
2024-02-10 22:02:31 +0000 UTCi do love to see a culturally dividing movie. so interesting watching all sides of interpretations. I have one friend who loved it, one who hated it. I'm kinda somewhere in the middle. I like a lot of aspects, some didnt quite work. But i didn't hate it. The one thing you cant deny is the impact it is having.
GillyBean
2024-02-10 21:34:22 +0000 UTCI think those scenes made the movie popular, but it was just okay. The actors gave great performances, but the writing could have been better.
Arudorin
2024-02-10 21:06:08 +0000 UTCCan’t believe you guys actually watched this😭😭 I’m still not after everything I heard
C. J. Ramirez
2024-02-10 18:27:38 +0000 UTCToo bad you guys hated it so much. I liked it a lot, very entertaining :D The embodiment of 'eat the rich'. I'm not very much into comparing movies that deal with the same subject matter in the way that you guys compare them. I don't think we stop making these types of movies because "Parasite did it better". By that logic we might as well stop making fantasy movies, cause LOTR already exist lol.
Iben Frederiksen
2024-02-10 16:40:56 +0000 UTCThis wasn't a heated reaction involving four people. It's crucial to clarify, as comments might imply otherwise. Yes, 1 was upset and gave his reasons why. Our reviews, such as those for Avatar: The Last Airbender and more recently Now You See Me 2, have some challenging debates & tone regarding the story told in the film. 🤙
Badd Medicine
2024-02-10 15:47:31 +0000 UTCI agree was really quite taken by surprise by the reaction I get they didn't enjoy it I personally did enjoy the first hour or so as I already said. I suppose my point is I've seen way worse films and dont really understand the really hateful and heated reaction was a bit shocked by it to be honest more shocked with their reaction than the so called shocking scenes in the film that personally I didn't find all that shocking.
Linda wightman
2024-02-10 15:35:32 +0000 UTC100% agree with everything you said I am also British. Did not expect such a heated response though really took me by surprise dont think I've ever seen such a angry response to a reaction.
Linda wightman
2024-02-10 15:28:01 +0000 UTC🤣🤣🤣
Badd Medicine
2024-02-10 12:53:33 +0000 UTC🤣🤣🤣🤙🤙🤙
Badd Medicine
2024-02-10 12:53:22 +0000 UTCI think this movie was so good as it didn’t tell you how to feel about it and I think so much of its brilliance was in the public debate after. Also I think you get loads more out of it if you are British x
Maddie
2024-02-10 11:51:24 +0000 UTCI cannot believe you guys recommended this for them! 🤦🏽♀️ I watch this a few days ago with my sister because I like to just click on movies and TV series without getting any information in advance. Boy was I shocked at a lot of these scenes. This would not have been my recommendation for them, lol. But I'm ready, willing and able (also scared and a little embarrassed) to see their reactions, especially Oak's. 😂. Let's go!
Cherrie
2024-02-10 08:33:55 +0000 UTCI died when oak said "lets not be so judgemental" at the bath scene 😂
Chelsea Goodwin
2024-02-10 08:13:21 +0000 UTCI think in this sense when we called it crazy, were weren't meaning 'crazy good'. 😂 sorry
Alysha Acierno
2024-02-10 05:27:12 +0000 UTCEveryone knew the movie was bad itself. We just wanted to watch you guys suffer through THOSE scenes.....😭 I'm sorry
Alysha Acierno
2024-02-10 05:24:24 +0000 UTCTo be honest I’m glad I wasn’t the only one here, I did not like this movie, and I’m also one of those people who think u guys will love promising young women !! Directors have hit and misses what can ya say. But yeah this was not it for me either
Lily
2024-02-10 04:56:34 +0000 UTCThis was my first time watching to and my mouth was on THE FLOOR!!!! I like the story but I felt like they dragged it out and used too much shock value stuff that didn't always land for me. I don't think I'll give it a second watch but I give major kudos to everyone who worked on it because they definitely understood their assignments....just had poor writing in my opinion. It definitely didn't need to be 2 hours.
Adrianna Marie Aka AD
2024-02-10 04:08:33 +0000 UTC🤣🤣🤣 fair. But I wasn't mad. It's one of those kind of movies that had hype then it didn't hit me the same way, left me disappointed. We will investigate that one by her.🤙😁
Badd Medicine
2024-02-10 02:35:13 +0000 UTCWe will look into that one. 🤙🤙
Badd Medicine
2024-02-10 02:31:53 +0000 UTCHAAA, I actually thought Diamond Dave was the 2nd most pissed after Mason. I mean, he scored the movie with 30 minutes left. That’s never a good sign because he is the most critical with his scoring overall. I’m with others who are suggesting Promising Young Woman from the same director and starring Carey Mulligan.
Stacy Lymber
2024-02-10 02:29:37 +0000 UTCWe might have to check out her previous film.
Badd Medicine
2024-02-10 02:27:04 +0000 UTC🤣🤣 just a miss for us on the story 🤷
Badd Medicine
2024-02-10 02:26:02 +0000 UTCI hate this movie as well. It was shot pretty well but it relies so much on shock factor that it just ruins it. And people hyped it up so much that it was incredibly disappointing.
Alanna Meyers
2024-02-10 02:22:38 +0000 UTChaha all good.
Badd Medicine
2024-02-10 02:18:54 +0000 UTCI feel bad for you guys lol 😂
Faan Su
2024-02-10 00:56:06 +0000 UTCYeah, I also didn't think it was a good movie but its very funny to watch people's reaction to it. I really hope this doesn't turn you guys from the director because I was really hoping you guys would react to Promising Young Woman. Its by the same director and its also with Carey Mulligan but everything she failed to do with Saltburn she actually did great in with Promising Young Woman. It was actually nominated for best screen play for the Oscars. I think the director tried to do the same with this movie but it just didn't land. But please react to Promising Young Woman, and the Last Duel with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.
Dana Sow
2024-02-10 00:46:19 +0000 UTC😁🤟
Badd Medicine
2024-02-10 00:28:21 +0000 UTCoh it was lovely. i'm literally in love.
J Knight
2024-02-10 00:26:14 +0000 UTCOMG HAHAHAHA JUST GOT OFF WORK 😂😂 LETS GO
Love10 ❤️
2024-02-10 00:22:33 +0000 UTCWell, Mason Quinn got worked up 🤣 Oak got encouraged by it 🤣😂🤣 Diamond Dave & Answer were pretty chill.
Badd Medicine
2024-02-10 00:18:49 +0000 UTCOh wow, you guys were actually pissed, like legit pissed. Couple of tidbits (not that it matters much now) Farleigh was in Midsommar as Simon who was killed blood eagle style. The gravesite scene was all improv.
Stacy Lymber
2024-02-10 00:09:41 +0000 UTCThis movie does such a great job of making the audience think that Oli is the prey for the first half of the movie. Such great eerie tension. I had so much fun watching this along with you guys. Hey Oak— the math guy at the beginning (Oli's first friend) you'll also recognize from The Last Kingdom, he's 'Baby Monk'. Edit: okay I just watched the end discussion, wow y'all really hated this movie 😂
Jessie
2024-02-10 00:02:40 +0000 UTCAfter seeing so many good reviews on tiktok and everything I was actually so excited to give this a try but god was this movie bad. As you said, the actors were amazing and the cinematography was awesome.. but thats it lol Probably one of the worst movies I've watched and I will never understand why people gave it such a good review (also, i heard a lot of talk about the bathtub scene beeing traumatizing but it wasnt that bad for me... the scene with the dirt was so much more fucked up i cant believe no one is talking about that)
Patrick Rivera
2024-02-09 23:51:15 +0000 UTCi went to see this for jacob elordi. came out in love with emerald’s directing style. thought her vision was beautiful with the cinematography and lighting and set design. the writing does fall flat for me as well. the story is not nearly as good as it could have been which was disappointing. i do hope she continues to direct though. writing?…not so much. although i saw she won an oscar for her screenplay for one of her previous films so maybe this one was just a miss.
taylor
2024-02-09 23:46:05 +0000 UTCI absolutely agree with you guys on the shock value did not need those scenes I personally really enjoyed the first hour or so very much but then I feel like it just rushed to the finish line and exposed its hand could have been a great film handled differently I do believe the so called shocking scenes were just there to shock and were not needed. You guys mentioned parasite has much more in common with The talented Mr Ripley in my opinion. So I recommend that film if you guys haven't seen it please do it will not disappoint.
Linda wightman
2024-02-09 23:31:14 +0000 UTCI think in the end it's about whether or not it's important for you to have consistent plot progression and a solid plot as a whole. Believe or not there are people who find this less important and can watch a movie as an experience and for the atmosphere. If your open to that you can really get sucked into this movie. But it's a lot more depended on personal taste. I personally think you can really dislike a movie and be honest about that in a review but stay a little tiny bit respectful. Straight out calling it trash goes to far. I always liked Mason Quinn but after this I don't know if I can watch future reactions the same way. It was so aggressive and a bit arrogant as well. You can't give credit to cast and crew and then burn the writers completely to the ground. They've put hard work in it as well. Would I give this movie a really high score? No. Did I like parasite better? Yes. But labeling it trash? That's not reasonable.
Dasypodidae
2024-02-09 22:55:48 +0000 UTCOh god... 😆
Sarah
2024-02-09 22:21:19 +0000 UTCWatching this again with you guys is so worth the therapy bill LOL
Jorreca
2024-02-09 22:15:07 +0000 UTCI think I know why it's so popular. Seems to be mostly women going crazy about it. They just like seeing Barry naked and the weird shock value scenes hahahaha. I prefer American Psycho over this. There's so many plot holes so I'm going to assume the whole film was a dream or delusion or something like that. Also I got excited seeing Reece Shearsmith as the professor and then he was gone. I knew the film was going to get weird, so I was thinking of it as a longer Inside No. 9. Pretty disappointing
Liam
2024-02-09 22:02:14 +0000 UTCI'm scared to watch this tbh
J Knight
2024-02-09 22:02:08 +0000 UTCI can totally get why you guys scored it so low I didnt think you would like it at all...but you gotta admit the director did her thing with a lot of the shots and cinematography.
Alyssa Dyson
2024-02-09 21:53:53 +0000 UTCI love the reactions to this movie more than the movie itself
Its ame mario
2024-02-09 21:03:53 +0000 UTC"Nevertheless, if you haven't seen it, we would still recommend giving it a shot for a one-time viewing experience." Me, who's seen it 8 times ... 😳😁
Kristin Carter
2024-02-09 20:44:22 +0000 UTCLmao oak 😂 “but in some Cultures” mason “no no not in any cultures” made me lol 😂
Alyssa Dyson
2024-02-09 20:33:59 +0000 UTCAlso the crazy math guy is Aemond from house of the dragon.
Alyssa Dyson
2024-02-09 19:50:13 +0000 UTCJust got off of work, perfect timing 😁😁 can’t wait to see how you all react to this haha
Sofia W
2024-02-09 19:44:56 +0000 UTCThis reaction is about to be funny 😂😂
Skrappy
2024-02-09 19:40:28 +0000 UTCI was waiting for your watchalong to finally watch the movie 😁
Aria Isara
2024-02-09 19:37:26 +0000 UTC🤙
Badd Medicine
2024-02-09 19:34:54 +0000 UTC🤜🤛
Badd Medicine
2024-02-09 19:34:37 +0000 UTClol one way or another it always is 💜
Alyssa Dyson
2024-02-09 19:34:20 +0000 UTCApologies if it isn't 🤣🤜🤛
Badd Medicine
2024-02-09 19:33:32 +0000 UTCHere we gooooo 🥲🥲🥲
Elizabeth Lopez
2024-02-09 19:33:09 +0000 UTCoh boy...🤣😂💜 this is gonna be a good time.
Alyssa Dyson
2024-02-09 19:33:00 +0000 UTCYup 😁🤙
Badd Medicine
2024-02-09 19:32:57 +0000 UTCWas this on the list for this month? I must have missed it!
KamiGema
2024-02-09 19:32:37 +0000 UTC😬😬😬🤣🤣🤣
Badd Medicine
2024-02-09 19:32:35 +0000 UTCOh god here we go 😂🤘🏻
Hayley K
2024-02-09 19:32:17 +0000 UTC
