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Saltburn (2023)
Interesting
Saltburn is definitely interesting, some of it good, some of it bad. Stylishly shot with a grainy old-school look to it that I liked. Better than the bright, over-coloured Netflix style of current times.
Some weird moments that have been talked about a lot, but there was nothing surprising about where the story went. It was the most obvious 'Keyser Soze' of all time.
Rosamind Pike did steal the show. I went in skeptical of the hype but she really did deliver.
Barry Keoghan gave a great performance, although that Scouse accent slipped.
Jacob Elordi was a big surprise. As a Brit myself, I was impressed at how he managed to pull off that young aristocrat, Eton educated rich boy.
Richard R Grant and Alison Oliver also gave great performances.
I'm surprised more people aren't mentioning Archie Madekwe though. He was the disappointment for me. Very bad American accent and unnatural performance.
I have question marks over Oliver's family home. I'm not sure if it was meant to be working class to contrast the rich Saltburn house?....But if that's the case it did not work as Oliver's family home was not working class in the slightest.... Or whether the whole point of it is actually that Oliver didn't actually grow up that badly.
Good Grief (2023)
Dan Levy's acting not up to scratch
Dan Levy is not a good enough actor to pull this off unfortunately. Very one note, very on the nose. I need to be in love with someone so I'll look up at them and do my smirk smile (I'm sick of that one expression to be honest) all the time. I need to be sad so I'll look depressed all the time. Etc.
The writing of the dialogue is not intelligent either. I don't like dialogue that is too exposition-y. Or has a character ask a question in an unnatural way because we need to hear what the other character has to say. There was also a lot of "do you remember when...?" in this. Basic.
Also, I lost my mum in my 20s and her funeral was a living nightmare and a really horrible thing to have to get through, and I just did not feel that here. It doesn't necessarily mean breaking down crying all the time, but I did not feel any real heartbreak in Dan Levy's portrayal of the initial grief.
I did not realise Ruth Negga has an Irish accent/grew up in Ireland! Had to google her cus I thought she was putting it on at first!
Overall, this could've been SO much better.
May December (2023)
Good but not great
Very well acted by all involved! Also very well written. The dialogue's fantastic, there's so much subtext, very clever dialogue, and nothing's too obvious, unnatural or over-written.
It's also very stylish. I just couldn't help wondering how it would've turned out if it had been directed by a woman. So many scenes had an unnecessary sexual undertone. Why do men think that's what it's like when two women are together? I would love to see a woman's take on these flawed female characters.
I don't understand how it's considered a comedy for award season. Not comedic in the slightest.
I also find it strange that, when Vili Fualaau has spoken against the film, Todd Haynes has said it's not based on him and his story....when it so obviously is.
But overall it's good! Great performances and script.