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The Colonel is the most likeable character
First scene in ep1
The sister was a Karen
Brilliant in Cast Away
Soundtrack
Could have broken from formula a bit...
Things Snoke would be terrible at....
Dry Reacher
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Mills was shown to be prone to emotion getting the better of him several times through the movie. This includes his display of anger when John Doe shows up to photograph the crime scene which we later see photos of. If he hadn't had that interaction then it is unlikely Mills would have been his target for wrath.
It couldn't be a random head as John Doe also knew she was pregnant. It's highly unlikely he could have found that information from a source other than Tracey as it would only be Somerset and potentially a medical practioner. I suppose he could have gone through rubbish but given he was forced to speed things up that doesn't really work.
The New Guy
Hard agree. This came out when I was 20. Watching it again years later I couldn't believe how cheesy and OTT it was. It was like an R rated made for tv movie.
I haven't seen Orient Express. I enjoy other movies like The Usual Suspects, The Prestige and Unbreakable where you pick up on a lot of hidden hints on a second watch. I don't see those being there for Saltburn.
Definitely the artist's choice but to my mind he could have thrown just about anything in the montage of deceipt. Maybe I would have appreciated it more if it was leaner with more left to the imagination, like just the pin in the bike tyre.
This film didn't earn it's ending. We flashback to a whole bunch of things happening off camera that were never really strongly hinted at through the course of the movie. I mean I'm surprised they didn't go back and have Oliver in the delivery room when Felix was born.
A good version of this movie finds a way to hint at Oliver's deception while making you hope you're wrong about him.
I agree. I preferred The Irishman as a film, but I found the pacing of this one much better. It may have helped seeing this one in theatre vs streaming at home for The Irishman.
While his defining trait is meant to be his positivity and seeing the best in everyone it comes across as simplistic self delusion. The message I took out of this is he wanted to avoid the responsibility of having a child for a decade and then self delude himself into not seeing the negative impact of abandoning her. This film had a very hollow message.
I was coming here to post something similar - this movie really missed the mark in having a bigger message than how isolating it is to be that massive.
The biggest problem I had was with Charlie. From the promo stuff I heard his defining trait was he saw the best in everyone. By the third time he's going through a monologue about how amazing his daughter is after she's performed a cruel or nasty act you realise how superficial his commentary is. Perhaps the point is about how self delusional Charlie is, but then he recognised he was dying which contradicts that message. Anybody could always see the best in others if their standard response to any news is "you're amazing".
I just came here to see if anyone mentioned this. Bizarre that he was directed to do that, equally bizarre they chose that take.
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