Winter Box Office

 Happy New Year, and welcome back to my blog. 

Over winter break, I had the chance to watch a few new movies. As I was looking through movies for this project, I discovered Saltburn. Upon looking at it, I found it to be a whimsical movie with some twists. Due to the presence of internet sensation Jacob Elordi, the movie began to get traction and became widely popular for its interesting scenes and plot. I tried my best to avoid these videos in order to have a genuine reaction to the move, and genuine it was. Below is my analysis of it. Thank you!!

To start, one of the nicest parts of this movie was the cinematography. The setting in which it was shot in was stunning, and the surroundings were used to add onto the story. Another part was the casting. Jacob Elordi and Barry Keoghan were perfect for the role, and acted their characters amazingl and they had great on screen chemistry. The casting of Jacob Eloridi was a specially great move due to his prevalence in the media world, and the role he plays in media as being very fangirled over actor. This was also important considering the part his looks played in the movie. 

One thing that I did not like, is that the plot was very uneven, and a little predictable. After the death of Felix, it was very obvious what the rest of the movie entailed. I also feel like there were lot of scenes that were very unexplained. Such as when people started dying, and nobody really questioned it. Or what he did after he left salt burn. This whole part was a little confusing to me, and did not make sense in some parts. 

The filmmaker used all elements of production very well to tell a story. As iterated above, the camera work was absolutely beautiful. There are three parts that stood out to me in specific. The part in which he was walking to Saltburn, he looked very small in the overhead shot. This represented Saltburn as being a bigger thing than implied, and sort of foreshadowed the role it would play in the film. The next one would be the scenes that showed the roasted pig with blue eyes. This pig represented Oliver and foreshadowed him has playing a sort of pig role in the film, it also foreshadows the deaths that would take place. Lastly, the balcony scene in which Oliver looks out, and the entire estate is in dismay. This juxtaposes the usual very upkept and tidy estate that Saltburn was shown as before. This helps to show how the events are unfolding, and what the future of Saltburn is. 

The sound was also a very great part of the film. The use of older songs helped to establish a more nostalgic feeling and also set the time for the movie. The songs were very lowkey, and the calm and almost ominous tunes helped to set the mood for the film. 

One of the most prominent parts is the very graphic and unique scenes. They had a combination of tactful editing, camera angles, sounds, and settings. This definitely evoked a yucky factor, but it helped to give the movie its weird nature and helped the audience learn more about the true character Oliver is. 

I do not believe the movie lived up to the height. It was depicted online as extremely weird and mind-boggling, however, I found only certain parts to be weird, and the plot to be fairly predictable. Overall, I did enjoy the movie, but I do not think I would watch it again.