#and yet in saltburn they still really never say anything that i think direclty alludes to it | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

skitskatdacat63 · 1 year ago

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I watched it w my friend and the whole time I kept saying to her that it really reminded me of The Talented Mr Ripley, but done way worse than the latter. So I'm making her watch that now dhfkkgg, and we're halfway thru and she's like, they're literally the same???? I almost wanna write an analysis abt how similar they are, bcs its honestly crazy to me how many plot points they share, how similar the dynamic is, but how much better Mr Ripley does it. I think people who give Saltburn such a high rating need to try watching Mr Ripley 😭

I didnt think Saltburn was bad btw, I just think it did so much that Mr Ripley had already accomplished wayyyyy better. And I felt like there were a lot of crazy things in Saltburn that were put in there just to be shocking. There's stuff in Mr Ripley(like the bath scene) that shocked me and made me go !?!?!? bcs it *was* shocking, but not gross or cringey. Like there's a lot of second hand embarrassment in both, but the things in Saltburn made me unable to even look at the screen and the things in Mr Ripley made me upset for the mc :(

Well anyways. Watch The Talented Mr. Ripley :)

God Saltburn reminds me so much of The Talented Mr Ripley, the dynamic is soooooo similar

#its funny cause i thought since saltburn is modern that they'd be more clear abt it being gay yknow #<- not that it has to be!! like i love when stuff is clearly homoerotic but not techinally stated out loud #but just starting it i thought wow this reminds me mr ripley #and in mr ripley they almost say that its gay. like its immediately clear even tho they dont explicitly say the word gay #and yet in saltburn they still really never say anything that i think direclty alludes to it #yeah of course there was the bath scene and grave scene #but i guess to me it felt way less satisfying than any scene in Mr Ripley #also like. you cant even make the argument that 'oh its set in the 2000s so blah blah'#when mr ripley is literally set in the 50s and is very clearly gay even without directly saying it #tho ig barry's chara is bi but i think tom ripley is def gay to me at least #but yeah idk thought that was particularly funny #bcs both plots are literally. guy is so infatuated with other guy that it makes him do insane things #but the one thats way older lays out the gay vibes way better #also i think the reveals of their true nature is way better done in mr ripley #*spoilers but. its crazy that you know tom is a manipulator and a liar from the start #and yet you(me at least) feel endeared to him and root for him even tho he does bad things #and yet in saltburn you dont find out his 'true' nature till the end and i found him pretty despicable the whole movie #tom ripley you are my blorbo 🥺 my beloved 🥺 go commit more crime </3 #<- except like the last 10 mins of the movie. tom i cant support that >:(#anwyays maybe ill write an analysis. at least for myslef #cause the only person i can talk abt it to is my friend LOL #bcs i am physically forcing her to see the parallels hdjfkf #catie.rambling.txt

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