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Jorge wrote:Here's another thought about The Substance, and this isn't really an attack on the movie just something about its internal logic I didn't quite get:

We've seen movies like Death Becomes Her where fading stars turn to a miracle cure that makes them forever young. And this is good because they get to continue to pursue fame and public adoration, etc.

But the titular substance doesn't do that. It creates a whole OTHER person, disconnected from you, who goes on to enjoy the youth and fame and fortune. Meanwhile you're comatose for a week.

Who would want that?!? Did Demi understand this?? It seemed like she did. Why would she want that?? It sounds awful! I'll just give birth to a new person FROM MY SPINE and then THEY can have fame and fortune! And then when the Substance support people offer to end the process early on, she says no! Why???

VinylGuy wrote:my main problem was the storytelling.
I saw Revenge and i thought that was a way better movie than this one, were i felt like the director ( women or men, is the same for me in terms of storytelling´s flaws) was on and on saying the same and the same and the same and underlined so many stuff for us to reeeally get what she was saying or trying to.

The last scene went forever and the lack of a good edition made it boring and it didnt quite had the power and energy that it needed.

I do agree that everything related the Quaid character was great and scary, and i also know men like that so it didnt felt like cartoonish at all.

Still, Coralie Fargeat made two very interesting, great looking films so im exited about whatever she have for us next.

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:The Force Awakens
The Last Jedi
Return of the Skywalkers
WarGames

spike wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:The Force Awakens
The Last Jedi
Return of the Skywalkers
WarGames

probably the four best star wars movies nice

VinylGuy wrote:i loved The Souvenir when i saw it, and i really want to see part 2.

what was infurating about? their relationship?

epilogue wrote:I didn't like the improvisational style of dialogue. Usually I do like that kind of thing but it didn't really work here for me. Felt a bit pedestrian and undercooked.

There's so much that happens out of frame and the camera hardly moves. Which isn't necessarily bad, but here it makes the thing feel heavy and static.

I certainly don't need any spoon-feeding but the narrative jumps are challenging especially in their relationship. There's not enough to suspend disbelief or to empathize with. So hey choices feel really fake and forced, even though it's semi-autobiographical.

Honestly, it's probably mostly the relationship itself. The other stuff might be easier to navigate if I didn't hate him so much.

VinylGuy wrote:

epilogue wrote:I didn't like the improvisational style of dialogue. Usually I do like that kind of thing but it didn't really work here for me. Felt a bit pedestrian and undercooked.

There's so much that happens out of frame and the camera hardly moves. Which isn't necessarily bad, but here it makes the thing feel heavy and static.

I certainly don't need any spoon-feeding but the narrative jumps are challenging especially in their relationship. There's not enough to suspend disbelief or to empathize with. So hey choices feel really fake and forced, even though it's semi-autobiographical.

Honestly, it's probably mostly the relationship itself. The other stuff might be easier to navigate if I didn't hate him so much.

i see. yeah i agree that it might had to do with his character. Which i felt was really well written, as i know many guys like that. Also her character as well.

VinylGuy wrote:Also, the idea for part 2 is interesting.