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Krev wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 11:10 am Has anyone seen The Substance yet? I feel like the hype, walkouts, etc. are going to lead to disappointment. I hope I'm wrong.
Yeah, I saw it this weekend. It is nuts. Reminded me a lot of Cronenberg's The Fly and Requiem For A Dream. It is not subtle and not for the squeamish - teeth are pulled, backs are split open, faces smashed, and lots of needles are used, most in extreme close up. It was hard to watch at times. It gets crazy by the end, one scene had me laughing out loud. It is hard to forget, though, and the performances are solid. If you're ok with all of that, I'd recommend it.
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zircona1 wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 12:03 pm Yeah, I saw it this weekend. It is nuts. Reminded me a lot of Cronenberg's The Fly and Requiem For A Dream. It is not subtle and not for the squeamish - teeth are pulled, backs are split open, faces smashed, and lots of needles are used, most in extreme close up. It was hard to watch at times. It gets crazy by the end, one scene had me laughing out loud. It is hard to forget, though, and the performances are solid. If you're ok with all of that, I'd recommend it.
Fair summary. It's an experience. It's not a great film. I'm glad I saw it, and won't ever have need to see it again.
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zircona1 wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 12:03 pm
Krev wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 11:10 am Has anyone seen The Substance yet? I feel like the hype, walkouts, etc. are going to lead to disappointment. I hope I'm wrong.
Yeah, I saw it this weekend. It is nuts. Reminded me a lot of Cronenberg's The Fly and Requiem For A Dream. It is not subtle and not for the squeamish - teeth are pulled, backs are split open, faces smashed, and lots of needles are used, most in extreme close up. It was hard to watch at times. It gets crazy by the end, one scene had me laughing out loud. It is hard to forget, though, and the performances are solid. If you're ok with all of that, I'd recommend it.
Cool, I love Cronenberg. My favorite is definitely Dead Ringers. I'll check this one out, though I hooked our TV up to a nice two-channel system to avoid theaters.
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A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 2:25 pm
zircona1 wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 12:03 pm Yeah, I saw it this weekend. It is nuts. Reminded me a lot of Cronenberg's The Fly and Requiem For A Dream. It is not subtle and not for the squeamish - teeth are pulled, backs are split open, faces smashed, and lots of needles are used, most in extreme close up. It was hard to watch at times. It gets crazy by the end, one scene had me laughing out loud. It is hard to forget, though, and the performances are solid. If you're ok with all of that, I'd recommend it.
Fair summary. It's an experience. It's not a great film. I'm glad I saw it, and won't ever have need to see it again.
That sounds much worse than The Fly or RFAD.....

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pldms wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 11:44 am
enframed wrote: Mon Sep 30, 2024 12:12 pm I Saw the TV Glow
I liked this film, but the monotonic, hesitant, delivery of the dialogue made it very hard going. A lot of it was just exposition anyway and could have been cut out.

Ignoring that some pretty nice twists and turns, though it could have been much creepier.
It struck me as Gen Z trying to be David Lynch but landing closer to Donny Darko. It's always nice seeing Connor O'Malley show up in things even if he doesn't really fit the 'vibe' of this movie.

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