The Substance

[crows]

Well, just got back from this and it's... an experience...
With all the (apparently) gratuitous butt shots, you'd think this was a typical male director trying to disguise his sexploitation fantasies as high art, but it's a woman director, so...
The nudity is ok, nothing explicit or offensive (well, the third act does have some pretty grotesque bits ) and is very natural in the context of the movie. The gore isn't too over the top either, but the gross-out factor is Troma level absurd.
As EVILFACE noted, you know exactly where the story is going, but it does out-do any expectations in the third act. Personally, I couldn't quite get into the satire of it, I thought the movie was doing fine with its more serious tone in the first two acts. It went too far into outright demented mode towards the end, and IMHO suffered for it.
Moore and Qualley are both great in their roles, and Dennis Quaid goes all out Nicolas Cage in this. Actually, they should've cast Cage, he would have relished the role...
Cinematography and production design are awesome as well.
So yeah, despite not really being on board with the last act, I really liked this movie, it's a no holds barred look at celebrity, beauty and age.

they used a body double for all those butt shots

 

[jye4ever]

they used a body double for all those butt shots

How about for Kathryn Hahn’s butt shot in Agatha, just asking for a friend.

 

[crows]

How about for Kathryn Hahn’s butt shot in Agatha, just asking for a friend.

TrOubLe TrOuBlE
BoDy
DoUbLe

 

[Jmek]

I thought this was pretty freaking awesome, there’s a lot going on about the human condition and it’s completely gonzo in all the best ways.

 

[Otomofan]

I "acquired" this for viewing and I was so into it.....only had to look away a few times.

But Act III was just tooooo much. Had to turn it off. I feel sick now.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Sounds good.

 

[ironwez20]

Do the movie is gross? Like practical effects gross or cgi gross?

 

[crows]

Do the movie is gross? Like practical effects gross or cgi gross?

it's like the THING or THE FLY
disgusting practical

 

[𝘨⃨𝘭⃨𝘪⃨𝘵⃨𝘤⃨𝘩⃨10ᔦᔦ]

Do the movie is gross? Like practical effects gross or cgi gross?

Let's just say.... you won't be eating chicken for awhile...

 

[crows]

Let's just say.... you won't be eating chicken for awhile...

or like boobs anymore

 

[EVILFACE]

This made me like bewbs even more.

 

[crows]

This made me like bewbs even more.

even

Spoiler

coming out of heads?

 

[Dave_W]

Sounds like this film is gonna be a tough w*** but I'm up for a challenge.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Sex and Death... bring it on.

 

[crows]

Sounds like this film is gonna be a tough w*** but I'm up for a challenge.

its like a female The Fly. fully practical.
but then you get very sexy close up exercise vids too.

 

[abake]

its like a female The Fly. fully practical.
but then you get very sexy close up exercise vids too.

I was actually reminded of some Benny Hill skit that were just close-ups of butts in leotards.

 

[BeefEaster]

This is out on streaming tomorrow.

Edit: Some sites are saying the 29th and some are saying the 31st.

 

[Felinx]

This movie was sooo funky. Like it takes place in an alternate universe. Then I saw all the French names in the credits and understood.

Certainly some fun parts but the movie is literally 40 minutes too long and it goes off the rails spectacularly in the last 20-25 minutes. It's as if the main character switches to the spider head from The Thing in the dumbest faux-Carrie ending in horror history.

But you see more of Demi Moore in this movie than Ashton Kutcher did.

 

[BeefEaster]

Holy crap this movie was nuts.

I loved it.

 

[Felinx]

French cinema came full circle with this movie - from George Melies' Trip To The Moon to Demi Moore's face octopusing up Hollywood Boulevard, dropping boob-lettes along the way.