stevelovell

I just saw the film "The Substance", and I'm so glad I did. It was absolutely incredible. I loved everything about it and I never quite knew where it was going. By the end it was body horror to the extreme but also very much a black comedy played totally straight. Before the batsh!t crazy ending, there were some really uneasy scenes at times.

Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley were astonishing in many ways that I never expected.

The whole film was enormously stylish and unusual for a big cinema release. I can imagine some people hating it, but to me it was flawless.

I think it might be my favourite film of the year by some margin, a d I've seen a lot of new films this year.

Wow!

I've no idea about the books but within minutes of the show starting it seemed really quite poor in so many ways. Egregious yellow filter. Two-dimensional small town cops, unlikely hot and sassy young female cop, racially diverse good looking smart detective boss who constantly looks like he has a makeup lady constantky ready to powder his face. He's dressed up like it's not a hot environment and not excusing so much ias a bead of sweat. Weird open plan barred police cell. Super-astute psychoanalytic super-sleuth, one-man army main character. Nevermind how physically tough, crime-solving and musclebound he is. Straight to county jail for a day for some reason. Meathead sexual predator convicts. What's the budget for this? Bad writing, poor lighting, wooden acting. Who is it for, teenagers? It's absolutely garbage. I really enjoy seeing bad guys get their comeuppance but this was all far too contrived and paint-by-numbers nonsense. I am annoyed that this is so bad. Do I have to hate-watch this now to see if it continues to be dreadful? I've barely even scratched the surface with how shabby this show is.

Ugh!