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Glad you (or anyone...) have reviewed a Hungarian film. B. from Hungary.

I watched this movie in the theater as a freshman in college. I really enjoyed the movie.

One of my favorites and so romantic - true no one can tell a romance movie like the French!!

Totally on the money with your LaLaLand observations.

This was very informative!! Respectfully, I think you missed one (or two, depending on what's counted). In the elevator, Sue peels off her fingernail, then loses an ear. Those two lost body parts, correspond to two lost body parts (in two separate, very key moments) in "The Fly" (1986). Considering also, that ••she takes off the (index) fingernail•• and then ••her ear falls off••, that exactly describes both events in "The Fly," so I think "The Substance" is referencing THAT film, at that point, rather than something else. :)

i really appreciate your focus on the cinematography in this film. i have yet to find another film that masters so tastefully subtlety in spirituality, composition, movement and contrast as you said. the only other film that i have found to be on the same aesthetic level of this is Hagazussa by Lukas Feigelfeld. I don't know why Mother Joan of the angels gets compared to The devils so often tbh. Completely different aesthetics. "The devils" is more ridiculous than artful imo.

It appears to be an inferior allusion to Seconds. The consumerist tone could've been better if everything had been fine-tuned. The wide angles, fish-eye lenses, and sexually inserted shots properly accentuated the tone.

She’s phenomenal in this film

You should watch Robert Eggers's short film adaptation of "The Tell Tale Heart" by E A Poe, free here on TH-cam. I promise you'll like it.

Of course I recommend the new cut of Napoleon. I don’t know if someone dubbed it

I cant believe i finally found a reaction to this film. I grew watching alot of Jet Li's american Movies when i was a young boy and we eventually started getting a ton of Jet Li's Hong Kong films from Blockbuster like Once Upon a Time. But i remember me and my brothers discovering VHS copy of Meltdown in my dads Cupboard underneath the TV and when we watched it we ended up having a blast. Fist of Legend/Fearless maybe Jet li's most acclaimed films but MELTDOWN/Romeo must Die/cradle 2 the grave and Tai chi master are the movies i wish i could get Jet li's autograph for.

get yourself out of the movie. u ruined it for me.

"Give me the gun Meg" this gives me enough context about the sequel.

Mensch, Leute -> könnt ihr nicht x deutsch schreiben? ,ich versteh ja kein Wort, ninigrins

Within the 1st 2 minutes, why are you blocking the movie clip? No one wants to see you. I'm going elsewhere to watch it. And why are you slamming American culture? You sound American. If you want to bite the hand that feeds you, why not move elsewhere?

You the goat for this review

Martha is supposed to be a big sister. She's supposed to be a child.

Colin is straight up muscular lol

I think they only set it post ww2 in order to make the white erasure more believable. But then they had to explain why there's no electricity.

Just finished the book. The 1993 one is one of my favorite movies. I gave up about halfway through this.

I couldn't even get through it.

you and i said “Vertigo?!” in the exact same tone of voice on the first watch lmao i know this movie makes some people roll their eyes because of how unsubtle it is, but man, a lot of casual movie-goers need that level of in-your-face metaphor to even consider the themes or meaning of a film. not to be shady but the way some of my friends were taking this story so so so literally was wild to me, it’s like people only want stories they can write a fuckin wiki about Anyway I had a great time with the substance, I love a movie with a flashy overdramatic French streak a mile wide, I can’t lie

thanks so much for the insightful, objewctive reaction/review. so glad i made the right decision when i skipped this shite version. i'm grateful that you explained in detail WHY this movie is awful before I felt the burdensome false responsibility of convincing myself that a terrible movie wasn't so terrible... that would have ruined MY life. this movie is TRASH and is all the more reason to EMPHASIZE the 1993 version whenever recommending The Secret Garden to others. I'd HATE someone for NOT specifying and allowing me to inadvertently stumble across the wrong version...

THIS is my favorite version... it's SO SO SO GOOD! as a 38 yr old adult, i found myself rediscovering this movie 3 decades after its release, and i have seen it over a dozen times since.

Your channel is such a treat for fans of obscure horror like me; thank you!!

WHY THE COMMENTARY, IS THIS A BOXING MATCH?

I think that's the actual character from his other movie

I HIGHLY reccomend you watch Abel Gance's "Napoleon", now THAT is his true masterpiece

Great movie, nice to watch at night during the black symphony and end the film after the white symphony then you get sun rise, it adds to the emotions.

Thank you for this take, always interested in your immediate reaction in the moment. I was reminded of The Fly and his metamorphosis... I did enjoy this film and the references, I laughed more than anything else. I also appreciated the deep meaning of societal pressures on women, as a 47 year old woman myself it certainly reminded me of my peers getting 'work done' to fight the inevitable. I thought that it ended with layers and layers of absurdity which to me is how it is for women in this world, generally - it tracks. I was entertained and appreciated the themes using familiar imagery as a storytelling tool, great performances by all IMO.

the body horror in this movie had no friction to it, it didnt feel viscerally painful for the characters, it actually felt satisfying like watching a dr pimple popper vid, i think you nailed it when you talked about the obvious self satisfied exhibitionist french humor and overall affect of this movie which i personally find very repulsive especially combined with the entry level ameriboo influences, i get that the substance being shallow or lacking subtlety is a metatextual comment on how the object of critique in the movie, beauty standards, is observably shallow and unsubtle but that doesnt redeem it imo, the caricature like performances like u talked about from dennis quaid and everyone else tbh felt like i was watching a dhar mann video, i did appreciate monstro elisasue at the end, she kinda reminds me of the ending of tetsuo the iron man but other than that idk, really enjoyed your thoughts on this tho

Thank you, thank you, for doing this review. This is one of my favorite movies of all time and it’s a shame it’s been so ignored. A very important work.

Frickin' finally!!!!!

This movie is The Shining before The Shining .

Camp smut.

This movie has literary everyone in the then current Swedish actors elite. It’s extraordinary.

i watched mel gibsons apocalypto and really loved it, only later i realised no one had spoken in the entire movie

Too much fcking in this movie

As a 78 year old Texan who was a rancher for 50 years I enjoyed your commentary. Our Mexican field hands were like our family. We worked side by side. We sweated and toiled, celebrated births and mourned death together. Good post I am now a subscriber.. Keep up the good work.

Always look forward to your videos appearing on my feed. Have a good Christmas :)

She was from a Wealthy Boston Family you never heard of Rideing Lessons

Incredible drop. Thanks again Hank & Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! I’m a huge fan I learn a lot from you cuz you see/feel things in movies that I don’t catch just like I see/feel things in music others don’t, it’s pretty wild really. Stay well my friend.

Excellent critique, you’ve made my holiday.

Did you get into this film because of me? If so, thanks and Merry Christmas!

Masterpiece. How come it took u so long to get round to it? Gance is pretty high profile…

Hank! Happy holidays 🎄✨

this fake looking sets, fake backgrounds looks so much artistic and better than modern soul less movie cgi

Jeez the only reaction for this movie and u cant be quiet

4 words IT WAS THE EIGHTIES. The Cold War was still going on. Most of the Russia scenes were filmed in Finland because they couldn’t even get in to the USSR to make a film, let alone a film about one of the biggest embarrassments in Soviet modern history which was the defection of one of their most prized ballet dancers. I’m talking about politically ego deflating not Chernobyl. Baryshnikov was arguably one of the most relevant dancers at the time so people went to this movie to watch him dance with Greg Hines. Helen Mirren? Isabella Rossellini? Come on! You didn’t even talk about the iconic scene “11 pirouettes”. 😤 sweet, sweet rubles.

Here's a fun fact. The Dancer who played Arnold The Choreographer, was also one of the Dancers in Grease with the Cowlick on his Forehead. The Actor who played Michael the Director was on All My Children as Palmer Cortlandt that he debuted in 1979 who died shortly before the show went off the air.