The people in the theater with me - The Substance (2024) Discussion

[–] pumpspunk (170) 2 months ago

i'm catching a matinee tomorrow. right now i'm the only person in the theatre. i always enjoy that when it happens.

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[–] bistritapcv (1828) 2 months ago

Me too except when it is blair witch project

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[–] letess (1513) 2 months ago

So you were in the theater alone and then decided to go back the next day for a matinee which means you would had to have seen it twice? But wait - you said you were with your mom.

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[–] pumpspunk (170) 2 months ago

either you're doing a bit & making a joke that's going over my head, or you didn't understand what i said.

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[–] letess (1513) 2 months ago

The first. Sorry, you’re not the guy who walked out with his mom. You guys are in this same discussion. Did you actually see the movie or were just thinking that you wouldn’t like it.

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[–] Moonglum9 (11267) 2 months ago

i'm catching a matinee tomorrow. right now i'm the only person in the theatre. i always enjoy that when it happens.

You'd better be careful. I think you will get a fine if you catch one because they are an endangered or threatened species.

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[–] xfool (963) 2 months ago

I dun get why would anyone walk out, is it the nudity ? theres not that much gory scenes compared to saw or hostel

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[–] bistritapcv (1828) 2 months ago

No. It is because it sucked.

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[–] pumpspunk (170) 2 months ago

i never walk out of movies, but i do get very bored & wish i was doing something else.

that was my experience with the substance. after that opening hour, which i really enjoyed, i thought the movie became very very very predictable.

every plot turn was more or less exactly what you'd expect to happen if you had the setup explained to you.

there are few things i enjoy more than when a movie does something i'd never expect it to do. this was the opposite of that - it did absolutely ever single thing i expected.

and it was so long. 140 grinding minutes.

society wasn't that long & it had a nutty ending that looked better & that movie's something like 35 yrs old.

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[–] bistritapcv (1828) 2 months ago

I walked out of two movies, both that I was seeing with my mom and both her idea to walk out:

Goonies
Lord of the Rings

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[–] BlackMass (988) 2 months ago

Of all the films you could have chosen to walk out of, those are the two? Lmao.

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[–] bistritapcv (1828) 2 months ago

My mom chose. We haven't seen that many films together.

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[–] letess (1513) 2 months ago

Do you see a lot of movies with your mom? Because this is a movie I would never go with mom.

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[–] bistritapcv (1828) 2 months ago

No, like I said not many. I def did NOT see this with her.

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[–] letess (1513) 2 months ago

This movie is mostly for younger audiences.

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[–] letess (1513) 2 months ago

You were in the wrong theater. Mine was yelling, screaming, laughing, cheering. Full house totally captivated. Loud and with joy. Standing in a roller coaster. As we were leaving, they handed out plastic yellow syringes that were actually pens.

“‘The Substance’ is the most moving, intense theater experience I have had in ages. At the end of the film, something possessed the audience: people were standing up, clapping, cheering, hooting and hollering. It was a sense of euphoria, almost. The collective, ‘What did we just watch?’ energy was palpable as I walked out of the theater. I saw this movie alone, but I also experienced it with everyone. And that is the magic of the movies.” Shannon Moore of umass.edu

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[–] jk90us (7138) 2 months ago

Who the hell would pay to see this?

This has “wait for streaming” written all over it.

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[–] letess (1513) 2 months ago

This is what you thought AFTER you saw it.

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[–] [deleted] a month ago

No. But please wait until it does. FOMO is best served cold.

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[–] CDWard (122) a month ago

People still go to theaters?

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[–] bistritapcv (1828) a month ago

Yes sir

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[–] CDWard (122) a month ago

Huh.

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