thomvic

I had been waiting months to see this since I read about it since it aired at Cannes. I kept reminding my friends about this movie telling them we have to see it. Might also be because I have a soft spot for Demi Moore as well and heard this is the performance of her career.

Regarding Demi Moore, she absolutely steals the show here. She makes her character Elisabeth very believable, and her acting range is on full show here, whether it's dramatic, sad, batshit crazy rage, she has it all here. I know there's a lot of people who think she isn't a great actress, but I don't think she's been able to prove what she can do. Well this film will show otherwise.

Margaret Qualley is also equally as good and is a good counterpart to Demi Moore and gave a good performance.

The plot is simple and easy to follow. While I had somewhat of an idea how the plot was going to go, I had no idea how it was going to end. The third act took me by surprise and had my jaw drop at the insanity of it all.

The make up deserves a huge accolade which is able to bring the events that unfold into life. Definitely deserves an Oscar nomination, and hopefully Demi Moore gets a nod.

This isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea, but for those who are horror fans and are sick of the lack of originality in movies nowadays, the Substance is definitely worth your time. It's something you will not forget!

I've played majority of main Mario games so I'm well versed in the mario universe. I've a Nintendo game player since I was 5 years old up until this day.

So I went into this movie with the mindset - it's a kid's movie just try to enjoy it and enjoy seeing all the Mario references and don't think to much.

And the movie doesn't ask you to think to much. The plot is so flat which I guess I should have expected since the games have no plot besides from Princess Peach being kidnapped. What this movie does well though is that Princess Peach isn't a damsell in distress and is more of a character in the movie which I liked.

What the movie however gets wrong is that the assumption that by adding all these Mario references like Mario Kart and Smash Brothers, this will make the fans go ' Oooh wow that's so cool!'. Yes it's a nice thing to have , but what the movie doesn't really get into the lore of the Mario world and assumes everyone knows it. But by not building up this world, it kind of feels like Mario just jumps into this world, meets Princess Peach who pretty much teams up with him straight away and off they go to save the kingdom! I think the film could have done a better job of trying to invest the audience into this w1orld. I'm not saying that they have to spend ten minutes explaining every item, but I think they could have like gone through several worlds to get to Bowser, and talk about say the underwater level and the creatures that dwell in it.

I can see the little kidsaying this is an amazing movie and people will say oh it's a fun movie and it's a Mario movie for kids - of course there's no plot. Well I guess I'm just a bit older now and even though I like Mario games, this movie is really just a Mario movie with references and Easter Eggs.

And while I did get that, I got so much more from this show. After a few episodes I was hooked and I found the characters really likeable, interesting and the story just really moving.

I was browsing through Netflix yesterday trying to find something to watch and stumbled randomly on this. Figured yeah sure a 4 year old kid living by himself, sounds weird.

What the show does really well is that it has a good balance of not just showing the sadness and trauma of Kotoro and his life, but also focuses on the positivity, hope and kindness of people and how we can be become better people. Each episode kind of has its own theme in terms of teaching us a lesson about people and behaviours, yet it doesn't do it in an in your face way. It's hard not to connect to Kotoro who is trying to find his sense of purpose but also understand human motivations, behaviour and also how his perceptions of the world are shaped by his past.

Couldn't recommend this anime enough. While some situations might seem somewhat unrealistic, I think the shows intention is to show that family also isn't necessarily your blood relatives but can be the people you form the closest bonds with in life, and that this doesn't make you alone in the world.

Really hope a season 2 is made!