The Substance (2024) The WILDEST Yet Most Meaningful Movie Ever?! | Reaction | First Time Watching

[@rafaelgonzalez3739]

I love that every gay man that watches this movie had the same reaction to that scene at 32:55 🍑😭

[@ZoneXavierr]

Lmaooo we can be simple creatures 😌😩

[@manneianevski]

Didn't know he was gay, and I found him very attractive, especially his voice.

[@Flatronezzz]

It looks so thicccc 😭 would’ve been nicer if it was shaved but that’s just my preference 😌

[@Ivan-Looking]

This movie was filmed in France with a $17M budget. Margaret Qualley played Sue.

[@ZoneXavierr]

ENTIRELY in France?? 🇫🇷 didn’t expect that

[@jeffyoung60]

@@ZoneXavierr On the very southern coast of France where it meets the Mediterranean, the climate is warm enough to support palm trees. Plus the film director took views of certain urban areas that could pass for Los Angeles.

[@anthonyduran7553]

Whole entire concept of THE SUBSTANCE is that it provides you on what you need and not what you want. Exactly why by not following the rules you suffer the consequences later.

[@ZoneXavierr]

Greed will bring the wrath because what you need is never enough to those who want too much! 👏🏼

[@jeffbassin630]

I agree that this is the best movie of the year. Also, Demi Moore deserves to be awarded an Oscar for the Best Actress in a motion picture!!

[@ZoneXavierr]

Honestly, yes. I can’t believe she won her first ever award at the Golden Globes. She’s due for an Oscar for this one

[@Qu33nMary444]

*THANK YOU* for pointing out that it doesn't snow in LA!!😂😂😂 It bugs me so much that no one seems to notice that part (or maybe they just edit it out 😋). Anyway, wonderful reaction❤

[@ZoneXavierr]

Right?! It’s such a small detail but it was the first thing that caught my eye. I’m glad I’m not alone 😂

[@Qu33nMary444]

@ZoneXavierr It was definitely a clue that maaayyyyybe things aren't super "realistic" in this particular story 😳🙃🤣

[@runningmate08]

Such an amazing movie. Demi should be nominated for an Oscar but won’t cuz it’s horror

[@ZoneXavierr]

I fully support her winning. It rarely happens but I think the Substance is worth it ♥️

[@mlledarcel]

"southern wallet" 😂

[@ZoneXavierr]

Had to get creative 😂😭

[@aporue5893]

''Drumstick and all!'' LOL 🤣

[@GarrettBridges]

You are so effortlessly funny, this was a joy to watch. I want to watch a movie with you!

[@ZoneXavierr]

Thank you 😭 brb ugly crying

[@lilmissneezy3852]

When u started singing brittney spears 😂😂

[@ZoneXavierr]

😂 Scary Movie, White Chicks or Britney will ALWAYS be brought up!

[@Ming3484]

Omg, i too started singing Lucky by Britney Spears when watching this.

[@ZoneXavierr]

lol very Lucky coded 😩

[@rumham7466]

I’ve heard that about Dennis Quaid with reactions lol. I’m not familiar with him really so I wonder what he’s done

[@neejo9]

Maybe the name she picked for the “better” her kind of showed her true age since it’s still Elisabeth in there n she from a diff generation etc that’s my take. I guess when the guy wrote the note w the substance saying it changed his life he wasn’t lying 😭 it’s life changing alright Felt like her desperation was showing by calling Fred he didn’t even rewrite his number for you he gave it to u after he dropped it in the mud.

[@ZoneXavierr]

Ok you made some good points! 👏🏼👏🏼

[@UniqueLibra1981]

Audio, editing and visuals👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾✨🫶🏾

[@ZoneXavierr]

I don’t know if you’re talking me or the movie but I agree either way 🙂‍↕️😂

[@CandieP]

My great grandmother name was Sue. I’m not sure why a Gen Zer would pick a name from the Great Depression 🤦🏾‍♀️ 😊

[@ZoneXavierr]

LOL now I'm thinking about my Great Grandma's name and yeah... not suitable for a Gen Zer lol

[@alexandervelez9507]

because she’s not gen z in the movie lol she’s still a 60 year old woman in a young body and i guess she forgot. lol

[@Qu33nMary444]

I heard that the writer/director said it was so that when Sue says her name, her lips make a pouty kissy shape!💋 Like in the scene where her mouth is on all those screens in H**vey's office.

[@justneyspears8310]

Loved your reaction!! Loved the humor!! Loved the meme edits!! Ur funny+fine af!! Loved the commentary throughout!! Societal expectations+rules are deeply harsher on all women and cuts deeper when we get into intersectionality. Men often suffer from body dysmorphia that were involved in athletics or dance during boyhood. Gym junkies that workout for aesthetics over health…Wearing a bathing suit and society expecting abs (height/weight proportions). As a gay man, I even resonated with the films’ themes. Loved the fashions i.e 🐉 robe+💛coat. Glad the algorithm did its thing to stumble across your channel. Deliciously disgusting this film is! It has style+substance🧪💉A social commentary on aging with body horror elements using practical effects, impeccable sound+editing. No amount of change will ever be enough to appease everyone much less undeserving, misogynistic men who do not actually appreciate women for who they are, but only how fckable they deem women to be. Sue represents the younger version of Elisabeth, still impressionable, full of faux confidence bc the patriarchy has beholden a woman’s value to beauty and youth, still fertile. Elisabeth chases her youth in the form of Sue much like someone that keeps running back to the plastic surgeon’s office. And there are consequences bc one begins to stray so far from their original appearance, dare I say monstrous. The greatest tenderness the character gives herself is when ElisaSue emerges and the greatest vacation she gives herself is the absence of a body for judgment. Just a mere amoeba with Elisabeth as the nucleus of the cell. The violence we put ourselves through comparing ourselves to our own younger version of ourselves when we look at pics of us a decade ago. We must be kinder to ourselves. I like that her yellow coat symbolized the egg in the beginning and then we see Sue wearing the coat to emphasize they are one post injection. *Outward beauty, but inner ugliness to thyself. The enemy is the inner me🩷🩷

[@ZoneXavierr]

Comment KING! Thank you for taking the time to spread love and knowledge! So many levels to your breakdown, I love it. I never thought to correlate the egg at the beginning to that c*nty coat!! But yes, always a good reminder to be kinder to ourselves, ESPECIALLY with age because it’s something we all experience, there’s no stopping it. So might as well embrace it. You made so many great points, thanks again ♥️

[@santillanstudio]

I love your comment about "The Krabby Patty formula"

[@ZoneXavierr]

Thank you 😂

[@lilmissneezy3852]

Not the tooth fairy 😭

[@lilmissneezy3852]

I said was this in the manual cuzzzzz

[@ZoneXavierr]

Right? I woulda been lost and tossed the whole thing away 😂😂

[@JorgiePorgie2011]

You’re adorable 🥰

[@ZoneXavierr]

Thank you 😊 🙏🏼

[@bryanalstoncoxing]

I think the man in the diner/nurse was probably a good looking but aging gay man who took the Substance and lost control of the addiction

[@ZoneXavierr]

I didn’t even think about that 😭

[@cinnamon69lesbico]

It DOESNT Matter when it was set. Just go with it.

[@ZoneXavierr]

lol ok… by Xavier

[@cinnamon69lesbico]

In her memoir Demi moore engaged in 3 somesoms at the request of her husband's request. hmm, very interesting.