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隆Hola amigos! Me sigo poniendo al d铆a con algunas pel铆culas que ten铆a en mi lista de pendientes, en esta oportunidad le toc贸 el turno a La sustancia. Y ac谩 les traigo mi rese帽a al respecto.
Hello friends! I keep catching up with some movies that I had on my pending list, this time it was the turn of The Substance. And here I bring you my review about it.
Trama - Plot
La historia sigue a una actriz muy exitosa que justo el d铆a que cumple 50 a帽os es despedida de su programa de televisi贸n por ya estar pasada de edad, de belleza y de moda. Ella queda devastada y es ah铆 cuando se conectan con ella de un laboratorio secreto para ofrecerle la sustancia, una inyecci贸n que le garantiza transformarla en una versi贸n mejorada de s铆 misma, donde las c茅lulas del cuerpo se separan y crean a otra mucho m谩s joven y hermosa. As铆 vivir谩 una doble vida, hasta que la otra empieza a tomar el control de su vida llev谩ndola a un deterioro sin retorno y ah铆 tendr谩 que tomar una decisi贸n dr谩stica, que tambi茅n la afectar谩 a ella, para detenerla.
The story follows a very successful actress who just on her 50th birthday is fired from her TV show for being past her prime, past her beauty and past her prime. She is devastated and that is when they connect with her from a secret laboratory to offer her the substance, an injection that guarantees to transform her into an improved version of herself, where the body cells separate and create a much younger and more beautiful one. So she will live a double life, until the other begins to take control of her life leading her to a deterioration without return and then she will have to make a drastic decision, which will also affect her, to stop it.
Rese帽a - Review
Hab铆a evitado ver esta pel铆cula en su momento por todos los comentarios que hubo al respecto contando casi toda la trama o las partes claves. Tambi茅n ten铆a cierta aversi贸n porque le铆 que hubo gente que se desmay贸 en el cine o vomit贸 y me sugestiono. Lo bueno de verla es que pude constatar que algunos son muy flojos para las escenas sangrientas o yo tengo un est贸mago entrenado, quiz谩s ambas. La cuesti贸n es que si te impresionas f谩cilmente no veas esta pel铆cula porque la podes pasar mal.
I had avoided seeing this movie at the time because of all the comments about it telling almost all the plot or key parts. I also had a certain aversion because I read that there were people who fainted in the theater or vomited and it got me suggestible. The good thing about seeing it is that I was able to ascertain that some people are too lazy for gory scenes or I have a trained stomach, maybe both. The point is that if you are easily impressed don't see this movie because you might have a bad time.
Volviendo a la trama, est谩 claro que la pel铆cula tiene una fuerte cr铆tica social a todo lo que son los est谩ndares de belleza y lo que son capaces de hacer las mujeres para verse j贸venes de nuevo, y no solo mujeres, tambi茅n puede afectar a los hombres, en menor medida pero los hay. C贸mo son capaces de poner en riesgo sus vidas por una promesa que no te da garant铆as de nada porque claramente puede salir mal.
Returning to the plot, it is clear that the film has a strong social criticism to all that are the standards of beauty and what women are capable of doing to look young again, and not only women, it can also affect men, to a lesser extent but there are. How they are capable of putting their lives at risk for a promise that gives you no guarantee of anything because it can clearly go wrong.
A m铆 me llam贸 mucho la atenci贸n la poca informaci贸n con la que contaba la actriz de esta sustancia y lo arriesgada que fue para inyectarse as铆 sin m谩s, y encima todo lo otro. Tampoco hab铆a muchas instrucciones de c贸mo proceder, me pareci贸 medio fantasioso que supiera todo lo que ten铆a que hacer con las herramientas dadas, ya que no hab铆a mucha m谩s informaci贸n de lo que ten铆a que hacer con ellas. Fue algo instintivo.
I was very struck by how little information the actress had about this substance and how risky she was to inject herself just like that, and on top of everything else. There were also not many instructions on how to proceed, I thought it was a bit fanciful that she knew everything she had to do with the given tools, since there was not much more information on what she had to do with them. It was an instinctive thing.
Visualmente me pareci贸 incre铆ble, hay muy buenas producciones de este estilo. Quiz谩 es un poco m谩s grotesca y gore que otras, pero me parece que cada cuadro segu铆a su funci贸n. Tambi茅n me agrado el apartado sonoro, sin dudas, en el cine se debe de haber apreciado m谩s, ya que resaltan los sonidos de los ambientes para generar mayor impacto e incomodidad.
Visually I found it incredible, very good productions of this style. Perhaps it is a little more grotesque and gore than others, but it seems to me that each frame followed its function. I also liked the sound section, without a doubt, in the cinema it should have been appreciated more, since they highlight the sounds of the environments to generate greater impact and discomfort.
Me pareci贸 una historia muy interesante y logr贸 atraparme desde el inicio. Es un poco larga, m谩s de dos horas de pel铆cula, pero se me pasaron r谩pido. No la sent铆 pesada ni nada, al contrario, quer铆a saber c贸mo iba a resultar todo al final. Este fue muy grotesco tambi茅n, qued茅 muy sorprendida, la verdad que las escenas finales si estuvieron sacadas desde mis pesadillas, eran bastante impresionantes. Pero bueno, considero que tuvo un buen cierre.
I found it a very interesting story and it managed to grab me from the beginning. It's a bit long, more than two hours of movie, but it went by fast. I didn't feel it was heavy or anything, on the contrary, I wanted to know how everything was going to turn out in the end. This one was also very grotesque, I was very surprised, the truth is that the final scenes were really taken from my nightmares, they were quite impressive. But well, I think it had a good ending.
Aunque la pel铆cula no explica muchas cosas, deja todo a la libre interpretaci贸n y creo que su principal objetivo fue el que nombre al principio: hacer una cr铆tica social a los est谩ndares de belleza. Fue una muy buena pel铆cula para reflexionar acerca de este tema.
Although the film doesn't explain many things, it leaves everything to free interpretation and I think its main objective was the one I named at the beginning: to make a social criticism of beauty standards. It was a very good film to reflect on this topic.
Bueno amigos, hasta ac谩 mi opini贸n sobre la pel铆cula. Espero que les haya gustado y los invit贸 a verla si se animan. Si ya la vieron me encantar铆a saber qu茅 les pareci贸.
Gracias por llegar hasta ac谩 y apoyar mi contenido.
隆Hasta la pr贸xima!
Well friends, this is my opinion about the movie. I hope you liked it and I invite you to watch it if you feel like it. If you've already seen it, I'd love to know what you thought of it.
Thanks for coming this far and supporting my content.
See you next time!
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