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Amazing, I love it! The art is really cool considering it`s simplicity. This is so creepy, I even had to cringe at certain parts. Very cool.
Reviews for "Smile!"
wow...
That was an amazing piece of flash. It was so deep. It really put the message of death before conformity out there. It was amazingly twisted and full of realism. I was very impressed by this.
Great
I think this movie will resonate with different people differently, just as any other piece of art does. That's right, I said "art". To me, this bears such a striking parallelity to Stalin's repressions of 1935-37 that I sat in front of the screen after it ended, paralyzed, for maybe a minute. The general operating procedure was thus: victim was brought in, interrogated, and finally confessed to whatever was desired. Then, victim was disposed of, through a prison term, a virtual death centence in Siberian work camps, or execution. And of course, all those people who judged the victim, who beat the confessions out of him, they simply went home at the end of the workday to their families, their kids, their "off-duty" lives as if everything was a matter of course. Now, I may be wrong on what the movie says - and like for any other piece of *art* that is best left undefined - but for me, that is what I feel.
One final word of advice: don't watch this if you don't expect to think.
Best movie in Newgrounds
I had never watched a flash that made you think as much as this one. Not only due to the movie itself, but due to its reviews - people who watched it had many different point of views, and they are as interesting to analyze as the movie itself - why so many disagreements regarding what the movie presents? It's one of the things that gives the movie quality, in my opinion.
I think I know what you mean, and boy do I understand it. I was once also worried about some sadness I was feeling, and afraid it'd drive people away from me. They seemed like these happy little fuckers who'd only want to walk with other happy little fuckers, who'd never wanna hear or deal with what an unhappy person had to say. They'd just act like your life didn't matter for them... like they killed you in their heads. Like the boy in the movie, I also ended up trying to hide my feelings in order to prevent this from happening, but it wouldn't let go of me and I was always afraid I'd die for them, and end up feeling my life didn't matter... like they seemed to think.
It was a tough time... Reis, I wish the world was a happy, perfect world like the one you believe it is. Truth is, probably all teenagers feel, in different levels, the same thing the little boy in the movie does. Lots (probably most) of them seek for different ways of "faking a smile", like say, picking on someone who seems sadder and more problematic than him, so this way they throw their own issues at the poor guy and people around them also throw their own issues at the poor guy, and everyone crucifies him as a scapegoat of all heir problems. You're a very lucky person if you never even heard of anyone like that. Still, one thing's for sure - it's all in his head, and the movie makes it clear with it's surrealistic feel. Someone without issues regarding social acceptance (which every teenager has) wouldn't have trouble smiling in first place.
Too bad there's a limit in characters for reviews... I could go on and on about this one. The bottom line is, I'm your fan. Peace
NICE!
it was weird yet cool. And why did they have to smile or be killed? The surprise ending was funny!