It was...different.
The style is very dark and it also speaks loudly. Very provacative, meaningful and deep. It reminds me of one of those silent french films with the dramatic music in the background and you can't understand what's going on and it's abstract and makes no sense and at the end it says "Fin.". It was also very abstract, except the robot dance scene at the end. that was just weird. but funny.
very impresive
the greatest b/w flash i've ever seen. keep up the good work
Dude...
That made me think so much of 1984.
Needless to say, I love your work
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I thought "Smile" was awesome, but I do have one pet peeve with it, and that is its ending. The pan over to the side of the council's masks, revealing them to be machinery, is a powerful visual revelation; however, the celebration afterwards simply doesn't work for me. What I get out of Smile, and other movies that have used the idea, is that it is a display of visual emotion but lacking actual emotion behind it. I've seen the idea used as a critique on society, as I see to some degree in this work, intentional or not. However, the celebration at the end seems to run counter to this. Would the robots really feel the need to celebrate? It's twisted, sure, but for me it didn't follow, whether or not it is the case that the only emotion they can feel is happiness. The animation clearly needs some way of concluding itself after revealing the nature of the 'council', but I feel that a better one could've been chosen. That's all.
great piece
This is truely a great bit of flash, i'll be sure to keep an eye out for future submissions. I, like many reviewers, did not like the ending when i watched it the first time. On a second viewing, however, i think i understand it and actually like it. It makes it perfectly clear who it is commenting on and how they live their lives. It suits the "smile" theme amid the horror. It changes it from a film about pity and oppression to a film about the deterioration of society. And i noticed the "sexy bitch" and "88" on the shirts of the smiling beings, nice touch!