Loved the marketing for this. The studio sent actors wearing Smile t-shirts out to big public /televised events (e.g., baseball games, etc.), and they would get into any camera shot they could and just stand there in the background, smiling creepily. It was absolute genius!

I think that her terrible advice to patients sets her up for the end. She is saying what you’re experiencing isn’t real and can’t hurt you which is not how therapists should act. They should be nonjudgmental. My point being she is telling them their experiences aren’t that bad or real and in the end she wants others to believe what she is experiencing is real. This would cause others to think she is hallucinating or experiencing psychosis, which is her view of her patients in the beginning. They wanted someone to know what they were experiencing was very real and she is in the same position in the end of the movie. Great film though!

Got to give you credit. Your analysis is insightful and intelligent. It's not that "Bro, that was like awesome, but that suuucked" shit of so many movie "reviewers" on youtube. Beside that you're also witty and likeable. 👌Hope your channel takes off, you deserve more views.

@RocklinGraves

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much man I really appreciate you saying that. Means a lot

Thank you providing analysis throughout and not just doing what so many other horror KZreadrs do which is 10 mins of recapping the ENTIRE PLOT and 2 mins of interpretation. Love your channel!

Just stumbled on to your channel and was so excited to see how many videos you have! God speed to your success 👏🏼🙌🏼 #bingeing

@RocklinGraves

5 ай бұрын

Ah thank you so much! Really appreciate it

Ah man, It Follows was really good. Only seen it once but I'm not forgetting it anytime soon. Smile looks a lot better than I thought it would. That soundtrack seems really unique

@HeatherHolt

2 ай бұрын

Love It Follows. Except for the pool scene but everything else is very on point.

@fancypants6089

Ай бұрын

Smile was one of the best horror movies I’ve seen and I’ve seen them all lol.

I really appreciate that you go into detail about the soundtracks in horror movies, it's not something that gets noticed often. love your videos!

@RocklinGraves

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

This was genuinely the scariest movie I watched in theaters upon rewatch and I honestly don’t think that. The ending was messed up but like what am I watching.

@RocklinGraves

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I’ve found I have more issues with it on rewatch. Still great though

I don't know whether to hate or love KZread algorithm. On one hand it brought your video to my TV screen (I was busy cooking dinner), on the other hand I was shocked to see the view and follower numbers which should've been far far higher. The production quality is off the roof for a small channel and your videos are rich in content and actually contain your own takes and analyses instead of just rambling through the plot and calling it "ending explanation". From one horror flicks lover to another I really appreciate your work! What can we do to boost your channel aside from liking and subscribing? PS: an unsolicited advice, maybe do some Asian horror too. It's a road less travelled for the western audience. If you enjoy slow burners like Hereditary, you'll LOVE The Wailing (South Korea).

@RocklinGraves

4 ай бұрын

I’d LOVE to look at some Asian horror. There are so many gems

That freaking scene where she's listening to the tape & they jump scare you with her mom got me. I actually jumped up from my couch & yelled "WTF!" Lol

My dude! Your videos are amazing. I’m currently bingeing your channel in between my busy life. Your takes are really good and I love how you analyse these movies. Thank you for giving me some great entertainment when I got some down time!

Your channel and reviews have reignited my love for horror movies in a way nothing has ever done before, you clearly have so much passion in your work and it really shows, keep up the absolutely amazing work man!

Very well put together review, i enjoyed hearing your take. This is one of my favorites of 2022. I will check out IT FOLLOWS

@RocklinGraves

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I really hope you enjoy It Follows. One of my favourites from the 2010s

Good insights and well put together. Keep up the good work. Thx.

@RocklinGraves

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Another great video Evan. Keep up the good work 👍.

@RocklinGraves

Жыл бұрын

Thanks as always dude

Just stumbled upon your channel and havent stopped watching glad you made a video about SMILE

@RocklinGraves

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I just stumbled on your youtube channel and holy cow i love your reviews. I agree with a lot of things you say. I look forward to see hoe kuch your channel grows and grows

@RocklinGraves

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

She's with the A Train baby

Just something I’ve noticed in different horror movies, I always find that making a character say something evil or uncharacteristic or scary in their normal voice is far more frightening than a therapist having the demon voice, I feel like those kind of scenes are way less scary than something like the locker scene in It, where pennywise fakes being Beverly and tells Ben that she would never love him, and then completely takes the scare away by having her head catch on fire and talk in pennywise’s voice. Maybe just me though, this movie(and this video) are still great imo

Really enjoying your videos. Been bingeing a lot of them since stumbling onto your channel. One question was was the *Finn about. I thought I was going crazy seeing something flash until I slowed it down. lol

Wait is that one girl from Smile the girl from the Sleepover Club from my Childhood?? Looks so similar. Great review btw love the op of your vids

I honestly hate when directors try to subvert expectation these days. A lot of it is motivated by trying to make it so audiences cant predict the ending rather than good storytelling. Like it can be done really well, but in this case and of course GoT its just done terribly

Smile wuz kool but, I wantd more! Kinda how u I felt in "It Follows"....✌🏽🙂❤️

I liked this movie so much more when I stopped and thought about it as so much more than a creature feature.

New sub. Great videos.

Sense i'm coming late to your videos, did you see Barbarian and look forward to Longlegs?

The first add I saw for Smile was memorable in a much different way. It genuinely made me and a friend laugh. It was specifically the scene where the main character is in the car and the lady outside cranes her head like a giraffe. The CGI seemed so bad at the time, that we just had to laugh.

@randomvrperson4967

Ай бұрын

Looking at it again, still funny, but not as bad as I thought lol.

Maybe I’m a little jaded with this cold take but I can’t stand movies anymore where all of the tension lies in no one believing the main character. I saw almost all of the hallucinations coming especially with the therapist. I liked a lot of things about this movie but it fell very flat for me with all of the tropes it used.

Surprised by all the hate in the comments about the ending. The twist was great IMO and i thought the monster reveal was fun.

I'm thoroughly enjoying these videos and the nearly academically colloquium feeling of the exploration. However, despite him being about 15 yrs younger than me and not my type... I am finding this Evan dude more and more attractive with each video.

Pretty smart flick.

@RocklinGraves

9 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s solid

Your channel rocks! Seriously great production value, satisfying blend of commentary and recap, informative insights that belie a clear appreciation for cinema, a great ear for score, and perfect length of videos. Your jokes are funny too and just the right amount of humor here and there. Never be afraid to tell it exactly like you see it even if that goes against the grain and makes you feel like you’re being contrarian. Just say what you think. Being genuine is incredibly important for a content creator doing film analysis. I appreciated your Blumhouse Exorcist review for this reason. That was a seriously great analysis and a tough video to nail like you did. I liked how you gave a small disclaimer that you were going to focus a bit more on the positive aspects for that movie and thought you made some good points. And you don’t annoyingly say anywho and hoyever ten times per video like certain other horror channels I watch lol. I would love to see you analyze Infinity Pool! I love high concept psychological horror and think you would make a great video! Good luck in the future I’m excited to see you grow 🫡✌️

It's a shame the movie didn't end with Rose pouring her heart out after burning the House down. The psychological aspect to the movie is strong and could have made for a fantastic movie on its own.

I love this movie. I've seen it about 6 times at this point. 😅

I loved this movie and I saw it with my mom and I still do like it but I hated the ending *SPOILERS* the monster at the end was to much for me and it really lost me and it brought down the whole movie for me I also was lost a couple times when the therapist isn’t real and stuff but I do really like it despite some issues with it ( I haven’t seen it follows but I plan to tonight)

@RocklinGraves

Жыл бұрын

Enjoy It Follows! It’s a fantastic movie

14:43 never seen this movie before but seeing her mouth the words stfu is hilarious

The monster at the end looks like my "sleep paralysis demon". Not a great time 😂

the ariel shoots are the curse looking down

The first 10 minutes of this movie would have been a PHENOMENAL short film by itself. Honestly wish it ended there, big horror fan but I think most of the genre is done poorly. I was presently surprised by Smile!

I fn love your channel brodie. U da best.

@RocklinGraves

4 ай бұрын

Cheers! Really appreciate it

Sounds like you are, like me, a film music buff.

I don’t think I’d use It Follows as an example for characters. I mean tell me something about Yara. Or Kelly besides she’s Jays sister. Or even Paul besides he wants Jay. They all seem to just live in each others lives rather than interact. They don’t really bring a lot to the table, and if any one of them died or left the group, I don’t think anyone would have strong feelings about it

@RocklinGraves

Ай бұрын

It’s not so much that they’re super fleshed out characters, but it’s more that I’ve always found their dynamic to be really engaging. It doesn’t feel forced or over explained, it just genuinely feels like a group of people who’ve known each other for a long time and are very comfortable around one enough. I find the relationships super believable, and I do genuinely care about all of them

@jarrodoakley6911

Ай бұрын

@@RocklinGraves to me they feel very much like a movie relationship. It’s better if you don’t question it. There isn’t anything in that shows an actual connection between them, they are just there because they are about the same age and the story wants them there. Thanks for the reply, I guess you can feel connected to something and it works for you. I just feel differently about the friends in It Follows to the point where it always bothered me a little about the movie. Probably have to agree to disagree. Love your videos

Does anyone mention that you open your videos like Alfred Hitchcock?

@RocklinGraves

2 ай бұрын

Haha no but I definitely do!

LOVED this movie, hated the ultimate ending. should have ended at the time it naturally ended. no need to make her actually succumb. ruined it. still great film though up to that point.

The monster at the end, and essential ruined the movie overall for me. I think it should've remained ambiguous

She is a terrible therapist but not as bad as her own therapist

I dont watch trailer or review before watching a movie. People will ruin it for you😂😂😂

I love this channel ❤️❤️❤️ the host is do calming

Another thing this film shares with It follows is that both are pretty bad,boring, unintentionally funnny movies.

That little CNN zinger 😅

Gave you a dislike because you didn't call out the vase for being in the therapy room.

This movie was VERY corny imo. The entire premise is corny. The smile, the "entitys" purpose.

@crystalshaw8744

Ай бұрын

Entities

@OrphanCrippler1

Ай бұрын

@@crystalshaw8744 Entities is plural, you absolute genius. Entity's is correct, i hust left out the comma. Hope that helps.

Well said.