"SMILE" Movie Review: A Commentary On Mental Illness
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- FINALLY got a chance to see this highly anticipated horror movie, "Smile" after watching the trailer a dozen times! Here's my analysis of several themes/messages throughout the film. WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS!!!
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Really enjoyed this film and found it pretty scary ! How many starts would you give it ? 👀
I did like your commentary better than most I've seen. I stumbled upon this movie as a horror fan but I did think it had a lot to say about mental illness. As a sufferer myself, this did seem like a huge allegory. I'm not sure about the hidden meaning of the ending though. I still think there's a little more to unpack. But a lot of what you said is true. There have been many times where when I showed my illness it threatened me in my career as well as personal relationships. That's why I do my best to keep it hidden. I also am on medication, and though I've been in therapy I never found myself able to be truly honest or vulnerable so it was mostly a complete waste if time. Same for romantic relationships. Several women have loved me but I was never able to connect enough to love them back. I always kept people at arms length. I don't trust very well. Friendships are much easier because the stakes are lower. I self-isolate a lot, not only because I don't have that many friends, but because it's just easier to be alone. I've watched several horror flicks this weekend and this was my favorite because I can relate.
I relate to you, thank you for sharing your experience, I am also going through this same situation and somehow feels good knowing I am not alone, I connected a lot with the movie due to the mental illness part, I was shock to know it is real and that more people see what I see
Such a great and thorough review and analysis! I’m not a big fan of horror but this sounds like a good movie.
Thank you! It was actually a interesting premise. I think if we explore life lesson through love (I.e. romance movies) then we can certainly do so through fear lol Thanks for watching and commenting !
I really connected with this movie and wanted to find more people going through the same situation since I think I have the same mental illness that is why I am here in this video, and i liked the part where you say how people even professionals react to you telling them what you see, and it is not an entity or something diabolic what I see or how Rose explains it, is also not a doomed thing, is difficult to explain it is something that is there and i see…
Slight quick correction; her family didn't call the boss to the hospital, she was at the ER of the hospital she works at and he heard she was down there
Also, interesting possibility to consider; I agree with your thoughts on her therapist wanting to do the actual work, but there's some theoretical reason to believe that that might not have been her therapist, and the only time she actually saw her for real was when the fiance called her, and that the entity knew that Risperdol might have actually supressed its power (the symbolism here being that sometimes a person does know what will help them but the opinions of others can easily take precedence while their own agency and decision making is put into question because of what they're suffering from).
Thank you for correction! And wow that is also another very good interpretation. I thought the ending was “meh” but overall a thought provoking film. I appreciate your insight 👏
Just watched the film a few days ago. While I was entertained, I don't think I agree with the overall message. I just love it when society keeps telling you to get help but when they actually do it backfires on them to the point where are basically a clown in someone's life. As a super misanthrope who suffered humiliation from people and discrimination from the government I would rather bottle everything up. We are still in the dark age of mental illness and things are certainly not improving. This is coming from someone who has been in therapy for 10 years and I has not worked at all...a big failure. And as a result I have looked up Thomas Szasz and Arthur Schopenhauer and I said screw it. Therapy and psychiatry is nonsense. I'm a depressed person and its ok. Its been almost 20 years I've been this way and I've accepted I'll be like this forever because it has allowed me to wake up and see the ugly side of humanity. I don't care if I'm a pessimist. You have to become one in order to see the real world.
This literally a view point of someone who is broken, those who can't be completely helped are psychopaths and people who can't accept and open up to their problems also can't be helped. Of course it's your opinion, is it accurate and realistic? No! Just because therapy and psychiatry hasn't helped you doesn't mean it can't and doesn't help others, this is a personal bias from your side since you only see your own point of view rather seeing others. I've lived through both side, have seen both sides, am studying psychology and neuroscience both have helped me tremendously with my mental health and understanding of human mind. Also, since you've labeled yourself as a misanthrop and a pesimist, that doesn't wake you up or make you see the real world...
Just an additional information, psychology isn't the only thing which can help your mental health, diet and activities do as well, I'm pretty confident one of those you are lacking as around 70% of population does, so don't blame the world.
@@fugojohn So you're calling me a psychopath? I've spent a whole decade getting help from a failing mental health system and you called me a psychopath? There are bright minds out there that have called out and criticized the mental health system. Are they psychopaths too? Do you know what you are? You are nothing but a stereotypical optimist who is completely oblivious from the problems of the world. You refuse to see the dark side, and think maybe things are not always as they seem. If you lived in a war torn third world country, you would probably be one of those people who would have tons of kids when they have a high chance of dying. You claim to see both sides. Well I do. Originally, I was a mental health advocate anymore. But I'm not anymore. And at the same time, I view the world as a dark place to live because I now understand humanity is a piece of trash. I've studied philosophy. I've studied misanthropy. I've studied pessimism. I've studied antinatalism. David Benatar, Arthur Schopenhauer, Philipp Mainländer, just to name a few. I advocate for self responsibility. I do get exercise. I have a job that requires exercise. I was taught a good diet since I was born and still eating a good diet now.
I known people (mostly men) who have already ask for help and the results were catastrophic. Too many cases of gas-lighting, too many cases of hypocrisy, to many cases of long waiting times, and when a man mixes up with a female therapist who doesn't understand masculinity, it all goes wrong. Many years ago, the American Psychological Association has talked about "toxic masculinity" and that modern men of today are prone to it. If you're a man who is suffering from a mental illness, do you really want to bother getting help if the mental health system views you that way? No. And as a result, they either turn away, or try to get help just for things to go nowhere. And as these trends continue, more and more and more people are going to take their own lives in the rates that has never been seen before. It doesn't matter how many people are opening up. If the rates are going up, then none of it matters. And after a global pandemic, lockdowns and passports (if you supported those, then you are part of the problem), we have reach a point of no return. It's going to get worse and I've already threw in the towel. The only thing you can do is to live life, view the worst in humans, and do the things you love before it all ends.
So that's it. I see the world from a pessimistic/realistic lens while you don't. And because of that you're a moron. You're an idiot. And it's your optimistic idiocy that will lead people to doom and gloom.
@@Balasidine957 I didn't say you were, where did you see me call you a psychopath? Here is the problem, denial and assumptions, you read what you want to read, you react how you want to react, even if the way you do is incorrect, it's up to you to react like that and it's fine, I'm not going to try or gonna fix someone who can't be fixed. You should know better what condition you have if you've went to therapy for 10 years, there should have been a diagnosis on what condition you're at.
@@fugojohn Then whats this:
"This literally a view point of someone who is broken, those who can't be completely helped are psychopaths and people who can't accept and open up to their problems also can't be helped."
What made you write this then? The way I see it, you believe that therapy is a 100% proven magic cure for all of humanity’s problems, and those who don't believe this is the scum of the earth. Typical mindset of a person who lives under a rock, blindfolded.
@@Balasidine957 Well, I think I didn't coherently write then, should have separated the message better, because I also mentioned people who are in denial, being defensive, or people who go to therapist and expect they don't have to put in the work, work on their own problems and trauma to understand them, therapist can't help you, therapist can't fix you, only you can, therapist can only assist you.
I mentioned that you are broken, that doesn't mean you are a psychopath. Psychopath are born like that, you can't be born broken, broken is reference to trauma.
I never said, it's a cure or it fixes 100% of problems, my messages literally proved otherwise, me even mentioning that some people can't be helped is proof of that. I never said or believe that those who don't believe are scum, you can think of life and your problems how you want, it's your personal opinion but don't assume what I have not said I think.
World is a dark place indeed and everyone knows that deeply inside but no one is thinking of the dark, bad things, negativity. Why should people waste their time on destructive thoughts, they really don't benefit people and most certainly your life doesn't get better with that mindset.