Smiley

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I don't understand why you people are rating this so badly! I really enjoyed it! The twists and turns made me love it even more! <3<3<3 The best part about Smiley, I thought, were the actors. Shane, Nikki, Steve, Jason, I've loved all of them since the first day I watched one of their YouTube videos! I own Smiley, and am glad I do. I didn't get to see it in theaters because of where I live, but I did get to rent it! As soon as the movie was over, I knew I wanted to buy it. I have to admit, I got a little Smiley crazy... My computer background was of Smiley, and I was Smiley for Halloween. I kept asking people if they've seen it, and wouldn't shut up about it! I am so proud of Shane and this movie! Especially that Michael Gallagher directed it! So proud of all the people in it! This was a huge step for everyone, and now Shane is making a movie, plus he's starring in it! I can't express my love for this movie anymore than I already did.

Yeah, so I watched 2012's Smiley last night. It's a piece of crap with a stupid plot, a stupid attempt at a "twist"… and I'm sure some freakin' hipster will defend it as the direction of the new "Artcore" movement. Just because you call a piece of crap a rose, doesn't make it a rose. So, a girl starts college, and her partying new dorm mate invites her to a party. Once there she's introduced to "Smiley" – You get in an Internet chat room with someone, and while you are there, you type "I did it for the lulz" three times, and magically something bad happens to the person on the other side of the chat window. Not a terrible idea for a horror movie, but unfortunately, it is a terrible horror movie. I'm not even 100% sure where it went off the track, but it was one of those movies where you just end up waiting for it to end.

First thing i would like to say is this movie is very well done :) lets face it it is a low budget film but otherwise its a good movie. The actors did a good job for there experience level. The scares are good the tension not so good and the story well there is none but if you horror fans like movies such as ( the hills run red) you will like this one. But don't expect a director like Michael bay or anything like that. but overall this is a good movie for its budget and actors and actress's. The director did a good job with this movie lets face it it could of been a lot worse and all you horror fans out there you will know what movies i am talking about. But if you want to scare your little sister or brother i recommend watching this it will give you a laugh while there being scared out of there mind.

I vote 10 because of the dedication and hard working of all you-tubers, but actually the story doesn't deserve more than 2. The directing is good, we have pressure like every classic horror, but there are moments, where the story runs from the reality. The dialogs with the teacher and the psychiatrist are putted to give us a logic explanation, but they just confuses the viewers and goes like "Why they put those in the movie, this just don't make sense". The final explains the prank, but not the motives of the prankers and every kill needs a motive. The love story happens too fast, without any dialog between the lovers and any situations. The drama is missing and all we have is some crazy girl running around. There's a huge hole in the urban legend, every person has a computer, why they didn't sit back to back with their laptops and try to call Smiley, why they didn't do this in the first place to see? Good job, guys, but work harder with the story next time.

The nerd Ashley (Caitlin Gerard) moves to the apartment of Proxy (Melanie Papalia) near the campus of her college. On the arrival, Proxy invites Ashley to smoke pot and to go to a party, where she meets students with nicknames. Further she learns about an urban legend of the serial-killer Smiley, who comes through the Internet and kills persons that write three times "I did it for the lulz". Soon Ashley witnesses a murder in her monitor and that event triggers paranoia in Ashley that is bipolar. She believes that Smiley is hunting her down but nobody believes in her. Is Ashley mentally disturbed? "Smiley" is an awfully ridiculous slasher with an absurd plot, bad acting and stupid dialogs. Ashley is a nerd, but her lines are among the worst I have ever seen. She repeats like a moronic child that "now she can do because she is in college" and she smokes grass and drinks boozes despite of her treatment for the psychological problem. The plot is so unbelievable that irritates. I hope that the last scene in the very end does not mean a hook for a sequel. My vote is two. Title (Brazil): "A Face da Morte" ("The Face of the Death")

Some people may say this movie sucks but coming from me I think it's a really good movie. For people to make a movie it takes hard work. Okay some acting might not be all great but look at it this way they are all YouTube actors I'm guessing. It's amazing for people that usually make videos for YouTube to make a film and have it be in theaters now that's hard work if you ask me ! After all I am glad with this movie they did a fantastic job! Props to all the actors. And as well making a new character (as in a killer in a mask) is pretty amazing who knows maybe next year or in the following months we will have "Smiley the mask" come out and I am sure that I will be one of the first persons to get it. Even if is mask doesn't end up coming out I will get to watch it in the movie, since it actually is a good movie! Again props to everyone that was in the film.

I got a lot more than I expected, the psychological ride was better than most horror movies. Actually, I wouldn't call this a horror, it is a psychological drama. At times, sure the editing made it so the acting appeared bad, but I'd say well acted. The lead actress is very good, screaming annoys me though(hard to avoid in this movie!). The YouTube actors also did quite a good job. It more of a homage to 80,90's horror movies, which I loved! Jason, Freddy, the fact no one believes the victim. I also noticed some pretty shoddy continuity in the opening kill scene, not subtle, blatant continuity conflict. Either way, I stand by my 7/10(6.5/10).

OK so first of all, this is a movie about stupid internet culture. Therefore it should be expected that there are going to be a LOT of stupid internet references. That said, I think they did a very good job at capturing said culture; being young-ish and working in IT, I felt like all the awkward nerds and their motivations were VERY believable. As utterly stupid as this premise and many lines of dialog (including the main "i did it for the lulz") are, that is sadly exactly how 4chan and related internet/meme/"hackivist" culture is. Anyway, this is slightly different than most teen slashers in that they seem to have gotten regular people to play the roles which makes it appear cheaper than Hollywood movies, yet it adds a gritty & quasi-realistic slant that is absent in the status quo of Hollywood beautiful people cast of stereotypes. This is by no means a fantastic movie, but I found it to be very watchable and fairly enjoyable for a low budget teen slasher. There is some really, really bad CGI (not much) and sadly the kills are generally weak / too few and far between / there isn't much gore (however there is a good twist ending which explains why the second part is as such). Overall mediocre, but this one kind of feels like Scream for a new generation - instead of the constant stupid movie references, you have internet references. I think you really have to be aware of internet culture to "understand" this movie, otherwise a lot of it won't make sense at all and it will seem very silly/stupid.

This is the WORST movie I've ever seen in my life. No, I'm not joking, this isn't one of those flavor of the month bad movies I've seen, this really is the worst movie I've seen. I literally felt brain-cells dying while watching. But how bad is it you may ask, well, just listen. I love slasher films like scream,urban legend,i know what you did last summer... This movie was obviously cheaply made and was not striving for success, more or less it is just a purposely made thrash film. A slasher thats not scary ore gory there's Nothing!!! I do respect how hilarious and overly stupid they made characters... but from a serious stand point. Its just awfully made but it obviously was not intended to be high budget and quality... to ANY amount. In the end, I never thought that I would rate a movie 0/10 stars. THIS MOVIE IS THE WORST FILM OF ALL TIME! DO NOT WATCH THIS! IT WILL MAKE YOU WANT TO HURT SOMEONE!