#but imo if analysed as 'the worst case scenario' it holds its ground

[therosejamjournal]

thinking about how smile (2022) is every traumatised person's worst nightmare. how the message clearly says "your trauma will always win and no matter what you do, you'll swallow it and it'll inhabit your skin forever." how, even if the protagonist had defeated the monster, she would have still lost - the intergenerational trauma has already spread its insidious wings and would survive in the mind of her sister's child. how traumatised people are so often told to just 'suck it up and smile through the pain,' how laughter is the best medicine until it isn't. how misery loves company. and how sometimes healing comes too late too little - you've let the beast grow too strong, it became an intrinsic part of you, your identity.

#the movie was by no means perfect and I know a lot of ppl found it cheesy and stupid #I agree that it could have been improved so easily by e.g. never showing the monster fully instead of that Michael jackson-esque face #the morale of the film was also super grim and demotivating #but imo if analysed as 'the worst case scenario' it holds its ground #And as a somewhat ✨️traumatised✨️ girlie I cannot imagine a scarier situation as when my trauma wins #I'm normally rly good with horror and I make fun of it easily #But there was smth about this one that made me paranoid #I'm still thinking about it even tho I saw it months ago #don't even get me started on the credits agakahsg #that was the paranoia cherry on top #anyways this has nothing to do w fantasy but I had these thoughts in my head for so long #I thought I'd share in case anyone felt similar (if ppl are still watching that movie lmao) #Smile 2022 #Smile movie #horror film #Smile 2022 spoilers #Movies #🌹