Yeah, but he doesn't have the right look* so he can't be the final love. *The right "look" in many of these love stories, whether intentional or not, tends to be white skin. See After, The Kissing Booth, Twilight, and I think 365 Days. In Twilight specifically, the author saw that fans were way more into the much more normal and sweet Jacob (who is also Indigenous and close to Bella's age) and decided to start writing him as an asshole to get people back on Edward's side. It's a pretty gross trend, imo, that shows a lot of these author's (and/or the filmmakers') internalized biases.
@@Arosukir6 with all the respect, I don't think it's that deep. It's just that the ''authors'' like to romanticize abuse and follow the absolutely problematic, bullshit, red flag idea that 'nice guys are boring', so they have to make their lead go for the abusive asshole
I seriously want a movie about a shy, bookish main character... then they never go out and the whole movie is about them ignoring every trope thrown at them awkwardly because that's the true introvert way.
Outside of saiki there was this one anime about a girl who's avoiding every guy in an isekai like her life depends on it. I don't remember their name sadly.
When Gilmore Girls did the whole "falling in love with the cute but mysterious bad boy who knows what books are" thing, at least the books Jess was into aren't ones that are on the required reading list for like 99% of the high schools in the US. And he had *opinions* about the books instead of just saying "That's a good book."
i think even JD and Veronica (heathers, the broadway musical edition btw) have a more loving relationship than those two... like at least JD actually loves Veronica and WILL kill anyone who hurts her, meanwhile this fucker has less personality than dirty pineapple
I feel the need to share with the class that in the books, instead of the dare to fall in love with her Hardin is dared to take her virginity, and after he does he takes the bloody sheets to show his friends as proof
people named jenny are lethal weapons, i swear every girl i know named jenny was either a violent horse girl or wrote almost biblically long pieces of very specific fanfiction.
I love the trope of: girl cheats on BF with love interest, BF finds out and breaks up with her, girl then goes "I'M SO SAD I LOST MY BEST FRIEND" like... Girl you cheated! You don't get to play victim when YOU did the despicable deed
enemies to lovers is so much better---there's so much you can do with that trope but that's just me. Also Wattpad is a place where 13 year olds go to read poorly written fanfics. Wattpad is actually the first place where people attacked my personality for calling out a Justin Bieber fanfic.
Oh my god I forgot about this movie! This girl I was seeing years ago asked for us to watch this together. She insisted and said it was her favorite movie. She CRIED while we watched it. I was deeply uncomfortable the entire time as in my last relationship I was cheated on and it was awful. But this girl knew that, had us watch anyways, and then told me “I want to have a relationship like them”. That was the last red flag I needed to see before deciding I no longer wanted to see this person. A week or so later and her friend sent me numerous texts harassing me so overall a great experience with both this movie and this person 10/10 highly recommend you watch👍
The Great Gatsby isn’t all a dream???? That’s just blatantly false omfg, there is no “it was all a dream” twist in The Great Gatsby. “I don’t mean to spoil it but… *proceeds to make shit up*”
I'm not sure cause I haven't seen the movie, but I think in the video Kurtis Connor did on this we find out that Hardin just straight up doesnt ever read, so it's a character moment when tessa inspires him to read a book. It's been years since I saw that video so I could be making something up
Tbh I love making up wild ass "spoilers" provided everyone involved is fully aware I'm being facetious and not actually giving anything away. For example if asked about the Franklin series (the one about the turtle) I might say "it's about Benjamin Franklin's personal diary detailing his kinks, crushes, and favorite custard recipes."
"fun" facts: 1) in the book harry and zayn made a bet on who would take her virginity first and needed to show proof (harry showed his friends the used condom and bloody sheets) 2) the author was on her 20s when she wrote this and she based it on her own story with her husband
I'm stuck in isolation until after Christmas because I managed to get covid. So I've decided to watch every twinge of cringe episode over and over again until I memorize all of them.
This is a solid plan. Just to be clear, if at any time you feel the urge to actually watch the movies she watches, turn off every device and crawl under your covers! Covid might be melting your brain. If you stick with these reviews, it might even help you recover quicker. And there will be a test to see if you've actually memorized them all. All jokes aside, I hope the virus doesn't kick your butt too bad and you can just have a relaxing time at home. Spoil yourself. 💜
There IS always a persistent character to pull the shy character out of their shell in these shows. Meanwhile when I went to college I didn’t talk to anyone, super shy - I made no friends!! Really wild 🤪
ahh, see, there's the problem. apparently you're supposed to bring your OWN quirky best friend to college. they don't provide those for you, really wish they'd tell you this stuff before you sign up :/
Before she said it was a Wattpad story, I was like: "Holy crap that looks like one of those paid Wattpad stories that's on the recommended feed because everyone apparently reads them even though it seems like no one has ever read it ever"
The fucking paid stories are so annoying cause they’re EVERYWHERE! And what’s worse is when you return to your account and find out like ten if the good stories you read have been turned into paid stories X-X
Well, sadly, it's not a paid one. I know a lot of people who know, and have read or watched After, and a smaller percentage that likes it. I'm pretty sure the books are even on the public library! It's considered one of the "big hits" of wattpad, along with Boulevard and another one which name I don't know in english, but in spanish is "A través de mi ventana".
Chad Chad's editing is one of the only things that keeps my ADHD brain focused for more than 3 minutes at a time. Please watch all the other movies, apparently watching people suffer brings me joy.
Who would’ve thought it would be healthy? The boy needs therapy and she seems to be a book smart college student who doesn’t know how to navigate things outside of pages very well
My aunt took me to see After at the theater, we both had no idea what the movie was about. The theater was relatively full. It didn’t seem like anyone enjoyed it. At the end there was the collective reaction of ‘wtf was that’ and I couldn’t contain my laughter when someone said very audibly “That was ass”
When Tessa’s mom “cuts her off”, I assume that’s not just over her dorm but, you know, textbooks and CLASSES. Which cost a lot of money, and if her mom stops paying how does she keep attending classes? Unless this story takes place over a single term?? Idk about other schools, but at my college terms spanned 10 weeks (11 if you count finals week), which less than 3 months! I feel like I’ve spent more time stewing over this plot point than the author spent planning the damn story
@@likeadino8580 Yes actually, we have monthly meetings in which we all bully people named Landin or Landen because they are inferior in every way to the true Landon Gang. It is also a surprisingly exclusive gang, we deny 95% of Landons due to their lack of Landonness.
My best friend is absolutely obssesed with this series, I don't judge since she's actually a really nice person, but she's getting herself into a lot of drama and toxic releationships recently... Honestly, I hope she finds a piece of media that can show her how a healthy releationship looks like. This doesn't seem like a good example.
@@semplybalanced3210 fr that person just said "My BEST friend has started getting into this problematic side of social media and it's starting to affect her personal life, I hope someone shows her better examples of how to behave", how close of friends are you really if you watch them start to ruin their personal relationships with people in their life and only think "damn I hope someone sends her some positive media". If your BEST FRIEND was going down a path that's negatively affecting their life and you say nothing while hoping someone else comes in to help them with their problem you just aren't their friend, friends don't just watch your life go to shit while saying nothing about it
If you're team Landon now, you'll bash your head against the wall when she sidelines the successful, caring, charming Dylan Sprouse character in favor of lusting after Hardin in the second movie. And yes, I watched the series in an emotional time in my life. Ngl, the angsty teen romance in the first one was exactly what I needed at the time but her idiotic decisions in the second movie just completely turned me off from the series. Dylan Sprouse's character is seriously painted as an almost perfect man but she wants angry boy with daddy issues instead 😭
Truly. I watched Cynical Review's review of the second after movie, and I think that a far more interesting movie would be Sprouse's character and Tessa's mom banding together to rescue Tessa from this abusive relationship. Those two are the only engaging characters in the whole series.
Absolutely, I don’t remember the circumstances in which I witnessed any part of the second movie, it was probably a commentary channel, but yeah Dylan Sprouse was the only choice because he actually behaved like a reasonable human who cared about her in like a healthy way but no she decides to be thirsty for a quirky(toxic) bad boy (just a mess not even endearingly) with a book fetish
I read up to book 3 when they came out in the physical format, and I was freaking 13 years old. The movies are quite toxic but much better than the books, they actually toned them down A LOT. Hardin in the books is far more unlikable and cruel: in the bet he actually kept the used condom and the BLOOD STAINED SHEETS from when they had sex as proof; he's really possessive and manipulative; he had a serious alcohol addiction and anger management issues than are NEVER treated or taken seriously (zero character growth); he's a GASLIGHTER; there's no communication in their relationship and the only way they solved their problems wad through sex. And (TRIGGER WARNING) in the book the scene where he talks about his dad explains that the consequence of him being in debt with the wrong guys and not being home was that said guys broke into his house and gang r*ped his mom in front of him.
i read the entire freaking series and honestly i would have been fine if it was just a book about good girl falls in love with bad boy, tried to "fix him", nearly destroy herself in the process (optional) and move on with real character growth instead, we get tessa moves away to ny and they spend like 2 years ish apart and hardin gets a out of page character development and they get back together. no. pls tell me how they actually grew as characters ffs anyways this book is lengthy with a cliche ending at the end after 4 books, with minimal chracter growth, read with caution (and only if youre very bored)
3:15- I like to let people go ahead of me for whatever, door ways, lines, etc, you know the usual. But if I was somehow blind enough to try to go through a doorway with another human right next to me and they said 'after you' I'd be like "see ya!" and skedaddle right out from embarrassment of being so unaware.
Listen, I'm all for authors getting their works turned into films. That's great for them, but sometimes we need people to look at our work and tell us why it's bad.
One of the things I enjoy about Chad Chad's content is how she's usually always pretty cool and calm during her videos. But this is the maddest I think I've ever heard her. Having seen these movies, I don't blame her.
9:28 i actually really teared up at that moment, idk i just found it very moving and i think the artistic choices of music, lighting, angle.. Everything was put together beautifully and made it very insightful to see the depth of the character on screen
Holy _shit_ , the jokes here are rapid-fire! Also, “No one asked you, Noah, you shop at the gap,” is now going to be one of my go-to comebacks, regardless of what the person’s name is or where they shop.
His line about the Great Gatsby to sound smart is literally a lie I'm crying 😭 The script people didn't even like look it up to make sure they were right like wth
I'm an author on Wattpad and when I heard it was being made into a movie, I had never read it, but knew it was quite the popular fan-fiction. I was super curious as to how they were going to pull that off. Just as horrible as anticipated and I wonder how awful the story was. I'm genuinely shocked a woman older than me wrote the story/stories and thought such an abusive relationship was adorable and that people actually loved it. I clearly have a lot of problems with these haha.
Storytime: I was browsing on wattpad when I was like 15(??) and I came across this story and I read the description, seemed cool, so I started reading it. Let me say now that I did not read the tags-(which you should definitely do on these sites-) I just checked if the description was interesting and if it was completed bc I’m sure a lot of people can relate to being super frustrated for finding good stories and then they’re discontinued (I know stuff happens but still) So anyway- I’m reading this story and some of the names of the guys this girl meets are...odd, like familiar odd, first she meets a guy (I can’t remember if it was Louis or Niall I think it was Niall Horan) now I didn’t know WHY but the name stood out but again- I didn’t know why- so I kept reading, then she meets a Liam Payne and he’s either with (I think) Louis Tomlinson or she’s dating a drab dude with that name (this was so long ago) and I’m like “okay- these names are REALLY familiar but w h e r e - Then she meets a Zayn Malik- and I’m like- bro wouldn’t it be funny if this was a 1D fic bc it’s starting to seem like one- and then she meets the love interest- HARRY FUCKING STYLES. I L O S T IT . I don’t really care if other people like fan fiction about real people but to me it’s a bit weird when they’re like an actual person (ig bc I don’t wanna see them in that light) so I stopped reading after a while and forgot about it Then Kurtis Connor makes a video talking about it then I was like “man this plot is really familiar-“ AND THEN ITS BASED OFF THAT STORY THEY JUST CHANGED THE NAMES I LOST MY SHIT PART 2- And now I find this video I swear the universe just doesn’t want me to forget about the time I accidentally read 1D fanfiction😭
This is hilarious honestly I read all of the fics (bc back in the day I did read rpf which now makes me cringe so hard) and when I tell you I SCREAMED in the movie theater when I saw the trailer for the first time... Not out of excitement tho, I was just so fucking shocked. So, obviously, I went to see it when it came out and it was the most horrible experience ever bc me and my bff kept remembering the fanfic. So, we almost got kicked out bc they took a quote directly out of the fic and we couldn't stop laughing
I agree that these types of fics about real people are creepy. I spent a lot of time on wattpad as a teen and moved elsewehere as an adult and still think so. Only upside are funny videos where youtubers reenact fics about them (like Drew and Danny that one time)
chad chad i must say, i just started watching your videos not too long ago and i regret not finding you sooner. your comedy is just right up my alley and the way you're so genuine makes this feel like a very safe space
4:35 IKR! Noah was supposed to be like, the "nice guy" or whatever but he seemed borderline crazy... KInd of like he was going to snap because she went out without him oNCE. LIke omg and he was all "I'm dissapointed in you."
They are teenagers and he left her without showing tantrum or being abusive even after she cheated on him.....but people like you blame man on everything...but for you the girl is innocent
OBSESSED w how no matter what someone’s history is with after, Noah and Tessa’s mom being together always comes up (as it should bc they definitely are)
I always watch After with my boyfriend to have a good laugh . When we meet a new person , sometimes we ask them about this movie , and if they like it, then there is something wrong. I know you shouldn't judge someone by their movie preferences, but strangely people who like this turn out to be toxic.
my least favorite thing about myself is the fact that i was OBSESSED with After. i was like 12/13 and i read them on Wattpad as Harry fanfics, then i read them when she turned them into books (quite literally purchased all 5 physical copies) and i LOVED them. i now know that the entire thing was absolute garbage & i absolutely should’ve not been reading that. at literally any age. the sheer amount of sex scenes written (harry at the time was 17 when she started i’m p sure don’t quote me on that) by a married woman for LITERAL CHILDREN was insane. the relationship between them was so unbelievably toxic and abusive & yet they get a “happily ever after” like nothing ever happened. the books are absolutely terrible. the shit you learn about Harden truly makes him a villain, yet they still end up together ( : i have so much regret surrounding my childhood but i think that was the biggest one
I appreciate that you’re always appreciative of us watching your videos, so I wanted to share my appreciation of your appreciation even though I appreciate that you put time into making good content. I also appreciate the excuse to say appreciate this much.
The amount of times I've watched After reaction videos without having actually seen the movies or read the books is astounding but I can't get enough of it. Plz watch part 2, I need it
The fact that this movie series uses one of my favorite girl band's most beautiful and heart wrenching songs for that mess that I just watched makes me want to cry and punch a wall.
I love you for this. Now, I hate the relationship in “After” but there's something so bad about the series that it’s so entertaining and I watch every single commentary that I see of it, or just any TH-cam video talking about it.
Chad Chad, I don't feel like you really get it. He reads books. No one who reads books is a bad person. He touches paper and looks at the words on the paper. That's husband material right there. You just don't get it. This is art
despite his name being hardin, that man is the most flaccid thing i’ve ever seen.
adorable username 🤩
Hahahaha 🤣
LMAOOO
I've never laughed harder in my life
👁️👄👁️
I absolutely have no idea what is going on in this series. Just watching it, i suddenly felt like going back in a 2014 wattpad bad boy era.
Omg I love ur sasara pfp
It was produced by Wattpad Studios.
2014 harry styles wattpad boy era 🙇🙇
Wattpad never left that era, sadly
That's because its literally a Harry Styles fanfic that got popular enough they made it into an original fiction movie
Landon is literally the best potential love interest in the entire series because he isn’t a rich, alcoholic, abusive teenager with daddy issues.
I read the book about landon and i hate to say his love interest is not the best girl tbh- some person named nora
Yeah, but he doesn't have the right look* so he can't be the final love.
*The right "look" in many of these love stories, whether intentional or not, tends to be white skin. See After, The Kissing Booth, Twilight, and I think 365 Days. In Twilight specifically, the author saw that fans were way more into the much more normal and sweet Jacob (who is also Indigenous and close to Bella's age) and decided to start writing him as an asshole to get people back on Edward's side. It's a pretty gross trend, imo, that shows a lot of these author's (and/or the filmmakers') internalized biases.
Also he didn't barge into her room while she was taking a shower
@@Arosukir6 with all the respect, I don't think it's that deep. It's just that the ''authors'' like to romanticize abuse and follow the absolutely problematic, bullshit, red flag idea that 'nice guys are boring', so they have to make their lead go for the abusive asshole
@@chilling_koala its sad
I seriously want a movie about a shy, bookish main character... then they never go out and the whole movie is about them ignoring every trope thrown at them awkwardly because that's the true introvert way.
Sounds like an anime fr
The disastrous life of Saiki Kusuo
That’s what you’re looking for
how many of us would relate to it tho 😭
Outside of saiki there was this one anime about a girl who's avoiding every guy in an isekai like her life depends on it.
I don't remember their name sadly.
@@idontexist1966 is it "romantic killer"?
When Gilmore Girls did the whole "falling in love with the cute but mysterious bad boy who knows what books are" thing, at least the books Jess was into aren't ones that are on the required reading list for like 99% of the high schools in the US. And he had *opinions* about the books instead of just saying "That's a good book."
EXACTLYYY
i think even JD and Veronica (heathers, the broadway musical edition btw) have a more loving relationship than those two... like at least JD actually loves Veronica and WILL kill anyone who hurts her, meanwhile this fucker has less personality than dirty pineapple
Jess supremacy 😩🛐
i would love to have someone write their thoughts on a book i love in the margins, it would make me smile every time i saw it
How the fuck am I getting gilmore girls spoilers in 2022
I feel bad for Chad Chad, but this is gonna be fucking hilarious
And it was
Honestly same
seriously
she is a trooper
hooty pfp :0
I feel the need to share with the class that in the books, instead of the dare to fall in love with her Hardin is dared to take her virginity, and after he does he takes the bloody sheets to show his friends as proof
Yiiiiiiiiiikes
what the fuck
what
I want my life back
WHAT
people named jenny are lethal weapons, i swear every girl i know named jenny was either a violent horse girl or wrote almost biblically long pieces of very specific fanfiction.
Follow jenny Nicholson
And Jessica (no offense to anyone here ATM)
It’s actually Anna who wrote the fanfics, Jenny just produces the movies lol
@@Phia525 still checks out
So which one of those two does my sweet 70 year old grandma Jenny belong to.... 😦
I love the trope of: girl cheats on BF with love interest, BF finds out and breaks up with her, girl then goes "I'M SO SAD I LOST MY BEST FRIEND" like... Girl you cheated! You don't get to play victim when YOU did the despicable deed
enemies to lovers is so much better---there's so much you can do with that trope but that's just me. Also Wattpad is a place where 13 year olds go to read poorly written fanfics. Wattpad is actually the first place where people attacked my personality for calling out a Justin Bieber fanfic.
@@ghostofyou9721 🫵 AO3 user
Oh my god I forgot about this movie! This girl I was seeing years ago asked for us to watch this together. She insisted and said it was her favorite movie. She CRIED while we watched it. I was deeply uncomfortable the entire time as in my last relationship I was cheated on and it was awful. But this girl knew that, had us watch anyways, and then told me “I want to have a relationship like them”. That was the last red flag I needed to see before deciding I no longer wanted to see this person. A week or so later and her friend sent me numerous texts harassing me so overall a great experience with both this movie and this person 10/10 highly recommend you watch👍
Oh my gawd
I'm glad you were smart enough to run away.
And thank you for the recommendation, I will totally watch!
Have a great life ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
The Notebook also falls into this category of early warning film
@@pririri OP did say "last red flag" so I assume it wasn't the only thing that tipped them off.
@@pririri Ah, derp. And I didn't even think The Notebook was that bad. Just overly idealized.
@@pririri Not true! The Teletubbies are 100% unproblematic nightmares!
This movie is the definition of “bUt hE’S hOt!”
And British!!! 🤣
And the worst part is that he isn't, he is just a cry baby pretending to be a man
@@goldflannel2968 the character is bad general the whole fucking movie aint it but hey ik the actors have potential
Yeah except hes like.. not even
@@anunknownperson4018 they really do, but you gotta do what is needed to have money to live. A shame really
Edit: word
After doing that, chad chad needs to be given the veterans discount and a firm salute
Lol,
i thank her for her service
@• Freckles • nice link bro you tried
@• Freckles • okay 👍
@• Freckles • I know the Rickroll link and this ain’t it, you absolute heathen monster
the fact that the kissing booth was a wattpad story explains a lot 💀💀💀
It was?? 💀💀
@@c4tm340w lmao so teen romance are watt pad stories?
IT WAS???
IT WAS WHAT
WAIT IT WAS??
The Great Gatsby isn’t all a dream???? That’s just blatantly false omfg, there is no “it was all a dream” twist in The Great Gatsby.
“I don’t mean to spoil it but… *proceeds to make shit up*”
Had to go look up the Wikipedia page because I had this same moment of realization lmao
I'm not sure cause I haven't seen the movie, but I think in the video Kurtis Connor did on this we find out that Hardin just straight up doesnt ever read, so it's a character moment when tessa inspires him to read a book. It's been years since I saw that video so I could be making something up
Literalllyyyy 🤨 I had a whole class on it, don’t pretend to act like you read sir
Fr. My Amlit Honors teacher tortured me and my class to read the book and write an essay about it. No where is it all a dream, it is very real.
Tbh I love making up wild ass "spoilers" provided everyone involved is fully aware I'm being facetious and not actually giving anything away. For example if asked about the Franklin series (the one about the turtle) I might say "it's about Benjamin Franklin's personal diary detailing his kinks, crushes, and favorite custard recipes."
"fun" facts: 1) in the book harry and zayn made a bet on who would take her virginity first and needed to show proof (harry showed his friends the used condom and bloody sheets)
2) the author was on her 20s when she wrote this and she based it on her own story with her husband
2. Ew. And oh no
WHAT?!?!?
WTF😟
Makes me either wanna jump off a cliff or push the author off
EUGHHHHH WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL
I love how his giant spoiler for Gatsby, where the point was for him to sound smart, wasn't even true
He was really banking on her not reading a book that she owns...and brought to college...for a class
Tessa even calls him out immediately after, saying 'Actually it was all a lie'
“Who bring books to College”
Tessa, who is an English Major 🤦🏽♀️
My assumption was that he was just making a joke.
RIGHT?? LIKE A DREAM AND A TWISTED TRUTH R TWO DIFFERENT THINGS
Watching this makes me feel like I've never spoken to a real person before, every interaction was SO awkward 💀
Indeed i felt smart bc every decision or argument was useless
It was genuinely jarring
I'm stuck in isolation until after Christmas because I managed to get covid. So I've decided to watch every twinge of cringe episode over and over again until I memorize all of them.
I support ur plan😩 (I hope u recover quick)
@@SweetPea44u thank you uwu
This is a solid plan. Just to be clear, if at any time you feel the urge to actually watch the movies she watches, turn off every device and crawl under your covers! Covid might be melting your brain. If you stick with these reviews, it might even help you recover quicker. And there will be a test to see if you've actually memorized them all.
All jokes aside, I hope the virus doesn't kick your butt too bad and you can just have a relaxing time at home. Spoil yourself. 💜
@@plumdutchess lmao, thank you so much for the support
Take care of yourself😖
There IS always a persistent character to pull the shy character out of their shell in these shows. Meanwhile when I went to college I didn’t talk to anyone, super shy - I made no friends!! Really wild 🤪
ahh, see, there's the problem. apparently you're supposed to bring your OWN quirky best friend to college. they don't provide those for you, really wish they'd tell you this stuff before you sign up :/
I’ll never understand how people find this behavior hot. Like there’s a difference between the whole bad boy trope and just being abusive
Her dog's sad montage was absolutely award-winning material. Totally felt that. *Insert sad music* (Fr tho, her dog is so frickin adorable holy crap)
Her dog is the cutest dog ever! 11/10 dog
@@lilfilth5622 Yess!
@@lilfilth5622 false, my dog is the cutest ever, obviously
@@manami3164 Wrong every fricking dog on this planet is cute
@@aurorabeaxtrix7254 I concede my point, your are correct
Before she said it was a Wattpad story, I was like:
"Holy crap that looks like one of those paid Wattpad stories that's on the recommended feed because everyone apparently reads them even though it seems like no one has ever read it ever"
The entire series is still on Wattpad and free, btw.
The fucking paid stories are so annoying cause they’re EVERYWHERE! And what’s worse is when you return to your account and find out like ten if the good stories you read have been turned into paid stories X-X
Yeah, I wondered why the movie cover looked so familiar
that gave me war flashbacks from when I tried to read it on Wattpad but immediately dipped cuz wtf-
Well, sadly, it's not a paid one. I know a lot of people who know, and have read or watched After, and a smaller percentage that likes it. I'm pretty sure the books are even on the public library! It's considered one of the "big hits" of wattpad, along with Boulevard and another one which name I don't know in english, but in spanish is "A través de mi ventana".
Chad Chad's editing is one of the only things that keeps my ADHD brain focused for more than 3 minutes at a time. Please watch all the other movies, apparently watching people suffer brings me joy.
Agreed. As someone with adhd theres very few youtubers that can keep my attention and Chad Chad is one of them
@@redacted5078 It's basically Chad Chad, Macdoesit, and Kurtis Conner. I watch others, but I phase out and have to go back 10 seconds constantly.
@@eldritchteletubby9319 tbh Kurtis Conner and Chad Chad have the exact same energy so yeah
@@eldritchteletubby9319 Mac screams is bit too much tbh.
I love ur username
knowing that in the book, harry kept the sheets from her losing her virginity with him as proof to show his friends 🤠
That’s fucking creepy.
@@Bruh-ob9mi yeah they let you say whatever you want on wattpad :/
@@chipb.5444 all school counselers should have a Wattpad I think, it'd make their jobs way easier if they can sus out their patient's accounts
I rate that chad chad informs her viewers about no venmo, this type of responsible content creation is rarely seen
Yeah I'm happy she did that too.
Maturing is realizing Harry and Tessa’s relationship was never going to be healthy 😀
Who would’ve thought it would be healthy? The boy needs therapy and she seems to be a book smart college student who doesn’t know how to navigate things outside of pages very well
@@allisonavery7273 Some of the die hard fans
And Tessa should’ve stayed with Trevor
@@allisonavery7273 10-year-olds
@@ninar9664 or Landon just anyone besides Hardin
My aunt took me to see After at the theater, we both had no idea what the movie was about. The theater was relatively full. It didn’t seem like anyone enjoyed it. At the end there was the collective reaction of ‘wtf was that’ and I couldn’t contain my laughter when someone said very audibly “That was ass”
And they still managed to put out parts of it lmao
chad chad is the only person who could make us watch parts of any after movie lolol
TRUTH.
CORRECT
...And Alex Meyers.
And Aaron and Jo!
And Kennie JD is amazing too!
When Tessa’s mom “cuts her off”, I assume that’s not just over her dorm but, you know, textbooks and CLASSES. Which cost a lot of money, and if her mom stops paying how does she keep attending classes?
Unless this story takes place over a single term?? Idk about other schools, but at my college terms spanned 10 weeks (11 if you count finals week), which less than 3 months!
I feel like I’ve spent more time stewing over this plot point than the author spent planning the damn story
The fact that my abusive ex's favourite series were 'the kissing booth' and 'after' explains a lot.
so sorry you have to go through such abuse by your ex hope you feel better
@@hgvffgyyf4423 thank you hun, I am much better now. May God bless you with lovely people. 🥹♥️💕
Wow that was so brave of Chadrick Chadwick... naturally, she should watch the rest of the series
You mean Chardelaine Chadwell
@@moony6232 oh wow you are so right how could I miss that 😔
can we make a trend out of horribly butchering chad chad's name?
You meant *Chadfurd Chadeine*
You meant chadestine and Chadelston right?
I've read teletubby fan fiction with a better plot than after
samee, i read a shrek x reader thats so much better😭💀
you've read WHAT NOW
Ive read a leon kennedy x Y/n fanfic that was wayy better than this cringey show👁👄👁
Are there any Tubby Custard Machine x Reader fics out there?
and ur not gonna give the link?? 🙄⁉️
chad torturing herself for us again 😩
Tru😭 the sacrifice is worth the cringe 🥺
5:27 so weird hearing Chad Chad on my team, I'm flattered. So bizarre whenever someone else is named Landon.
I am once again watching all of Chad Chad's videos bc she posted a new one. It scared the hell out of me when she said my name this time.
there’s like 15 kids in my school named landon lol
@@oknice1 damm do they join together and become the landon gang or something
@@likeadino8580 lmao
@@likeadino8580 Yes actually, we have monthly meetings in which we all bully people named Landin or Landen because they are inferior in every way to the true Landon Gang. It is also a surprisingly exclusive gang, we deny 95% of Landons due to their lack of Landonness.
My best friend is absolutely obssesed with this series, I don't judge since she's actually a really nice person, but she's getting herself into a lot of drama and toxic releationships recently... Honestly, I hope she finds a piece of media that can show her how a healthy releationship looks like. This doesn't seem like a good example.
You don’t have to hope she finds positive media. You can send it to her.
Is she on book tok by any chance
@@Thepeanutcollector I think yea, but it's okay I still love her
@@anniedagachapeep9947you have to save her there's no other choice she's too far gone
@@semplybalanced3210 fr that person just said "My BEST friend has started getting into this problematic side of social media and it's starting to affect her personal life, I hope someone shows her better examples of how to behave", how close of friends are you really if you watch them start to ruin their personal relationships with people in their life and only think "damn I hope someone sends her some positive media". If your BEST FRIEND was going down a path that's negatively affecting their life and you say nothing while hoping someone else comes in to help them with their problem you just aren't their friend, friends don't just watch your life go to shit while saying nothing about it
The "Twinge of cringe" is my form of oxygen
She's an icon, she's a legend, and she is the moment
If you're team Landon now, you'll bash your head against the wall when she sidelines the successful, caring, charming Dylan Sprouse character in favor of lusting after Hardin in the second movie.
And yes, I watched the series in an emotional time in my life. Ngl, the angsty teen romance in the first one was exactly what I needed at the time but her idiotic decisions in the second movie just completely turned me off from the series. Dylan Sprouse's character is seriously painted as an almost perfect man but she wants angry boy with daddy issues instead 😭
Truly. I watched Cynical Review's review of the second after movie, and I think that a far more interesting movie would be Sprouse's character and Tessa's mom banding together to rescue Tessa from this abusive relationship. Those two are the only engaging characters in the whole series.
Absolutely, I don’t remember the circumstances in which I witnessed any part of the second movie, it was probably a commentary channel, but yeah Dylan Sprouse was the only choice because he actually behaved like a reasonable human who cared about her in like a healthy way but no she decides to be thirsty for a quirky(toxic) bad boy (just a mess not even endearingly) with a book fetish
_Fockin Trevah_
@@Yakal001 god I wish his accent was like this, he sounds like he came straight from boarding school
9:29 actually started crying. the depth, the emotion, it was so well portrayed🥲
Fun fact this film ended my last relationship. She said she really enjoyed it and I died a little inside. 10/10
The after serious hurt me physically and mentally in every shape and form
Your right had to skip literally the whole movie and just to see them break up and being together 100+ times
I was forced to watch the movie in theaters when it came out...
I read up to book 3 when they came out in the physical format, and I was freaking 13 years old. The movies are quite toxic but much better than the books, they actually toned them down A LOT. Hardin in the books is far more unlikable and cruel: in the bet he actually kept the used condom and the BLOOD STAINED SHEETS from when they had sex as proof; he's really possessive and manipulative; he had a serious alcohol addiction and anger management issues than are NEVER treated or taken seriously (zero character growth); he's a GASLIGHTER; there's no communication in their relationship and the only way they solved their problems wad through sex.
And (TRIGGER WARNING) in the book the scene where he talks about his dad explains that the consequence of him being in debt with the wrong guys and not being home was that said guys broke into his house and gang r*ped his mom in front of him.
i read the entire freaking series and honestly i would have been fine if it was just a book about good girl falls in love with bad boy, tried to "fix him", nearly destroy herself in the process (optional) and move on with real character growth
instead, we get tessa moves away to ny and they spend like 2 years ish apart and hardin gets a out of page character development and they get back together. no. pls tell me how they actually grew as characters ffs
anyways this book is lengthy with a cliche ending at the end after 4 books, with minimal chracter growth, read with caution (and only if youre very bored)
what kinda fucked up mind was able to come up with that
im sorry, but WHAT THE FU-
Wattpad writers really are something else
Facts! I read them on the actual Wattpad app & thinking back on it all that book was crazy and had no business being exposed to young minds😬.
I enjoyed the sad montage of Chad Chad’s dog more then the rest of this series 😭😭😭
I'd watch 3 hours of doge sadness than teen angst
@@ontxtteredwxngs I would too it’s much more enjoyable
@@ontxtteredwxngs but the doggos 😭
3:15- I like to let people go ahead of me for whatever, door ways, lines, etc, you know the usual. But if I was somehow blind enough to try to go through a doorway with another human right next to me and they said 'after you' I'd be like "see ya!" and skedaddle right out from embarrassment of being so unaware.
3:49 in 3 lines, you built a character that awoke quantities of hate I didn't know I had in me. Great video
The only way to watch AFTER is to watch it through Chad Chad's eyes
Listen, I'm all for authors getting their works turned into films. That's great for them, but sometimes we need people to look at our work and tell us why it's bad.
idk I consider wattpad and fanfics mostly meant to be self-indulgent and not written to be objective
If he really was British and called Hardin, he would of definitely got called Hard On at school 🥴
One of the things I enjoy about Chad Chad's content is how she's usually always pretty cool and calm during her videos. But this is the maddest I think I've ever heard her.
Having seen these movies, I don't blame her.
"When I heard your mom was cutting you off I had to make you financially dependant on me" no red flags here
if you take out the fact that its not comedy, and pretend its comedy, its amazing
obsessed with the essay title being How to Gaslight, Gatekeep, and Girlboss
9:28 i actually really teared up at that moment, idk i just found it very moving and i think the artistic choices of music, lighting, angle.. Everything was put together beautifully and made it very insightful to see the depth of the character on screen
very
Holy _shit_ , the jokes here are rapid-fire! Also, “No one asked you, Noah, you shop at the gap,” is now going to be one of my go-to comebacks, regardless of what the person’s name is or where they shop.
4:40
Ah yes us Brits always having Union Jack flags in our rooms just in case we forget where we’re from-
i can’t relate as an american.
*looks at my wall*
oh wait nvm-
the fact that Chad Chad's dog was a more interesting actor than everybody in the movie sent me
Jardin seems like Timothee Chamelet in Lady Bird, but without Lady Bird having a character arch where she figures that he's just an asshole
I forgot he was in that movie.
Jardin XD that's the French word for Garden XD
Wasn't he gay in the movie
@@coffin3050 bruh he was gay in Call me by your name not in every movie he played 💀
I read the book! It was actually quite entertaining (though awful) until suddenly... it just wasn't, it got thoroughly disturbing
Do you mind giving me a quick recap of it ?? I don’t have the strength to read it 😂
@@911ShadowNinja sure! I did a video a while back on it. I'll put it in a separate comment in case it thinks it's spam
@@911ShadowNinja th-cam.com/video/hmS3DfcGMVc/w-d-xo.html
The book was soo funny unintentionally and then the end made me nauseous
@@harpercollins348 yes! Same! It really took a turn
the dog sad montage is just what I needed today, thank you
4:03 okay but like... why is the actress so damn pretty though?
At least she is being optimistic....Chad should get a medal. Also your dog was the highlight.
9:20 ur doggo voice is the best I've ever heard ❤️ like I can't get over that "der you go" 😭
hearing the "twinge of cringe" brings me happiness
His line about the Great Gatsby to sound smart is literally a lie I'm crying 😭
The script people didn't even like look it up to make sure they were right like wth
9:35 its the butterscotch tele for me dying rn
I'm an author on Wattpad and when I heard it was being made into a movie, I had never read it, but knew it was quite the popular fan-fiction. I was super curious as to how they were going to pull that off. Just as horrible as anticipated and I wonder how awful the story was. I'm genuinely shocked a woman older than me wrote the story/stories and thought such an abusive relationship was adorable and that people actually loved it. I clearly have a lot of problems with these haha.
4:47 Please tell me I'm not the only one who heard "whatever arseholes are made of"
Storytime: I was browsing on wattpad when I was like 15(??) and I came across this story and I read the description, seemed cool, so I started reading it. Let me say now that I did not read the tags-(which you should definitely do on these sites-) I just checked if the description was interesting and if it was completed bc I’m sure a lot of people can relate to being super frustrated for finding good stories and then they’re discontinued (I know stuff happens but still)
So anyway- I’m reading this story and some of the names of the guys this girl meets are...odd, like familiar odd, first she meets a guy (I can’t remember if it was Louis or Niall I think it was Niall Horan) now I didn’t know WHY but the name stood out but again- I didn’t know why- so I kept reading, then she meets a Liam Payne and he’s either with (I think) Louis Tomlinson or she’s dating a drab dude with that name (this was so long ago) and I’m like “okay- these names are REALLY familiar but w h e r e -
Then she meets a Zayn Malik- and I’m like- bro wouldn’t it be funny if this was a 1D fic bc it’s starting to seem like one- and then she meets the love interest- HARRY FUCKING STYLES.
I L O S T IT .
I don’t really care if other people like fan fiction about real people but to me it’s a bit weird when they’re like an actual person (ig bc I don’t wanna see them in that light) so I stopped reading after a while and forgot about it
Then Kurtis Connor makes a video talking about it then I was like “man this plot is really familiar-“ AND THEN ITS BASED OFF THAT STORY THEY JUST CHANGED THE NAMES I LOST MY SHIT PART 2-
And now I find this video I swear the universe just doesn’t want me to forget about the time I accidentally read 1D fanfiction😭
This is hilarious honestly
I read all of the fics (bc back in the day I did read rpf which now makes me cringe so hard) and when I tell you I SCREAMED in the movie theater when I saw the trailer for the first time...
Not out of excitement tho, I was just so fucking shocked. So, obviously, I went to see it when it came out and it was the most horrible experience ever bc me and my bff kept remembering the fanfic.
So, we almost got kicked out bc they took a quote directly out of the fic and we couldn't stop laughing
Wait what Kurtis Conner video was this?? 😭😭
I agree that these types of fics about real people are creepy. I spent a lot of time on wattpad as a teen and moved elsewehere as an adult and still think so. Only upside are funny videos where youtubers reenact fics about them (like Drew and Danny that one time)
chad chad i must say, i just started watching your videos not too long ago and i regret not finding you sooner. your comedy is just right up my alley and the way you're so genuine makes this feel like a very safe space
7:25 "...I had to do something, so I did your mom."
Notsorry I just binged most of your videos my brain is dying from TikTok rot send help.
"I'm going to hate this"
*She did*
THE WAY I BURST OUT LAUGHING ILYSM HELPPP
4:35 IKR! Noah was supposed to be like, the "nice guy" or whatever but he seemed borderline crazy... KInd of like he was going to snap because she went out without him oNCE. LIke omg and he was all "I'm dissapointed in you."
They are teenagers and he left her without showing tantrum or being abusive even after she cheated on him.....but people like you blame man on everything...but for you the girl is innocent
@@balajiraju4157 I never said the girl was innocent. She had problems too. But can we agree that Noah WAS in fact borderline crazy?
I only blamed the man for HIS ACTIONS/responses. Also, "people like you" is a very interesting statement, seeing as you dont know me.
The fact that The Great Gatsby wasn’t just a dream in the end
That dog looked too happy to be in a sad montage.
The sad doggo montage was my favorite part of this video😂
I appreciate how on the word document it said “how to gaslight gatekeep and girl boss “
8:12 MY ACE ASS COULDN'T AGREE MORE
Please this is so uncomfortable to watch 😭😭😭
I'm Aromantic but I also agree😭💀
Same ace also
your empty stare at the camera during the montages/intimate scenes was such a vibe 😔 my deepest condolences, o Chaddest of Chads
OBSESSED w how no matter what someone’s history is with after, Noah and Tessa’s mom being together always comes up (as it should bc they definitely are)
this show was kinda like life for me
i literally have no idea what’s going on the whole time
I always watch After with my boyfriend to have a good laugh . When we meet a new person , sometimes we ask them about this movie , and if they like it, then there is something wrong. I know you shouldn't judge someone by their movie preferences, but strangely people who like this turn out to be toxic.
My sister was obsessed with the book series and movie series. I had to hear all about it against my will
I pray for both your braincells
my least favorite thing about myself is the fact that i was OBSESSED with After. i was like 12/13 and i read them on Wattpad as Harry fanfics, then i read them when she turned them into books (quite literally purchased all 5 physical copies) and i LOVED them. i now know that the entire thing was absolute garbage & i absolutely should’ve not been reading that. at literally any age. the sheer amount of sex scenes written (harry at the time was 17 when she started i’m p sure don’t quote me on that) by a married woman for LITERAL CHILDREN was insane. the relationship between them was so unbelievably toxic and abusive & yet they get a “happily ever after” like nothing ever happened. the books are absolutely terrible. the shit you learn about Harden truly makes him a villain, yet they still end up together ( :
i have so much regret surrounding my childhood but i think that was the biggest one
The author is MARRIED?!
I appreciate that you’re always appreciative of us watching your videos, so I wanted to share my appreciation of your appreciation even though I appreciate that you put time into making good content. I also appreciate the excuse to say appreciate this much.
Her reactions are sooo relatable, that's postivitely pleasant.
Ya
Having one of the most loneliest birthday ever. Thank you Chad Chad for making this day better. I love you.
🎉Happy Birthday.🎊 As a Chad Chad fan, you’re obviously smart with a good sense of humor. Wishing you happy days ahead.
@@icu3869 Thank you, kind stranger. ♡
happy late birthday! hope you had a amazing day :)
@@addit1on 🥺❤️
Happy late birthday 💙💙💙
WE WANT MORE. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I WANT TO WATCH THIS SERIES
YES PLEASE
the dog cameo was absolutely stunning
bro, you‘re so wholesome, I love listening to your videos in the morning whilst doing my make up :D love ya
The amount of times I've watched After reaction videos without having actually seen the movies or read the books is astounding but I can't get enough of it. Plz watch part 2, I need it
This is the worst form of self harm
"I *Landon* on crime"
7:37
You deserve an award for watching it! Just the clips you used for it were so traumatic it made me take my neighbour hostage!
Chad.
Chad its been like 20 months.
Where is part 2.
Chad we need it.
The fact that this movie series uses one of my favorite girl band's most beautiful and heart wrenching songs for that mess that I just watched makes me want to cry and punch a wall.
I love you for this. Now, I hate the relationship in “After” but there's something so bad about the series that it’s so entertaining and I watch every single commentary that I see of it, or just any TH-cam video talking about it.
9:53 - Committing FERPA violations for young love. So sweet.
Lol haven’t heard that acronym in a while 😂.
official petition for chad chad to read the books:
Chad Chad, I don't feel like you really get it. He reads books. No one who reads books is a bad person. He touches paper and looks at the words on the paper. That's husband material right there. You just don't get it. This is art