Every man in this film is irredeemable.

Bear is a coward first and foremost, but also a fucking loser. A shame to Bears everywhere.

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I wanted him to blow his head off with that gun so badly but of course, he’s a fucking coward through and through

Ian is also a piece of shit (why would you make a waitress be the sounding board for your friend’s confession and then also try to sabotage that confession multiple times because you’re casual hookup buddies with his crush) but less so than Bear.

Only the women characters are actually decent people & yet both get a tragic ending - something something parallels to how women are treated at large by society.

I liked this way better than Backrooms if only because it was actually horrifying. Honestly though the stories both tell are kind of mirrors of each other: Backrooms’ protagonist being obsessed with returning to the past he had with his wife that he ultimately ruined to the point where he willingly traps his therapist in the Backrooms so he can be told he’s justified; Obsession’s protagonist being obsessed with a long-time crush that he’s had multiple opportunities to express his interest in, to the point where he willingly wishes away her autonomy and spends the entire film acting like the victim. Which I think is interesting.

We as a global society need more films explaining to men that they need therapy & they need to stop blaming others for their cowardly decisions or lack thereof.

4.5/5 china-stars

    • abc [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      8·
      12 days ago

      rat-salute-2

      I love going to the movies & I love talking about them with people, so the pleasure’s all mine. I should do more serious reviews. Next week will be Leviticus, which I hope will be good. (Actually shocked my theater is showing this since they FUCKING REFUSED TO SHOW PILLION FOR EVEN A SINGLE DAY…but then again Leviticus is gay conversion camp horror whereas Pillion is a bdsm romance…)

      Stay tuned later this month for my reviews of The Death of Robin Hood and Supergirl (lol), maybe also The Furious too if my local theater bothers to actually show it for more than a week. Maybe the new Jackass as well.

      July will of course be The Odyssey since I managed to get IMAX tickets for it. And maybe Spider-man but I doubt I’ll make a review for it since I expect it to be standard Marvelslop (there hasn’t been a good Tom Holland Spider-Man movie change my mind)

      August will of course be dedicated solely to Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie cop very-normal

  • homhom9000 [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    5·
    12 days ago

    Ian may have been protecting Bear. I’m in the camp that Nikki never liked Bear and Ian knew it.

    Ian’s a terrible friend because

    Spoiler

    He didn’t believe the one wish willow worked after there were signs he picked up on that nikki changed.

    • abc [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      5·
      12 days ago

      Well yeah he’s awful for the wish but I don’t really buy the whole ‘he was protecting Bear’ thing. If my best friend has been pining over our mutual friend since HS, who I’ve been hooking up with casually on the side, I think the kindest thing to do would be to be straight up with him. If the movie hadn’t opened with Ian essentially going “yeah she’ll HATE the heartfelt confession, you should just neg her instead by calling her by the nickname her bullies used in school”; I could buy the ‘he was just protecting his friend from getting hurt’

      I’m in the camp that Nikki never liked Bear and Ian knew it.

      This was my take as well but I think that is also why I view Ian as also a piece of shit. Entire movie could have ended in the diner if Ian had just gone “She doesn’t like you more than a friend, but cheer up there’s more fish in the sea” instead of saying ‘just wait for the right moment :)’

  • Dort_Owl [they/them, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    5·
    12 days ago

    Oh man, I’ve heard about Obsession, the director is apparently a big deal right now with horror movies, right? I think he made another two that did well?

    I can’t watch this one for personal reasons, I have my own issues with my autonomy being messed with, so this one would hit way too close to home I think. However I have read about it, and is sounds like an interesting warning about messing with someone free will. But yeah, from what you said, it sounds like a hard watch.