Finally Saw Obsession //Spoilers//
I can def see why people are saying this is movie of the year. I can't think anything wrong with it, except maybe it was slow toward the middle, but honestly that's not a problem and couldn't tell you why I feel that way.
Before I went to go see this film, I saw it compared to Fatal Attraction, and I can see that. The whole "Beautiful woman goes crazy over a guy" part does feel like that movie if it was actually allowed to acknowledge and punish its main character for being an asshole. Although a part of Obsession I actually appreciate more than Fatal Attraction is that Bear genuinely does seem like a normal dude. I feel like I could know him, and so the horror feels more subtle. I went from feeling a little bit bad for him to wanting to commit suicide when he, "What's so bad about being with me?" (BITCH?!?! She's literally telling you she's not her when she's with you).
I think the most subtle horror here is when "Freaky Nikki" (To be seen Avengers Doomsday) tells Bear that she feel in love with him during Christmas. We later find out that Nikki and Sarah had a convo where she said she was going to leave her and Bear as friends. That means that to some extent, Nikki already liked him, decided it could work out, and may have genuinely loved him during the Freaky Nikki but, which might be why, when she could reach out to him, she didn't say "Fuck you" or "You're living in delusion". She said "kill me." Even in this awful situation where it was made clear that Bear didn't care about the specifics of their relationship or if her love was real, she still couldn't bring herself to hate him or put herself first. That's so tragic to me.
Like, Bear actually gets worse the more you think about his actions, 'cause he knew going out that night, that he could be putting Sarah in danger, one way or another. Then depending on how seriously you want to take the existence of Freaky Nikki, she exists because of Bear. An entire person, bought into this world by you, to love you, and you just kill her for another girl? She may be seeing you in Hell...
Another standout part of this movie is Freaky Nikki's Henzel and Gretel bit. Saying her and Bear are brother and sister. To me, that's the demon saying that she loves him the way he loves Nikki. Which doesn't sound right, since Bear never does shit like slam the head of potent competition into the car wheel until their face falls off, but fundamentally, it is the same. Both Bear and Freaky Nikki didn't really care about the autonomy or feelings of the other person, so long as they were surrounded by their visage. It does actually make me wonder about the specifics of those willow sticks, and how much the entities that come from them directly reflect the user. Of course I don't actually need an answer to that. Please don't make sequel out of this.
But yeah, I'll end it off like this. Great movie, fuck Bear, I hope Nikki has friend who can collect that billion dollars for her bail fund, because what she's about to get arrested for is some bullshit. Goddamnit, Bear.
Edit: just remembered the spirit lied about the dad thing. I assumed it was working off of Nikki's memories. It wasn't. Nikki likely didn't have feelings for Bear at all.
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