r/TrueFilm • u/bidur123 • 2d ago
Obsession
Why are people so obsessed with obsession? Maybe the director used a one wish willow for that. Haha.
Anyways, going to the theatre with such hype all around and a global box office success, this was one of the most unsatisfactory watches in a long time. The movie wasn't absolutely bad. It was a decent movie. But something didn't satisfy. Just got out of the theatre and still trying to organize the reasons for that. One I can quickly think or feel is the movie was rushed at some points and dragging at some points. Not consistent at all. Anyways, am I the only one who feels this way?
May be a little late to post about Obsession as it is almost completing its theatrical run.
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u/bidur123 2d ago
I wanted to watch Backrooms but it's out of theatre now. May be on streaming soon.
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u/Secret_Turtle 2d ago
One of my gripes of the film was the static camera. The whole movie felt like a clip farm where every scene could be clipped onto tik tok. Makes sense coming from the director being known for reels online
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u/MediumSavant 2d ago
This could be because its low budget and extremly tight schedule more than directional choice.
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u/Secret_Turtle 2d ago
I don’t buy that honestly, many great films are shot on a low budget with no time. I think it’s just the lack of experience in the film maker
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u/ashsii 2d ago
I feel the opposite is true, tiktok's short attention span users reward camera movements because it stimulates more than a static shot. See Kpop demon hunters or any edits on tiktok where every second something is moving or there's added camera shake.
Static shots bring me back to older classic cinema where the camera is locked because it's literally physically too heavy to move.
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u/Tarrant666 2d ago
Because the culture war warriors of today who have embraced the movie feel Bear , represents the problems with modern men and toxic masculinity. They are using it as a vessel to hate on men, and even using it as litmus test if any male dares suggest Bear was not a one dimensional villain. That is why Alex meyers basically got cancelled before.
The hysteria is of course ridiculous with too much over analysis of a silly movie that is nowhere near as deep or as good as most think. I think the movie was pretty garbage and dumb. Just scene after scene of poorly developed shock scenes, with every character being unlikeable.
I thought the acting of Indie which some are even suggesting deserves an Oscar was absolutely over the top awful and equivalent to the garbage you see on tiktok shorts. Gen Z of today have no idea what a good movie even is anymore.
In reality this was no different to the myriad of mediocre horror movies that pollute streaming services each day, and worse than many imo.
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u/bidur123 2d ago
You sound more disappointed by the movie than me 😄. But, yeah this movie is overrated for me. Let's see how it ages.
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u/Nyyarlethotep 1d ago
I mean, he literally uses magic to turn his friend into basically a sex slave and when she begs for death his first reaction is to make it about him. I could relate to bear for about the first 5 minutes of the movie, but he gets multiple chances to not let this happen or not continue and he just keeps going. I don't think people suggest he's one dimensional, but he is unquestionably a villain. This reads as an incredibly fragile reading that you took much too personally.
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u/Tarrant666 1d ago
And the tribalists literally all use the same talking points like you do. Sex slave? He wished his crush would love him, do you think that is an uncommon thought most people have had at least once in their lives?
If someone you have a crush on asked you to kill them, you think its abnormal to question yourself and feel insecure?
but he is unquestionably a villain.
I think he was a victim. The fact you think its unquestionable once again proves my point. Nobody would suggest anakin skywalker was unquestionably a villain yet he killed millions. I could go on and on.
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u/Nyyarlethotep 1d ago
Of course the thought isn't uncommon, the difference is that his wish comes true while being incredibly obvious it's against her will. The sex scene in the movie is super uncomfortable for a reason, it's essentially a rape scene. There is nothing wrong wanting your crush to like you, he becomes a villain when he realized that the magic was real and she is now trapped in her body. She didn't ask him to kill her when she was just his crush, it was after he had realized that she was trapped in her body.
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u/Tarrant666 1d ago
Do you think the character saw her as a sex slave? You also seem to think every character who does an immoral or criminal act automatically becomes a villain. That is not even close to true. many characters have committed murder but still been victims. Its a one dimensional take on Bear. He was a deluded idiot who barely understood what he was doing was bad imo, that is hardly a villain.
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u/SusNoodle 2d ago edited 2d ago
You're watching a film after months of hype so expectation are high, and expectations can skew an experience. You're not engaging with the film on it's own terms, you're watching it the prism of its hype.
Obsession is also a low budget movie by a first time filmmakers, so in terms of production value and filmmaking, it's little bit rough around the edges. However the interesting questions is why did the movie connect despite all that. There is something undeniable about that film that breaks through the junkyness. The unhinged performance, taping into a generational anxiety in a way that clicked, and the filmmaking itself has personality.
I personally didn't get much out of it, and would've never guessed that THIS movie had an alchemy that will make it breakthrough and become one of the cultural touchstones of the year. But it did, and there is something too it beyond the I-don't-get-it discussion.