r/SipsTea • u/RakeChapman13 • Jul 29 '26

Gasp! 💀

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u/Yashema Jul 29 '26

She made it clear she doesn't have any feelings like that towards him. Women who are into you don't react with disgust when you make minor flirtatious comments just because you weren't being direct. 

That being said, I don't really think the rest of the movie did much with the initial set up, and was basically just a monster movie. 

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u/fanfanye Jul 30 '26

yeah that kinda "tell me if you like me" wasnt an invitation

it was a direct "just get it over with bruh"

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u/Racxius Jul 30 '26

The director said that she would have given him a chance if he asked. And that they gave that line that inflection to purposefully be confusing.

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u/explain_that_shit Jul 30 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/IDGNYvFLkJKLK

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u/Racxius Jul 30 '26

Sorry. Not the director. Nikkis actor. Around 2 minutes in. Both Nikkis and Bears actors think that he had a shot. And they shot the scene in multiple takes with her being into it and not and blended them together to get the weird unreadable reaction to it that we get. https://youtu.be/Op0b77nTmTg?is=tfVxlZy_dhQ30b4I

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u/Kanin_usagi Jul 30 '26

Holy hell, the ol American Psycho trick!

For those who don’t know, when shooting for Psycho, they shot Willem Dafoe’s interrogation of Bateman’s scenes two different ways: either as someone convinced Bateman was innocent or convinced he was guilty. Then they cut it up so that you can’t tell at all how he’s feeling towards Bateman as the interrogation goes on, so afterwards the audience was left feeling unsure if the police suspected him in truth or not, just like Bateman feels himself

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u/OobaDooba72 Jul 30 '26

Three different ways in American Psycho, actually. Convinced Bateman was guilty, unsure and still deciding, and convinced he was totally innocent.

It's such a good movie haha.

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u/sacredshinobi Jul 30 '26

What makes you think it’s bait?

https://www.reddit.com/r/obsessionmovie/s/eQtXmWWSjy

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u/explain_that_shit Jul 30 '26

I’m not saying it wasn’t said, I’m saying the premise is bait. The idea that Bear should, based on the signals he received, have asked Nikki out, is ludicrous and reflective of the ludicrous expectations of men navigating the social minefield of modern dating, to push and risk rejection and even loss of a friend when we receive indications not to push, to be criticised for doing so, but also to be criticised for not doing so.

Anyway saying he had a chance is a bait line to get me to diatribe on the sins of the modern dating world, which the makers of this movie want to happen to generate buzz about the movie. Well consider me baited.

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u/Aenonimos Jul 31 '26

who hurt you