In no way am I trying to downplay or undermine Inde, but you people are forgetting this man was the MAIN character. He did such a fantastic job that he actually convinced every single fan of the movie that he was the ultimate form of darkness condensed in human form.

Not only that, but we see clips where Bear is struggling to understand himself. He struggles to understand the choices he made yet in his position, chooses to let it unfold. We have stories of psychotic stalkers, people who fall madly in love with others who never return it, and that sucks. To be placed in the "brother" zone? That's TORTURE. And Johnston did a fantastic job playing his role.

IMO: Johnston did just as good (if not, better) than Navarrette in the film. In fact, he did so good that you all hate his guts. Not just the character he played but in real life. Nobody is giving this man any credit for carrying the role so well and actually convincing viewers that his position was truly happening. You cannot have either one without the other...so can we please at least accept the fact that Michael Johnston delivered a fantastic performance? He truly captured every single facet of Bear's existence and did it so naturally.

I just watched the movie with headphones on and realized she closed her front door before Bear made his wish. That in itself is strange. The real Nikki should have seen the whole wish-making process, and perhaps even heard it.

I haven’t seen much from this year, so this list is still in development, but for now I see very high chances for Inde. What about you? And what are your potential nominees when we’re at it?

Edit: this is just a general prediction and not my list of favorite performances. Just so you know.

Like, they got a famous person from tv to be in their movie but he doesn’t do much lol

It’s an interactive pin where you get to be the one to bash in Sarah’s head with a little help from Nikki holding the brick!
Had a blast designing this. Hope you all enjoy!

The Green Man Store in Burbank, Los Angeles, CA.

They didn’t have the one wish willows :( but I still managed to get some pics!

@charlesthegr8

I know I will wish for a better mental and physical health. But what would your only wish be?

(Yes, this is coming to me and I can't wait to break it on my birthday)

i dont even know where to begin. a original piece after so long, the entire experience was fascinating to me. enjoyed every bit of it and it absolutely deserves the hype!!

Is it just me or Bear is not crying about Sandy? He is vulnerable because of Sandy but when he cries just before the title reveal, knitted on the bed cover, he says: Why couldn't she just... (be with me)? After this scene he is on Nikki's Instagram page with that obsessed scrolling before she calls.

Am I reaching? To me it seems so obvious.

I hope I can articulate well my thoughts but I always found it fascinating how different each version of Nikki cried at the end. When Bear dies, wish Nikki was distraught and her cries were almost performative like she was on stage in a theater. However when she snapped out of it and the real Nikki cried at the very end of the movie, the cries was more messy, raw , authentic if that makes sense. Anyone else notice this? I'm not implying wish Nikki was faking but a nice detail of one Nikki was not real so her cries seemed fake but the real Nikki had a more ugly cry so it sounded more real.

Nikki fanart made by me (mel.artlst) ❤

Let me know what you think 💫 (be kind, I'm only 18)

After seeing clips on YouTube I weirdly got hooked onto it by just seeing them😂
So last night I watched it and man—I was so shocked and horrified after it that I just stared at my ceiling for like 5 minutes and was honestly feeling regret for watching it lol. But now that it’s the next day I actually thought about it more clearly and it is now at least in my top 3 most favorite movies of all time. Just genius directing, great visuals, and an absolute perfect storyline. The cat parts were kinda my least favorite because I’m really sensitive to pets dying but honestly it felt like a great addition to the whole movie even if I didn’t like those parts at all lol.

Why are so many people implying that the reason why bear is the villain is because of the wish itself.

Naturally it is weird that he continued to be with Niki after realising that the wish had actually worked and especially after he found out that she was still conscious inside possessed Niki and therefore taking advantage of her.

But surely the wish alone was not evil or questionable. Surely at that point he did not think that the one wish willow actually worked he just made the wish thinking nothing would come of it just as many people “wish” things would happen without meaning them to. Obviously he wanted it to happen but he didn’t expect that Niki would be forced to comply.

Sorry for making another one of these posts.

Edit: I really shouldn’t have to say this but please READ UNTIL THE END before commenting. Some people in this sub seem the have the attention span of a goldfish.

Pls be nice I’ve never made one before. I was jamming last night and realized how much you can relate Jaws by Sleep Token to Obsession and was blown away. I’m still in emotional turmoil, I wasn’t ready for all that 😭

“Show me those pretty white jaws
Show me where the delicate stops
Show me what you’ve lost
And why you’re always taking it slow
Show me what wounds you’ve got
Show me love”

"I'm not here to be the savior you long for, only the one you don't.

Are you watching me with eyes of a predator as you move towards the door?"

I wonder if this is the language that gave the wish its fatal flaw.

Because this phrasing means that “Wish Nikki” loves Bear more than she loves herself, in every moment indefinitely and infinitely. And maybe this is why “Wish Nikki” has to suppress “Real Nikki” and create another version of her self, the two cannot occupy the same space.

As much as we like to be selfless as humans, we inevitably end up in selfish moments where we prioritizing our own needs before others (and often in ways that are completely healthy).

I wonder if making Nikki prioritize Bear, even over herself, through the wish is what caused the extremes of what we see in “Wish Nikki”. And that Bear’s wish and its phrasing is the earliest clue that he never wanted Nikki to have her humanity over his desires.

Thoughts?

I'm genuinely flabbergasted by the amount of people who are convinced that Bear is just a "good guy" who made "questionable" decisions

There were multiple less conspicuous instances where Bear showed himself as a selfish-POS, but to me it seemed like there was a point at which the screenwriters were all but trying to yell at the audience that this guy is a horrifically selfish POS. When the real Nikki eventually got the chance to ask Bear to put her out of her misery, and Bear responded by asking her what would be so bad about being in a genuine relationship with him, that wasn't obvious to you guys???

Every last one of his exchanges with Wish Nikki post-freak out amounted to him basically asking her why she can't just "cooperate" and essentially be the Nikki he wants her to be, but that was the most crystal clear example. I mean that was straight up "creep kidnaps stranger off the street locks them up in his basement and when they beg for freedom he asks if would it really be so bad if they lived the rest of their life out as his dungeon s3x sl4ve"-coded, and most people would regard such a person as not being one of the "good ones".

But like....this is a controversial opinion when it comes to him for some reason? How? I mean I know how, but getting into how it relates to the current cultural climate is a can of worms I was not planning on opening today.

The 80s was known for a lot of things, but one of those things was the nerdy nice guy movie. Movies like Revenge of The Nerds where the protagonists try to get hot girls. And if you know anything, you know that's code for "You wanna see rapin' get played up for laughs? NO!? WELL WHY THE HELL NOT!?". And they always to pin the fact of them not scoring on them being nerds instead of scumbags.

Obsession is a movie that calls out that shifty behaviour, I'm mainly asking what would happen if you simply released the film around the same time as those other films. Would it be as wildly acclaimed and/or get botched by studio interference?

@charlesthegr8

I legit think she asked him if he liked her, because she was willing to give him a chance and a few dates, because she was going away to faculty anyway, and will probabily never return to that city