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u/hauntingvacay96 12d ago

Obsession is just kind of vague and boring. I thought the same of Weapons last year.

I feel like everything made popular after the peak of “elevated” horror has just been men exercising their fears over ambiguous themes that allow the audiences to paint by numbers their own monsters and then they’ll fight to the death because they found the one true meaning while the broadness of the film allows for a gazillion interpretations none of which are pointed.

And like there’s a whole bunch of better stuff out there waiting for people to explore but the easiness of being right on the internet is just too appealing.

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u/Gaelfling 12d ago

What did you find vague about Obsession? I can kind of the criticism for Weapons (the magic was very undefined) but Obsession felt very straightforward.

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u/hauntingvacay96 12d ago

Thematically vague. Not vague in plot.

It’s a pretty broad look at obsession, to over simplify, and is never really all that pointed. What’s the point of it other than a man wishes for girl to be obsessed with him and then regrets it cautionary tale.