Obsession

Overall a spectacular film. Peak Gen Z cinema, you can really feel that the director goes here. But before the glaze festival starts, let me get into what I didn't like: The opening (first 30 minutes) felt boring, generic, and uninspired. The music was bland and didn't fit the storytelling style or the characters at all. But then it got better. After that sloppy start it got dramatically better, like the director finally decided to lock in. Every choice felt meticulously planned and executed in a wholly original way. Unlike most horror movies where you're yelling at the screen for characters to make reasonable decisions, the choices here felt almost intuitive. I caught myself multiple times saying "yeah, there was really nothing else to do" or "I would've done that shit too." Prime example: the scene where Ian shits on the main character with the billion dollar wish. The facial acting was really good, you can see every little thought floating around in their heads. The dialogue, just like the character choices, was spectacular. Natural. It didn't feel like an odd simulation of speech, it felt like authentic speech, like you were actually included in the conversation. The true strength of the movie is that it's a horror film(duh), but not in the way you'd expect. From every character's perspective there's something to be afraid of. To Ian, it's a horror to watch a friend completely lose her mind, and also to see that same person trap and take advantage of another friend. To the main character, it's a horror because his wish didn't work out. To the other girl (whose name I've forgotten), it's a horror because her friend stole her crush. And to the girl with the you, it's a horror because she's been possessed and is being used by someone else. Finally: payoff. The story pays off exactly how it should. The movie stuck to its guns, and didn't pussy out. If this is the future of cinema then the movie business will be okay.