Bear never actually knew which version of Nikki was true. and instead of finding out he justโฆ took the choice away entirely. that one directorial decision kind of says everything.
and it changes how you see Navarrette's performance looking back. every warm glance, every soft moment before the wish, you genuinely cannot tell anymore. Barker filmed both realities and then blurred them together on purpose. he didn't want you to have the clean answer.
which is what separates #Obsession from most films about unrequited love. they usually make the feeling clearly one sided so you know exactly what was lost. this one never tells you. and that uncertainty sits with you long after the film ends because that's actually how these situations work in real life. people make irreversible decisions about each other without ever knowing the full truth of what could have been.
#Obsession
Iโm at that weird age where every younger person I meet makes me realize how much l've aged, and every older person I meet makes me realize I'm still a baby.
Iโm at that weird age where every younger person I meet makes me realize how much l've aged, and every older person I meet makes me realize I'm still a baby.
The whole "friendless losers are such for a reason" is people doing revisionism of their own school life lol, usually some of the worst people had the biggest friend groups because all these "friends" do is enable each other
friendships only last when people choose to see you as a person that makes mistakes and help you learn from them not if they decide you are inherently evil just because of some human errors or shortcomings
i love women but yall love pretending you arenโt extreme social judgers/ostracizers towards women who are a little โoffโ bc of trauma or neurodivergence or simply not adhering to patriarchal beauty standards or behavior modifications. look in the mirror and ask urself why that is