I've been watching more movies lately since the theaters haven't been disappointing me as much lately and one of the more recent movies was Obsession.
I'd had a lot of the plot spoiled for me already but I wanted to see it for myself since so many people were going on about how good it was. If you don't already know, it's about a guy named Bear making a wish for his crush (Nikki) to love him and she becomes unhealthily obsessed with him, neglecting her health, home, and life all together just to remain close to him. Bear realizes this and thinks "oh crap this was a huge mistake... but let me hit a few times just to be sure" and then lets it drag on until it spins out of control. One main thing no one prepared me for is that pretty much EVERYONE (except Nikki) sucks, people were making it seem like Bear was the only questionable person in the movie when there was both Ian and Sarah. There's no argument for Ian, he was the obligatory horror movie douchebag jock type, but I see a lottt of defense for Sarah because she liked bear first and "she didn't know about the one wish willow" yes, neither did Ian (until the end) and even HE still told bear "you said she was acting crazy and doing weird things but now you guys are acting all clingy and lovey dovey... it kinda seems like you're taking advantage of her bro idkkk" just for bear to snap at him. Sarah didn't deserve to die the way she did but to be friends with someone for what's implied to be a long time, know they're an independent and mostly normal person, is out of nowhere going out with the LAST guy you'd expect and is acting weird/clingy/hot tempered/self-harming around the same man who insists she's fine... and her main thought is "she's taking advantage of my man he deserves so much better.. let me text him at 3am while he's in bed with her saying I'll just come anyways if he doesn't come see me" and you all think she's still innocent and a good friend to Nikki??? I was almost too angry at everyone in Nikki's life to be sad for her but then the movie ended and it felt so bittersweet, it gave me the same feeling I had when I first finished Jennifer's Body, it was technically the most realistic outcome for the characters but you still feel bad for them because you kind of just hope the fictional characters could find a way to make it work. Bear's death was so annoying because HE KNEW she was gonna just snap out of it and he still took the pills and made the choice to go stand and die in Nikki's arms before the spell broke as if he wanted to make sure she felt the pain of losing him while she still "loved" him. He was horrible to her until the very end and to top it all off he never even got rejected, he was just too scared to tell the truth when she gave him the chance to say he liked her.
On a lighter note, Masters of the Universe was so fun to watch, it was emotional at times, it felt funny but not forced (like when a scene feels more like the scene is supposed to be funny but just isn't), I liked the cast, and something about the vibe of the movie just felt fresh. This one is about Adam having to leave his world with the power sword while the kingdom of Eternia is being attacked but he let's go of it inside the portal and it ends up lost for 15 years, which is bad because he needs the sword to get back home. Clearly he gets the sword back and goes home, the movie is about him reuniting with his family/friends, taking the kingdom back, and assembling the warriors. Things in the movie like characters saying what the audience is thinking like being frustrated and yelling "use the sword!!" or "the hell is he doing.." when Adam tries his HR strategies on Skeletor and his army, Adam in general being kind of an idiot "himbo" character, Skeletor in a gym + office outfit when he's trying to get in Adam's head were all fun to see. Loved the movie so much that halfway through I was already on the phone with my dad telling him to watch it too. The only things I would say about the movie that aren't even necessarily "cons" are: the lack of Cringer, Skeletor doesn't have his funny voice (and is played by Jared Leto), and Orko was my favorite but we don't see him until the very end where he implies another movie incoming which is partially why I don't count all of these as cons. I can get over the voice because this is a live action movie and it would be admittedly hardER to take Skeletor seriously, he already gets a chuckle out of me simply for being a buff body with a skull head. Overall I'd say it had the perfect balance of elements I enjoy in a movie and it's the most fun I've had watching a new movie in a long time, around 2.5 hours and I already want more.
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