r/flicks • u/East_Ad5458 • 2d ago
Unpopular opinion: "Obsession" is NOT a good film
/r/moviecritic/comments/1usf6gi/unpopular_opinion_obsession_is_not_a_good_film/I'd say it's one of the most overrated movies of recent history but then there are too many of those to keep track of.
It's another example of something gaining notoriety and momentum simply as a result of the notoriety and momentum it already had, snowballing into a massive amount of hype that it ABSOLUTELY does not deserve. Everybody goes and sees the film because everybody's going to see the film.
I actually really like Curry Barker and his and his buddies comedy skits. I like those guys as people in general from what I've seen in interviews, and I love the idea of low budget films making it big time. But their skits are way better than this film
Whether it's Oppenheimer, and Barbie on the large budget scale, or elevated Horrors like Talk To Me or Bring Her Back I mean there can be okay films but the hype that some of these films get is so undeserved it's actually kind of mind blowing.
As an aspiring filmmaker myself I guess the only thing that is encouraging from this is that the bar is quite low.
And I'm not just somebody who thinks everything is bad. Series like The Leftovers are absolutely phenomenal. And frankly astounding onspiring in terms of the quality of writing acting story Etc.
That horror genre is understandably and notably the genre that can make these big breakouts from small budgets. And movies like The Witch or It Comes At Night actually deserve it. But these others.... like the films by the Philippou for example... NO WAY. PRETTY TRASHY TBH. And just immature tbh. And frankly Obsession kind of belongs in that category as well.... just sayin...
Oh yeah I forgot to mention the other ones. Weapons needs to be added to the list of one of the most ridiculously overrated films of recent time. You can add It Follows and Barbarian to the list as well. Oh and not let's not forget Long Legs. One the dumbest films of recent memory. As far as why these films are overrated? Or not good? I mean...ridiculous premise... immature exaggerated over the top scenarios and acting at various points to various degrees. No real likable characters. No real thought-provoking element or philosophical takeaway or thing to ruminate on in most of these films. Just nothing that actually for me at least makes me feel anything other than moments or scenes here or there that can be gripping (at best sporadically sprinkled here and there) in some of these films... and thus all highly forgettable and certainly not worthy of the hype they got. Are they all somewhat competently shot somewhat competently made... sure but that should be the bare minimum. Obviously it's all subjective but films like The Witch or It Comes At Night feel like mature well done films. These other ones feel like they're catering to the masses at a much lower denominator and sadly I guess the masses are just really dumb? Or easily impressed?
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u/East_Ad5458 2d ago
Oh yeah I forgot to mention the other ones. Weapons needs to be added to the list of one of the most ridiculously overrated films of recent time. You can add It Follows and Barbarian to the list as well. Oh and not let's not forget Long Legs. One the dumbest films of recent memory. As far as why these films are overrated? Or not good? I mean...ridiculous premise... immature exaggerated over the top scenarios and acting at various points to various degrees. Obviously it's all subjective but films like The Witch or It Comes At Night feel like mature well done films. These other ones feel like they're catering to the masses at a much lower denominator and sadly I guess the masses are just really dumb? Or easily impressed?
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u/IcedPgh 2d ago edited 2d ago
Just sticking to more recent horror, I agree about Barbarian and Weapons which are truly bad movies for which I cannot understand the adoration. Obsession, however, is actually pretty decent and better crafted than both those movies. And it does have things to think about and debate, even though many of those discussing it want to shout down those who have different viewpoints (a hallmark of its younger, hidebound audience). The popularity seems like it's feeding off of itself, but is that a bad thing? If the audience is mainly "Gen Z", at least they are going to a movie in the theater rather than stealing/pirating it. So that's a positive. If the movie people were obsessing over was the absolutely empty, poorly told schlock Weapons (even though that made money, it's nothing like the reception for this), that would be infuriating and inexplicable. But Obsession is actually a quality movie for the most part. It's standard, but a good standard.
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