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Was her crush on him belivable?

First of all, main character straight up looks like Charlie Kirk which is funny but also how does Ian get a billion dollars and not have this demon take over his body somehow? Whereas the real Nikki is trapped in her own body, but somehow still reachable by phone?? Make it make sense!

What are y’all theories on what that entails, yknow the scene where the wish willow guy Bear calls “passes” the phone to nikki to just show her screaming in agony constantly. Like what does that mean in the canon? Why was that guy even able to “pass the phone” to Nikki, and why was Nikki even able to have access to that phone, considering that the real life physical Nikki was in bed sleeping. I have so many questions

By that I mean an evil or very flawed protagonist, main characters in fiction don't have to be likable, they don't even have to be moral they just have to be interesting. And don't tell me villain protagonists aren't interesting, getting the same morally good main character all the time is what's making me bored of movies.

From Sarah’s perspective, Nikki told Sarah she only thought about Bear as a friend and then Nikki perused Bear after everyone knew Sarah liked him. Sarah flirted a little with her crush… Yet she was a “piece of shit” and her death was satisfying? Am I missing something? This is so weird to me.

Edit: typo

I know this is a small and less relevant detail to the plot or story but Bear goes back to the crystal shop and a worker is there that keeps mentioning Bear’s negative energy, pretty funny scene. The worker said he had already used his wish so he couldn’t really help Bear, but he seemed quite content and happy unlike most of the others. I was curious what he wished for because whatever his wish was it didn’t seemed to negatively impact him.

The movie established that the only way for a wish to be broken is for the wisher to die, but what would happen if you wished someone was dead?

Would they come back to life after you die?

The cat dies at the beginning of the movie, but does he not throw out the cat? I don't know what you are suppose to do when your pet dies, do you throw it out, do you bury it? I am confused because then she does the weird memorial which seems like its 2 weeks later so that dead cat had to smell. Then you know the cooking of a dead 2-4 week cat is even you know

If the One Wish Willow was real, what would you wish for? Remember the rules, no time manipulation, no resurrection, no immortality, and no wishing for more Willows

I would wish for some type of super power, I just cant choose tho.

With Curry Barker saying in an interview it would be cool to make this a series where there is a different protagonist every movie with a different wish. What would yours be?

For example:
My character (let’s call him Greg) wishes to live in a perfect world. He wakes up the next day as normal and notices small changes everyday to everyone around him. Everyone starts to be nice to him including the bully at school. The girl he likes finally notices him. His grades start improving. What he doesn’t realize is that wish controls everyone who is within a 10ft radius of him. Others start to notice after he leaves, they watch as people snap back to what they were doing before interacting with Greg. Everything to him is perfect but not to everyone else. A group of friends test this theory out, only to later post their findings to social media and Greg gets immediately black listed from everyone. People actively go out of their own way to stay out of the range of Greg’s wish. And this drives him insane. From everyone doing everything he wishes, to being actively avoided.

First of all I gotta say, phenomenal movie and wasn't as scary as I thought it'd be. I'm a HUGE wuss when it comes to horror films, never seen many for that very reason. But this one was pretty manageable, it was like half a slice of life film as well so there was a lot of other energy to digest. The super scary moments never really lingered on for TOO long to the point where the viewing experience was impacted negatively. It built up to a scary moment well, hit you with the big scare and then was onto the next scene at a solid pace. It was more sad than anything, there were so many moments where i just wanted to cry instead of jump out my seat.

But the one quote that really stuck to me was after the party and hospital scenes when Nikki was threatening to 🔪😞🪦 herself to get Bear to come to bed. I don't remember the quote exactly because I had to pull out my phone in the theatre and jot it down real quick. But it was something like "It's not painful if you let go of everything you once were and then there's nothing. It's not darkness, darkness is at least a color." And it just hurt to hear bc i really been through that shit before man. That detail never cropped up in any of the plot summaries i read to spoil myself while I couldn't wait to see the movie. Everyone who told me "you really can't understand it just from writing" was absolutely right. The tone of her voice especially during the real Nikki's emergence while Curse Nikki was sleeping broke my fucking heart. I at first pictured it as a pained and desperate scream, but it was more like a hushed pleading whimper. It had the same energy as one of the tribute kids from the Hunger Games movies begging for a mercy kill :,(

I read the scenes after Curse Nikki killed Sarah as a scream too. I imagined her barking "YOU WISHED FOR THIS" at him as she bashed her skull into the seat but it was more of a comforting calm whisper. She was talkin bout some "shhhhh it's all gonna be okay. You wished for this, this is all your fault but we're gonna fix this." Her saying "this is all your fault" in such a comforting tone cracked me the fuck up. I also got a laugh out of her screaming "STAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY" at him while he was sleeping next to her after he moved just one little inch😭

The other thing writeups couldn't really articulate was just how strong Nikki's initial personality was and weird it was to watch her slowly change. The writeups didn't clue me in on how palpable her SNARK really was like damn this girl is WITTY! She felt like a Saturday morning cartoon character with how quippy she was. She was kinda emo but also the funny one in their friend group at the same time. And then so many of her awkward moments make sense after seeing them live. The first scene right after Bear makes the wish where she's like "I'm just so sad because my cat died :,( i mean ,,,, YOUR cat died OHHHHH that was so stupid of me!!! I'm so sorry for your loss🥺🥺🥺🥺." These really feel like Curse Nikki was having a hard time trying to figure out how to be a person LMAO.

It reminds me of this anime movie called Colorful, which was about a soul that got reincarnated into the body of a 14-year old boy named Makoto who committed suicide. This soul had to figure out Makoto's life and learn the dynamics with all his family and friends in order to act like him and keep up the ruse. That's the same vibe I got from Curse Nikki. Whatever entity the One Wish Willow summoned only acted weird because it had never been a person before and then all the sudden existed with the express goal of loving someone it had never met. I really feel bad for the entity as well, especially the scene where it cried and said "I CAN BE NIKKI!" The only thing i still don't understand is how Bear put two and two together during the dinner scene, like what specifically about her saying "why does it matter" tipped him off?

But yeah bro this movie was CRAZY and it gave me a LOT to think about. I'm a real yapper lmao shoutout anyone who reads this

I wanted to point this out because it shook me up but when she's crying in the car about her dad with her head on the dashboard, and then she looks over at him completely deadpan with not a tear in sight.

Haven't seen anyone mention it and wanted to throw my coin in the well.

This movie changed something in me really. I had a feeling about it and went solo to see it on Monday and what a gut wrenching ride it was. The moment shit starts getting weird, the tone gets darker and darker and more bleak all the way up until the last second. There's no real breathing room that you don't pay for gravely. I walked out of the theaters in tears thinking "My God, that poor thing."

Not to mention waking up several times that night certain I was seeing Nikki in the corner of my room.

And it's interesting to see how everyone's reaction fit into the theme of the film itself, how so many aspects were left vague and open, causing us to *obsess* over figuring out what was really going on, and the depth and nuance and underlying themes.

Anyway, I feel like alot of us are riding for this movie in a big ole visceral boat and I'm all fucked up over literally every aspect of this 😅 I have plenty more to say but with leave it at this for now. Much love 💜

First off, loved this movie so much. Only question is when Bear is talking with Sara in the car before she gets her head smashed in, he “breaks the news” that Nikki’s dad has cancer.

Didn’t Ian already mention in the dinner scene that Sara told him Nikki’s dad was healthy? Did I not hear that correctly or was it further proof that this circle of friends were shit and lying all the time lol.

In my defense, took my dad to see it and he was making remarks during the dinner scene so it threw me off. 😅

After seeing Obsession this Sunday, I was absolutely enamored by what I just watched. From the get-go the music immediately stood out to me with this ethereal, liminal, almost nostalgic sound. I feel like nobody is really discussing how actually amazing the music in this movie was. My favorite tracks are

Obsession
Nikki
One Wish Willow
Make a Wish
Love is in The Air Pt. 1
Into Darkness

So fucking good. I can’t stop listening to One Wish Willow that spacey jingle, and then just recently discovered Into Darkness. It takes place the scene after the party where Bear is taking Nikki to the hospital but she refuses service.

I would love to know your guys thoughts and what your favorite tracks from the soundtrack is!

Bear wishes for Nikki to love him more than anyone in the entire world. His poor wording makes things go bad, so how would you have worded his wish? Do you think it was possible for Bear to get what he wanted without the devastated consequence? Asking for a friend.