it’s easy to miss.
Really? I didn't think it was subtle at all. Even pretty early, when he drives her home and fails to tell her what he thinks about her, I found it pretty obvious that everything that happens to him is a consequence of his own actions. At this point it can still be excused by him being insecure but as soon as he uses the willow, it is very clear that he doesn't care even a tiny bit about what she wants, he just wants to own her.
Nikki not having a real backstory is (probably) on purpose. We see most of the story from Bear's perspective and he doesn't care about her backstory. So we don't get to see it.
The whole film uses those stereotypes on purpose to show how problematic they are.
I (unironically) love how your comment gets longer and longer every time I refresh this thread.
Exactly my thoughts. Yeah, you can argue that he wasn't aware how his wish would play out in detail but that's pretty much the only point that redeems him.
He would have had a realistic chance to be with her if he had just actually talked to her in the beginning. Instead he completely ignores the entire concept of consent, uses a supernatural artifact to make her feel things against her will and while she still acts more or less normal, he shows exactly no remorse. He only gets interested in reversing the wish when there are negative consequences for him. He doesn't care for her feelings at all.
He's toxic, he comes as close to being a rapist as you can come and the film makes a point of showing us that the real Nikki is still somewhere inside the remote-controlled shell that he has created and is very much not okay with what is happening.. How can anyone see him as the victim?
~~I think~~ it's a screenshot from the movie Obsession. Spoilers ahead but I'll be as vague as possible:
Obsession plot summary and scene that I think the screenshot is from
A guy just can't find the courage to tell his crush he's into her. He gets his hands on an artifact that grants him exactly one wish so he wishes that she'll love him more than anyone else in the world. True to the "careful what you wish for" trope, she becomes utterly obsessed with him.
This screenshot might be from a scene where he leaves the apartment and she just stands there and stares at the door until he comes home. She doesn't move a muscle apart from eventually losing control of her bladder.
Since 2022, it has been at least weekly on average: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_(2020s)
I have a decades old fridge that literally freezes my veggie drawer every two weeks. I‘m so close to throwing it out.
It isn't very funny. (Sorry if my German is showing)
Celsius. That would be 86°F.
We've had this kind of shit for decades. It's a manager's "make it more interesting", no matter if the executing side is a robot or an underpaid graphics design intern.
Are you... me?