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Ryan

Off Topic, But just watched The Odyssey and Best Movie Experience Ever. Thats gotta be added to the Polls soon.

Ryan

Actress who plays Nikki was amazing

Kevin Uriel Adler

I loved the movie!!, I don't like horror movies because I'm never scared watching them, but this and backrooms...10/10. Also, the director of this movie, Curry Barker, has a channel named "that's a bad idea" with more wonderful horror short films and mainly comedy content, you definitely should check it out, his skits are super funny.

charlie

the framing in the movie was super good how they would leave Nikki in shadows

charlie

I feel so terrible for Nikki throughout this movie her entire life got decimated and she will have to deal with the consequences that Bear set it in motion it's just terrible

Human ATM

the question of whether nikki originally had feelings and/or would react positively to his advances (if he made them) - is intentionally left ambiguous. if you notice, in the phone call in the restaurant ian says: "now, maybe she's making it up cause she's jealous...." etc. also - this wasn't said "the day before the wish" --- sarah says (in the store) that they talked about it "one time" a long time ago. Her feelings might have changed, if it was even said that way. we don't know. the confirmation comes from the fact nikki admits she lied about her father and when she repeats to him she "loves him more than anyone else". the movie very carefully removes any single thing which would provide a definite answer, cause the narrative relies on the point that taking someone's autonomy is wrong even when done with benign intentions, and even when said person already likes you etc. the ambiguity is crucial for us to perceive bear's character as acting from cowardice and ignorance, rather than from malice and coercion. we're meant to discover how his passivity and benign intentions still cause harm and disaster merely because they're self-focused and don't take the other person's autonomy fully into account. ### the part where wish-nikki cries that she "can be nikki" was heartbreaking, because at that point you understand - not just real-nikki is suffering but also wish-nikki - who is coerced and compelled to love him. she is "cursed" with the incurable desire to love and be loved by him (in a way which could never normally be reciprocated) - so she is also going through extreme anguish. he is basically torturing (via his wish) TWO women, not just one. ### even though Bear didn't know the magic is real, the point the film is making is that the wish (which expresses a HOPE or state of mind) is still the wrong one to make/want. it would have been wrong even if nikki behaved seemingly normally. it would have been wrong even without the magic at all. Because : 1. he didn't truly know her or love her. he was in love with the (idealized) idea of her, and how she could "fix" his broken, lonely life. 2. his understanding of love was immature. 3. his desire was shallow and selfish: he cared more about how she would feel about him, rather than actually CARE about her (for example, he does NOTHING to support her writing dream, or the fact she wanted to quit the job to work on her book -- etc. all her dreams and aspirations disappear - and he doesn't mind) this is why wish-nikki is a reflection of bear's obsession, reflecting his own all-consuming desire back at him like a mirror (he is selfISH, so she is selfLESS). the HEALTHY thing for him to wish for (or hope for, or want) is self-improvement: to have the courage to ask her out, to have more confidence, to be funnier, whatever - anything which organically improved HIM as a person and possibly improved his chances. according to the director, one of the main points of the film is the diff. between "romance" and "love". bear only wanted the "romance" montage (we cook together, we play music together, we laugh, etc.) and not the "love" (caring for the other person even when they're sick, or sad, or pissing or farting or shitting, genuinely trying to know the other person and seeking their well-being). his wish focused on one narrow aspect of "love", and that's what he got. love must be earned and inherently requires risk (to be vulnerable, expose your feelings, to risk losing the other person - whether because they leave and break your heart or because they become sick or die or whatever) - he tried to bypass that.

Duffy the Nar Slayer

It's hilarious that a lot of people who watch this movie don't seem to understand that manipulating or controlling someone to do something they don't want to do—whether with magic or any other means regardless of good or bad intentions—is morally bankrupt. That's why Bear is the villain. The whole Bear having a crush on Nikki situation reminds me of a similar situation I was in back in school. This situation involved two girls: Girl A and Girl B. Both were very pretty and attractive though in hindsight Girl B was more attractive than Girl A because she was also an athlete and extremely fit, as well as pretty. I had a crush on Girl A, but she did not reciprocate and friendzoned me. She later started dating some guy. A couple of weeks after they started dating, I caught him cheating on her with another girl. I told her about it. I don't know if she believed me or not, but she said she'd handle it. She annoyingly continued dating him. I didn't really care at that point; I had already made up my mind that I was going to distance myself from her and move on. In comes Girl B. Girl B and I were friendly acquaintances through mutual friends, she was a year below me in school, and we only had one class together. A couple of weeks after the whole fiasco with Girl A, I walked into class one day and found Girl B crying in the back, surrounded by a bunch of our friends. I asked her what was wrong and she revealed that she had just found out her boyfriend had been cheating on her. To her surprise, I described her boyfriend to her. She asked how I knew what he looked like. I told her that was the description of a guy I didn't recognize who was currently lurking outside our classroom as I walked in (Not Girl A's boyfriend). She told me that was probably him, but she didn't want to talk to him or see his face. I asked her if she wanted me to get rid of him and she said yes. So, I walked outside and pretty much told him to get lost. After a brief exchange, he eventually left. (Many people have told me that I have an intense case of resting bitch face, especially when I'm not smiling, which makes me very intimidating to talk to and sometimes even approach). After that she became extremely friendly towards me. Whenever she saw me around school she would smile and wave or stop doing whatever she was doing to come over and talk to me. She also began hanging around me a lot more. We eventually started a romantic relationship. What happened to Girl A? She eventually broke up with her boyfriend months after I told her what I saw, because he was caught cheating again—this time with a different girl than the one I had seen him with. Apparently, he had been cheating on her with a total of four different girls lol smh. Moral of the story is that this situation taught me not to be afraid of rejection. If you like a girl, make your feelings known. If she reciprocates, great; if not, hey you win some and you lose some—it's just the nature of the game, there are plenty of fish in the sea. I also learned that if you're in the friendzone you put yourself there, if a girl doesn't reciprocate your feelings there is nothing wrong with just walking away from the relationship. Rejection isn't something to fear, it helps you avoid wasting time and allows you to focus your efforts on other prospects who will reciprocate your feelings.

Rippan

Wishes are tricky...say you wish for "End world hunger" and the wish kill half the worlds population, technically you got what you wish for. The writer & director have said he wanna explore more wishes going wrong.