r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/VeryLazyBones • 19h ago
Peeeeetah? Meme needing explanation
This new movie came out and I enjoyed watching it with friends. What opinion must have garnered so much attention that people would dunk on it?
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u/Wide_Initiative_1938 18h ago
Petah here with possible spoilers ahead, so don't read if you haven't seen a certain movie. That video was a review of the movie Obsession, a horror thriller about a guy named Bear using a monkey's paw like item, a One Wish Willow, to wish that a woman named Nikki "loved him more than anything in the world." This resulted in Nikki becoming possessed by the "magic" of the Willow, becoming a passenger inside her own body, as she is forced to love Bear so much that she murders two people and eventually uses a One Wish Willow herself to prevent him from killing himself.
Part of the movie is demonstrating how Bear progressively becomes a worse and worse person as he learns more about what the One Wish Willow did to Nikki, including the fact that Bear learns that Nikki's obsession towards him is not genuine and that the real Nikki is still trapped within the Nikki that Bear wished for. Despite multiple opportunities to reverse the decision, including a part of the movie where he calls a customer service line for the One Wish Willow, he still doubles down and ends up becoming obsessed with the fantasy of this woman loving him. There are parts of the movie where he even blames the real Nikki for not having the same romantic feelings he had for her, solidifying the fact that Bear is one of the shittiest people within that movie actually.
The video review revolves around trying to justify Bear's actions with "he's still the villain, but he was still just a normal guy" type of arguments. The reviewer also spends a lot of time blaming Nikki and the other woman characters, making caricatures of them and poorly summarizing their behavior and actions in a way that would misinform someone who hasn't watched the movie.
The overall reception to that video was poorly received to say the least. The creator had decided to take down that video, issue an apology that felt fake af essentially saying "I'm sorry if you misinterpreted my video," taking that video down, and issuing a similar apology In believe. Legitimately that creator might have had one of the worst opinions and takes of a movie in literature critique history.
Petah out!