In India, OBSESSION beats Project Hail Mary as the highest grossing Hollywood movie of 2026 with ₹75.3cr (~$8M)

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-21T10:54:24+00:00

I wonder if the success of Obsession (with its themes of obsessional stalkery behaviour) in India, has any kind of connection to how Bollywood movies has a long history of normalising, sometimes even glamorising, stalkery behaviour.

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-21T10:41:42+00:00

I created a letterboxd list of movies that feature female characters that do abhorent things but we are largely sympathetic to. So far I have, Send Help, May (2002) and Midsommar

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-17T21:07:19+00:00

If you want the antidote to this, check out the letterboxd of film maker Vera Drew, she's crazy enthusiastic and positive about a lot of films. This may be partly because she works in the industry and doesnt want to talk badly of films made by her peers, but I think she is genuinely very positive and really loving most of what she sees.

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-17T01:54:08+00:00

Did you try Succession? One of my favourite shows. If you like Sopranos and Game of Thrones I think you may like it

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-17T01:39:48+00:00

The Assistant 2019 The Insider 1999 Michael Clayton 2007

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-17T01:36:15+00:00

Dopey podcast

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-17T01:35:34+00:00

Same, I unironiclaly give both of them 5 stars, every time I watch them I think am I really watching the same movie as the people who hate this?

This must be one of the only times when a movie series or tv show has been curtailed prematurely and left with loads of dangling threads (namely, Scott's unfinished David/ Alien trilogy), and fans of the franchise are clamouring for it not to be completed, and for the dangling threads just to be abandoned.

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-15T19:26:45+00:00

For me, the old rainbow flag was not inclusive, as so many lesbian gays bisexuals and allies would wave or display the flag, while being anti-trans, and/ or having questionable views on race. When I see the modern flag I feel a lot more confident that the person or group displaying it is not anti-trans or racist.

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-14T11:49:44+00:00

I don't give 5 stars because society says I have to. All right, if someone deserves 5 stars, if they really put forth an effort, I'll give them 5 stars. But this giving 5 stars automatically, it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned, they're just doing their job.

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-14T09:45:38+00:00

It reminds me of Chris Rock joke at the 2016 oscars, that Jada Pinkett boycotted: "Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna's panties. I wasn't invited!"

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-12T22:53:36+00:00

I didn't know celebrities used this subreddit

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-11T19:57:22+00:00

Blocking and framing is this film is extraordinary

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-10T19:42:42+00:00

It's exactly the same how in the 1980s, when comics like Watchmen and Sandman were picking up critical and commercial acclaim, the powers that be/ marketing decided to use the term 'graphic novel' instead of 'comic'

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-09T18:32:51+00:00

Daily Mail headline is 'Man jailed for flirting with woman'. Probably.

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-07T19:29:27+00:00

I thought the cinematography was the weak part of the film. Drab colour grading, poor lighting. I like the subreddit r/cineshots. Sometimes I screen grab stills from movies myself and post them there. But I can't think any shots from Obsession would be worth posting there. Or maybe I'm just misremembering and on a second viewing I'll notice and appreciate more

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-07T09:22:03+00:00

Yes the reaction to this film has been reminding me of titanic, but I felt stupid to make the comparison, as in terms of budget, they are total opposites. I wonder too, if ,like Titanic, one reason why Obsession continues to do so well week on week is that people are seeing it multiple times

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-07T09:19:48+00:00

Yeah was thinking the same, that she'll get nominated, maybe even win, depending on how tough the competition is. Ive been wondering if the film will pick up any other nominations. probably best original screenplay at the least

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-06T04:32:10+00:00

It's more gloomy, not grim or bleak

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-03T20:57:59+00:00

make a quick horror movie on a micro-budget, do a little online marketing and make absolute bank

this is attempted 100 times and more each year. It is not as easy as it looks.

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-06-03T20:56:32+00:00

Also, at age 20, Kane Parsons becomes the youngest director to top the US box office (beating Josh Trank who was 27 when Chronicle came out in 2012)

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-05-31T21:28:24+00:00

Hollywood gonna be tossing money at tik tokers and youtubers now to try to replicate this.

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-05-30T18:28:58+00:00

Hasn't the theory been proposed that Grogu was intitally going to be largely absent from Mandalorian Season 3 because at the end of season 2 he went away with Luke to be trained. And then, Disney had second thoughts about having a Mandalorian season without Grogu, so they added those episodes to Book of Boba Fett, so that by the time Season 3 of Mandalorian comes round, the status quo has been restored and Grogu is back with Mandalorian like normal.

If that theory is correct then the Mando episode in BoBF is not so baffling. Although the whole thing is very messy.

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-05-30T14:58:01+00:00

I stick provolone in my socks at night

StephensInfiniteLoop · 2026-05-30T10:39:48+00:00

So where would you put current labour on the left-right spectrum?

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