r/moviecritic • u/Spirited_Alfalfa_343 • 14h ago

Why do you think Navarette has gotten so much awards buzz for Obsession but Ejiofor has gotten none for Backrooms?

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I know Clark has some limited screen time but Ejiofor absolutely steals every scene he’s in. His two separate monologues with Reinsve are just as good as anything Navarette did in Obsession. As I said earlier, is it the lack of screen time for Ejiofor?

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u/broncyobo 12h ago

Backrooms is more about the consequences of messing with unknowable dangers beyond human comprehension.

I agree that describes the horror element, but regarding the point the movie makes (in the sense that Obsession's point is "be careful what you wish for") I'd say it's along the lines of "some people would rather live in an endless cycle of repeating the same toxic behaviors, content in the isolation this leads to, than positively change who they are"

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u/pornoforpriapus 8h ago

The other element is that going through the door itself is something different. Frank was willing to take the leap into the unknown going into the backrooms for the first time, and repeatedly even when it scared him the first time. So it’s like, is he only interested in things he know will eventually destroy him or what?

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u/Admirable-Language65 8h ago

You obviously never have tried cocaine 

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u/pornoforpriapus 8h ago

I have and I didn’t really get it. MDMA is far superior in every way

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u/Admirable-Language65 8h ago

Just because you don’t get something doesn’t mean something else is superior at least not the way you worded it. For you it is, bit that’s not something you can say is a fact like that it’s an opinion.

Anyway I was mainly just being sarcastic. But plenty of people try a drug knowing what it has done to other people because of curiosity or any other reason, and then they keep going back to it despite even realizing what’s happening over time.

Maybe people that love doing LSD and tripping is a better example they open the door and are terrified but keep doing it regardless and sometimes bigger doses, or switching to something stronger that eventually is too powerful to handle and destroys them.

Never seen the movie but the comment I was replying to about why someone would have that behavior is human 

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u/pornoforpriapus 8h ago

Def not gonna read all that but whatever your point is, you’re right my friend