I actually quite liked this film, could have been better but I think the story was ok. But, if i didn't somehow miss something, one huge question I felt was left unanswered, why her? He went to some lengths to get her to rent the appartment, which he prepared with all of the spy holes ect, off all the women in the world why was he fixated on her?
shareHe was just a nut picking out his victim I guess.
shareHe had a thing for doctors.
shareOP I was wondering the same thing. What made him so obsessed with her? Unless it was a fatal attraction type situation.
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He misread her ID badge, thinking it said, "Hi there, I'm your next dumb victim".
...it's just another dumb film, get over it.
That can happen with stalkers. Just one look or one word, and, boom, they go off the deep end and become obsessed with someone.
I saw a show (true show, not movie) that really stood out regarding stalking. A woman was stalked for 12 years without knowing who he was. I can't recall right now what all he did but he'd call her. He must've done other things, too. She was frightened. Every time she moved or changed her number he'd find out. Finally, after 12 years, he was found but he killed himself. Turns out he was a big shot, married businessman she didn't know or remember ever meeting. Stalkers are nuts!
The thing is there isn't usually a real answer for stalking or obsession. As a teen I was stalked for months by a man I met online who some how found out who I was, where I lived and other personal things. This was in 1992! He assaulted and raped me for months. Took me ten years to go to the police and report it. By then it was too late to file charges but other similar reports had been made. Why me? Who knows. I was a nerdy looking teen, depressed and lonely so maybe that made me vulnerable.
I've also been stalked and threatened online. Why me? Who knows.
Over the years in support groups I've ran myself or attended tell us all that stalkers have a different brain chemistry than we do. Some get the rush of watching a stranger in private moment like a peeping tom. Others like the danger of being caught. Some pick a victim based on someone in their past like an ex girlfriend or even parent. Some see qualities in the person that make them feel threatened like someone successful in a way they failed such as a business or even a family.
One woman I knew was targeted by a man who hated women who were single moms. He felt his own mom failed him so he stalked and raped single moms. He felt they deserved to be punished.
Each stalker is different in how own way often has similar qualities such as mental disorders of depression but often smart or successful in other ways. The man who stalked me is supposedly at the time a doctor or a medical student. He was very bright and often bragged about that on teens he targeted. Another quality he seemed have was he felt intitled to woman or young girl to control is the profile the police came up with.
So as you see each one has their own reasons. I've been interested in the psychology of men like this because of my past. I gave up finding a reason of why me long ago.
As others have said, some people just need a look or a word or to notice someone who just looks like some ideal in their mind, and they tip over into obsession.
It's usually not even based on any real, actual qualities of the person, but on perceived qualities, imagined idealness and putting the person on a pedestal instead of coming to love them for real reasons to do with who they really are.
I've been subjected to two different people in my life who just glommed onto me and wouldn't leave me alone. I wound up in a relationship with one of them and seriously, it's not a good idea. Because that person isn't in love with YOU but just their idealized IDEA of you, and that person is also screwed up or they wouldn't get so obsessed with anything or anyone in the first place.