Bedazzled (2000)
Meet the Devil. She's giving Elliott seven wishes. But not a chance in Hell.
Elliot Richards, a socially awkward IT worker, is given seven wishes to get the girl of his dreams when he meets a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include being a 7 foot basketball star, a wealthy, powerful man, and a sensitive caring guy. But, as could be expected, the Devil puts her own little twist on each of his fantasies.
In Bedazzled, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “deal-with-the-devil”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing love, faith, identity, technology, control.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Same subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Also bends a rule of reality
Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
The Matrix (1999)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
Hello World (2019)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
Wreck-It Ralph (2012)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
Terminator Genisys (2015)alters at E0 · same rung · looseAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Morbius (2022)consciousness in monsters · vampire noir
Shrek (2001)consciousness in monsters · fairy‑tale swamp
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)consciousness in monsters · magical war‑torn kingdom
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)consciousness in monsters · immortal love triangle
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)consciousness in monsters · holiday monster town
The Little Mermaid (2023)consciousness in monsters · underwater kingdomSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Her (2013)consciousness in machines · identity, love
The Emoji Movie (2017)consciousness in machines · control, identity
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)consciousness in animals · control, identity
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)consciousness carried elsewhere · identity, love
The Signal (2014)consciousness in aliens · control, identity
Robot Dreams (2023)consciousness in animals · identity, love
