i said that they couldve had his eyes glitch out a bit throughout the movie to show something within him was changing, because it felt like such an abrupt switch and my friend though orion should've betrayed him harder or wronged him more (even more tragedy hahaha)

Yeah that would def add a lot more to him,, I rlly wouldve also liked to see his behaviour shift more too (also maybe I was just hallucinating but I thought his eyes did slowly become more orange throughout, tho I prob shld rewatch just to see if I was right)