Wife and I really, really enjoyed this movie. There's actually a lot of really great humor in this movie which hits I think because it's juxtaposed with some legitimately disturbing imagery. Really recommend this if you liked Hereditary.
Midsommar (2019)
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Watched Hereditary based on the recommendations in this thread.
It was dreadful. In a good way!
Also: Hail Paimon!
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Not as good as Heriditary but definitely great for a modern horror movie. Not as tense but I still liked it.
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Bizarre as hell but really engrossing. Most certainly not a horror movie. Think wicker-man, but serious and masterfully made.
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Is there a genre for "disturbing"? Horror fits that. This was like a more fucked up version of The Village. Saw some shit I never thought I'd see. That's usually enough to impress me, but they took it two or three steps further and made it into art. The camera use was fantastic. "Here's where the world flips upside down, " as the camera goes over end. I also finished wondering, "Well, fuck, now what?"
Horror Films are unsettling films designed to frighten and panic, cause dread and alarm, and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience.
Horror Films are unsettling films designed to frighten and panic, cause dread and alarm, and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience.
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It was either here or some other review I read about this and/or Hereditary. They likened it to not so much as stabbing you with a knife but rather slowly turning a knife that is already inside of you. Thought that kind of worked for me.
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Hereditary was definitely the superior film. Kinda peeved I actually bought this (rentals were not out yet). I need to do like yall and learn about those "other sites".
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Yeah, not a horror movie really, just a couple of horrory setpieces. But I loved the movie. I think Hereditary was just different, that one was for sure a horror movie, this one tried to do something a little different. Awesome. I really like the imagery in the tapestries telling you what was going to happen, and the other hidden stuff, and the details like even the architecture of the buildings giving a surreal vibe to the whole thing.
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Finally got around to watching the Director's Cut (had not seen the movie at all). Another A24 atmospheric gem. Not scary, or any where near as tense as Hereditary, but man this was a pretty fun watch. I think I'd put this just below Hereditary & The Witch, but a pretty damn good film. The whole movie is just one "interesting" event. Aster is talented.
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Sounds like not much (I did not watch the original cut): Some extended time on the drive to the village once they landed in Sweden, a few small scenes where Christian is asking about traditions. Seems like the only big thing is a ritual near a lake, turns out nothing much happens but it freaks out the Americans at first.
So, not much, probably just helped build the environment a bit more. Doesn't sound like a must watch if you've seen the original cut.
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I finally watched this. I have a buddy who is Swedish and maintains a house in Sweden that he takes his family to every June. He claims it is because the weather is so bad there the rest of the year that he won't go back.
Now I know what they are really doing every summer.
Now I know what they are really doing every summer.
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Don't forget he fucks someone else. That scene was.... special.
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