Shout by VirtualLlama
VIP6Be warned Midsommar is not a horror movie, it's an art film covered in a thin veneer of gore. It is not scary, it's not frightening, just long with a few gross-out gore scenes sprinkled in.
The movie spends most of its run time showing you scenes of people eating, drinking or singing. These are really pretty scenes mind you, the cinematography is on point, but they are also excruciatingly long. The movie could easily be trimmed by 30 minutes without affecting the barebones plot at all.
The horror element is supposed to be the cult rituals but most of them were so absurd that I and the rest of the (few) people in the theater laughed instead. There was especially one scene with a bunch of nude older women that was downright hilarious, although I very much doubt that was the intent.
If singing Swedish people frightens you then this is a must watch, otherwise don't bother.
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I wish I'd read this comment before watching this. 2h50 I'll never get back.
From the comments here I think people are missing out the idea I think is behind the movie and it's actually a good one.
The level below doesn't exist. I think Goreng died at the bottom and threw the Panna Cotta because the rules of not keeping the food should still apply but didn't, as part of his illusion. The little girl couldn't survive the last level and was too clean for the place, also an illusion.
I think she's the Panna Cotta, which found it's way up and we see it in one of the earlier scenes, where the head chef tried to find whose hair is on the dish.
Goreng thought that his message doesn't need a messenger, that it will be clear - but it was missed. The administration, which I think is a analogy to God which is mentioned a few times in the movie and at every level the question of belief is asked, misses the whole point of it and is clueless to the pain and the suffering of the people below (Imoguiri worked for them, didn't know what the people really go through and thought there are only 250 levels).
They make everyone their favorite food of the highest quality and they probably think it's enough for everyone because each one should get his. The people being people, take more than they should or have to and as a result there's only enough food for the first 50 levels and the familiar hierarchy (the rich take most of the food that can be enough for everyone).
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I like the analogy ideas you gave, and the illusion along with the god's representation makes it a little less nonsense. I still don't get the bottom part. What is that supposed to mean? No bottom? And I don't believe there was actually everyone's favorite food ever at this table. It still seemed too empty for the amount of people that was there. Also, it makes way less sense of quantity along with the bottomless image.
But following your analysis, and going deep throw a religious view... We could say that the deep bottom is supposed to be hell of some kind? And the first levels would be some sort of heaven. The middle could be Earth, and the transition to levels, an analogy to reincarnation of some type. I mean, that would be the only explanation why people would be transitioning between so extreme levels.
Also I was wondering... Is it really randomly selected?
I had the feeling as I watched it, that some people would be mostly put at better places than others... As if what you've done would reflect on which levels you would transition between. We can't forget this is supposed to be a prison, so everyone in there is essentially guilty in the first place. But maybe there are levels of guilt and so punishment? As the protagonist starts doing worse things, he starts descending on levels... And I think maybe there might be a balance between the two people, idk.
If the movie was supposed to follow that religious symbology, also I think the protagonist might be a religious figure, as the recruit Imoguiri, and Miharu that was looking for the so said son, that later is said to be unreal. As for Trimagasi (?), the scene of him as a Goreng's delusion reminded very much of a representation of the gatekeeper of hell from another movie I watched, that seemed to reference Dante's inferno.
One of the worst films ever. It gives no explanation, purpose, or premise. It was as if the budget got slashed during filming. Sad. At least it was short.
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@jordanculp20 What are you dumb or did not pay attention? It explained he's an alien and much like Superman and evil like old Saiyans from Universe 7. His purpose was to end the world again like Saiyans. And that's pretty much the premise an evil Superman.
Worst I’ve seen in many years, did the director tell everybody to act completely stiff? Total shocker
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@nefoc Yes, yes he did.
A comedy should be judged by if you laugh. A horror movie should be judged by if it is frightening. If this movie was judged by its ability to put an audience to sleep, it would be great. It's a horror movie, though, so a fail. I'm not saying I saw the end coming, but all the characters acted like they were just serving the plot instead of being actual people. Toni Collette's performance (or was it the script?) was incredibly uneven as she moved from unaffected to completely traumatized...sometimes within the same sequence. I actually liked the final story reveal and it was certainly built throughout. The problem is it took forever to get there and I hated every character so much, I couldn't care less if they lived or died. Garbage that every critic wanted to use "heightened" in a review will be lining up to kiss its ass. Here's the thing...my theater was full and never even a gasp. Did hear one dude snoring, though. See at your own risk.
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@tkpnpodcast This is the farthest one can be from it, chief.
Shout by VirtualLlama
VIP6Be warned Midsommar is not a horror movie, it's an art film covered in a thin veneer of gore. It is not scary, it's not frightening, just long with a few gross-out gore scenes sprinkled in.
The movie spends most of its run time showing you scenes of people eating, drinking or singing. These are really pretty scenes mind you, the cinematography is on point, but they are also excruciatingly long. The movie could easily be trimmed by 30 minutes without affecting the barebones plot at all.
The horror element is supposed to be the cult rituals but most of them were so absurd that I and the rest of the (few) people in the theater laughed instead. There was especially one scene with a bunch of nude older women that was downright hilarious, although I very much doubt that was the intent.
If singing Swedish people frightens you then this is a must watch, otherwise don't bother.
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@virtualllama This sums up perfectly what I felt, thanks.
Well ‘obviously’ that was messed up and ‘obviously’ it was entertaining and ‘obviously’ had a good plot and good cast too. I’m glad I understood the ending but still would of loved more information. At times it reminded me of the film cube.
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If I may ask, what did you understand from the ending?
Florence’s portrayal of grief felt very realistic, definitely hit close to home, and was absolutely the highlight of the movie. Seeing Dani smiling as she’s watching her abusive boyfriend burn alive was also pretty great. But the rape scene was completely unnecessary, and coupled with the ableism throughout it ruined what could otherwise have been a great movie.
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@amberrav Sorry, but where was there rape? Christian and Maja? That seemed explicitly consensual, to me. And the ableism was only one or two very small mentions, I didn't think it was unusual for the setting.
