Midsommar (Ari Aster, July 3, 2019) Movie • Page 18

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I’d be curious how much changed.

 

dril is Nathan from Chorus confirmed

 

This not playing at my theater when Hereditary was is fucking BULLSHIT

 

i enjoyed this a fair deal and would not recommend it to anyone on earth

 

Not yet. But I'm still searching for The Strange Thing About the Johnsons.

Edit: Found Munchausen on YouTube.

 

Dani’s portrayals of panic attacks are so hauntingly realistic. I have panic disorder and when she calls Christian back after the, you know, event, and the dread in her voice the “no no no”, the feeling of how could this be real, I wish it never happened, is just so true to the moments when someone is in full blown panic attack.

 

Not sure what to think of this and certainly struggling to come to a conclusive rating since there was a lot I liked about it but I can't say I found the plot all that satisfying. Think a second viewing may well be in order at some point but I will give it this, it didn't feel for one moment as long as it actually was.

 

Biggest laugh from me: “oh no it’s someone new.”

Favorite stomach dropping moment: Dani absolutely wailing on Christian and the slooooooow zoom into the blizzard with the credits starting.

 

Reading through this thread without seeing the movie is wonderfully confusing. Seeing this Sunday with a horror fan friend who said it looks interesting

 

In the theater now and there is almost no one here. There were definitely more when I saw Hereditary the second time weeks after it came out.

 

I absolutely adored the opening credits.

 

Yeah, there were maybe 10 people total at my screening.

 

More than mine, two others besides me but I guess a Friday afternoon is unlikely to draw a lot of people but least it made for a far better experience than Hereditary.

 

3 other people at my screening, one dead silent girl (thank you) and two old guys who laughed at very strange times

 

HI I LOVED IT. It destroyed me just like Hereditary. The themes of grief and community and being misunderstood and wanting to be drawn into something you never would just to escape that pain uuuugh. I cried so hard once she wailed on the phone at the beginning and then again when they all started screaming at the end as it went up in flames. Can’t wait to read the whole thread now.

 

The entire theater laughed for most of the sex scene and I wanted to scream.

 

I feel like the sex scene was meant to be funny/let’s make this absurd moment more absurd.

 

Yeah, I mean, I couldn't help but laugh during the sex scene.

 

I am glad to hear you loved it. I was waiting to hear your thoughts on it.

 

They definitely weren’t laughing in an uncomfortable or absurd way though, it very much felt like laughing AT the film. There was a lot of grumbling as most people left the theater so I think by that point most had checked out. I really enjoyed how many genuine laughs there were during it generally, but that took me out of the moment pretty hard.

Also I kept thinking of how this is like if The Hotelier’s Goodness was........ not good.

 

Fwiw, in the interview with Aster posted a few pages back, he actually said he was hoping people would laugh at the end. But yeah I guess the line between “lol wow how silly” and “lol this is dumb” is veeeery thin

 

It feels strangely appropriate to have warm and fuzzy feelings of community coming from this particular film, lol.

I will definitely have to see it again. I was filled with so much dread and now that I know what happens I can almost relax and pay closer attention to certain things. Once we saw the “love story” tapestry at the beginning I was TERRIFIED that we would have a scene straight out of Antrichrist and I’d have to nope out. That kept me on the edge of my seat for a long while.

 

There was a couple a few seats down to my left and they were definitely chuckling to themselves or straight up laughing at the movie for quite a bit of the movie. Definitely could’ve been part of my reaction to the movie, idk

 

I can’t wait to read all the interviews now! I definitely had a big stupid grin on my face at the end in addition to crying at the catharsis. There was one guy behind me who seemed into it and reacted almost beat for beat the way I did. I was hoping that he would have an amazing credits song too so I burst out laughing hard when that kicked in, just like when I first saw Hereditary.

That same guy also let out a very flat but loud, “Yikes,” at the crushed face that was so perfectly timed I couldn’t even fault him for it.

 

I loved this, wow. Still trying to work through my thoughts, and am tempted to see it again. Seeing it on the big screen reminded me why I love seeing films in the theatre. That score though, holy shit. Bobby Krlic has a new fan.