Midsommar (Ari Aster, July 3, 2019) Movie • Page 19

I definitely sounded like Tina Belcher for 90% of the film. I tried to keep quiet but I definitely just let out a low droning groan about a thousand times.

The BIG win of the day is that I convinced my mother to see it though, and unlike The Wicker Man this didn’t scar her for life.

 

all movies over two hours need an intermission

 

I am actually going to pull the trigger and venture out of my house to see this in the theater. And I am finally doing my re-watch of Hereditary tomorrow night (hopefully...).

 

These wide shots and this lighting and those colors deserve a theater viewing

 

I think it was all the mentions of the phenomenal cinematography and camera work that pushed me over the top. Praise for those aspects seem to be pretty much unanimous across the board, even among people who otherwise have a lot of problems with the film.

 

thank you, some of us got small bladders

 

i had to pee the whole fuckin time and i disagree that the scenes were too long because i knew i couldn’t make it out and back in time to not miss something important


this was very good

 

I actually felt like this went by quickly in an odd way. Like I was totally filled with dread and anxiety and sort of felt like I would be in that theater forever with things just escalating and trapping me, but it never actually felt like a chore to get through or a marathon of sitting in one place.

 

besides having to pee i also thought it was quick for how long it was

 

Adult brief is the only way to go for any movie over 90 minutes. Go ahead and have that behemoth of a soda that they always try to upsell you on.

 

Boxers or briefs?

Depends

 

I enjoyed this joke a lot. Laughed way too hard at work.

 

It’s one I’ve heard Mel Brooks do a bunch of times and it always kills me in its silliness.

 

Also the only other thought I have at the moment is that Christian is one of the worst characters I’ve seen in a movie in recent memory. Everything about him was so loathsome and believable and it just made everything work on a much higher level. His drugging and rape was still absolutely horrifying to watch, which may be why I had a more visceral reaction to how loudly and gleefully people were laughing during it. I was also terrified he would be flayed like the bear instead of put into it, so when the ending actually played out I was almost relieved, as strange as that seems.

 

I didn't really feel strongly for any characters in this honestly, though I think most actors killed it. (Other than Reynor, who delivered some lines in such a blase way that I assumed Christian was actually in on it the whole time)

 

I felt for Connie incredibly even though she barely spoke. Loved that scene with her trying to leave. “We obey traffic laws,” got one of the biggest laughs of the whole movie for me.

 

if that’s what the wikipedia plot was based off of, there’s a few minor changes.

I was a little relieved we saw both Connie & Simon’s bodies at the end, because I definitely got human meat pie vibes from the kitchen scene, but now I get that the weird vibes were just Maya making her “love” pie for Christian.

 

Half of me really wants to see this, but the other half is worried about how much this is gonna make me feel like shit. Torture stuff isn't fun to watch, but I'm definitely fine with anything else. Idk I'm so conflicted

 

a large amount of the torture is offscreen, near all of it, but you definitely see the aftermath

 

I feel like I'd be fine with that

 

okay, seeing this at 10 PM tonight, goodbye thread

 

It really isn’t that bad in that area. There are absolutely a few really violent and grisly moments, but very little of it would fall under the “on-screen torture” umbrella in a physical sense. It’s definitely like Hereditary in that there are a few images in particular that are super haunting, but I was less upset by it than I worried about beforehand.

 

and you absolutely know with so much time what’s coming. no surprises really

 

Honestly, I expect to be disturbed by this. But I’m not too worried about any movie scaring me more than Hereditary as long as I live. That movie covers all my worst fears in a way I can’t imagine another movie doing. Scarring personal trauma and anguish? Check. Total family breakdown? Check. Demonic ending? Check. I swear that movie invents new shades of black as it progresses.

 

ya im glad i didn’t microdose for the first time i saw hereditary lol