Midsommar (Ari Aster, July 3, 2019) Movie • Page 57

This thread reminded me I needed to buy a copy of this so I did

 

I haven't done that yet. Holding out hope that US gets a physical director's cut release haha

 

I’m grilling a red snapper that I caught as I’m reading these hot seafood takes.

Seafood is fucking delicious

Fish, shrimp, crab, lobster, oysters. Fried, blackened, raw, grilled. Sushi, gumbo, creole, give me all of it

 

Sorry but if you don’t fuck with fish for reasons aside from ethics it’s on sight

 

I fux with almost all seafood.

 

I think Ari now knows the topic to choose for his next film.

 

just had some bangin crab ravioli

 

I’m in.

 

Midsalmonar

 

Remember that scene where she had to swallow the herring or whatever

 

Yeah I remember thinking I would have been great at it.

 

I now know what the phrase “on sight” means. Thanks thread!

 

ok herring is bad though

my jewish grandma would try to force me to eat it as a kid. honestly? i haven't recovered.

 

Came back from the bar at 1am last night with a bunch of friends and decided to give this a whirl.....not recommended.

 

Watched this Saturday night. Annoyingly a Floridian mate of ours turned up and fucking talked throughout the entirety. Every five seconds ‘that’s CGI’, ‘could’ve made the bodies look real’, ‘remember that picture it’s important’, ‘that’s stupid’, ‘that wouldn’t happen’.

Like I was kinda drunk watching it but only now am I thinking back about just how bad she was to watch a film with.

Regarding the film - whether it was due to the situation I was in while watching it or not idk, but I just didn’t gel with this in the same way I did Hereditary. The acting felt kinda bad in parts, particularly the boyfriend of the protagonist. I’m gonna watch it again with my gf I think. But yeah, not bowled over like I was hoping to be.

 

Janelle Monae’s performance was amazing and her nods to Midsommar and Us really touched me

 

I had a dream last night whoever won Best Actress dedicates it to Florence

 

Shellfish are all great, I don't have a favorite

 

I wish Janelle had gone up to Florence. That would have been a nice moment

 

Appreciate you, Janelle

 

Classic Floridian friend move

 

Was finally able to watch this. Movie was absolutely phenomenal. Thoroughly captivating the entire time. The movie felt long but only because the tension was kept up for SO LONG. Most movies only play around with tension like that in short bursts and then have a release - Ari Aster doesn't play. I really need to see the director's cut ASAP.

Their relationship and the way he treated her was more horrifying than any of the violent stuff that came after. It honestly felt a little bit like a relief when atrocious violent shit started going down because it was a break from how awful the main guy treated her and other people. I really feel like the decision to build the story around that relationship elevated this to the next level.

For people who were able to see the director's cut, was there any more material about the disfigured oracle person...?

 

The director's cut fleshed out Christian's relationships with Dani and Josh, but to answer your question, it doesn't address the disfigured character further.

 

The inbred? I thought they addressed at some point as him being closer to God/nature or something so they always have an inbred. Sorry if referring to something else

 

Thanks. I am definitely interested in more about Josh and Christian. He was such a shitty person but he also seemed to be the friend in the group that all of the other characters revolve around and sorta cling to. At once both mind-boggling and unfortunately incredibly realistic.

There was a scene that explained the fact that they in-breed on purpose to produce oracles, but there were a few other times when it cut to the disfigured character and stayed there and I wasn't sure what the film was really getting at... It wasn't really something that needed more explanation at all, just something I didn't particularly understand very well.