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Midsommar

Dacon

Dacon

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Holy fuck this movie is horrible. My friends and I just sat through this shit, and all of us absolutely hated this weird, meandering, directionless and downright disgusting clownshow.

People thought this shit was good? This is one of the worst, if not THE worst horror movie I've ever seen. We've sat through some real shitty horror movies, but this is the first one where I literally wish god could refund my time.

This film has zero fucking respect for the viewer's time. It fucking just wastes runtime left and right on stupid, meaningless shit like people just standing around or staring each other, refusing to get to the point.

It's legitimately bizarre to me that people like this film. The best part of this movie was the part where the pasty white boy runs around stoned with his dick flopping in the wind.

I just had to rant about this because this film has frustrated me so much.

EDIT: I was in such a rush to complain I forgot to see if there's an existing thread for it. Apologies to the mods if so.
 
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hereditary was brilliant, what did you think about that movie?

all the trailers look dope, this would be a bummer
 
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It's an interesting film, it's a strange film, lots of good performances, not as good as Hereditary.
I have no idea if the sex scene was meant to be comedy or not but my cinema burst in to laughter during it. I was annoyed at that more than the film itself.
lol
 
Tesseract said:
hereditary was brilliant, what did you think about that movie?

all the trailers look dope, this would be a bummer
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I thought Hereditary was fucking awesome and was hyped as fuck for Midsommar.

While I didn't hate it as much as OP I do think it was a huge letdown and a pretty average, maybe even bad, movie.

It's an interesting enough idea and the film is pretty to look at but I kept on waiting for the 'good' stuff to actually happen and for the film to get scary or uncomfortable. Instead it kind of just bumbles along and definitely lacks intensity or tension.
 
My wife and I liked midsomar a lot. Granted we liked hereditary better but this was still very good.

If done in the right way like this a slow burn movie can be good. You learned all the different characters, we liked seeing a different kind of setting for a movie, the painfully gradual progression of everything where everything seems fine and you have no idea where the threat is going to come from and it very slowly creeps out and even then it's still pulled out slowly. We liked that it isnt paced like the majority of movies. It was simple yet interesting to watch.

Basically this is not a movie for anyone who's attention span is on the short side or needs to always be stimulated. It's also not for people who dont like a movie that is a character piece.

Also it is NOT a horror movie in any traditional sense of the word. Too many people assumed it was since it's from the guy who did hereditary and were expecting the same thing and were disappointed.

I can definitely see the guys love of old thrillers though like expressionist older movies because this movie is quiet at a lot of times and let's the camera tell the story.

But this is definitely something my wife and I have to be in the mood to watch because it takes a certain mindset to enjoy but we did like it a lot.
 
I saw it last weekend, and it was okay. More an sunday-afternoon movie then a horror flick. I hated it that
You didn't see how everybody else got killed, like "skin the fool" or the couple who got killed, and what was the point of the intro with her Parents and sister who killed herself and them?
, I enjoyed it for what it was, but my gf was sleeping after the
Face smashing en legs breaking scene of the elder couple
Ow and I laughed my fucking ass of when
that sex-scene happened.. super weird
 
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Gargus said:
My wife and I liked midsomar a lot. Granted we liked hereditary better but this was still very good.

If done in the right way like this a slow burn movie can be good. You learned all the different characters, we liked seeing a different kind of setting for a movie, the painfully gradual progression of everything where everything seems fine and you have no idea where the threat is going to come from and it very slowly creeps out and even then it's still pulled out slowly. We liked that it isnt paced like the majority of movies. It was simple yet interesting to watch.

Basically this is not a movie for anyone who's attention span is on the short side or needs to always be stimulated. It's also not for people who dont like a movie that is a character piece.

Also it is NOT a horror movie in any traditional sense of the word. Too many people assumed it was since it's from the guy who did hereditary and were expecting the same thing and were disappointed.

I can definitely see the guys love of old thrillers though like expressionist older movies because this movie is quiet at a lot of times and let's the camera tell the story.

But this is definitely something my wife and I have to be in the mood to watch because it takes a certain mindset to enjoy but we did like it a lot.
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To be fair, the trailer made it seem like it was going to be a horror film, guess that is the marketing teams fault. Honestly though, it is a very hard film to market.
I'll happily watch it again when it's available to stream and if I like it more the 2nd time I'd happily buy it on blu ray/4K.

I honestly found it really hard to accept that all the American's would be happy to stay there after seeing the old couple jump to their death and have their heads smashed in.
 
sol_bad said:
To be fair, the trailer made it seem like it was going to be a horror film, guess that is the marketing teams fault. Honestly though, it is a very hard film to market.
I'll happily watch it again when it's available to stream and if I like it more the 2nd time I'd happily buy it on blu ray/4K.

I honestly found it really hard to accept that all the American's would be happy to stay there after seeing the old couple jump to their death and have their heads smashed in.
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I guess I can see that being an issue. I watched an interview with avi and he was walking about movies that influenced it so I expected what to see in a way. Plus like most movies if I want to see it I never watch more than the first teaser because I want to go in with as little knowledge as possible and no pre conceived notions.

They can set up expectations though. I remember inglorious bastards, that first trailer I saw made it almost look like a comedy. That's why I dont watch many trailers because they dont always represent the movie properly.
 
I really wanted to like midsommar and the first half is great but the second half really is aimless and meandering. Pugh gives an excellent performance too but she's given so little to work with in that back half that it ends up being a waste of efforts.
 
Worst take of the year? OP probably likes jump scares after jump scares and horror films like the Nun.

It's my movie of the year. Have my 4k copy pre-ordered.
 
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Was it better or worse than that movie about the guys who go hiking and run into that village that worships a Viking god creature thing?
 
It amuses me that you find it that it is the most horrible horror movie youve ever seen because it tells me that you A) haven't really seen movies at all and B) you have very very very bad taste.


You're like a child OP, you need something to happen every three seconds in order to be "entertained". I hate you now and I will hate you for a long long time.


Why have you left the thread op? You just came here to "vent", wasting precious data on some server which could have been used for a far far better thread than this.

I think we should write a review about op's review of the movie: IT SUCKED!
 
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Hado said:
It amuses me that you find it that it is the most horrible horror movie youve ever seen because it tells me that you A) haven't really seen movies at all and B) you have very very very bad taste.


You're like a child OP, you need something to happen every three seconds in order to be "entertained". I hate you now and I will hate you for a long long time.


Why have you left the thread op? You just came here to "vent", wasting precious data on some server which could have been used for a far far better thread than this.

I think we should write a review about op's review of the movie: IT SUCKED!
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I think The Bye Bye Man would more fit the OP's horror taste.
 
I watched it two days ago. Found myself laughing through most of the supposedly scary scenes. It's like I wasn't sure if I was watching a black comedy or horror movie most of the time.

I kinda liked the lead actress. But goddamn, the guy playing her boyfriend was atrocious. Some of the other actors were questionable too.

Best part of the movie was the cinematography and the implementation of different effects into the shots to represent trippy scenes and stuff. I really enjoyed that.
 
i'm not really looking for 'scary'

hereditary's cultist elements were amazing, and the inherent prisons of immediate family
 
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It keeps you watching but by the time you reach the end - you realise the movie is just a series of rituals, some trivial, some disturbing, and others deadly. One after the other, until the credits roll, that's all you're gonna get. I don't care about the symbols, murals, fucking foreshadowing bla bla. How difficult can it be to stick clues of "what's going to happen" when you're writing the story to begin with?

I wouldn't even class it as horror - but I would class it as a waste of time.
 
I still plan to watch this movie soon. A decision only based on how much I enjoyed Hereditary. So it will be a case study to see what they excelled at based off of the last movie, and what they have messed up.
 
If you enjoy beautifully shot films you're in for a treat. This film is gonna look so good on the OLED.
 
Manus said:
If you enjoy beautifully shot films you're in for a treat. This film is gonna look so good on the OLED.
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That's good to hear. First thing I checked when the movie was announced was if it had the same cinematographer as Hereditary. At least they didn't fuck up!
 
Tesseract said:
honestly sounds awesome, i'll check it out
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I haven't seen it yet. But I think the director stated in interviews it's more focused on the relationship between the main characters than being a horror movie. Honestly, I'd say the same about Hereditary, which is pretty much about the dynamics of the family in terms of parenting and their marriage than it is more about the horror aspect.

I also thought it was kinda interesting that in the review of Hereditary, RLM noticed that one of the tense scenes was shot outside in bright sunlight, and said this stood out as being interesting or something. Then the guy's next movie is about shooting entirely in a brightly lit environment. RLM also said a lot of the movie is similar to Hereditary, in terms of structure.

As far as people who hate this movie, I don't trash them too much. My girlfriend HATED Hereditary violently, and literally said it was one of the worst movies she'd ever seen. I had to kind of remind myself I used to watch stuff like the original Suspiria, and appreciate cinematography and more subtle tension building more than what modern audiences are raised to like. A lot of people today never even saw movies like that, and don't have the patience for it anymore. I think it's a generational thing almost.
 
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I don't know, Ari Aster released two years in a row the best horror movies since the 20th century ended and probably the best movies of 2018 and 2019.
 
Loved Hereditary, Midsommar on the other hand just lost me. I kept waiting and waiting for something to happen and it was just a complete snooze fest. My wife and I actually had to start it over because we fell asleep the first night we tried watching it.

And trust me, I really wanted to like this movie. I originally wanted to see it in theaters but missed out on the opportunity and then bought it immediately when it showed up on VuDu.
 
Manus said:
Worst take of the year? OP probably likes jump scares after jump scares and horror films like the Nun.

It's my movie of the year. Have my 4k copy pre-ordered.
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Manus said:
I think The Bye Bye Man would more fit the OP's horror taste.
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So, because I didn't like this atrociously long and boring movie you decide to make disparaging assumptions about my taste in films?

Don't be so pretentious guy, you don't know me and you're not classier than me because you liked a movie I didn't.

For the record, the Nun and the Bye Bye man are horrible. Hell most horror movies are, but usually if a horror film can't creep me out or scare me, it can at least make me laugh.

Tesseract said:
hereditary was brilliant, what did you think about that movie?

all the trailers look dope, this would be a bummer
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I think Hereditary is horribly overrated as a horror film, and also kind of hilarious but not terrible. I didn't feel bored watching Hereditary for the most part.

This film does repeat some of Hereditary's beats. The unnecessary gore, and a bunch of awkward naked old people show up again.

Gargus said:
My wife and I liked midsomar a lot. Granted we liked hereditary better but this was still very good.

If done in the right way like this a slow burn movie can be good. You learned all the different characters, we liked seeing a different kind of setting for a movie, the painfully gradual progression of everything where everything seems fine and you have no idea where the threat is going to come from and it very slowly creeps out and even then it's still pulled out slowly. We liked that it isnt paced like the majority of movies. It was simple yet interesting to watch.

Basically this is not a movie for anyone who's attention span is on the short side or needs to always be stimulated. It's also not for people who dont like a movie that is a character piece.

Also it is NOT a horror movie in any traditional sense of the word. Too many people assumed it was since it's from the guy who did hereditary and were expecting the same thing and were disappointed.

I can definitely see the guys love of old thrillers though like expressionist older movies because this movie is quiet at a lot of times and let's the camera tell the story.

But this is definitely something my wife and I have to be in the mood to watch because it takes a certain mindset to enjoy but we did like it a lot.
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I might agree with this if the characters weren't all so flat and unsympathetic. Most of them are unlikable jerks. Hell, I often found myself thinking that I didn't buy these people even as a group of friends. They didn't seem to like each other much and one of the characters is literally just there and serves no purpose other than to be a sacrifice. There's no indepth look into who any of these people are, their motivations, or their hopes and dreams. Why is it so important for these people to do their thesis about this cult? What do they find so enthralling about these rituals? Why the hell do they stay after they witness this horrible thing happen? Why do they keep doing stupid things that make no sense? So many questions like this arise over the course of this film.

Also, you don't have to have a short attention span to find something boring. Stephen King's Revival was billed as a horror novel and wound up being a pretty enthralling coming of age novel with some slight lovecraftian horror thrown in and I loved it, even though the horror stuff was just a backdrop. This film didn't do it for me.
 
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Dacon said:
So, because I didn't like this atrociously long and boring movie you decide to make disparaging assumptions about my taste in films?

Don't be so pretentious guy, you don't know me and you're not classier than me because you liked a movie I didn't.

For the record, the Nun and the Bye Bye man are horrible. Hell most horror movies are, but usually if a horror film can't creep me out or scare me, it can at least make me laugh.
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Sorry bro, but ill repeat your taste in movies is probably trash. God forbid a movie not be fast paced and constantly keep your attention. Lemme guess you're a fan of the Marvel movies? Would love to know what you consider a good horror film. The film is fantastic just admit it's not for you.

What's even funnier is you say it has unnecessary gore and awkward naked old people. Bro its a cult movie of course it's going to have gore and naked people like every other cult film. Also you complain about not liking the characters in the film, the characters in the film besides the main girl have no real purpose to drive the film. You're looking for their motivations? They are their to study the cult for a class project. They stay there because they know crazy shit like that actually happens in rituals. Two of the dudes there are anthropology grad students doing a thesis. I almost wanna say you didn't even watch the film.
 
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Manus said:
Sorry bro, but ill repeat your taste in movies is probably trash. God forbid a movie not be fast paced and constantly keep your attention. Lemme guess you're a fan of the Marvel movies? The film is fantastic just admit it's not for you.
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Yeah, there's that elitist pretentiousness. You know nothing about me, and cannot help but insult me to defend this movie. It's almost like you're being paid to defend this film to the point where you're contractually obligated to make outrageous claims about someone you don't even know. What a joke.

Climb down out of your ass dude. Not everyone is going to enjoy the same stuff you do and that is ok, it doesn't make them all unwashed plebeians for not sharing your tastes. You are not the standard.

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What's even funnier is you say it has unnecessary gore and awkward naked old people. Bro its a cult movie of course it's going to have gore and naked people like every other cult film.
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Cult films are all required to have gore and naked people? HMM. Didn't realize it was a genre obligation.

Also you complain about not liking the characters in the film, the characters in the film besides the main girl have no real purpose to drive the film.
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Then why the hell should I care about anything that happens in the film? If I don't care about the plight of the characters who are the central figures of the film, what's the point?

You're looking for their motivations? They are their to study the cult for a class project. They stay there because they know crazy shit like that actually happens in rituals. Two of the dudes there are anthropology grad students doing a thesis. I almost wanna say you didn't even watch the film.
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Did you even read my post?
 
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Manus said:
Sorry bro, but ill repeat your taste in movies is probably trash. God forbid a movie not be fast paced and constantly keep your attention. Lemme guess you're a fan of the Marvel movies? Would love to know what you consider a good horror film. The film is fantastic just admit it's not for you.

What's even funnier is you say it has unnecessary gore and awkward naked old people. Bro its a cult movie of course it's going to have gore and naked people like every other cult film. Also you complain about not liking the characters in the film, the characters in the film besides the main girl have no real purpose to drive the film. You're looking for their motivations? They are their to study the cult for a class project. They stay there because they know crazy shit like that actually happens in rituals. Two of the dudes there are anthropology grad students doing a thesis. I almost wanna say you didn't even watch the film.
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OI
Oi you
No need to insult Marvel movies. Just admit they aren't for you.
:p
 
I thought it was great. I will say though I do think Hereditary was much better. In Midsommar, more focus was put on the cult over the leads, while Hereditary put more focus on the leads over the cult/supernatural. I personally preferred the latter approach, Hereditary really made you see how horrific this family's life becomes and how the mental problems the mother's side of the family has suffered from has only been made even worse by the cult's actions. In Midsommar, all the main leads except for the main girl are pretty shallow. The boyfriend's an asshole, their one buddy is also an asshole but in a more comedic way, the third guy is just ordinary and wants to write his thesis, etc. They're not as fleshed out as the family in Hereditary, those felt like real people going through horrific events while Midsommar feels like most of the leads are standard horror character fare. It also means the ending loses impact since I don't care about them as much as I did in Hereditary. The main girl fares a bit better but even she pales in comparison in comparison to Hereditary's cast especially Toni Collette.

It also doesn't help that the characters acted dumber than I can believe. Like yeah, they're clearly not the brightest, but after the "ättestupa" about midway through the film, I find it hard to believe they all wouldn't be trying to leave as soon as possible. They play the whole "different cultures look at life and death differently" angle (even though maybe realize a culture that does look at life and death this way may not be safe to be around? Also, from what I understand the whole "ättestupa" thing was only a myth in terms of history so seeing a modern day group of people perform it should NOT be chalked up to being a different culture or the like), but come on, the guy they knew from the commune not making it extremely clear what was going to happen that day should have raised all the red flags. Like, the commune guy spent time in the US, he should know that no people outside of this society would be okay with witnessing something like this so all the leads should have realized how fucked up this is and been making a move to leave right then and there.

Midsommar's strength is in making this cult feel like a fleshed out culture, and it does succeed in that. You get a good sense of their bizarre and twisted beliefs and lifestyle, their history, etc. I just feel the film could have spent a little more time trying to flesh out the leads a bit more. Even the main girl's psychological problems and the tragedy of what happened to her family end up taking a backseat to how her asshole boyfriend is affecting her.

To the one poster asking about what was the significance of the main girl's sister murder/suicide, well beyond the fact that it's why the boyfriend feels obligated to take her on the trip, there was a flower crown on the parents' nightstand. Anyone who's seen the full movie should realize what this likely implies.....
 
It's not a horror movie. I'm also confused about how people were bored watching this. Visually it's strong. Thematically it's strong. The lead actress gave a good performance. The movie's weakness is just that it could have tied the elements of the story more tightly together. It's about grief and comfort.

Haven't watched Hereditary yet so I'm looking forward to it.
 
The director said he views it as a dark comedy/fairytale. I think that's a great way of looking at it. Directors Cut was pretty cool.

Can't wait for him to make a 'monster' movie.
 
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I liked this movie. Really got under my skin. It'll stick with me for a while. Why did it make the OP lose his temper? (atleast thats what the first post read like). Maybe that was the effect Ari Aster wanted it to have.
 
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I liked this movie. Really got under my skin. It'll stick with me for a while. Why did it make the OP lose his temper? (atleast thats what the first post read like). Maybe that was the effect Ari Aster wanted it to have.
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It was more frustration than anything.
 
Great K I N O. Not much of modern movies achieve that high level of suspense. It felt like a real horror from the beginning of the "Midsommar" even though Ari Aster says that the main theme is abusive relationship. Ending was so horrible that no one said a word leaving a theatre.
 
I watched it last night for the first time (director's cut) and thought it was great. I don't get the people saying it isn't scary. The prospect of being the only one among a group of friends to see the elevating horror of a situation and failing to convince them to leave is disturbing as fuck.

D-Dude said:
I hated it that
You didn't see how everybody else got killed, like "skin the fool" or the couple who got killed, and what was the point of the intro with her Parents and sister who killed herself and them?
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Seriously?? Your imagination and the unknown is scarier than anything a director can film. If you blow subtlety out the window in horror you wind up with bullshit like the Saw franchise. Hearing Connie's distant screams in the forest, or seeing the aftermath of Simon being blood eagle'd.. they're so much more effective than detailing the murder scenes. And speaking of the latter scene, I didn't catch this at first, but apparently Simon was still alive when Christian finds him. That's really fucked up.
 
Bodom78 said:
I think the Critical Drinker summed up the movie quite well. Contains Spoilers.

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Dunno man, the guy from this youtube channel sounds really REALLY stupid....and I mean really really stupid. Maybe he has an illness?

Just look at his retarded way of editing lmao.

And then all his other video's titles: Great News! Brie Larson - may be coming to star wars, Westworld - why i stopped caring, Great News! - Spiderman is leaving the MCU, posts a video about Endgame being a satisfying movie with a satisfying ending --> next video: WHY IM DONE WITH THE MCU, and last but not least: THE GENIUS OF THE LAST JEDI part 1

Anyone who calls this movie or Rian Johnson a fucking genius is automatically placed into my mentally retarded category.

Everyone can speak up his opinion but even an opinion can be a stupid opinion, generally speaking.
 
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