"Midsommar" Movie From "Hereditary" Director (Discussion Thread)

[Lootpack]

Pacing fukked up this movie something bad. The editing in hereditary as head and shoulders better. This movie is way too cryptic. They could have done so much more with the premise, but they fukked it up. Also its NOT a funny horror.movie.like people are saying. There are.parts to laugh at but it's definitely not a horror comedy. God they could.have done so much more.

I'mma go ahead and call this the year of disappointments. First True detective season 3 finale, then Game of thrones season 8, then US the movie and now this . They better not fukk up Euphoria

Yeah the whole comedy shyt was just bait and switch marketing. They did the same thing with Hereditary and Mother's Day.

 

[Jx2]

My thoughts after 24 hours:

Aster is a force to be reckoned with not just in the Horror genre, but in visual cinematography across the entire spectrum of modern day film.

This was visually one of the most stunning movies I've ever seen.

With that said, there are major pacing issues that in comparison to Hereditary draw this movie out 20-30 minutes longer than I think everyone in the theater would've preferred.

As someone thats done his fair share of mushrooms, this trip could've been condensed and more potent in its delivery of the final message.

Speaking of the final message, I don't know how the trauma that Sidney Pugh's character goes through in the beginning with her sister has anything to do with the rest of the movie once they arrive at the camp. It seemed like a plot device to lead the viewer to the water of her grief.

The gut punch though... Audition aside, this is probably the most brutal and disturbing film I've ever experienced and it really only deals with one insanely gory scene. The rest is the slow descent into the rationalization of a religion no longer fit for modern day scrutiny that in our eyes encompass abominable convictions and morale.

While this didn't floor me like Hereditary, I enjoyed it despite the pacing issues. Aster has earned my money with all of his projects until he starts pulling a Shyamalan


PS. I work at Audi right across the street from stunning rolling 50-acre farmland. I got to work this morning and looked out from my desk at that shyt like


The best thing this movies does is drags the worst kind of horror out into beautifully sun-drenched landscape.


Basically took the backdrop of The Sound of Music and turned it into a murder scene

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

Yeah the whole comedy shyt was just bait and switch marketing. They did the same thing with Hereditary and Mother's Day.

What did you think of the film? Man critics say all kinds of nonsense to help market movies. I maybe had one chuckle the whole movie. The more i think about it the more im upset that this film didn't live up to the hype.

My thoughts after 24 hours:

Aster is a force to be reckoned with not just in the Horror genre, but in visual cinematography across the entire spectrum of modern day film.

This was visually one of the most stunning movies I've ever seen.

With that said, there are major pacing issues that in comparison to Hereditary draw this movie out 20-30 minutes longer than I think everyone in the theater would've preferred.

As someone thats done his fair share of mushrooms, this trip could've been condensed and more potent in its delivery of the final message.

Speaking of the final message, I don't know how the trauma that Sidney Pugh's character goes through in the beginning with her sister has anything to do with the rest of the movie once they arrive at the camp. It seemed like a plot device to lead the viewer to the water of her grief.

The gut punch though... Audition aside, this is probably the most brutal and disturbing film I've ever experienced and it really only deals with one insanely gory scene. The rest is the slow descent into the rationalization of a religion no longer fit for modern day scrutiny that in our eyes encompass abominable convictions and morale.

While this didn't floor me like Hereditary, I enjoyed it despite the pacing issues. Aster has earned my money with all of his projects until he starts pulling a Shyamalan


PS. I work at Audi right across the street from stunning rolling 50-acre farmland. I got to work this morning and looked out from my desk at that shyt like


The best thing this movies does is drags the worst kind of horror out into beautifully sun-drenched landscape.


Basically took the backdrop of The Sound of Music and turned it into a murder scene

The point of Dani's trauma as juxtaposed with her experience with the cult was that they were subvert her views and ideas on death/dying/ and family. Anytime her friends talked about her not having a family or about her being their family now she panicked. After sometime with the cult she began to change her views. Mainly though they were exposing her to death in order to change her views on it. The movie kind of shows how things get turned upside down. Light is dark and dark is light. Remember when they enter the camp and the camera goes upside down as theyre driving on the road? That's kind of what they were trying to convey. Notice the heavy placement of mirrors. I thought that hinted at a certain duality, that what's good is bad and vice versa. I need to watch it again to figure out more, but that was my early impression of the movie.

 

[LordDeathwatch]

This film was pretty damn good, glad I ignored Coli chatter on this one.

@MartyMcFly was right. :JamesBroehs:

 

[Lootpack]

What did you think of the film? Man critics say all kinds of nonsense to help market movies. I maybe had one chuckle the whole movie. The more i think about it the more im upset that this film didn't live up to the hype.

I ended up not seeing it last night, I was way too tired. Gonna catch this on the 5th most likely.

 

[MartyMcFly]

This film was pretty damn good, glad I ignored Coli chatter on this one.

@MartyMcFly was right. :JamesBroehs:

What was I right about

 

[LordDeathwatch]

What was I right about

:DeadAF:

Not taking Reviews as gospel.

 

[MartyMcFly]

:DeadAF:

Not taking Reviews as gospel.

I mean, if the Coli was around in 82, nobody would’ve seen the thing because of reviews. We all would’ve missed a classic all because reviews said it was bad. Gotta realize the shyt isn’t math, it’s art. And everyone sees it differently for different reasons

 

[NobodyReally]

My thoughts after 24 hours:

Aster is a force to be reckoned with not just in the Horror genre, but in visual cinematography across the entire spectrum of modern day film.

This was visually one of the most stunning movies I've ever seen.

With that said, there are major pacing issues that in comparison to Hereditary draw this movie out 20-30 minutes longer than I think everyone in the theater would've preferred.

As someone thats done his fair share of mushrooms, this trip could've been condensed and more potent in its delivery of the final message.

Speaking of the final message, I don't know how the trauma that Sidney Pugh's character goes through in the beginning with her sister has anything to do with the rest of the movie once they arrive at the camp. It seemed like a plot device to lead the viewer to the water of her grief.

The gut punch though... Audition aside, this is probably the most brutal and disturbing film I've ever experienced and it really only deals with one insanely gory scene. The rest is the slow descent into the rationalization of a religion no longer fit for modern day scrutiny that in our eyes encompass abominable convictions and morale.

While this didn't floor me like Hereditary, I enjoyed it despite the pacing issues. Aster has earned my money with all of his projects until he starts pulling a Shyamalan


PS. I work at Audi right across the street from stunning rolling 50-acre farmland. I got to work this morning and looked out from my desk at that shyt like


The best thing this movies does is drags the worst kind of horror out into beautifully sun-drenched landscape.


Basically took the backdrop of The Sound of Music and turned it into a murder scene

What did you think of the film? Man critics say all kinds of nonsense to help market movies. I maybe had one chuckle the whole movie. The more i think about it the more im upset that this film didn't live up to the hype.


The point of Dani's trauma as juxtaposed with her experience with the cult was that they were subvert her views and ideas on death/dying/ and family. Anytime her friends talked about her not having a family or about her being their family now she panicked. After sometime with the cult she began to change her views. Mainly though they were exposing her to death in order to change her views on it. The movie kind of shows how things get turned upside down. Light is dark and dark is light. Remember when they enter the camp and the camera goes upside down as theyre driving on the road? That's kind of what they were trying to convey. Notice the heavy placement of mirrors. I thought that hinted at a certain duality, that what's good is bad and vice versa. I need to watch it again to figure out more, but that was my early impression of the movie.

I love the idea of her ideas about death being changed. I also think there could be a hint there from Ari that she is predisposed to some form of mental illness as well. It may not be bipolar, but there some sort of fragility there that would be easy to manipulate, especially at her most vulnerable time. I also think it was emphasized throughout the movie that she was in desperate need of someone who she could grieve with and who could normalize her anguish, and she gets that with this community.

 

[Zero]

We got another one brehs?

 

[8WON6]

going to see this tomorrow.

 

[Corey Matthews]

People are saying it’s too long but I think it’s perfect and may be apart of the point/theme of the movie. I’m going to watch it again this weekend.

 

[Apollo Creed]

I`ll let yall know if these weak mofos gassing up another flick tonight when I get back.

Everyone who likes these dumb ass fake deep flicks be on that "oh its just too deep for you to get it"

 

[Apollo Creed]

People are saying it’s too long but I think it’s perfect and may be apart of the point/theme of the movie. I’m going to watch it again this weekend.

damn near 3 hour movie experience when you factor trailers. I'm going to be in a small auditorium that looks like it's pretty much sold to capacity so this should be an interesting experience.

 

[Jx2]

damn near 3 hour movie experience when you factor trailers. I'm going to be in a small auditorium that looks like it's pretty much sold to capacity so this should be an interesting experience.

Let us know how the crowd holds up in the third act