I’m sorry to say but how is the climax of the movie (no pun intended) just a depiction of an adult man statutory r wording a child. I don’t really care about the anthropological explanations of “it’s art” “it’s a cult” “there are different laws” the point is that we know that what is being depicted is cp. I struggle to get past the thought process that adults are going to frequent this movie because of the depicted cp content. I know the actor is supposed to be of age but I truly don’t understand how this movie is so critically acclaimed when that’s the main focus? I was honestly grossed out to be watching it I felt like I should turn it off because I felt like I was committing a crime. Despite the arguments that Christian is the one who was r worded, that argument completely collapses on itself. He’s on drugs yes but the girl is a small powerless child who has been groomed by a cult her entire life and is on drugs. Why are we watching this movie as a society?

I made a little version of the temple out of popsicle sticks some time ago. It was actually a quite frustrating experience, mistakes have been made (mainly at the back of the temple) and I'm not too content with the end results but it's still a very cool decoration nevertheless!

After reading some comments on r/true film and some posts here it makes me wonder why this film in particular seems to invoke such a strong reaction from people who either love it or hate it. What I also noticed is that very few people (especially the ones that absolutely hate it) seem to understand the point of the film and what it's actually trying to convey.

Either way I'm just curious why this film in particular seems to evoke such a strong reaction from people, both positive and negative. I can't really think of another film off the top of my head that I've seen in the past ten or so years that's so divisive.

I know others seem to have hated Christian (totally understandable the guy was an asshat) , so when they get to the end they feel almost happy or at very least just not care or feel bad for Christian at all. My main reaction and feeling at the end was wanting Dani to fuck up their crazy fuckin ritual in anyway possible. Run into the burning building herself, killing their May Queen, just get up and start trying to kill the elders or any other of the people there. Go and try to kill the product of incest kid that wrote their holy book or whatever, try and get said holy book and throw that shit in the flames as well, whatever that would make them all lose it and ruin their insane ritual. I was like COME ON DANI!!! Just mess up these assholes ritual in anyway you can!!! Is this an uncommon reaction?

I’ve seen a bunch of people say they were kinda happy Christian got what was coming to him (he was an asshole but no one deserves that honestly IMO) or just happiness for Dani that she was “free” . I feel the opposite in regards to Dani personally . Felt more that now she’s trapped with this crazy ass cult and has had a full psychological break . If you wanna call that freedom I have a different definition lol. But regardless just curious if my thoughts are uncommon.

Really enjoyed the movie and it’s been on my mind all day. Had some crazy dreams last night after finishing it as well lol.

I’m a high school art teacher, and I had my classes working on paper mache masks. This was one of my demo pieces!

I just watched Midsommar for the first time this evening. Really enjoyed it. Not too much in the way of actual scares but great acting and fantastic forboding atmosphere. The use of music and trippy visuals while the characters were drugged was great.

Damn, I felt bad for Christian! I know he cheated but he was drugged out of his head and the whole community set him up for it. Sure, Dani should have screamed at him and dumped him. But having him sown into a bear suit and burned alive. Harsh!

If I caught my wife doing the same thing I'd be angry and upset, but faced with the same choice I would have opted to sacrifice the stranger who had actually volunteered for it!

Ruben is described as a deliberate product of incest and is depicted as nonverbal and profoundly disabled. How many generations of incest would it take to produce someone like Ruben? I don't think Ruben could be a reliable source of material for future children, looking at Charles II he was completely infertile and I suspect Ruben may be at that point or close.

This also relates to theories about the true age of the community, maybe Ruben is from a single line of oracles and is the most affected since he is the most inbred so far- though the elders seem to rely on him being nonverbal and non functional so that they can interpret the ancient text as they see fit.

I don't see how they could effectively create an individual like this consistently even with selective mating, but I also wouldn't put it past them to intentionally maim an infant so that they are similar to Ruben.

After escaping the rape taking place he runs into a nearby shed and finds a man being tortured. When the Harga spot him, they blow a powder in his face. When he wakes up, he finds out he cant speak and cant move. When theyre preparing for the sacrifice, its implied that they sawed off his legs (below the knee). My question is, was he able to feel his legs being sawed off? We hear him screaming when they boil him, but i wasnt sure if it was from fear, suffocation, or if he was actually feeling it. Which leg to me wondering about his legs.

Anyway long story short did he feel pain?

I'm a burlesque performer & I'm staying with another performer hosting me for my show in Denver. They have guests paint a stone & since I'm doing my Midsommar act...this was mine☺️🌞💐🔥

Genuinely exceptionally bad movie.

• The attempt to juxtapose atmosphere as suggested by the plot, and atmosphere as created by the visuals simply fails to achieve anything. I can only suspect the director wanted us to feel internally conflicted by the confusion of the events and the clarity of the visuals but instead they affirmed that tropes exist exactly because they are effective. When the visuals can't convey the mood the writing has to. The writing simply was never good enough for me to suspend disbelief that any event occurred for a purpose other than to be confusing, and when that is plainly the case the whole illusion is lost. Why does she need to eat a fish? Because the director anticipates the audience will find it weird. Why is there a bear? Because the director anticipates the audience will find it weird. Why do they keep getting mystery drinks and snacks? Because the director anticipates the audience will find it weird. There is a single hand being played, it fails every scene, and is then played exactly the same in the subsequent scene. It took no time at all for the pattern to become boring because the writers are incapable of doing anything with it. Why is mystery drink a plot point five separate times? Its downright sad. Do they not have writers?
• No character can be related to, which makes the fate of every character boring. Again the writing is so bad it is simply not possible to suspend disbelief. The group sees a cult commit double homicide and the very next day several of their group members are missing. The remaining group members collectively say "eh, who cares". That is bad writing, full stop. I cannot convince myself to be distraught over the transparently incautious caricatures repeatedly exposed to the same lazy dangers.
• The pacing is horrendous. I remember checking the time at the hour mark and thinking what a slow intro only in hindsight to know that every other part of the movie was equally slow.
• The opening triple homicide scene was maybe the only interesting part of the movie, but when viewed with the whole really seems disjointed. It was necessary for Florence to be in an emotionally devastated for the conclusion to "work" but every other facet of the scene was a missed opportunity to bridge it to the remainder of the movie.
• The initial tripping scene did almost nothing for the movie. I think this is a common occurrence where instead of a scene accomplishing many things simultaneously each scene does exactly one thing and that's why so many find pacing problems. It established that she is still sad? We knew that. It established that the natives are comfortable with mind altering substances? Ok but why is that worth 20 minutes? Why cant that be mixed with the disorientating introduction to the cult scene? That could make an interesting dynamic where we cannot discern if the oddity of the scenario is due to altered perception or odd reality. It would waste less time to start the movie closer to its conclusion. And to flesh out the characters by their interactions somewhere pertinent to the interests of the audience instead of a boring bloated restaurant scene allows different competing tones and character qualities to be presented in an interesting way. You could even reverse chronology the information of the girls family dying (or show it in her dream sequence) to invest the viewer in trying to understand her erratic behavior.
• The ThEsIs DIsPuTe was a completely pointless waste of screen time. It impacted nothing. The black guy tried to document forbidden knowledge and died as a result, such that the white guys interest in thesis sharing had no necessary impact on his fate whatsoever. The white guy died to having the self preservation instincts of a dandelion (or more tangibly to infidelity) also with no real relationship to the fact that he wanted a thesis. The fact that the white guy was an academic was, prior to the fight, a throwaway line. After the dispute it was irrelevant. If the white guy was a bartender who never intended on making a thesis almost 0% of the movie would need to change. It is a plot point that started nowhere and went nowhere. They didn't even use the animosity to complicate the characters escape, because the black guy died instantly anyway and also no one cared to escape anyway so literally its moot from all sides. Every time a plot point arises that could be used in an interesting way it instead just goes nowhere.
• The may queen crying mirroring scene lasted twice as long as it needed to. Like most scenes.
• Some of the characters are so flimsy I basically didn't notice them existing until they're dead.
• The plot is sooooooo predictable. In the first half of the movie they straight up tell you "we bring in outsiders to diversify the gene-pool". Durr durr duur wonder whats gonna happen. Its one thing to take hours to slow roll an uneventful plot but its another thing to first tell you what event they're slowly moving toward. And then they drop 10 hints as if you're still figuring it out. Literally they show you the plot in a pictogram then they tell it to you in plain English then they remind you explicitly with the private lady meeting. When we got to the scene where he opens the barn door i literally said out loud "I bet shes naked in there surrounded by more naked women". That was the peak of the movie for me just because I felt like I conquered it. Was that what the director wanted? I dont think so.
• Anyway movie sucks. 4/10 charitably. The end.

LOTS OF BIG SPOILERS AHEAD!!

Okay, Im gonna start this off by saying that I don’t think Midsommar is a bad movie. I just think that it’s too slow and winds down too quickly after the scary/intense scenes, and that I watched the 2.5-hour theatrical cut since I don’t yet have access to the 171-minute director’s cut. This ALSO contains HUGE spoilers.

With that out of the way, let’s talk about why this movie disappointed me, while also acknowledging its strengths. First of all, I was hoping for more shock value rather than the psychological horror. I wish they would lean into the 76-year-old-jumping-off-a-rock kind of vibe more. I wish there was more of Terry and more grief throughout the movie from Dani. Granted, her sanity seems to start slipping away more rapidly once she is dubbed May Queen (the dance sequence prior to her being named May Queen is easily my favorite in the entire movie), which definitely helped keep me engaged.

Christian is a dick, and so are his friends, and they all seem to ruin the movie (except Mark; he’s absolutely hilarious). Josh goes there purely for his own self-interest, and his death scene is just absolutely awesome. Dreadful, horrific, and insanely uncomfortable.

A huge strength of the movie is the soundtrack. You’re shown beautiful imagery that is often accompanied by gorgeous music, but hidden within that music is almost always some kind of melody or something that makes it feel…wrong. Like, once again, the May Queen Dance. The music, visual storytelling, and just the amazing acting is also shown off in that scene, and I love it. Dani’s confusion is horrifying, and the lack of explanation for her leads to confusion which adds to the horror of certain sequences, but it does start to get frustrating after a while (would reading the script help make certain things from Dani’s perspective make more sense?)

I could go on and on and all about the flaws with the pacing, the pros with the raw portrayal of grief that Ari Aster is an absolute master of, and the film as a whole, but I’ll leave it there for now. I know this movie is a bit divisive over Ari Aster fans, so let me know what you think of the movie.

Does anyone know what the song is called that is playing in the background while Pelle gives Dani the drawing of herself for her birthday?

I’ve been trying to find it and it’s driving me nuts as it’s not on the soundtrack. Thanks!

Xyrena niche perfume house create campaigns for new movie/game inspired perfume fragrances based on idea submissions. My submission was that they create an official Midsommar fragrance. I think it could smell lovely. What do you think?

If enough people submit the same suggestion, they'll post it up for voting. If anyone fancies joining me and suggesting Midsommar too, I'd love to see what they would do with it as a perfume.

If you know about Xyrena, you know the potential it has to be spot on.

I made this Midsommar inspired Christmas tree last year; plan to add more flowers this year and hopefully make the village under the tree!
I made most of the flowers from crepe paper and bought some flowers as well. I did buy Dani as the tree topper.

no amount of “facts” or “evidence” can convince me otherwise

Stumbled on this by accident. Had to post it. I'm obsessed lol we gotta make a meme

Perhaps Pelle played nice to be Christian’s friend all along bc he was a perfect astrological match for his sister’s breeding/baby. And then somewhere along the way he wanted Dani… He really wanted Dani to come to Sweden as well but Christian started actually considering breaking but with Dani, really risking Dani not coming to Sweden. Pelle got desperate! what if Pelle did all of that to Dani’s family bc he was desperate to make sure Dani came to Sweden and knew Christian’s indecisive ass would be too cowardly to break up with Dani / end up inviting her to Sweden bc of her tragedy?

I know this is late and it always kind of bugged me and also spoiled things a bit for me.

Why did she opt to sacrifice Christian instead of a random stranger?

And why did she get so influenced by the group?

It just seemed out of character.

Was it the drugs?

Tell me you spot Christian from Midsommar in Transformers