MIDSOMMAR Movie Review | Florence Pugh | Ari Aster | A24
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- Christy Lemire (RogerEbert.com, @christylemire), Matt Atchity (Moviefone.com, @matchity) and Alonso Duralde (TheWrap, Linoleum Knife, Who Shot Ya?, @aduralde) review "Midsommar," written and directed by Ari Aster and starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper and Will Poulter.
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I hate that I have to wait to see this! I want to see it RIGHT NOW!
I'm so thrilled to find you guys!!! I'm also so happy I saw this film before finding your review, as much as you tried not to spoil it, you kinda do a little bit anyway. I absolutely loved this film, and Hereditary too. Both have phenomenal performances from their leading ladies.
Hahah, I'm totally one of those people who didn't know you guy's still did videos. Still glad I found you though 😉
Awesome! You guys so far are the only reviewers that talked about the whole family aspect, thank you!
I adored "Hereditary" and cannot wait to see this film! Thank you!
Did you enjoy it
@@calvinallen3424 Loved it!
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I love this film it very Artsy and Dark
And Bright!
I watched it last night . I have so many questions still. the dudes foot buried in the ground ,the guy they put in the bear .it was interesting. a lot of loose ends for a part 2
symbolism, it was all symbolistic to propitiate their deity
e s same here, and also I remember in the beginning when Dani calls her parents but goes to answering machine, it shows a photo by the bed (not sure if its Dani or her sister) and its surrounded by flowers, like tons of them for some reason? Its driving me crazy why that was there 😬 haha. Did it mean anything? Did the sister do it and why? Were they actually all killed by someone else? 🤔 Argh!
@@MollyMcBooter also there were two guys who were honored by being burned alive for bringing in outsiders. One guy brought in the London couple. Who did the other guy bring?
@@isaacmarwell5435 It was self sacrifice. They needed 9 people and he made up the numbers.
So glad I found this. I really missed you all!!!
Yea!!! I am thrilled that you guys are still reviewing!
MIdsommar and Last Black Man in San Francisco are the two best films I seen this year. I think in large part to the incredible cinematography in both films.
TLBMISF also looks breathtaking! First some reason I can't find a showing near me and I'm in myc
Where’d you see Midsommar already?
@@fdub301 Advance screening in Chicago.
@@Exiled_Rouge awesome
Don't agree, I think Hereditary was way more fucked up and hard to watch. Midsommar was great with awesome shots, amazing story development and character development. But I was looking for a bit more shock value. I wasn't shook like I was when I left the theater after seeing Hereditary.
Milena, I completely agree with you.
Agreed. Great build up...but falls flat.
I think also after Hereditary, you know what your getting into with a Ari Aster. I'm sure anyone who hasn't seen Hereditary would be losing their mind at what happens
When I left the Theater I felt like I had taken the mashrooms. It was a trip.
I can see some people not liking this film. But I found it worth even a second viewing. Not too many films past that test for me.
Really missed you guys, have been watching What The Flick since 2012!
It felt like Aster tried to mash up the 70s Wicker Man with the hilarious Nic Cage version.
Some (late) scenes were so absurd and surreal they undercut any sense of drama
I didn't find that at all -- I think you just couldn't keep up, like the Ph.D. students who ended up as they did
Logan Jones strong disagree
@@cjwright79 there's nothing to 'get'. Aster is doing his version of TWM. Swedish grad student lures his gullible and vulnerable friends to his wackadoo village to be used as human sacrifices. The girl becomes their 'May Queen' and seemingly embraces the role as a way of coping with loss and disappointment.
And yes my entire audience laughed at the sex ceremony, because it was ridiculous
@@El_oh7199 oh you were laughing at a rape scene?
loved what the flick & was so sorry to find out it was gone but I found you, I didn't know you were here. Great job guys!
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For me this and Hereditary are both 10/10. They were snubbed by the awards season viscously
Midsommar is still haunting. Thanks for watching our review!
Awesome! A lot of the reviews Ive been seeing are saying its a disappointment so this was reassuring.
Deckard same people who hate hereditary because it’s “slow” and an “Art House” film
IM SO HAPPY YALL ARE BACK THIS MADE MY DAY
At 9:23 - I'm not sure that Dani is "experiencing acceptance, no matter how f*cked up it is," by the end. She has been emotionally assaulted over and over, from the death of her entire immediate family, that she is still in deep mourning six months later. Christian, her boyfriend of four years, has been considering breaking up with her for a year and a half, by the time they get to Sweden. He is not emotionally supportive in any meaningful way.
And the first of the celebrations is the Attastupa, or the ritualistic suicide of the elders over 72 years. Dani is NOT handling any of this well. Christian is more intrigued by it (as an anthropology PhD candidate), and instead of being useful as a boyfriend, he tells her "It's cultural, and I'm trying to keep an open mind." While Pelle is comforting, no one is truly addressing the horrific mental and emotional hammer blows of how she is being impacted by everything around her.
By the end... Yes, Dani is accepted and loved by the Harga. She has also completely lost it. She has lost all connection to her family, her friends and acquaintances from America and Britain. The Harga people throw their lives away like it's nothing, whether it is "the end of the life-cycle," or "time to be a sacrifice," or whatever. By the end, life has no real meaning for Dani. She is in grave danger, but is too far gone to know or care what is coming next, but she will be comforted by the folks around her as she does whatever they make her do next.
This isn't comforting. This isn't accepting. This is someone whose grasp on reality is gone. The last smile isn't a happy smile. It is an insane smile.
Thanks very much for your perspective.
this movie FREAKED ME OUT!!!
I finally watched this film and don't understand the hype. It was gratuitous and intentionally trying to shock, which has the opposite effect on me.
Not sure why, but Matt and Christy changing seats this week is throwing me off lol
So used to Matt being on the left side
Left is the past. Right is the future.
Great review! And incredible Stockholm joke, Alonso.
OH MY GOSH IM REWATCHING OLD REVIEWS AND MISS MATT!! 😭
Thanks for (re)visiting us!
Christy, up your water glass game.... ha
It reminded Christy of Lars von Trier? Great, way to kill my hype.
The Cynic of Cinema He made some great and bleak films, representing his negative view on the human nature.
The Cynic of Cinema apart from Scandinavia, it truly has almost nothing to do with any aspect of LVT...
@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL Yeah, I learned that when I saw the movie over a year ago.
Great review guys...cannot wait to see this movie when it opens in the Uk on July 5th.
Thanks, folks. Enjoyed your review!
A basic story complicated way too much. Great aesthetics, shot wonderfully. Just found your channel because I needed to talk about it...saw it by myself!
It's frustrating that you guys won't reveal spoilers. It feels like a watered down, weak-sauce review.
I WAS WAITING FOR THIS!
Its a good movie to watch in an altered state. It makes the on-screen visuals that much better
Wow! It's an entirely different setup here. 😁
It was a different time :)
Tell the gent on the right to speak from his diaphragm rather than his thtroat. His voice sounds hampered and caught in his throat. I can hear the tension in his larynx.
Great review. Enjoyed it much.
Damn, can't wait to see it.
So glad to see y'all!
so is this the way they do things instead of what the flick
I just reserved seats! I’m excited
Pew,pew,pew
You guys gave this a great breakdown, thanks
Ok but why is there a boom box?
Because...music?
Good review, but there's something I want to point out. I just came from your 'Joker' reviews, and I couldn't help but to notice that, while you imply that this film is an merely homage to 'The Wicker Man', the other one is supposedly a total rip off of 'Taxi Driver' and 'The King of Comedy'. Why the double standard? I love you guys, but you're showing real bias here.
To be clear, I agree that this film is only an homage to TWM (that is, not a copy or a rip off). But the same is clearly true for 'Joker' with respect to the two Scorsese movies previously mentioned.
Love you guys but I think your audio is offset--much louder in my left headphone than my right!
Thanks for the review! Matt Atchity is a drunken hack lol
TAX THE RICH (love the sticker, Alonso)
ttttypes noticed that too haha! I want a t shirt
Hereditary was way more shocking and creepy than this movie. When I watched hereditary, I could you sleep at night and I felt like someone watched me from behind.
Me too. This movie is creepy but in a different way.
Sadly Amazon Prime bought the rights to this garbage instead of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Even David Chin (filmcast) ,who worked for Amazon, has since tried to backtrack on whether he liked Midsommar. Hope he's not the reason for that fateful decision at Amazon.
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Interesting review but I find I don't agree on a lot of it. For one - it's not all that gory or scary, at least not in the things that are shown. The things you don't see are the worst. The boy who was skinned - alive. The other boy who we see knocked out - he was buried alive. And the other boy who we see was cut open and tortured and kept alive as long as possible. (Also, the women who can be heard being tortured) We don't truly comprehend how evil and cruel this society is until the story wraps up. We do see that the two who volunteered to be sacrificed are given a drug and told they would not feel pain - they are lied to. This is important to the story. As some may say about certain political policies - the cruelty is the point. These seemingly welcoming people are deep down cruel - or, at least, their leadership is. But then - think about it - any society that would just tell their elders "you're too old now, go jump off a cliff".....well, that is a cruel society. I believe you could watch this movie and see it as non-political, as just a story or sort of a fairly tale. But, there is a political side here. This is the story of a society that has rules and follows those rules - and they despise outsiders. I tend to think what saved Dani was two things - Yes, Pelle, liked her and he did bring the outsiders to be sacrificed, so he deserves a reward in their eyes. But, also, Dani looks like them. She could pass as German or Swedish - she can physically blend in. This is very important to these people...........One other thing you might ask: where are the physically disabled? The sick?.......if you guessed that they got tossed off a cliff, I expect you are right. There was likely a ceremony and the tribe pretended to care. Pretended to feel their pain. It was just threatre. Just an act.
STOP INTERRUPTING CHRISTY PLEASE
83% it is
Lol, i saw this movie stone cold stoned :D
@Jason Wise yea, i really wasnt that baked, i take 1 hit, and not too big.... theres a fine line between 😩 and 😴 lol
Which Wicker Man are you talking about? Are you familiar with Harvest Home (Dark Secret of Harvest Home miniseries)
Oh I am talking about the Christopher Lee Wicker Man.
Harvest Home (the book) was better. You can get it from Thriftbooks.
@@catherineleary9831 I already have it. I got in on Kindle years ago. I watched the miniseries when I was a kid (Dark Secret of Harvest Home) and it was good.
@@Ava-mf5xy Nice. I enjoyed the book. I think they should do a remake of the movie because all the pagan themes are so popular right now.
@@catherineleary9831 I got it bas an e-book. I am going to see midsommar tonight.
The movie is filed.very well, however it is not a good movie. The characters on this movie are unrealistic unbelievable, and unaware of what is going on.
Love you guys! Keep it up! If you ever need any video editing or motion design holler at me. I'd be happy to help out.
Have you guys thought about doing what you did on What the Flick?!, showing a clip of the movie before beginning the review?
I mean... it's pre-he-he-he-hetty similar to The Wicker Man.
And pretty different too.
@@davidking4838...welp. Not different enough for me to not find it derivative. But that’s just me. I still enjoyed it.
No spoiler. This movie is like the Wicker Man. But not. Gross!!!
Michael Greene you can tell the wicker man influences just by the trailer. It ain’t a spoiler. Christy wasn’t lying with that comment.
What the fuck is Atchity is on about? This wasn't even a horror movie.
Movie sounds beautifully directed but the movie itself is not as good. Great review...
You've seen it?
@@trentgein8005 No l haven't, just reviews I've heard.
@@blacktasticmedia3769 Well your statement indicates that you have seen it so you might want to clarify next time maybe.
@@trentgein8005 Thanks for pointing that out but the key 🔑 word in my comment was the word "sounds". Appreciate your feed back my friend.
Blacktastic News You also may love it if you form your own opinion. These guys loved it.
This way a wired a creppy movie
A more pretentious version of the original Wicker Man.
This movie SUCKED. Cool visuals but by the mid point it abounded any pretext of a story
Dude in the middle was so mad the whole movie review can tell he wasn’t going to like the movie no matter what wasn’t even going to give it a chance.
Overly generalized review. Waste of time.
The director of Hereditary, the film where everybody dies at the end? Pass.
Those are the best type of endings
This one is not like that.
Movie was just gross
Can’t stand her femsplaing. I’m out