Watched it last night and I’m proud of myself that I caught the flower crown picture and the screams of Connie. Definitely believe Pele orchestrated the whole thing. I personally think she hallucinates her parents at the end when you see them in her May Queen celebration. Or you could see it as her now viewing them as her family now. So many interpretations!
@@romanov1578 She was drowned; during the ending when the sacrifices are put inside the yellow triangular building, you can see Connie being taken there in a wheelbarrow with sopping wet hair in a weighted dress.
@@ionabab7274 It may not have been Pele himself, but other members of the cult. I think Pele was setting this up for a long time. It's funny that women who watch this movie think he's so sweet when he's really a sociopath.
Poor Simon turned into a bird with his lungs flipped as he tried to run (or “fly” away) but was kept in the chicken coop. And chickens can’t fly. That’s got to mean something right? Also never picked up that Connie was drowned until I realised she’s wearing the same weighted dress as the child in the directors cut! Amazing observation.
yep, and I figured that when pele's brother brought up that he and connie dated, to which she said that it was just one date, that it was a throwaway line, but it really shows that he wanted to bring connie and simon to the festival as sacrifices because of his jealousy that she dated simon instead of him
One important detail I caught that no one else seems to have yet, is during Christian and Dani's fight about him going to Sweden if you look in the background there is a picture of a girl with long black hair running in fear ontop of a bed of yellow flowers. I believe this is a foreshadowing of Connie running through the woods to try to escape the Harga through the entrance they came.
I think that happens because that's how a cult works. It brainwashes people and that's what happens with Dani and since we see the film from her perspective, we get brainwashed with her and "you go gurl!" for her in the end as she smiles looking at that fire. I had this realisation a few ago and since then I've far more respect for Ari Aster. I hate him for it but he is a genius.
@@akshitasharma1735 "you go gurl!" really? I was just like "all this is fucked up but she is happy now in her madness" Ari Aster said almost the same about that ending
i think that the ending symbolises that Dani’s dark and traumatising past is behind her, and her smiling shows that she realised she found her new family, somewhere where she actually belongs and feels happy
I think Dani's family had ties to the Harga before she was even born. When they first arrive at the village the elder hugs Pelle, does the 'nice to meet you' stuff with Josh, Mark and Christian, but then with Dani he says "Dani! Welcome home!" And then he gives her this big hug. Plus I think she's destined to be Pelle's mate especially seeing the kiss he lays on her after she wins the May Queen contest.
I noticed the welcome home too, but thought about it after the movie ended, that they planned for her all along to be there and to be the may queen, everything seemed planned out ahead of time
A detail I haven’t seen anyone mention yet (although it’s possible I missed it), when Pelle is sitting with Dani in the Harga summer communal house, asking her if she feels held by Christian, look above their heads. They’re both wearing crowns. The decorative wall behind them has illustrated crowns which are placed directly over their heads symbolizing their fate to be joined together.
The dancing scene where if you get too exhausted you drop out was done so well, as the constant panning and moving of the camera gave us the same effect of mental exhaustion. It's my favourite bit by far.
And in the final sacrifice all the outsider except Dani and Christian represent the 4 element. Connie was drown symbolizing water. Josh was plant upside down in dirt represent the earth Simon and the blood eagle represent the air and Mark was fill with hay to burn symbolizing fire.
The way the director uses breathing is pretty important. You can always see Dani using that technique simular to the way the villagers breath prior to oerforming, foreshadowing her fitting in with them
I believe Pelle's parents were also sacrificed. Most likely voluntarily. Pelle explains to Danni that he knows how she feels, because he too lost his parents, and that both his parents died in a 🔥
Good observation. The ritual sacrifices are done once every 90 years meaning Pelle’s parents wouldn’t fit in with sacrifice timeline, that being said this is definitely one of the things I would ask Ari about if I ever bumped into him. Was Pelle lying about his parents death to manipulate Dani, if not, how do his parents burning to death fit in with the Harga community?
@@tacomaamocat4309 The 90 year thing is a ruse to get them that year as if it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. We know they do it every year because May comes around every year, there are many photos of previous may queens and photography has only been around for about 200 years, and people don't wait 90 years to turn 72.
I also noted that Ingemar chose Connie and Simon out of spite, because he wanted to be her boyfriend but she rejected him for trying to manipulate her into dating him.
I think he originally wanted Connie to be his mate. Due to the kid not being drowned and her trying to leave, the cult decided she was to be the water offering. This is why he volunteers to be sacrificed in the end
Here's something I noticed: Dark colours are used to represent darkness while pastel colours represent hiding that darkness. In the U.S before they go to Sweden all the scenes take place in dark rooms and all of the characters wear dark clothing symbolising that they don't hide their darkness from other people. On the first day at the commune Dani wears a pastel t-shirt bc she is hiding her grief and the people in the cult are also wearing pastel bc they are hiding the true horrors of the commune from the visitors. The only places that are dark in the commune are inside the buildings because that's where the wall paintings showing the gruesome fates of the characters are.
I thought that the dream Dani had, where she saw the boys driving away from her in the car during the night, was an interesting foreshadowing of the way that she would be the only one left in the commune by the end of the film (but not in the way we expected).
When I first saw this movie, in the theatre, there were a bunch of bros in the audience who were laughing and making "ew gross" sounds during the first half of the film. It was distracting and irritating. But then as the film progressed towards its conclusion, they got quieter and quieter... Their occasional exclamations sounded more uneasy ("What the fuck?..."). In the end, it worked perfectly with the story.
yes - I admit I laughed when the two old people jumped the cliff. The last 1/3 of the film though wipes the smile from your face. I did smile at the end - mainly because I felt I had witnessed a masterwork film.
It's the music of the film is not one of horror but of elation and uplifting theme. In bright sunlight with no place to run is what makes this film so damn horrific and unsettling. The viewer sees the horror but hears melodious music almost symphonic
I never got the impression that they knew Dani or knew of her. It seemed to be rather opportunistic and chance based. Pelle just happened to be the lucky one to find their new May Queen. It actually makes it that much more unsettling, knowing how arbitrary the whole process was. Something of such importance to the cultists left up to chance and opportunity. Dani was the perfect candidate. And the family members definitely weren't really there towards the end. Purely a hallucination.on Dani's part, which would be quite off-putting if you were in her shoes, with all that other stuff going on.
She wasn't supposed to go with them on the trip either, it was Christian's idea without checking even with Pelle (unless I missed something), so the arbitrary makes sense
Perhaps, as in Hereditary, the theme of fate is in play. They gather outsiders, do their rituals, and simply trust that their May Queen is predestined.
I think it has more meaning if Dani's parents are just dead, not in any way linked to the cult. Her being targeted doesn't make it seem like it could happen to anyone. Her life's tragic, a cult preys on her because of that, and that's that, no mastermind orchestrating her entire life years before she even met Pelle. It's the sort of things that already happens out there, if to a somewhat lesser extent.
As soon as Dani was the last one standing in that dance to choose the Queen of May, purely because the other girl willingly (it was obvious) fell to the ground, i knew it was all orchestrated.
Towards the ending, when the triangular sacrifice shack is on fire, there's a moment where dani is in front of it, and her right eye fits in the middle of the triangle, making a perfect "all seeing eye" (both the shack and dani are fading in opacity so you can see both). Can't believe you missed it since you talked a lot about triangles. But thanks for everything else in the video.
Oh wow, I clicked on this expecting to see the same facts that are regurgitated in every video but it was so refreshing to learn new things about this film!! I love it
Some of the murals on the walls inside the dormitory are foreboding as well. There's one depicting a blood eagle, and there's another one depicting two crowns which happen to be above Dani and Pelle's head when he's trying to comfort her after the Attestupa. I've had trouble making out some of the others.
Even watching this video is disturbing (as a mark of how well it does at calling out the horror in this movie.) My daughter made an observation that most horror is filmed in dark settings. This is an almost Wes Anderson level of brightly lit colors. As good as this movie is, I cannot bring myself to watch it again. I had the same reaction in 1974 watching The Exorcist, and have not watched the movie since.
Also very intentional. If you've ever been anywhere far north enough that experiences "midnight sun", you understand how disorienting it can be. That bright, washed out look mimics a fever dream type state, where you're exhausted, but the external cues to your body and brain say, "It's not time to sleep."
The full light in this film was also used so there would be no mistaken thoughts of 'oh I just imagined that because of shadows'. Its full horror right in your face - you're going to see and remember everything. There is no where to hide in full light. You are caught and have to accept the truth of evil. Evil now wishes to be seen in its entirety. Its ultimate fulfillment.
@Chester Wilberforce I feel exactly the same way. I enjoy reading people’s thoughts or analysis of this film, but I cannot watch it again. Maybe I will want to see it again in a few years or so.
Every time they said "We are so happy to HAVE you" or "You are so important to us" or "You guys are like my family" or "This community will HOLD you" it actually had an omminous meaning. Cults prey on people with family trauma or weak family bonding, and then try to replace the family unit. Dani had lost her entire family and had no reason to go back to her traumatizing reality. Pelle and everyone else were trying to fake-compensate it for her.
The thing that caught my attention the most was that while everyone at the table had a yellow drink, Christian's had an orangy-reddish color. I think Maja just poured her menstrual blood into a drink to make Christian fall in love with her. This was also shown in the pictures hanging on the hanger at the beginning of the movie, and Pelle said that it symbolizes a love story.
I think the parents and sister being there when she gets the flower crown means she’s starting to feel more at ‘home’ there cause their goal was to make her feel so comfortable that it was home to her
Another small observation is when Pelle gifts Dani a portrait of her, it has the symbol of a reverse R and the two headed drum which is on the clothes she wears when she performs the dancing ritual.
We can find the letter R in more paintings in the movie, the letter R means travel / rebirth (sth like that) and when Pelle gives her the portrait and there’s the R in Reverse (that means the same thing but in a negative way) is like a sign that she is going to have a -No good- travel to rebirth. So yeah, this is also a hint that she didn’t have a happy ending
This movie was honestly brilliant. Ari Aster is an amazing director. And the scene where it flips upside down. I actually said while watching the movie that it was like them going to an alternate universe. That's really cool.
Pelle also new that Dani was not originally coming to the trip because her boyfriend told them he was going to break up with her, so maybe Connie was going to be the next may queen if Dani didn’t agree to go on the trip
I doubt they would pick a person that wasn’t white. I think she was just a sacrifice. I think her being the may queen was because SHE was chosen or it would of been any other girl in her “summer”
Not possible. No people of color would EVER be indoctrinated into the cult, used for breeding or crowned as queen. It blows my mind how many people miss this crazy obvious detail. No offense but they're an all white culture only and it's too obvious.
The theory about the cult having something to do with the family's death, I'm pretty sure that was debunked by the writer. I mean they could've orchestrated it but I like the version with her sister deciding on her own to take the parents with her, brings more awareness to mental health imo.
Maybe it's also highlighting the way predators target those who have already been traumatized sometimes. A person with no family who is really lost in life would be the more likely choice for a fate like that. It's like she's a surprise but Pelle is "so especially excited" she's coming because her trauma and social isolation makes her a perfect target
This movie messed me up. I remember having to go take a walk after viewing it and not being able to sleep. I want to watch it again but am honestly terrified. Even these reviews give me chills.
There’s a scene in the directors cut that’s another sacrifice and this person volunteers and they’re wearing something similar to what Connie has on. They really should’ve included that scene in the regular film bc it gives some great context.
This movie has an overall theme of how easy it is for a cult to draw in members on the promise of empathy and unity and, once in, easily brainwash them to potentially commit heinous acts (i.e. torture, suicide, sacrifice, killings) for the "good" of the cult (Charles Manson). This is especially true now days when "recruiters" (Pele, and his brother) have easy pickins from a society filled with "lazy", "apathetic", "unwanted", and/or "lonely" people (I quoted these words because they are used in the movie). The movie confirms this by "recruiting" the audience in feeling "empathetically" happy for Dani in making the "decision" (was it hers or was she coerced, especially by Pele) to rid herself of those who shunned her! Is this movie propaganda for YOUR eventual indoctrination much like the initial mural that showed Dani and "friends'" reason for being there and their eventual fate?!
I noticed that any time there was an opportunity to learn anything about the Harga, it was directed toward Dani. The men in her group had to ask for information, but it was given to her freely. And when they entered the village, Odd welcomed them all, but he hugged Dani and said "Welcome home." The previous year's May queen was the one who gave Christian the drink with "special properties," and I also noticed that the brown haired girl who led Mark away was visibly upset right before the sacrifices were taken into the temple and it was burned. Her dress had small red details, but as she stood and watched the temple burn, you can see a large red piece of material that had been added to her dress.
Grimm's fairy tales were also grim and twisted. Most of the norse and germanic folk tales are. That is one of the points to the film. Ari wanted to create a twisted messed up fairy tale which he pulled off wonderfully.
Okay but, one detail I've never seen mentioned is the fact that the May Queen or Queen of May is originally a British(outsider) tradition. The girls already in the cult can't be the May Queen because the May Queen is a foreign mate to keep their line going, so this is all just a trick to keep their cult going. Also interestingly, way back at the start of the May Queen tradition, rumors were spread that the May Queen was killed after the festival was over. I'm pretty sure after Dani had her child with whoever, she was killed :(.
I know of no traditions where a May Queen is sacrificed, this warrants some research. Many pagan traditions, however, include a Summer King, a young man who is chosen to represent The God, who mates with The Goddess (a woman, or in a few cases, a mare) to ensure the bounty of the crops. He reigns supreme for a season, his every wish granted, then is ritually slaughtered at the time of harvest, usually Samhain. You can read about this in Thomas Tryon's terrifying novel, "Harvest Home".
@@ninahettema6427 Oh yeah, no, the sacrifice was rumor probably spread Because™. But I'm speculating that since this specific group seems very insular that it's unlikely that they would keep Dani alive so it might be playing off of that particular rumor. The groups main goal is to grow their community by way of reproduction, not by recruitment from what I've seen.
Lol I dunno what's wrong with me but I've seen it like 6 times 😅 the cinematography is phenomenal. Pure art. The more you watch it, the more the cadence and rhythm of the movie is almost captivating. Horrific in its beauty, for sure, but so very unsettling too. Love it. And hereditary is almost in direct opposition to this in every way, yet feels like a sister piece in its deeply uncomfortable storyline.
If you look at the door at Christian's apartment (when Dani calls him out on not telling her about his trip to Sweden), there is a small poster that shows the back and side profile of a red-haired girl (hint referring to Maya).
Easily one of my favorite films....brilliant film making!! I love all the symbolism in this film, I found the beginning of the film to be such a gut punch. On my second viewing I totally got how Mark was the fool, that cap 'n' bells hat said it all on how little the cult thought of him.
Dani gets more and more influenced by the cult through what she wears. She starts with her regular clothes, then a new apron, then more traditional (with the added may queen crown), and in the end she is covered with flowers.
Did you ever have one of those nights. Woke up about 3 am could not get back to sleep. Turn on the TV as a last resort. This movie starts and I start watching. Your sleepy but you can't sleep. You keep watching not knowing whats going on. Possibly the most disturbing thing that I have ever seen.
in a scene where they are all eating the liquid in Christian's glass is darker than the other because the women who is trying to seduce him put her menstrual blood in it. It's a Swedish tradition to charm men.
I found that so interesting when I watched the movie, because it's not the first time I've seen that. As a black American, I was told growing up not to eat at everyone's house because some Voodoo and Caribbean cultures will also "spell" food. One of said spells is spiking food with menstrual blood to get a man or keep your man faithful. Weird how two completely different cultures came up with the same witchcraft.
There is a détail i found interesting: When Pelle conforts Dani after the suicide of the mentors, they are sitting on Dani's bed, and the painting on the wall behing them represents two crowns, as if the future queen and king were indeed Pelle and Dani..😅
Maybe it's just me, but the fact that Dany had to decide between a guy named Christian and another makes me think it's a reference for choosing christian ideologies (or christian molded morals) or pagan ones (Pelle vaguely sounds like pagan to me)
That was the first thing that popped into my mind as soon as the pagan element came into play. Careful writers draw characters inside and out, including names and meanings
I enjoyed this breakdown. I often wondered about a few of these things myself. By the way - triangle, bottom right of the fire pit at 8:52. Thank your for your hard work on this video.
Dani's happiness in the end will be short lived. Here's how we know: Dani is seated at the head of the table, and that is the next to be sacrificed. They say they need to bring in outsiders to prevent inbreeding, but there are no other outsiders there. There are no previous years' May Queens. There are photos of previous May Queens, but if they only have a May Queen every 90 years, there'd only be photos of 2 previous May Queens since photography has only been around for about 200 years. She will give birth to Pele's baby and then killed. I give her about NINE months until she becomes one with the big tree.
I’m curious, is a May Queen only crowned every 90 years? Because when Dani and Pelle are first talking in the scene before they leave for the trip, Pelle is showing Dani pictures on his phone. Dani asks “who is that?” I swear I remember Pelle saying “that’s last years may Queen”
@@birtcher21 The once every 90 years thing was just a ploy to entice the victims to come (a once in a lifetime opportunity). May comes every year, so there is a May Queen every year. I suspect the maypole dance is a way to trick the newcomer to think she won. They'll make her May Queen, impregnate her (by force if necessary) and then kill her after she has the baby.
I always assumed that the thing that only happened every ninety years were the 9 sacrifices - midsommar obviously happens every year, and comes with a May queen every year which is why we see so many pictures of them
Thanks for finally making a video that isn't just showing the basic easter eggs of this film like every other channel that just wants to get views & follow algorithms & not actually do any real research on their own ❤ Most TH-camrs are just slow but think they are intelligent for copying other videos hard work
There's a "jumpscare" so sutil I didn't notice it until my third watch. When Dani is thinking about her family after being shocked by the death of the elders, there's a scene of her sister wearing her mask where the elders died. If you look close enough, you'll notice she looks right at the camera on the last second, and it's the most chilling thing I have ever seen in a movie
@@gizemerkan2898 it is very subtle. When Dani is remembering the altar at which the elders died, she sees it with her sister instead. She is very far away so it's a blink it and miss it moment. At the last second she turns her eyes up to the camera
i also found out (small detail tho) that when the four of them are eating at the table (the sequence before christian got a pubic hair in his pie) if you watch them from right to left its mark josh christian and dani and they are placed in the order of their deaths
For Halloween, we watched this movie again. My cousin's daughter invited two of her teenaged friends. Looking back, it was probably not the best choice.
Did anyone else think it was extremely telling when we found out Dani and Christian had been together 4 years, and not only weren't engaged but didn't even live together?! Their phone call at the beginning sounded like a phone call between a couple who'd been together a few months or a year, nowhere near a couple of 3 and 1/2 years. Him saying he didnt know he was coming over because they didnt make concrete plans? They've been together 3 and 1/2 years! This was all before her family died which showed how codependent and (sorry) how bad she was at relationships even before then, and how bad Christian was at relationships and intamacy acting like a year old boyfriend instead of an almost 4 year partner.
When Dani and her group are greeted he just say welcome to everyone but Dani who he says welcome HOME and hugs just her. They were waiting for her. She is the only outsider they go out of their way to include only her.
I also noticed when Dani was curious to go look inside the chamber where Christian and Maja were, the girls recommended she wouldn't but didn't do anything to stop her. The Harga have strict anti-snooping rules throughout the movie, meaning that the fact that they did not stop Dani from finding out the truth was deliberate. They did not explain that Christian was under the influence of so many different "tea"s in order to make it look like he deliberately chose to cheat on Dani. As a result, Dani chose to kill Christian and let the Harga dude in the pre-final scene continue living.
yeah yeah like it's like they seeeeeem like they have her best interests in but I guess in a way, maybe they do, cos they do want her to discover him betraying her in efforts to push her towards Pelle?
If you are familiar with the Elder Futhark runes, you would find a whole other level of meaning in the various scenes. From the embroidery on their costumes to the murals and even the structural elements of the buildings. Especially when the camera shot is dominated by a single element, like the x-shape of the communal table or the giant mallet the old man is holding. It’s a communication at a whole other level.
Well, for example, at 0:04 and at 2:46, you see Dani and Christian in the traditional dress. You’ll notice there is a diamond shape in blue that is the rune Ingwaz🔹in the Elder Futhark that represents “Seed”. They are the future generation in this ritual. Dani’s costume is the only girl’s costume with this shape. And Christian has impregnated the girl that chose him and possibly others before his death. (There are other runes within these shapes with additional meanings relating more specifically to male & female roles.)At 0:59 even the structure the group walks through is a giant Ingwaz 🔹at the back while at 1:06, from the front, the structure resembles a rising sun - hence the dawn of the new generation. I do wonder if the old couple who jumped to their deaths were perhaps once united in a previous ritual and that perhaps one day Dani and Pelle will be expected to end their lives in the same ritualized manner. There are so many, many more connections if you’ll explore the Elder Futhark runes and their meanings. It really is very fascinating.
If you also notice closely, where he said Dani’s parents are seen when she is congratulated, her parents are the only ones who did not wear flower crowns in that scene. Making them stand out more
Fun Fact: on the topic of the use of the number 9. That scene at 7:24 shows the wall with nine tiles vertically. But there is 19 tiles horizontally. 9x19=171 --> 1+7+1=9.
Great video! After I watched the movie I saw so many comments hating on it and saying midsommar was a waste of time and not scary at all. It's incredible how many people watched it expecting it to be something like a zombie movie. This video is proof how well-written Midsommar is, and anyone who says it's not "real horror" should crawl back to their holes lmao
I’m wondering why if they hated it so much they are making an effort to comment on videos about it. If it’s trash then throw it out of your mind and keep it moving.
The triangles may be a bit of a stretch. There are triangles everywhere. Any 3 points not in a line form a triangle. Any 2 intersecting lines form 2 sides of a triangle, allowing you to fill in the blanks (like the hammer example). You can look for triangles in ANY movie and find them all over the place.
yeah i agreed with this when they pointed out the hammer I was like thaaaaaats a stretch, its not an intentional triangle like the houses or the symbols
I noticed that one of the flowers on Dani’s ‘queen’ crown seems to pulsate. The flower in question is on the left when viewing from the front and has a black centre which increase and decreases in size. Not sure what this is suppose to symbolise.
Something that struck me was Dani's outfit and head dress at the end. It reminded me of those snails that get a parasite or fungus that effectively turn them into zombies. The head dress looked like that coupled with her struggle to walk.
my favourite detail is that the smiling sun in the tapestry in the first shot is a parallel of the final shot with dani smiling
easily one of the most disturbing movies i've ever seen. not scary, but really, really messed up.
not scary?! i couldn't sleep for WEEKS
@@stillwatchingnetflix wuss
@Αρτεμις Disturbing can still be scary to most people.
it is not scary perse but it is unsettling so you cannot sleep for weeks! there is something about it that really messed up with your mind 🤯
@@joshjeong430 Unsettling is scary to me
Watched it last night and I’m proud of myself that I caught the flower crown picture and the screams of Connie. Definitely believe Pele orchestrated the whole thing. I personally think she hallucinates her parents at the end when you see them in her May Queen celebration. Or you could see it as her now viewing them as her family now. So many interpretations!
Maybe they poisoned Dani and she sees her family as a hallucination as she is dying.
Pretty sure the director, Ari Aster, confirmed Pele was not responsible for the death of Dani’s family, but ‘just’ exploited her vulnerability.
What happened with Connie?
@@romanov1578 She was drowned; during the ending when the sacrifices are put inside the yellow triangular building, you can see Connie being taken there in a wheelbarrow with sopping wet hair in a weighted dress.
@@ionabab7274 It may not have been Pele himself, but other members of the cult. I think Pele was setting this up for a long time. It's funny that women who watch this movie think he's so sweet when he's really a sociopath.
Poor Simon turned into a bird with his lungs flipped as he tried to run (or “fly” away) but was kept in the chicken coop. And chickens can’t fly. That’s got to mean something right? Also never picked up that Connie was drowned until I realised she’s wearing the same weighted dress as the child in the directors cut! Amazing observation.
yep, and I figured that when pele's brother brought up that he and connie dated, to which she said that it was just one date, that it was a throwaway line, but it really shows that he wanted to bring connie and simon to the festival as sacrifices because of his jealousy that she dated simon instead of him
They should have left that scene in of the boy almost being tossed in the water. It would have helped explained what happened to Connie.
Great observation! The ritual is called "blood eagle". The "eagle"among chickens! Such an irony!
I recall reading part of the script where Simon's entrails were being pecked at by chickens in a bucolic rehashing of Prometheus *(pre- Lighthouse)
Do you have any scene when Connie drowned?
One important detail I caught that no one else seems to have yet, is during Christian and Dani's fight about him going to Sweden if you look in the background there is a picture of a girl with long black hair running in fear ontop of a bed of yellow flowers. I believe this is a foreshadowing of Connie running through the woods to try to escape the Harga through the entrance they came.
oh! nice one
I think you are right.
The only thing more unsettling than this movie is that so many people honestly believe Dani had a happy ending.
I think that happens because that's how a cult works. It brainwashes people and that's what happens with Dani and since we see the film from her perspective, we get brainwashed with her and "you go gurl!" for her in the end as she smiles looking at that fire. I had this realisation a few ago and since then I've far more respect for Ari Aster. I hate him for it but he is a genius.
Well it's happier than her boyfriend's
@@akshitasharma1735 "you go gurl!" really? I was just like "all this is fucked up but she is happy now in her madness"
Ari Aster said almost the same about that ending
i think that the ending symbolises that Dani’s dark and traumatising past is behind her, and her smiling shows that she realised she found her new family, somewhere where she actually belongs and feels happy
I guess that's how you see it. But i disagree with you. She belong to that place.
I think Dani's family had ties to the Harga before she was even born. When they first arrive at the village the elder hugs Pelle, does the 'nice to meet you' stuff with Josh, Mark and Christian, but then with Dani he says "Dani! Welcome home!" And then he gives her this big hug. Plus I think she's destined to be Pelle's mate especially seeing the kiss he lays on her after she wins the May Queen contest.
Pelle is one of cult who travels around the world to find the Queen mayflower. I believe harga knew she was the one.
I believe the contest was made so that the newcomer would always win
@@StratOnFire one hundred percent. Some of the girls who “fall over” just ran into each other or tripped over nothing
Actually, this makes me think her family was murdered intentionally.
I noticed the welcome home too, but thought about it after the movie ended, that they planned for her all along to be there and to be the may queen, everything seemed planned out ahead of time
A detail I haven’t seen anyone mention yet (although it’s possible I missed it),
when Pelle is sitting with Dani in the Harga summer communal house, asking her if she feels held by Christian, look above their heads. They’re both wearing crowns. The decorative wall behind them has illustrated crowns which are placed directly over their heads symbolizing their fate to be joined together.
The dancing scene where if you get too exhausted you drop out was done so well, as the constant panning and moving of the camera gave us the same effect of mental exhaustion. It's my favourite bit by far.
And in the final sacrifice all the outsider except Dani and Christian represent the 4 element. Connie was drown symbolizing water. Josh was plant upside down in dirt represent the earth Simon and the blood eagle represent the air and Mark was fill with hay to burn symbolizing fire.
Goooddd one
Long ago for nations live together in harmony
@@karanlklarprensesi4864 Until....the *fire nation* arrive.
They are The Planeteers! With their powers combined… 😂
The way the director uses breathing is pretty important. You can always see Dani using that technique simular to the way the villagers breath prior to oerforming, foreshadowing her fitting in with them
THIS!!!
I believe Pelle's parents were also sacrificed. Most likely voluntarily. Pelle explains to Danni that he knows how she feels, because he too lost his parents, and that both his parents died in a 🔥
Good observation.
The ritual sacrifices are done once every 90 years meaning Pelle’s parents wouldn’t fit in with sacrifice timeline, that being said this is definitely one of the things I would ask Ari about if I ever bumped into him. Was Pelle lying about his parents death to manipulate Dani, if not, how do his parents burning to death fit in with the Harga community?
@@tacomaamocat4309 The 90 year thing is a ruse to get them that year as if it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. We know they do it every year because May comes around every year, there are many photos of previous may queens and photography has only been around for about 200 years, and people don't wait 90 years to turn 72.
@@tacomaamocat4309 Maybe it's just a coincidence, and his parents died in a fire in some completely unrelated event.
@@snakeplissken3063 Then again, sacrificing 9 people from the community every year is not a great way to ensure a long-term sustainable population.
@@Irisverse If I remember correctly, it was 2 elders, Pelle and Ingemar, the rest were outsiders.
I also noted that Ingemar chose Connie and Simon out of spite, because he wanted to be her boyfriend but she rejected him for trying to manipulate her into dating him.
I think he originally wanted Connie to be his mate. Due to the kid not being drowned and her trying to leave, the cult decided she was to be the water offering. This is why he volunteers to be sacrificed in the end
Agree
It's also so awkward and unfunny when Simon "jokes" about choosing Ingmar to officiate the wedding.
this is by FAR one of the best Midsommar analysis videos out there
Here's something I noticed:
Dark colours are used to represent darkness while pastel colours represent hiding that darkness. In the U.S before they go to Sweden all the scenes take place in dark rooms and all of the characters wear dark clothing symbolising that they don't hide their darkness from other people. On the first day at the commune Dani wears a pastel t-shirt bc she is hiding her grief and the people in the cult are also wearing pastel bc they are hiding the true horrors of the commune from the visitors. The only places that are dark in the commune are inside the buildings because that's where the wall paintings showing the gruesome fates of the characters are.
wait u kinda cooked
The fact that there are 9 facts and the video is 9 minutes long blows my mind
and it's a reference to the 9 sacrifices in the end too
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9 minutes, 19 seconds
@@TitaniaNabila05 You wrote this comment 19 hours ago
And the movie was released in 2019
Wow this was really detailed compared to other videos like this one
All for the love (and fear, very much fear) of MIDSOMMAR 🔺
I thought that the dream Dani had, where she saw the boys driving away from her in the car during the night, was an interesting foreshadowing of the way that she would be the only one left in the commune by the end of the film (but not in the way we expected).
When I first saw this movie, in the theatre, there were a bunch of bros in the audience who were laughing and making "ew gross" sounds during the first half of the film. It was distracting and irritating. But then as the film progressed towards its conclusion, they got quieter and quieter... Their occasional exclamations sounded more uneasy ("What the fuck?..."). In the end, it worked perfectly with the story.
yes - I admit I laughed when the two old people jumped the cliff. The last 1/3 of the film though wipes the smile from your face. I did smile at the end - mainly because I felt I had witnessed a masterwork film.
And they represents as the "fools" one in this festivine 🤭
Thats exactly why I don't see movies in theaters, unless they're kids movies or comedies.
It's the music of the film is not one of horror but of elation and uplifting theme.
In bright sunlight with no place to run is what makes this film so damn horrific and unsettling.
The viewer sees the horror but hears melodious music almost symphonic
I never got the impression that they knew Dani or knew of her. It seemed to be rather opportunistic and chance based. Pelle just happened to be the lucky one to find their new May Queen. It actually makes it that much more unsettling, knowing how arbitrary the whole process was. Something of such importance to the cultists left up to chance and opportunity. Dani was the perfect candidate.
And the family members definitely weren't really there towards the end. Purely a hallucination.on Dani's part, which would be quite off-putting if you were in her shoes, with all that other stuff going on.
She wasn't supposed to go with them on the trip either, it was Christian's idea without checking even with Pelle (unless I missed something), so the arbitrary makes sense
Perhaps, as in Hereditary, the theme of fate is in play. They gather outsiders, do their rituals, and simply trust that their May Queen is predestined.
@@Scoopski_Potato I like that train of thought.
Maybe Connie was the initial pick for May Queen
i think her parents being there could also symbolize her starting to see them as family or support the idea shes connected to them in some way
I think it has more meaning if Dani's parents are just dead, not in any way linked to the cult. Her being targeted doesn't make it seem like it could happen to anyone. Her life's tragic, a cult preys on her because of that, and that's that, no mastermind orchestrating her entire life years before she even met Pelle. It's the sort of things that already happens out there, if to a somewhat lesser extent.
As soon as Dani was the last one standing in that dance to choose the Queen of May, purely because the other girl willingly (it was obvious) fell to the ground, i knew it was all orchestrated.
Towards the ending, when the triangular sacrifice shack is on fire, there's a moment where dani is in front of it, and her right eye fits in the middle of the triangle, making a perfect "all seeing eye" (both the shack and dani are fading in opacity so you can see both). Can't believe you missed it since you talked a lot about triangles. But thanks for everything else in the video.
How subtlety he says "the shape simons body make when he's turned into a blood eagle" lmao
If you are reading this comment, I wish that your parents live happily for many many years.
Too late, but thanks.
Thanks, I wish the same for you.
Oh wow, I clicked on this expecting to see the same facts that are regurgitated in every video but it was so refreshing to learn new things about this film!! I love it
"So nobody's going to talk about the bear?"
"It's a bear" 😆
Some of the murals on the walls inside the dormitory are foreboding as well. There's one depicting a blood eagle, and there's another one depicting two crowns which happen to be above Dani and Pelle's head when he's trying to comfort her after the Attestupa. I've had trouble making out some of the others.
Even watching this video is disturbing (as a mark of how well it does at calling out the horror in this movie.) My daughter made an observation that most horror is filmed in dark settings. This is an almost Wes Anderson level of brightly lit colors. As good as this movie is, I cannot bring myself to watch it again. I had the same reaction in 1974 watching The Exorcist, and have not watched the movie since.
Also very intentional. If you've ever been anywhere far north enough that experiences "midnight sun", you understand how disorienting it can be. That bright, washed out look mimics a fever dream type state, where you're exhausted, but the external cues to your body and brain say, "It's not time to sleep."
The full light in this film was also used so there would be no mistaken thoughts of 'oh I just imagined that because of shadows'. Its full horror right in your face - you're going to see and remember everything. There is no where to hide in full light. You are caught and have to accept the truth of evil.
Evil now wishes to be seen in its entirety. Its ultimate fulfillment.
@Chester Wilberforce
I feel exactly the same way. I enjoy reading people’s thoughts or analysis of this film, but I cannot watch it again. Maybe I will want to see it again in a few years or so.
Every time they said "We are so happy to HAVE you" or "You are so important to us" or "You guys are like my family" or "This community will HOLD you" it actually had an omminous meaning.
Cults prey on people with family trauma or weak family bonding, and then try to replace the family unit. Dani had lost her entire family and had no reason to go back to her traumatizing reality. Pelle and everyone else were trying to fake-compensate it for her.
The thing that caught my attention the most was that while everyone at the table had a yellow drink, Christian's had an orangy-reddish color. I think Maja just poured her menstrual blood into a drink to make Christian fall in love with her. This was also shown in the pictures hanging on the hanger at the beginning of the movie, and Pelle said that it symbolizes a love story.
That is just disgusting
Yeah definitely
Yeah how could he drink that. It was obviously different from the others'
I think the parents and sister being there when she gets the flower crown means she’s starting to feel more at ‘home’ there cause their goal was to make her feel so comfortable that it was home to her
Another small observation is when Pelle gifts Dani a portrait of her, it has the symbol of a reverse R and the two headed drum which is on the clothes she wears when she performs the dancing ritual.
We can find the letter R in more paintings in the movie, the letter R means travel / rebirth (sth like that) and when Pelle gives her the portrait and there’s the R in Reverse (that means the same thing but in a negative way) is like a sign that she is going to have a -No good- travel to rebirth. So yeah, this is also a hint that she didn’t have a happy ending
This movie was honestly brilliant. Ari Aster is an amazing director. And the scene where it flips upside down. I actually said while watching the movie that it was like them going to an alternate universe. That's really cool.
One of my favorite horror movies, this really changed the whole fear factor to a new level 🖤
Pelle also new that Dani was not originally coming to the trip because her boyfriend told them he was going to break up with her, so maybe Connie was going to be the next may queen if Dani didn’t agree to go on the trip
I doubt they would pick a person that wasn’t white. I think she was just a sacrifice. I think her being the may queen was because SHE was chosen or it would of been any other girl in her “summer”
@Queen Tea they need outsiders to impregnate the girls.
@@irr1sss wtf when were there ever themes of race in midsommer??
@@allyj5668 Also the sign at the beginning was an advertisement tp vote for a party which is against immigration in this part of sweden
Not possible. No people of color would EVER be indoctrinated into the cult, used for breeding or crowned as queen. It blows my mind how many people miss this crazy obvious detail. No offense but they're an all white culture only and it's too obvious.
The theory about the cult having something to do with the family's death, I'm pretty sure that was debunked by the writer. I mean they could've orchestrated it but I like the version with her sister deciding on her own to take the parents with her, brings more awareness to mental health imo.
At the same time, if it is the sister its a massive coincidence. Even if its just headcanon it makes more sense that the cult killed them
Maybe it's also highlighting the way predators target those who have already been traumatized sometimes. A person with no family who is really lost in life would be the more likely choice for a fate like that. It's like she's a surprise but Pelle is "so especially excited" she's coming because her trauma and social isolation makes her a perfect target
The sister had a history of being mentally I’ll though I think she really did kill her parents
Love the soothing voice and accent of the narrator! A great film. Incredibly disturbing though.
I can hear the narrator is swedish.
It's just exotic sexy accent...
@@freyalove3831 Well, I'm swedish myself so I can tell.
@@Fibonacci64 100% yes, he's Swedish. 😊
so cool u had a swede explain this! thank you :)
This movie messed me up. I remember having to go take a walk after viewing it and not being able to sleep. I want to watch it again but am honestly terrified. Even these reviews give me chills.
I know exactly what you mean!
There’s a scene in the directors cut that’s another sacrifice and this person volunteers and they’re wearing something similar to what Connie has on. They really should’ve included that scene in the regular film bc it gives some great context.
Ari aster freakin deserved an Oscar for this movie
This movie has an overall theme of how easy it is for a cult to draw in members on the promise of empathy and unity and, once in, easily brainwash them to potentially commit heinous acts (i.e. torture, suicide, sacrifice, killings) for the "good" of the cult (Charles Manson). This is especially true now days when "recruiters" (Pele, and his brother) have easy pickins from a society filled with "lazy", "apathetic", "unwanted", and/or "lonely" people (I quoted these words because they are used in the movie). The movie confirms this by "recruiting" the audience in feeling "empathetically" happy for Dani in making the "decision" (was it hers or was she coerced, especially by Pele) to rid herself of those who shunned her! Is this movie propaganda for YOUR eventual indoctrination much like the initial mural that showed Dani and "friends'" reason for being there and their eventual fate?!
Also winter is where we begin where Dani's family dies the same season the 72 year olds die in the movie.
But Dani’s sister died in winter which is she’s not 72. Make no sense.
@@ericgonzalez_5187 her family died in literal winter, whereas the 72 year olds are in a symbolic winter at the end of their lives. It's a metaphor
@@karolusmagnus3992 Yes, I know that. Are you dmb?
I noticed that any time there was an opportunity to learn anything about the Harga, it was directed toward Dani. The men in her group had to ask for information, but it was given to her freely. And when they entered the village, Odd welcomed them all, but he hugged Dani and said "Welcome home." The previous year's May queen was the one who gave Christian the drink with "special properties," and I also noticed that the brown haired girl who led Mark away was visibly upset right before the sacrifices were taken into the temple and it was burned. Her dress had small red details, but as she stood and watched the temple burn, you can see a large red piece of material that had been added to her dress.
Grimm's fairy tales were also grim and twisted. Most of the norse and germanic folk tales are. That is one of the points to the film. Ari wanted to create a twisted messed up fairy tale which he pulled off wonderfully.
Pelle's car plate number is 774, which is also a multiple of the number 9.
I wish there was a sequel to this because there is so much more that could still happen.
Okay but, one detail I've never seen mentioned is the fact that the May Queen or Queen of May is originally a British(outsider) tradition. The girls already in the cult can't be the May Queen because the May Queen is a foreign mate to keep their line going, so this is all just a trick to keep their cult going.
Also interestingly, way back at the start of the May Queen tradition, rumors were spread that the May Queen was killed after the festival was over. I'm pretty sure after Dani had her child with whoever, she was killed :(.
I know of no traditions where a May Queen is sacrificed, this warrants some research. Many pagan traditions, however, include a Summer King, a young man who is chosen to represent The God, who mates with The Goddess (a woman, or in a few cases, a mare) to ensure the bounty of the crops. He reigns supreme for a season, his every wish granted, then is ritually slaughtered at the time of harvest, usually Samhain. You can read about this in Thomas Tryon's terrifying novel, "Harvest Home".
@@ninahettema6427 Oh yeah, no, the sacrifice was rumor probably spread Because™. But I'm speculating that since this specific group seems very insular that it's unlikely that they would keep Dani alive so it might be playing off of that particular rumor. The groups main goal is to grow their community by way of reproduction, not by recruitment from what I've seen.
So I guess I need to watch the movie 9 times now.
"And if you're planning to watch it again"
NO. NO THANK YOU.
I really appreciated it much more the second time i saw it, it told me different things...highly recommend a second viewing.
Aine I agree. It wasnt scary but it left a weird feeling in me. I wont see it again.
The second viewing of this movie is better than the first!🧐
Lol I dunno what's wrong with me but I've seen it like 6 times 😅 the cinematography is phenomenal. Pure art. The more you watch it, the more the cadence and rhythm of the movie is almost captivating. Horrific in its beauty, for sure, but so very unsettling too. Love it. And hereditary is almost in direct opposition to this in every way, yet feels like a sister piece in its deeply uncomfortable storyline.
I will I guess.
Love hearing the correct pronunciation for these terms
If you look at the door at Christian's apartment (when Dani calls him out on not telling her about his trip to Sweden), there is a small poster that shows the back and side profile of a red-haired girl (hint referring to Maya).
That's Danis apartment theyre in when they have the fight about not going to Sweden.
@@kristinachaney7391 yes, you're correct. A mistake realised much later on after posting my original comment.
Easily one of my favorite films....brilliant film making!! I love all the symbolism in this film, I found the beginning of the film to be such a gut punch. On my second viewing I totally got how Mark was the fool, that cap 'n' bells hat said it all on how little the cult thought of him.
This movie wrecked me, I thought it was horrible, but I couldn’t stop thinking about, which made me think it must be a great movie
Dani gets more and more influenced by the cult through what she wears. She starts with her regular clothes, then a new apron, then more traditional (with the added may queen crown), and in the end she is covered with flowers.
Did you ever have one of those nights. Woke up about 3 am could not get back to sleep. Turn on the TV as a last resort. This movie starts and I start watching. Your sleepy but you can't sleep. You keep watching not knowing whats going on. Possibly the most disturbing thing that I have ever seen.
in a scene where they are all eating the liquid in Christian's glass is darker than the other because the women who is trying to seduce him put her menstrual blood in it. It's a Swedish tradition to charm men.
I noticed his glass was slightly tinged red. Very disgusting. I felt sick at that.
Midsommer occurs in Sweden. I believe this festivity is more people drinking and celebrating in the middle of summer.
Those Swedish women..They'll go to great lengths to impress a guy.
I found that so interesting when I watched the movie, because it's not the first time I've seen that. As a black American, I was told growing up not to eat at everyone's house because some Voodoo and Caribbean cultures will also "spell" food. One of said spells is spiking food with menstrual blood to get a man or keep your man faithful.
Weird how two completely different cultures came up with the same witchcraft.
There is a détail i found interesting:
When Pelle conforts Dani after the suicide of the mentors, they are sitting on Dani's bed, and the painting on the wall behing them represents two crowns, as if the future queen and king were indeed Pelle and Dani..😅
I’ve seen this movie 49 times. You underestimate my power.
Maybe it's just me, but the fact that Dany had to decide between a guy named Christian and another makes me think it's a reference for choosing christian ideologies (or christian molded morals) or pagan ones (Pelle vaguely sounds like pagan to me)
Ohhh nice one
@@janedoeski9196 hehehe...not sure, but maybe. Thanks!
@@eloisagarcia3300 I mean I see it lol
I never thought of that. Interesting!
That was the first thing that popped into my mind as soon as the pagan element came into play. Careful writers draw characters inside and out, including names and meanings
I love films that shock me like this did, really disturbing and really captured my attention.
I enjoyed this breakdown. I often wondered about a few of these things myself. By the way - triangle, bottom right of the fire pit at 8:52. Thank your for your hard work on this video.
Great in-depth research on a very thought provoking movie, for which you provide nice background info. Super cool!!
Dani's happiness in the end will be short lived. Here's how we know: Dani is seated at the head of the table, and that is the next to be sacrificed. They say they need to bring in outsiders to prevent inbreeding, but there are no other outsiders there. There are no previous years' May Queens. There are photos of previous May Queens, but if they only have a May Queen every 90 years, there'd only be photos of 2 previous May Queens since photography has only been around for about 200 years. She will give birth to Pele's baby and then killed. I give her about NINE months until she becomes one with the big tree.
I’m curious, is a May Queen only crowned every 90 years? Because when Dani and Pelle are first talking in the scene before they leave for the trip, Pelle is showing Dani pictures on his phone. Dani asks “who is that?” I swear I remember Pelle saying “that’s last years may Queen”
@@birtcher21 The once every 90 years thing was just a ploy to entice the victims to come (a once in a lifetime opportunity). May comes every year, so there is a May Queen every year. I suspect the maypole dance is a way to trick the newcomer to think she won. They'll make her May Queen, impregnate her (by force if necessary) and then kill her after she has the baby.
I always assumed that the thing that only happened every ninety years were the 9 sacrifices - midsommar obviously happens every year, and comes with a May queen every year which is why we see so many pictures of them
Yea, plus, if you're wrong, she will still end up having to jump off a cliff and have her head smashed with a giant mallet
They do the festival every year, but it's only every 90 years when human sacrifice happens.
Honestly I want to recreate the May Queen Gown with the Crown included. Halloween!
Dooo itttt
Thanks for finally making a video that isn't just showing the basic easter eggs of this film like every other channel that just wants to get views & follow algorithms & not actually do any real research on their own ❤
Most TH-camrs are just slow but think they are intelligent for copying other videos hard work
There's a "jumpscare" so sutil I didn't notice it until my third watch. When Dani is thinking about her family after being shocked by the death of the elders, there's a scene of her sister wearing her mask where the elders died.
If you look close enough, you'll notice she looks right at the camera on the last second, and it's the most chilling thing I have ever seen in a movie
I couldn’t find the scene which you mention :(
@@gizemerkan2898 it is very subtle. When Dani is remembering the altar at which the elders died, she sees it with her sister instead. She is very far away so it's a blink it and miss it moment. At the last second she turns her eyes up to the camera
The soundtrack is sublime it propels the story along
i also found out (small detail tho) that when the four of them are eating at the table (the sequence before christian got a pubic hair in his pie) if you watch them from right to left its mark josh christian and dani and they are placed in the order of their deaths
For Halloween, we watched this movie again. My cousin's daughter invited two of her teenaged friends. Looking back, it was probably not the best choice.
Did anyone else think it was extremely telling when we found out Dani and Christian had been together 4 years, and not only weren't engaged but didn't even live together?! Their phone call at the beginning sounded like a phone call between a couple who'd been together a few months or a year, nowhere near a couple of 3 and 1/2 years. Him saying he didnt know he was coming over because they didnt make concrete plans? They've been together 3 and 1/2 years! This was all before her family died which showed how codependent and (sorry) how bad she was at relationships even before then, and how bad Christian was at relationships and intamacy acting like a year old boyfriend instead of an almost 4 year partner.
Well, he had thoughts of dumping her, before the tragedy
When Dani and her group are greeted he just say welcome to everyone but Dani who he says welcome HOME and hugs just her. They were waiting for her. She is the only outsider they go out of their way to include only her.
I also noticed when Dani was curious to go look inside the chamber where Christian and Maja were, the girls recommended she wouldn't but didn't do anything to stop her. The Harga have strict anti-snooping rules throughout the movie, meaning that the fact that they did not stop Dani from finding out the truth was deliberate. They did not explain that Christian was under the influence of so many different "tea"s in order to make it look like he deliberately chose to cheat on Dani. As a result, Dani chose to kill Christian and let the Harga dude in the pre-final scene continue living.
I got that impression as well, it was very 'No. Don't. Don't look in there...' (said in slow, sarcastic voice).
yeah yeah like it's like they seeeeeem like they have her best interests in but I guess in a way, maybe they do, cos they do want her to discover him betraying her in efforts to push her towards Pelle?
what i have noticed was that the elder woman who jumped off the cliff looked like Dani and possibly the elder man represented or was Pelle
yes
Damn
Never thought of that
If you are familiar with the Elder Futhark runes, you would find a whole other level of meaning in the various scenes. From the embroidery on their costumes to the murals and even the structural elements of the buildings. Especially when the camera shot is dominated by a single element, like the x-shape of the communal table or the giant mallet the old man is holding. It’s a communication at a whole other level.
What do they mean? Please tell us.
Well, for example, at 0:04 and at 2:46, you see Dani and Christian in the traditional dress. You’ll notice there is a diamond shape in blue that is the rune Ingwaz🔹in the Elder Futhark that represents “Seed”. They are the future generation in this ritual. Dani’s costume is the only girl’s costume with this shape. And Christian has impregnated the girl that chose him and possibly others before his death. (There are other runes within these shapes with additional meanings relating more specifically to male & female roles.)At 0:59 even the structure the group walks through is a giant Ingwaz 🔹at the back while at 1:06, from the front, the structure resembles a rising sun - hence the dawn of the new generation. I do wonder if the old couple who jumped to their deaths were perhaps once united in a previous ritual and that perhaps one day Dani and Pelle will be expected to end their lives in the same ritualized manner. There are so many, many more connections if you’ll explore the Elder Futhark runes and their meanings. It really is very fascinating.
@@ingridcornwell4341 Thank you for these examples! Really interesting.
I was surprised that this video didn't touch on runes.
Ari aster is a genius!
Bit of a racist, though.
@@Ash.Crow.Goddess how so?
@@Ash.Crow.Goddess how?
@@Ash.Crow.Goddess how so?
One of the best horror movies ever! I was watching it thinking it will suck but I was soooooo wrong!
That "mom?, dad?" Scene got me wondering if they really were there or sue was just off that good fent.
Nah I think it was just a delusion they kept them tripping the whole time
If you also notice closely, where he said Dani’s parents are seen when she is congratulated, her parents are the only ones who did not wear flower crowns in that scene. Making them stand out more
If you search on the internet, the film was made on a budget of 9 million dollars 🤯🤯🤯
Genius move!!!!
Asher actually disputed the Pelle-Dani’s parents thing. The flower crown WAS a foreshadowing of the events to come but that’s it
Y'all it wasn't scary. It was pure art✨
Anyone noticed that the old woman jumping from the cliff closely resemble Dani?
Fun Fact: on the topic of the use of the number 9. That scene at 7:24 shows the wall with nine tiles vertically. But there is 19 tiles horizontally. 9x19=171 --> 1+7+1=9.
That's not unusual, though. All products of nine are comprised of digits that return to nine when summed in this way. Try it with any number.
Great video! After I watched the movie I saw so many comments hating on it and saying midsommar was a waste of time and not scary at all. It's incredible how many people watched it expecting it to be something like a zombie movie. This video is proof how well-written Midsommar is, and anyone who says it's not "real horror" should crawl back to their holes lmao
I’m wondering why if they hated it so much they are making an effort to comment on videos about it. If it’s trash then throw it out of your mind and keep it moving.
this film left me traumatised... i do not recommend if you are easily triggered.
Why?
@@ramona3840 it's a good film but very disturbing, has some gory and weird scenes. Some scenes were still stuck in my head days after watching it.
@@jaybobby77 oh ok,thanks
Same. Had flashbacks for a while.
Omg and the age that someone must die was 72 and 7+2 equals 9.
18 ...1+8 = 9 spring
36...3+6=9 summer
54... 5+4 = 9 autumn
72... 7+2= 9 winter
I knew you were on to something lol
All the age ranges are multiples of 9
When the old guy who jumps off the cliff first starts singing at the table, it really sounds like he's humming the theme from the shining.
dani's blow on the candle (cake slice) is the same breathing the harga does
same but in reverse, mirror
The triangles may be a bit of a stretch. There are triangles everywhere. Any 3 points not in a line form a triangle. Any 2 intersecting lines form 2 sides of a triangle, allowing you to fill in the blanks (like the hammer example). You can look for triangles in ANY movie and find them all over the place.
yeah i agreed with this when they pointed out the hammer I was like thaaaaaats a stretch, its not an intentional triangle like the houses or the symbols
I actually thought Dani’s Parents being there was supposed to symbolize that she has found an ACTUAL family
It's one of these movies you need to watch a few times to understand the meaning of the movie
Probably seen this movie no less than 20 times lol
Just finished this film for the first time and it disturb me so much
I noticed that one of the flowers on Dani’s ‘queen’ crown seems to pulsate. The flower in question is on the left when viewing from the front and has a black centre which increase and decreases in size. Not sure what this is suppose to symbolise.
the symbolic of the flower. But what flower is it?
when pelle gave dani the drawing of her on her birthday and she was wearing a flower crown in the drawing
Something that struck me was Dani's outfit and head dress at the end. It reminded me of those snails that get a parasite or fungus that effectively turn them into zombies. The head dress looked like that coupled with her struggle to walk.
Whoever made this film… wow
Ari 🔪Aster 🔪
The same mind of Hereditary. Both amazing movies full of foreshadowing and details.
They way Dani cries is the exact way they grieve in Harga. It was meant to be .
Pelle, dont try to explain that you warned everyone earlier!!