Ummm, they did show the gassed family in the theatrical release, which I saw at the cinema. Ari Aster is a master, he makes Christian so unlikeable that we ultimately cheer his end.
You do kind of, though the truth is that she's being manipulated by the cult every step of the way, and the eugenicist, white supremacist, and violent aspects of the cult make it hard to take it as a happy ending
First off, I love horror and emotionally devastating movies, and Midsommar is one of my favorite movies in that regard. The opening scene with the parents and the sister was one of the worst, most disturbing things I've ever seen. It was so incredibly sad and awful to think about the amount of pain someone must suffer (caused by their own brain) to take actions like this. She thought this through, planned it meticulously, and made absolutely sure she can't back out even if she should change her mind The shot of her with the duct tape haunted me for months after my first watch. It actually made the gore and weirdness that followed feel tame in comparison, and I couldn't stop thinking about Dani's family throughout. It's an incredible movie.
Sweden and Norway are so so beautiful and the people so friendly, i couldnt help think that only the swedes would be ok with a film that portrays a sun cult and doesnt start screaming about ruining tourism lol yeah 24 hour sun in summer but also 24 hours of dark in the winter months! i visited top of Norway and arctic circle on a cruise in march and was absolutely stunning, i would love to go in the summer - but snow biking myself over a lake to go crab fishing and then spending a night in an ice hotel and dog sleighing across countryside at sunset was so awesome lol, even had dinner with Vikings old style - would love to do again :)
@gailscrypto1536 as a Swede I'm honestly just really impressed with how well researched this movie is. I mean, murders aside, there are so many authentic folklore and cultural references!
Such a great movie. I love how bright & colorful it is - unusual for a horror movie, but still so unsettling. Btw Ativan is a benzodiazepine typically used for anxiety. High doses can help after a seizure.
Essentially it is a muscle relaxant which is USED AS an antispasmodic, anxiolytic, and anticonvulsant. All related to the medications effect on the central nervous system. So their proper term is a ‘Central Nervous System (CNS) Depressant’. So EVERYONE 😊 is simultaneously correct and incorrect in their definition.
Love your reactions!! So, there’s a lot of talk in the chat: Ativan is used for anxiety but it’s mainly used to treat seizure disorders. Anyway, this movie is very well made. The writing, directing, acting, cinematography, all top notch.
Off-topic, and tl;dr, but as a 65-year-old who grew up with things like Blade Runner (one of my favorite movies) showing "when she says no, she means yes" and the seduction of too-too young people, and how icky, really, the huge age difference between, say, a vampire and a teenager...I really appreciate and applaud younger people calling that stuff out and in groups. I thought I was cognizant, but I've learned so much from reactors. I may have felt uncomfortable about some representations but wouldn't necessarily had the words to explain what I thought was wrong about something like the down-right abusive the boyfriend was, nor would calling it out have been supported in friend groups. So. I lurve me reactors and love the discussion here, in particular. Thanks.
@@nac.mac.feegle My 18-year-old daughter has TOTALLY opened my eyes to weird age gaps in film/TV/society. The kids really are alright. They definitely give me hope for the future.
Saw this in the theatre and really enjoyed it. Lots of detail that reveals what's going on even before we see it played out, the imagery, the score, the acting. I definitely think of it as a horror though.
This movie was filmed in my country, Hungary, and this pretty place is close to the capital, Budapest. They really built those buildings but after finishing filming they dismantled everything which bothers me till this day lmao And it looks like they really burned down that yellow building.
They show the parents and the sister (at a further distance) in the theater release version, but it definitely lingered more in this cut…it’s a messed up start for sure.
7:44 the sister is absolutely selfish. I understand the mentally disturbed and depressed. I’ve suffered from Chronic depression all my life and never thought to take anyone with me
We don’t know the psychosis of what her sister was dealing with. Maybe in her mind she thought that taking her parents with her to the afterlife was some sort of good thing? (Also) No 2 people are the same kind of “mentally disturbed”. Just because it didn’t happen to you, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen to somebody else. It’s like saying “I don’t get why this person decided to end their own life just because of depression, I had depression too yet I didn’t do it.” They are not you, you are not them. The same sickness/disease/disorder you’re going through rn could be 10 times worse for somebody else. Just because you once had cancer and made it out fine, doesn’t mean that somebody else who also has cancer will.
Loved u guys reaction. ❤ Your banta is so much like my family its like watching it with them again ha ha. As an artist this movie was crazy symbolic but still weird n culty , after this movie i had to watch the others he directed. Safe for the added info from the girls too . Glad u enjoyed it 😇
My thought has always been it’s not like these people live in this grassy field. There’s no calling a cab or grabbing a room in town to plan an exit. The cult doesn’t end at the edge of the wildflowers. There’s no route back to an airport without running into someone that’s gonna drag you back to the hut.
I honestly do not like the reactions with the Patreon follower watch alongs.. it’s nice and all and I get the concept but honestly, I want to see y’all’s RAW reaction and not really hear the input from the other people.. not trying to come off as rude at all just my opinion ❤️
Thanks! I wanted to say more about the movie, but there was limited time. The three ladies featured here are part of a podcast that we've recently started uploading for. Ariel and I might do a deeper discussion on this movie in the future.
For anyone interested in the meanings of: the runes, the location, the real traditions, the colors chosen, the 9's, the paintings, the way ppl were killed, the bear, and anything else or any other questions you might have about this movie; all of it is answered in this video: th-cam.com/video/xZQv1_oosZg/w-d-xo.html . I strongly encourage everyone to watch it in full, or you can skip around to the things you are interested in specifically as there are very convenient time stamps in the video description. Almost all of the information comes from 1st hand sources so there isn't a bunch of speculation on what things mean. For those who think they understand what the runes mean (like the woman in this reaction), you are mistaken, as a lot of those shown in this movie do not have their traditional meanings and have meanings that are specific to the Hårga cult in the film.
100%. I’m not sure if I’d just call it bizarre, though. There are different levels of reality going on here and the boundaries of those levels dissolve. The story is told naturalistically for the most part, with heavy doses of surrealism. The mis en scene is awash in symbols, ones that we don’t understand but that we understand are symbols. Imagine that instead of this having the context of a horror film, it was instead being told as a folk tale or fairy tale. We might ask what the various elements of the story represent psychologically. So how’s this for an alternative title: How Dani Got Her Groove Back. 😂
I saw the theatrical version first, and felt kind of sorry for the weak and abused Christian too. He was in a way lured in and r@ped in the end. The director's cut revealed though quite a lot more hideous actions from his part so yeah, I guess I was cheering at the ending.
I find it incredible when anyone thinks because a character is stupid or rude they deserve to die. Nearly any horror film has both types. The boyfriend and all the others didn’t deserve death. But I suppose the may queen may have psychological issues since she has similar dna as her sister and the same family. She lost her family and boyfriend and eventually with mushroom tea, she accepted her new position in the commune.
There's a great video dissection that talks about the parallels between being brainwashed into an occult along with the brainwashing some viewers go through while watching this movie. It's an interesting take.
This is a break up movie. There’s many levels here, but first and foremost this is a movie about breaking up from a bad relationship with a toxic partner. Is this also a horror movie about a cult with murderous rituals? Yes, maybe, I guess. I have two thoughts about that. One is that this is a mirror to our own cult-ture. We have our own ritualized murder and sacrifice that is so deeply embedded in our culture that the majority of us don’t really question them. We don’t understand our own rituals as rituals. They are just how things are. The other thought is more of a fascination with the idea of an ancient religion, centuries old, maybe millennia old, that survives hidden away in our modern world-and also preying on us moderns to perpetuate itself. This movie also contains a criticism of how we practice Anthropology. The principle of the detached observer did not help these grad students see what was going on. All in all, this is a weird, trippy, very beautiful movie. I am glad that it has a happy ending, even if it’s hard to grasp that it is indeed happy.
Ummm, they did show the gassed family in the theatrical release, which I saw at the cinema. Ari Aster is a master, he makes Christian so unlikeable that we ultimately cheer his end.
🤓 ummm
@@JohnnyPappas Yes you are correct.
ermmm what the sigma
You do kind of, though the truth is that she's being manipulated by the cult every step of the way, and the eugenicist, white supremacist, and violent aspects of the cult make it hard to take it as a happy ending
First off, I love horror and emotionally devastating movies, and Midsommar is one of my favorite movies in that regard.
The opening scene with the parents and the sister was one of the worst, most disturbing things I've ever seen. It was so incredibly sad and awful to think about the amount of pain someone must suffer (caused by their own brain) to take actions like this. She thought this through, planned it meticulously, and made absolutely sure she can't back out even if she should change her mind The shot of her with the duct tape haunted me for months after my first watch.
It actually made the gore and weirdness that followed feel tame in comparison, and I couldn't stop thinking about Dani's family throughout.
It's an incredible movie.
Sweden and Norway are so so beautiful and the people so friendly, i couldnt help think that only the swedes would be ok with a film that portrays a sun cult and doesnt start screaming about ruining tourism lol yeah 24 hour sun in summer but also 24 hours of dark in the winter months! i visited top of Norway and arctic circle on a cruise in march and was absolutely stunning, i would love to go in the summer - but snow biking myself over a lake to go crab fishing and then spending a night in an ice hotel and dog sleighing across countryside at sunset was so awesome lol, even had dinner with Vikings old style - would love to do again :)
@gailscrypto1536 as a Swede I'm honestly just really impressed with how well researched this movie is. I mean, murders aside, there are so many authentic folklore and cultural references!
This movie stayed with me for a long time. It’s so disturbing.
I need much more to be disturbed.
@@Flopsi80 Ok
@@Wanjiro81 Exactly. Such a fab and highly unique movie!
1:36:59 I think that’s called a Blood Eagle, unless I’m mistaken.
@@jen.g. you’re correct
Florence’s drug trip in the field was such good acting. Her trying to keep it together. So good.
The parents were gassed by the sister on purpose. It wasn't an unfortunate accident. She said she was going to do it in her email.
Impossible to miss lol
@reservoirdude92 and yet lol
They understood that, they even agreed it was murder.
@@tiffanykim2773 Oh I missed that then. If so, my bad lol
This is the best representation of doing shrooms I've seen on film! The visuals are great!
Such a great movie. I love how bright & colorful it is - unusual for a horror movie, but still so unsettling.
Btw Ativan is a benzodiazepine typically used for anxiety. High doses can help after a seizure.
Essentially it is a muscle relaxant which is USED AS an antispasmodic, anxiolytic, and anticonvulsant.
All related to the medications effect on the central nervous system.
So their proper term is a ‘Central Nervous System (CNS) Depressant’.
So EVERYONE 😊 is simultaneously correct and incorrect in their definition.
Love your reactions!! So, there’s a lot of talk in the chat: Ativan is used for anxiety but it’s mainly used to treat seizure disorders. Anyway, this movie is very well made. The writing, directing, acting, cinematography, all top notch.
Off-topic, and tl;dr, but as a 65-year-old who grew up with things like Blade Runner (one of my favorite movies) showing "when she says no, she means yes" and the seduction of too-too young people, and how icky, really, the huge age difference between, say, a vampire and a teenager...I really appreciate and applaud younger people calling that stuff out and in groups. I thought I was cognizant, but I've learned so much from reactors. I may have felt uncomfortable about some representations but wouldn't necessarily had the words to explain what I thought was wrong about something like the down-right abusive the boyfriend was, nor would calling it out have been supported in friend groups. So. I lurve me reactors and love the discussion here, in particular. Thanks.
@@nac.mac.feegle My 18-year-old daughter has TOTALLY opened my eyes to weird age gaps in film/TV/society.
The kids really are alright. They definitely give me hope for the future.
Not off topic at all. Thank you for sharing that.
It's often referred to as folk horror, which employs elements of folklore to invoke foreboding and fear.
Ativan also know as lorazepam can be use for anxiety as well.
Saw this in the theatre and really enjoyed it. Lots of detail that reveals what's going on even before we see it played out, the imagery, the score, the acting. I definitely think of it as a horror though.
This movie was filmed in my country, Hungary, and this pretty place is close to the capital, Budapest.
They really built those buildings but after finishing filming they dismantled everything which bothers me till this day lmao
And it looks like they really burned down that yellow building.
Austria(they speak German)is the Country where they yodel!
There's no yodeling in Sweden!
Thank you!
There is kulning though, which is in some ways similar.
@@Lannisen No, it's not similar!
Kulning is completely different!
They show the parents and the sister (at a further distance) in the theater release version, but it definitely lingered more in this cut…it’s a messed up start for sure.
For me that was the worst part of this movie.
Ativan is like Xanax, mostly for anxiety/nervousness
It's technically a sedative.
7:44 the sister is absolutely selfish. I understand the mentally disturbed and depressed. I’ve suffered from Chronic depression all my life and never thought to take anyone with me
@@Fluer-de-Lis LITERALLY!!!
@@CettiBenzmaybe they abused her. You never know.
We don’t know the psychosis of what her sister was dealing with. Maybe in her mind she thought that taking her parents with her to the afterlife was some sort of good thing?
(Also) No 2 people are the same kind of “mentally disturbed”. Just because it didn’t happen to you, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen to somebody else.
It’s like saying “I don’t get why this person decided to end their own life just because of depression, I had depression too yet I didn’t do it.” They are not you, you are not them. The same sickness/disease/disorder you’re going through rn could be 10 times worse for somebody else. Just because you once had cancer and made it out fine, doesn’t mean that somebody else who also has cancer will.
My first watch, and I had a great time. Love the energy here
Loved u guys reaction. ❤ Your banta is so much like my family its like watching it with them again ha ha. As an artist this movie was crazy symbolic but still weird n culty , after this movie i had to watch the others he directed. Safe for the added info from the girls too . Glad u enjoyed it 😇
Ativan is often used to treat really bad anxiety disorders
The scene where they almost killed the child was left out.
I do love freaking ppl out by saying this is a normal midsummer in Sweden after they’ve seen this 😅
This was a blast to watch you all freak out!
You guys had me dying towards the end 😂 The bells 😂
First time I’ve ever noticed/ got that breathing flower pointed out to me
Don't get why people that have already seen the movie are in this, it takes away from it and they spoil throughout the reaction imo...
The old guy that landed on his feet was known as The most beautiful boy in the world. There's a documentary on him, and how it effected his life.
My thought has always been it’s not like these people live in this grassy field.
There’s no calling a cab or grabbing a room in town to plan an exit. The cult doesn’t end at the edge of the wildflowers.
There’s no route back to an airport without running into someone that’s gonna drag you back to the hut.
I honestly do not like the reactions with the Patreon follower watch alongs.. it’s nice and all and I get the concept but honestly, I want to see y’all’s RAW reaction and not really hear the input from the other people.. not trying to come off as rude at all just my opinion ❤️
Thank god The blue girl avatar lady is getting the movie
Thanks! I wanted to say more about the movie, but there was limited time. The three ladies featured here are part of a podcast that we've recently started uploading for. Ariel and I might do a deeper discussion on this movie in the future.
16 is a high risk pregnancy.
Any age outside 17-34 to be specific.
Oh wow, I'd never seen the Directors Cut or anyone react to it. So cool!
For anyone interested in the meanings of: the runes, the location, the real traditions, the colors chosen, the 9's, the paintings, the way ppl were killed, the bear, and anything else or any other questions you might have about this movie; all of it is answered in this video: th-cam.com/video/xZQv1_oosZg/w-d-xo.html . I strongly encourage everyone to watch it in full, or you can skip around to the things you are interested in specifically as there are very convenient time stamps in the video description. Almost all of the information comes from 1st hand sources so there isn't a bunch of speculation on what things mean. For those who think they understand what the runes mean (like the woman in this reaction), you are mistaken, as a lot of those shown in this movie do not have their traditional meanings and have meanings that are specific to the Hårga cult in the film.
Thank you for the recommendation!
the flute band and music were all part of the acid trip.
You can look at this movie as a very bizarre breakup movie.
100%.
I’m not sure if I’d just call it bizarre, though. There are different levels of reality going on here and the boundaries of those levels dissolve. The story is told naturalistically for the most part, with heavy doses of surrealism. The mis en scene is awash in symbols, ones that we don’t understand but that we understand are symbols.
Imagine that instead of this having the context of a horror film, it was instead being told as a folk tale or fairy tale. We might ask what the various elements of the story represent psychologically.
So how’s this for an alternative title: How Dani Got Her Groove Back. 😂
It is 100% a horror movie. Horror rent equal jump scares. This is folk horror and psychological horror
I love this movie so much!❤
love this movie, but ima starting to think i needs to find the directors cut now. there's definately pieces in here that i've not seen before!
I saw the theatrical version first, and felt kind of sorry for the weak and abused Christian too. He was in a way lured in and r@ped in the end. The director's cut revealed though quite a lot more hideous actions from his part so yeah, I guess I was cheering at the ending.
The Patreon guests should lesrn not to spoil the story.
Cutting the grass in that place must be a pain in the arse
Can you please go watch the first episode of Norsemen? I think you’ll love it cause it expresses a lot of what you are saying about this stuff! 😂
You saw hereditary right?
This is another film it is a good idea to watch a break down or two beforehand.
Same for hereditary
The girl in the middle is educated!
React to Suspiria!! That movie was wild and creepy
This is about to be goooood lol
Wait........
Is this where I go to order the "Hefner Robe"?
I don't think Christian is a Christian. Otherwise he wouldn't be super infatuated with this pagan stuff.
I find it incredible when anyone thinks because a character is stupid or rude they deserve to die. Nearly any horror film has both types. The boyfriend and all the others didn’t deserve death. But I suppose the may queen may have psychological issues since she has similar dna as her sister and the same family. She lost her family and boyfriend and eventually with mushroom tea, she accepted her new position in the commune.
There's a great video dissection that talks about the parallels between being brainwashed into an occult along with the brainwashing some viewers go through while watching this movie. It's an interesting take.
The family scene is in the theatrical cut. It was never removed. Yodeling farm was a mean joke by Mark. It was not a real thing.
I would have liked if the AH b/f had a character arc from slightly AH to outright AH rather than being mega ahole from the start.
I don't like when you do preview of the reaction...I just change it since I just saw what you are going to react to...
This is a break up movie.
There’s many levels here, but first and foremost this is a movie about breaking up from a bad relationship with a toxic partner.
Is this also a horror movie about a cult with murderous rituals? Yes, maybe, I guess. I have two thoughts about that. One is that this is a mirror to our own cult-ture. We have our own ritualized murder and sacrifice that is so deeply embedded in our culture that the majority of us don’t really question them. We don’t understand our own rituals as rituals. They are just how things are.
The other thought is more of a fascination with the idea of an ancient religion, centuries old, maybe millennia old, that survives hidden away in our modern world-and also preying on us moderns to perpetuate itself.
This movie also contains a criticism of how we practice Anthropology. The principle of the detached observer did not help these grad students see what was going on.
All in all, this is a weird, trippy, very beautiful movie. I am glad that it has a happy ending, even if it’s hard to grasp that it is indeed happy.
Ok I'm dipping guys. I'm 15 minutes in and four out of five of you not getting this so early on is ridiculous
Not getting what lol it's a decent film but it's nothing amazing, and not too hard to understand.
Where’s your Bollywood reactions dude
1:19:50 I did that up here in mass
The cult definitely murdered her sister and parents.
Guys I'd give up doing reaction videos if this is the best you can do. I've unsubscribed bye
one of the worst horror films of all time, I've had scarier hemmorhoids that stayed with me longer. Absolute style over substance
Well, this really isn't horror, you are right about that but it is hella disturbing.
There's different kinds of horror. Not everything has to be a jumpscare borefest. So lame.
Horror is about atmosphere and enough realism to be genuinely creepy.
Jumpscares are for kids.
Tell me you can’t understand art without telling me you can’t understand art.