Three views of film observation

Evelyn 2022-03-14 14:12:23

I watched this movie with my friends and ended up arguing before I finished watching it. After breaking up, they watched the movie alone. After two days of talking about this movie, we quarreled without saying a word. So I want to say a few more words.

Watching this movie with a friend/lover is a good test of your compatibility on the following points:

1. Is morality absolute?

2. Where are the boundaries of respect for unfamiliar cultures?

3. How to abide/respect local morals/rules of right and wrong when living in an unfamiliar cultural environment?

4. In order to observe and record the immersion/dive into an unfamiliar culture, is this behavior respectful to the culture?

5. When you believe that you are more progressive and moral than an unfamiliar culture, are you entitled to comment/intervene in the code of conduct within that culture?

6. Is there an absolute right/wrong? If not, are there absolutely right and wrong attitudes towards drugs? If not, are there absolutely right and wrong attitudes towards life and death?

7. Ask yourself, how much do you feel superior to your own culture and morals?

8. When you feel deeply terrified after watching the movie, do you think "this savage primitive civilization is too perverted", or do you think the male protagonist deserves to be destroyed?

If your friendship/love can stand the test of this movie, after watching the whole movie and discussing the above issues, you find that the two of you think the same thing, and they are exactly the same, please cherish it. . . . Life is too short to ask for anything more. . . . .

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Extended Reading
  • Merl 2022-03-21 09:01:39

    At least one of the directors and writers is mentally ill. Oh no, they are the same person.

  • Pierce 2022-03-21 09:01:39

    Can't be seen as a pure horror film, this is a cult film. If an inexplicable friend invites you to his hometown in the mountains for the annual sacrificial event, please refuse.

Midsommar quotes

  • Christian: That's cultural, you know? We stick our elders in nursing homes. I'm sure they find that disturbing.

  • Christian: Hey, dude.

    Josh: Hey. Holy shit, right?

    Christian: Are you okay?

    Josh: Yeah, fine.

    Christian: Good.

    [pause]

    Christian: Hey, listen. Um... I've been thinking about something that I wanted to ask you, or tell you, actually. Um... I've been thinking a lot about my thesis, and, um, I've decided I'm going to do it here, on Hårga. And I wanted to tell you first, just so it didn't seem like I wasn't telling you.

    Josh: I feel like... I feel like I can't tell if you're joking.

    [pause]

    Josh: I mean, you know I'm doing my thesis on midsummer. That's the reason why I'm here.

    Christian: Yeah... Yeah, but not on this community. I mean, you're going to Germany and England next.

    Josh: Well, you knew I was gonna want to do this.

    Christian: No.

    Josh: Oh my God...

    Christian: I mean, did you even know until just now?

    Josh: Christian, of course you did.

    Christian: Okay, do you think I don't know what you're doing? It's actually kind of outrageously unsubtle. The fact that you're being this bald about it. I'm honestly kind of impressed.

    Josh: What the fuck, man? What does that mean?

    Josh: Yeah, what the fuck! This is what I've been working toward, and you know it. That's why you look so guilty right now because you know... You know that what you're doing is unethical and leechy and lazy, and frankly it's kind of sad.

    Christian: Fuck you.

    Josh: No, dude, not fuck me. Find your own subject or your own passion. And... Because... All right, look. This... I am... I am actually invested in this. This is not some glorified hobby that I'm casually dipping my feet into.

    Christian: Okay. In case you hadn't noticed, Your Highness, we're doing the exact same degree.

    Josh: No, but not in the same way, Christian! Okay? I have to hold your little hand through everything. You didn't even know how to use JSTOR until I taught you, and you are a fucking grad student. Why are you even in academia? You don't care! Which is fine. That is your prerogative. But do not appropriate my actual work for your new shortcut.

    Christian: [pause] I'm gonna do my thesis here. If you're going to do it here too, I'm open to collaborating. And if not, I guess we can both do separate theses on the Hargas.