Beautiful contrast becomes disgusting

Gladys 2022-04-23 07:01:40

The film of more than 2 hours shows us the process of sacrifice and development of a closed superstitious village. Different from traditional thrillers, the film is full of sunny, beautiful and fresh pictures. The villagers wear white clean faces and smile, looking friendly and kind. At this time, no one knows the truth of the village. The female protagonist is a fragile woman who is sensitive, has correct three views, and is easily excitable, who has lost her close relatives and just wants to relax. The male protagonist seems to be better than his friends, but in fact, he is a dark and dirty villain, and black people are completely self-interested. The scum pee man is obviously a typical example of the rotten roots of the fighters in the scum. The characters of the two London couples are not obvious, but they feel that the three views are correct. When they were walking through the village, the director actually showed everyone a lot of abnormal scenes, such as the paintings on the wall, the cloth on the lawn, the imprisoned bear, the thin temple, the May Queen on the wall...

From the death of the two old men, human nature began to emerge, and normal people would be touched, but the boys were too cold, and the heroine and the London couple were the normal reflections. As a result, the London couple was murdered, the scumbag was killed for insulting the tree, the black man was killed for stealing a book, and the male protagonist was targeted by the girls in the family to mate from the beginning. Because the female protagonist is the easiest target to attack, she is in a trance on drugs, loses her family, her boyfriend is ready to betray, and at the same time, she is full of energy and lacks a sense of identity. It can be seen from the attitudes of the women in the village and the friends who led them to the village that they had been identified early on. When the village intended to let her see the scene of the male protagonist having sex, the women's comfort was very useful, so that the female protagonist could get She gained substantial recognition, so later she truly became the Queen of May, killed her boyfriend with her own hands, surrendered to the village, and became a new member.

In fact, I am a little suspicious of this sacrifice every 90 years, because they have many children, it should be a way of deceiving outsiders. In fact, the scariest part of this film is that the people in the village are friendly and friendly, and they seem to be in contact with the outside world, but the angel faces the devil in the heart, even when killing people, they are slow and smiling, like killing animals and growing crops. everyday things. At the same time, the rules go deep into the heart, and they hypnotize themselves every day. Even reading outside and receiving civilized education can not break their rules. Only when 9 people were burned to death at the end, everyone frantically expressed their inner world. The only thing I guess wrong about the plot is that at the beginning, I suspected that Maya was the only sober person in the village, and she was one of the crazy ones. This film is a complete pseudo-religious film. Everyone who enters the village has nowhere to go, no exceptions.

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Extended Reading
  • Dante 2022-03-22 09:01:34

    The whole movie is flat. If the first half is still immersed in its excellent audio-visual language and shot scheduling, the second half will naturally pay more attention to the direction of the story and look forward to a plot that can support the entire movie. It's a pity that the director ignored the inner layering when he was eager to show us various cult activities, which made the film lack the charm of Hereditary's slow accumulation to push the whole story to a climax.

  • Jermain 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    [8.7] I thought that, as the art of dream-making, how to make people immersed in this dream is actually the key, so I have always attached great importance to the so-called movie-watching experience. Different people have different methods, which may be wonderful The script may be an intense group show, or it may be a cool special effect. Ariste uses the most essential but most difficult method of film, audiovisual language. From hereditary doom to this Midsummer Nightmare, it becomes a story, a theme, and a tone. But what remains unchanged is Ali's obsession with each shot. With the blessing of the cult theme, this feature is even more prominent. A large number of shots with well-defined front, middle and back scenes have almost become his trademark. Ali presided over a grand cult ceremony in the form of a movie this time, and he is the leader of the cult. When the movie ended, I found that my brows were furrowed, just like when I watched Hereditary Doom, I knew that I had tested the bottom and entered the cult. .

Midsommar quotes

  • [last lines]

    Mats: [In Swedish; to Ulf as he administers liquid via cotton swab onto his tongue] Take from the yew tree. Feel no pain.

    Mats: [In Swedish; to Ingemar, same procedure] Take from the yew tree. Feel no fear.

  • Irma: [announcing to the river, in Swedish] In thanks and praise, Great Goddess, we bestow upon you this modest gift.

    [Music is played as the men hoist up the lavish tree, run it towards the river, and hurl it into the water. The river gulps the tree down. A horn bellows]

    Sven: [theatrically, in Swedish] Oh no! Did you hear that rumbling? I think she is still hungry.

    Irma: [in Swedish] I heard no rumbling. Did any of you?

    [Grumblings all around. The consensus is "no."]

    Sven: [in Swedish] Ah, well, I suppose it could have been my own belly. But I do not wish to risk offending our generous Mother.

    Irma: [in Swedish] Nor do I. Yet we have already given our finest jewels and most fruitful tree. What else could we possibly offer?

    Bror: [in Swedish] You can use me!

    [the crowd opens up to reveal the young boy. He is adorned in the same jewels and flowers as the tree. His costume is an imitation of the tree's. He is clearly reciting lines]

    Irma: [in Swedish] You, young Bror, wish to offer your life to our beloved Goddess?

    Bror: [in Swedish] If she will have it.

    Sven: [in Swedish] How brave you are, little Bror!

    Bror: [in Swedish] Brave? What is brave in going home?