Even if the cult members were just nice & innocent people and this wasn’t a set up for sacrifice, it would still be a huge no from me. Flying for hours, being taken to the middle of nowhere, no independent transportation, and having to make small talk with a bunch of strangers all day long. That is a freaking nightmare 👎🏻
@@PinkPopcast I forgot to even mention the warehouse sleeping facilities. Think I wanna hear these people I just met snoring and/or farting in the next bed 3 feet away? That’s how night terrors are made
I love the last lines of the screenplay regarding Dani. “A smile finally breaks onto Dani’s face. She has surrendered to a joy known only by the insane. She has lost herself completely and she is finally free. It is horrible and it is beautiful.”
yes that's exactly it. the black and white framing of either "she was completley brainwashed by the evil cult" or "yas girlboss you did it" is really not the good way to look at the movie.
I agree with Jordan Peele's opinion of this movie, "‘Holy shit. That was some of the most atrociously disturbing imagery I’ve ever seen on film". I'd be interested in seeing you guys react to Promising Young Woman.
I love how this uses daylight and kindness as something with underlying terror. Especially since the cult manipulate Dani at her most emotionally vulnerable.
I just hate how Christian literally says to Dani that he thought her birthday was the day before, when he didn't plan anything, celebrate her nor wish her happy birthday the day before?
I can see how Dani could be taken in by these people to join. Even if she was allowed to leave with Christian, she has nothing to go back to. No family, no boyfriend who cares, and she doesn’t appear to have a lot of friends or be that interested in school. She is also exhausted & weak from all the pain & trauma and is desperate for connection with anyone. No wonder Pele really wanted her to come with him. I don’t think she picked Christian to die as revenge, but because she knew she wanted to stay, so she couldn’t choose one of the cult members. Plus burning Christian was like burning away the last of her old life. That’s my guess
As a Swede I adore this film, and while it surprisingly comedic, it's also remarkably we researched. The clothes and music are clearly inspired by our folk style, all the actors are Swedish so the language is accurate. The commune is named after a folk song, Hårgalåten, I which the devil dresses as a fiddler and makes all the young folk dance until they die, just like their May Pole dance. Ättestupa was a custom mentioned in the viking times, where you had a chance for an honorable death by jumping off a cliff once you grew old enough to be a burden. The blood eagle is also from viking times, a torture method where they opened them up along the spine and pulled out the lungs while the victim was still alive. Oh, and the painting over Dani's bed is by Swedish artist John Bauer, very very recognisable for Swedes, while also being a nice foreshadowing.
I've literally dumped this guy. The crazy part is he wasn't relieved that I was picking up on his distance and deciding to pull the plug. He was still butthurt, because what he REALLY wanted was access to my emotional and domestic labor and regular sex WITHOUT giving anything in return. Me telling him "you're clearly not into this relationship. So I'm ending it" was met with "I don't know what you're talking about," "we have a good thing here," "let's talk about why you think I'm distant." Um no, I'm not litigating our breakup. Just go away now. The cognitive dissonance of these guys is unreal.
Literally me at the end of January. I broke up with my ex of 3 years because he claimed to love me so much but couldn't even see a future with me let alone marriage. I'd put %150 into that relationship and when I asked for it in return he'd get defensive. Any amount of effort I wanted like dates or more time together ended in a fight. I had enough. Trying to show and prove someone your worth is exhausting.
I recommend watching this multiple times. If you didn’t notice: Connie leaves to find Simon. They hear a woman screaming, and then they say they saw Connie trying out for the sprinting Olympics. That was probably Connie who was trying to run away, and then was subsequently murdered.
Y’all interpreted the imaging so well, and I was impressed..but when Benji said the boyfriend would be unable to move by the end..I GASPED. Excellent commentary to a horrifying film!
Christitan's basically the definition of a toxic boyfriend and a toxic friend - he gives a little bit, he takes a lot, then when he gets called out for it he acts like he gives more than he takes and that somehow everything is someone else's fault. In fact there's even an extended scene where Dani tries to break up with him and he gets all annoyed and accusatory and makes her feel bad for doing it like he didn't want to break up with her, right down to the accusing her of giving him some flowers to make him feel bad about forgetting her birthday. I don't know what the red-haired girl sees in him, she could do so much better.
Well, she's really only had three guys to choose from for sperm donation,of the three, Christian and Mark were the most genetically similar to their group, and she decided that she found Christian to be the more attractive of the two. It's not like personality traits are going to make much difference with the kid growing up in their society anyway.
I don't think Maja saw anything in his personally. She just wanted to get pregnant. He's a sperm donor. She's aware he's probably going to die afterward and this isn't a concern to her. She just needed the genes of someone who wasn't her cousin to maintain genetic diversity so the group doesn't die out, and it needed to be someone who looked like one of them. Simon and Josh weren't white, and Mark was too dumb to be considered genetically desirable.
He's a gas-lighter, and good at it. ugh. And the redhead seemed like a young childish type (kicked him on the butt to get his attention), so I'm not surprised.
Also one night I got so bored, I watched it after an edible and with the body high I had, it was equally amazing and paranoia. But it helped me empathize with Dani because I felt like I was becoming her in a way (also that camera flip scene was amazing to watch I was like 🤩) it was fine and dandy until that 20 mins and I felt like Christian being sewn into the bear skin and I got out of my bed and yelled, NO! And then sat on the floor for the rest of the movie holding my knees.
@@etherealnerd depends on the strain for me. I took an indica and those not only make me not tired but also makes me super sensitive to everything around me
28:03 "A harmless little flea, and then I'll put that flea in a box. And I'll put that box inside another box. Then I'll mail that box to myself and when it arrives... I'll SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER"
It's always fun to see people react to this movie, especially since I'm Swedish. We do celebrate midsommar here every year, and they kept a lot of the current traditions in here. 10:03 that pole is something people make and dance around (like pageantry, but usually without the competition.) and it's actually a phallus symbol. Not sure about the history on that but it's a part of our tradition I guess. We usually don't dress up in those traditional Swedish outfits but a lot of people wear white dresses. So Midsommar is pretty much: Dress up nice, spend time with family and friends, eat good food and have drinks, dance around the midsommar pole, sometimes live music and partygames. It's quite an experience.
I assume the phallus is some sort of apotropaic symbol. In ancient Greece and Rome, the phallus was meant to ward off the evil eye, so perhaps it has some sort of similar meaning here, as well as the fertility aspect.
As a Norwegian. In our history we starved so many times there was a time of tradition that the elderly would walk willingly to the top of the Fjords and throw themselves of the cliffs. It breaks my heart that some of my ancestors had to resort to that. The whole point was that they went quick.
This was my introduction to Florence Pugh (Dani) and holy shit was it an introduction. I will watch (and have watched) everything she's in, the girl is a star. That devastating cry at the beginning alone is oscar worthy. I FELT that in my chest. She kills it in everything she does, but IMO this performance is still her best, absolutely chilling.
"The Devil is in my Asshole", there's an actual campy movie with pretty much that plot, called "Bad Milo". About a guy whose IBS manifests as a monster that kills people.
Your humor and editing is the only way to get through this movie 😂 I've been way too afraid to watch it on my own, haha. And thank you for blurring out the gory and explicit scenes 🥲
Great reaction! One thing I will mention: the director's cut includes a super-important scene that shows a completely-sober Christian actually discussing and consciously AGREEING to have sex with Maya as part of a ceremony - and justifies it to himself as "first hand research" for his thesis. So while they do still drug him for the encounter itself, he'd already consented to it, knowing full-well that it would mean cheating on his girlfriend. In other words, he's shown to be less of a victim and more of an abusive dirtbag, and therefore the ending feels more earned and justified.
That shouldn’t have been cut out, without it it gave a reason to feel bad for him (Edit) Not that I don’t feel bad for him a bit cause he is burned alive but this scene just less of solely being a victim and more like he got himself to into it and paid the consequence, however awful
even knowing this, it would still qualify as sexual assault because unless Christian also agreed to have unknown drugs in his system and a random old woman pushing on his ass as part of the ritual, his consent was violated. I haven't seen this clip so I can't be sure but just going by how confused he is before during and after the act, he doesn't seem like a person who is in complete control of his faculties. a person who is intoxicated cannot consent to sex, regardless of whether they consented beforehand. period. also, who cares if he cheated on Dani or not? he didn't deserve to be burned alive for it.
I read that someone said the heat from the fire makes the bear skin shrink but also kinda protects him from the fire but essentially he suffocated to death since the bear skin is sewn to him and constantly shrinking, extending his suffering 🙂 don’t know if it’s true, sounds plausible and also a bit enticing.
This is about the trees…. There was a leak of the script months before the film was released (I read it and loved it) It went deeper into the meaning behind trees. I believe it had something to do with rebirth, and each member that has died gets their own tree. After their death, their family members will take care of the tree as a way to honor that family member. When he peed on the tree, he peed on his family member and took it very personally. The script in more interesting as they give more detail
And one last thing, their friend pelle said he knows Dani’s pain because his parents died in a fire. Did his parents volunteer for the ceremony? And the guy in the barn is apparently in a blood eagle and was still technically alive. But I think it would have been more cinematic if she had to chose between her friend pelle or Christian to be in the bear suit instead of some rando from the village and props to jack reynor for choosing to go full frontal because that was a long time to go peens out
@@MeganSin Because there is no reason to. There is nothing to gain from that lie. And nothing in the narrative contradicts that his statement. There is no reason to put that in there and then not address it, and Ari Aster is airtight with details. He doesn't leave loose threads hanging. Besides, the group is too small to sacrifice people too often, they need people to keep their population up. Young people able to work and breed are a valuable commodity.
Its 5:30am on a Monday morning and I am watching this movie traumatize you guys the same it did the test of us and then I loose my shit at Benji yelling "F#&£ YA CROPS" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I remember watching the Deadmeat Kill Count about this movie and told myself to never watch it cause A) Deadmeat did a very good job of summarizing the whole plot and B) I wouldn’t be able to stomach it. I did end up watching it but I did so with a group of friends who laughed with me the entire movie. It made it so much more tolerable and I am forever grateful that those images won’t haunt my memories but trigger inside jokes instead.
I’m so excited for this! I loved this movie. HEADS UP FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN IT-the opening scene can be VERY triggering if you struggle with mental health/self harm).
ahh so glad to watch this sweet, romantic movie on valentine's day with you guys 😌 also, i find it really concerning that when this movie came out, half the people were praising dani for joining a cult, being a girl boss and literally BURNING HER BF ALIVE. the way people interpret this movie tells you a lot about them lol
I love that you guys' were just guessing *exactly* what's about to happen throughout. And I was losing it watching your reactions during the attestupa ritual. 72!
Dany is a victim turned perpetrator. She was certainly manipulated and Christian sucked but they’re all victims. The yay ✨girl boss✨attitude just shows how good cults are at manipulating the characters and some of the audience
Why do people absolutely want to frame this movie in a definitive black and white way is what I don't understand. You can appreciate that this community has extremely disturbing rituals; that murdering people is "not cool"; while at the same time not see Dani as a purely a "victim of the cult". The movie takes great care at portraying a community with an elaborate culture; it's not a death cult. In a way Dani was manipulated but in another way she was freed of her horrible life and her horrible boyfriend. This movie is so good because it thrives on this ambiguity, it would be a lot less efficience if we were only witnessing an evil cult murdering people gratuitously. Of course the movie manuipulate its audience; the way the effect of the drug are conveyed onscreen is incredible; but still surely nobody comes out of this movie thinking "these people are great they saved Dani, kudos to her she's gonna happy forever", you're left utterly disturbed.
In the director's cut Christian is shown asking if the only way for him to witness the mating ritual is to participate. Yes, the end wasn't what he bargained for, but he made the decision. (Yes, I do believe it was still r@pə)
"I saw scissors next to a vagina and I curled right up"...Rizzo!! Why didn't I hear that part the first time I watched this?! 🫣🤣😅 Also: Why am I rewatching this?! 🥴
This movie is such an interesting look into the love-bombing phase of cult initiations, and it was done so effectively that many audience members fell for it, too lol
there are maybe cult-like elements in this community but I think it's a lot more nuanced than that. It's an actual community with its own culture and set of values that are internally coherent; it seems horryifing to our eyes but saying "this is an evil cult" would be like saying the whole Aztec culture is a cult or cannibal tribes in the amazon are a cult. they're not.
@@valdir7426 What is portrayed in the film is absolutely a cult. There are plenty of cults with their own cultures and sets of values (in fact it's usually an obsessive dedication to those values that define cults), and plenty of cults borrow traditions and ceremonies from other religions and cultures. Cults are generally identified by whether they manipulate, control, isolate, exploit, and "assimilate" their members, and punish or shun members who question their values and actions or who leave. Plenty of religions could absolutely qualify as cults, including Aztec or Amazon tribes if they have all of those features, or cults "inspired" by Aztec or Amazon culture. You seem to be under the impression that the group in the movie is just living out their "beautiful traditional Norwegian culture," but make no mistake, they are not. They incorporate elements and recreations of Norwegian traditions, but they are doing so in the way that any given religious cult in the Americas incorporates the Bible or Christian elements.
@@GoddoDoggo "Cults are generally identified by whether they manipulate, control, isolate, exploit, and "assimilate" their members, and punish or shun members who question their values and actions or who leave." that definition applies to pretty much every human society so what do we do now? I'm not an idiot I'm aware there are a lot of things very wrong with these people; and Ari Aster is playing on this; but I'm lucid enough to recognize those elements exist in different forms in dominant and not so dominant cultures as well, and that I'm completely alienated by the culture I myself live in, as are those people clearly are. What's unique about this movie is the ethnograhic approach in setting its horror elements; it's not cheap; everything is built from the ground up (and it makes it all the more terryfying)
One of the BEST reactions to this film I've ever seen! I always enjoy the wit & levity that y'all never fail to provide, BUT the attention to detail & deeper meanings is what keeps me hooked! I thank y'all again for another amazing, humorous reaction! Only y'all could make folks laugh during this movie xDDD
dont love the ableism in this movie (disabled person treated as a scary monster) BUT it is absolutely unique and full of detail, excited to see you guys crap your pants 😅
When this film first came out I was going to spend the summer in a Swedish village for a dance event where I meet with a bunch of strangers and we all live in a big gym together LMAO Needless to say a lot of us joked about this film the entire time
They only seem to do the shared pain thing when the pain is caused by something the cult is doing. The guy crying about the ancestral tree only got regular consulation.
NOT THE "YoU GUYS WERE GETTING PAID" 😂😂😂 that is all I ever think about when I see Will Poulter and my roommate only knows him as the "you guys are getting paod" guy 😂
🎶”Mai-Ya-Hi ... Mai-Ya-Hoo ... Mai-Ya-Ha ... Mai-Ya-Ha-Ha”🎶 Now I’m going to have that stuck in my head for the rest of the day!!! 😩 That was a DISTURBING movie!!! 😱 Happy VD!!! ❤️💔💓💗💖💙💙💙
As always, great reaction!! I loved this movie. I actually didn't get to see it in theaters so I watched it at home, alone. Then discovered it was from the same guy of Hereditary, Ari Aster, and then fell in love with him and his films. They are so unique and they have so many messages within them, ones clearer than others. He's just amazing, cant wait to see more of him in the future!
It's been a year since this reaction, and I can't believe you guys STILL haven't reacted to Hereditary! It's by the same director, and it's so, SO GOOD!
It’s honestly incredible how nonchalant Pele’s manipulation is. He’s clearly in love with Dani, and is obviously pushing Dani and Christian away from each other.
i'm just glad y'all are sensible beings bc the reviews/articles on the end of this movie are wild. the actual wilderness. all the white feminists on some "Yasssss May Queen, slay queen! we love the Harga for turning Dani into a gaslit, gatekeeping girlboss! woooooo!" ... lord help us.
After my husband filed divorce and before it became a full blown war, I suggested we watch this together (I’d already seen it). And we did. And it was GLORIOUS! Brigette Yes I’m still on his YT account. For now 😳
@@DrGregoryHouseIT it’s supposed to be both but the writers said he wrote this after a bad breakup and basically used this movie as a way to take out his aggression. scary….
So this autoplayed after I just binged some Ur Internet Mom Ash, and I watched this premiere but only just heard the very VERY subtle yodeling music behind the intro LOL. I do love me some attention to details, especially the ones that take a second pass to pick up lol
This was my introduction to you guys and i have to say it's been a minute since i''ve laughed that much over a video that was 30+ minutes long. Thanks guys you now have a new loyal subscriber :)
As a Swedish person: the sun does go down, but in the summer it's only for one our a couple of hours after midnight. But this time of year, it feels like it never is up. So we go from one extreme to another. 😅
You guys remind me of when me and my sister used to watch horror movies and joke around together. It was so much fun. She won't watch them anymore, which makes me kind of sad.
I feel bad you guys reacted to this. It’s not for the faint of heart and the fact that it’s set in the day makes it worse because you see everything more vividly. But it was a good choice. Ari Astor did say it was a break up movie inspired by his own break up
You guys are hysterical! I remember when I first watched this. I felt so sick afterward and my heart was beating fast, I was shaking too! I am a huge scary movie lover, but it seems that these ones get to me more than slasher ones. Can you imagine still being alive with your lungs outside of you! Holy shit! The unimaginable pain! Same with being burned alive!
first time watching and im in love with ya'll. I knew it was love when you dropped that popplers reference in there~~ LOL thank you for sharing, gonna go eat up all your other content! In case you havent please do some films from my country, Aotearoa! Whale rider, Boy, Hunt for the Wilderpeople are all great starts:)
oh man really wanted you guys to react to the devil in my asshole 😔 bummer..., no but i first watched this movie when i was on shrooms (do not recommend) and it was needless to say a devil in my ass, highly do not recommend watching this on shrooms in the dark by yourself unless ur me lmaoo!! also the tapestry in the beginning is meant to be the events of the entire movie!! "do a flip" had me choking on air i died 🤣
idk if you guys noticed but pele is in the background of a lot of the shots when the cult is doing crazy shit to them, one of them is right before christian gets drugged in the barn. this movie is def work a second watch!!! one of my favs
22:51 I think they then get another dead tree. If it's in the same spot then the remains of the dead and the remains of the last tree are all there together with the new dead tree.
Loved y’all’s reaction so much! This movie has so much underlying dread, and I love it. Have you done a reaction to Hereditary? Please do one if you haven’t! 🙌❤️
I saw this movie a few months ago because so many people were talking about it. I still have no idea how I feel about it. Did I like it? I don’t know. Did I hate it? I don’t know. At least I saw it lol
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"Straight people are so weird" to the Midsommar sex scene might be THE best reaction line I've ever heard. ☠🤣
😂😂😂
Saaaaaamee, Thats legendary.
Even if the cult members were just nice & innocent people and this wasn’t a set up for sacrifice, it would still be a huge no from me. Flying for hours, being taken to the middle of nowhere, no independent transportation, and having to make small talk with a bunch of strangers all day long. That is a freaking nightmare 👎🏻
Exactly. There’s no out if you hate it. You’re stuck.
Brigette
😂😂 I totally feel that! -Benji
@@PinkPopcast I forgot to even mention the warehouse sleeping facilities. Think I wanna hear these people I just met snoring and/or farting in the next bed 3 feet away? That’s how night terrors are made
An introverts nightmare
dude it's like that tarded kid watching drugged rape, this is a concept that came out of a tarded mind
I love the last lines of the screenplay regarding Dani.
“A smile finally breaks onto Dani’s face. She has surrendered to a joy known only by the insane. She has lost herself completely and she is finally free. It is horrible and it is beautiful.”
Woah - that's wicked 🔥
That's why I keep reminding myself that Ari Aster's movies are more of 'religious meditation/therapy movies' than straight-out horrors. 😁
Chills
yes that's exactly it. the black and white framing of either "she was completley brainwashed by the evil cult" or "yas girlboss you did it" is really not the good way to look at the movie.
I agree with Jordan Peele's opinion of this movie, "‘Holy shit. That was some of the most atrociously disturbing imagery I’ve ever seen on film".
I'd be interested in seeing you guys react to Promising Young Woman.
Oh my gosh, yes!! Promising Young Woman 😩 I freaking love that movie and would love to see them react to it as well.
Omg yeeeees PYW is soooo good
“DO A FLIP!” I LITERALLY CANT STOP LAUGHING
16:28 for those looking for this moment
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I love how this uses daylight and kindness as something with underlying terror. Especially since the cult manipulate Dani at her most emotionally vulnerable.
I love when horror and action movies embrace light.
I just hate how Christian literally says to Dani that he thought her birthday was the day before, when he didn't plan anything, celebrate her nor wish her happy birthday the day before?
Exactly
Apparently, Midsommar was the director’s way to deal with a break up. Do with that what you will, popstars 😅😅😅
I can see how Dani could be taken in by these people to join. Even if she was allowed to leave with Christian, she has nothing to go back to. No family, no boyfriend who cares, and she doesn’t appear to have a lot of friends or be that interested in school. She is also exhausted & weak from all the pain & trauma and is desperate for connection with anyone. No wonder Pele really wanted her to come with him. I don’t think she picked Christian to die as revenge, but because she knew she wanted to stay, so she couldn’t choose one of the cult members. Plus burning Christian was like burning away the last of her old life. That’s my guess
As a Swede I adore this film, and while it surprisingly comedic, it's also remarkably we researched.
The clothes and music are clearly inspired by our folk style, all the actors are Swedish so the language is accurate. The commune is named after a folk song, Hårgalåten, I which the devil dresses as a fiddler and makes all the young folk dance until they die, just like their May Pole dance. Ättestupa was a custom mentioned in the viking times, where you had a chance for an honorable death by jumping off a cliff once you grew old enough to be a burden. The blood eagle is also from viking times, a torture method where they opened them up along the spine and pulled out the lungs while the victim was still alive.
Oh, and the painting over Dani's bed is by Swedish artist John Bauer, very very recognisable for Swedes, while also being a nice foreshadowing.
I've literally dumped this guy. The crazy part is he wasn't relieved that I was picking up on his distance and deciding to pull the plug. He was still butthurt, because what he REALLY wanted was access to my emotional and domestic labor and regular sex WITHOUT giving anything in return. Me telling him "you're clearly not into this relationship. So I'm ending it" was met with "I don't know what you're talking about," "we have a good thing here," "let's talk about why you think I'm distant." Um no, I'm not litigating our breakup. Just go away now. The cognitive dissonance of these guys is unreal.
That’s gross 🤢🤮 but good for you!!!
Literally me at the end of January. I broke up with my ex of 3 years because he claimed to love me so much but couldn't even see a future with me let alone marriage. I'd put %150 into that relationship and when I asked for it in return he'd get defensive. Any amount of effort I wanted like dates or more time together ended in a fight. I had enough. Trying to show and prove someone your worth is exhausting.
I recommend watching this multiple times. If you didn’t notice: Connie leaves to find Simon. They hear a woman screaming, and then they say they saw Connie trying out for the sprinting Olympics. That was probably Connie who was trying to run away, and then was subsequently murdered.
Y’all interpreted the imaging so well, and I was impressed..but when Benji said the boyfriend would be unable to move by the end..I GASPED. Excellent commentary to a horrifying film!
Christitan's basically the definition of a toxic boyfriend and a toxic friend - he gives a little bit, he takes a lot, then when he gets called out for it he acts like he gives more than he takes and that somehow everything is someone else's fault. In fact there's even an extended scene where Dani tries to break up with him and he gets all annoyed and accusatory and makes her feel bad for doing it like he didn't want to break up with her, right down to the accusing her of giving him some flowers to make him feel bad about forgetting her birthday. I don't know what the red-haired girl sees in him, she could do so much better.
Well, she's really only had three guys to choose from for sperm donation,of the three, Christian and Mark were the most genetically similar to their group, and she decided that she found Christian to be the more attractive of the two. It's not like personality traits are going to make much difference with the kid growing up in their society anyway.
I don't think Maja saw anything in his personally. She just wanted to get pregnant. He's a sperm donor. She's aware he's probably going to die afterward and this isn't a concern to her. She just needed the genes of someone who wasn't her cousin to maintain genetic diversity so the group doesn't die out, and it needed to be someone who looked like one of them. Simon and Josh weren't white, and Mark was too dumb to be considered genetically desirable.
He's a gas-lighter, and good at it. ugh. And the redhead seemed like a young childish type (kicked him on the butt to get his attention), so I'm not surprised.
@@breath888 I believe she's supposed to be 15.
Also one night I got so bored, I watched it after an edible and with the body high I had, it was equally amazing and paranoia. But it helped me empathize with Dani because I felt like I was becoming her in a way (also that camera flip scene was amazing to watch I was like 🤩) it was fine and dandy until that 20 mins and I felt like Christian being sewn into the bear skin and I got out of my bed and yelled, NO! And then sat on the floor for the rest of the movie holding my knees.
This was literally me 😂 when high I get Hypersensitive to stuff like that and felt like it was happening to me. Super horrid
@@etherealnerd depends on the strain for me. I took an indica and those not only make me not tired but also makes me super sensitive to everything around me
Bruh, I think you don't need drugs to empathize with them...
@@realMoMoPuFF No one said you did, only that it helped her immerse into the movie more which made it easier for her to relate to Dani.
can you imagine how much fat a bear has? christian was literally fried alive and couldn’t even scream. unimaginable.
gosh hes drugged
Also Christian was basically turning into soup because the bear “suit” shrinks as it gets hotter
28:03 "A harmless little flea, and then I'll put that flea in a box. And I'll put that box inside another box. Then I'll mail that box to myself and when it arrives... I'll SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER"
Hahaha Yess!! 🙌🙌
It's always fun to see people react to this movie, especially since I'm Swedish. We do celebrate midsommar here every year, and they kept a lot of the current traditions in here. 10:03 that pole is something people make and dance around (like pageantry, but usually without the competition.) and it's actually a phallus symbol. Not sure about the history on that but it's a part of our tradition I guess. We usually don't dress up in those traditional Swedish outfits but a lot of people wear white dresses.
So Midsommar is pretty much: Dress up nice, spend time with family and friends, eat good food and have drinks, dance around the midsommar pole, sometimes live music and partygames. It's quite an experience.
I assume the phallus is some sort of apotropaic symbol. In ancient Greece and Rome, the phallus was meant to ward off the evil eye, so perhaps it has some sort of similar meaning here, as well as the fertility aspect.
As a Norwegian. In our history we starved so many times there was a time of tradition that the elderly would walk willingly to the top of the Fjords and throw themselves of the cliffs. It breaks my heart that some of my ancestors had to resort to that. The whole point was that they went quick.
This was my introduction to Florence Pugh (Dani) and holy shit was it an introduction. I will watch (and have watched) everything she's in, the girl is a star. That devastating cry at the beginning alone is oscar worthy. I FELT that in my chest. She kills it in everything she does, but IMO this performance is still her best, absolutely chilling.
"The Devil is in my Asshole", there's an actual campy movie with pretty much that plot, called "Bad Milo". About a guy whose IBS manifests as a monster that kills people.
I feel like they're obligated to watch that now.
“they’re all just happy little butterflies” Benji I love you and your optimism in every video
😅😅 I tried
Your humor and editing is the only way to get through this movie 😂 I've been way too afraid to watch it on my own, haha. And thank you for blurring out the gory and explicit scenes 🥲
Great reaction! One thing I will mention: the director's cut includes a super-important scene that shows a completely-sober Christian actually discussing and consciously AGREEING to have sex with Maya as part of a ceremony - and justifies it to himself as "first hand research" for his thesis. So while they do still drug him for the encounter itself, he'd already consented to it, knowing full-well that it would mean cheating on his girlfriend.
In other words, he's shown to be less of a victim and more of an abusive dirtbag, and therefore the ending feels more earned and justified.
Why would they remove that from the final cut?
That shouldn’t have been cut out, without it it gave a reason to feel bad for him
(Edit) Not that I don’t feel bad for him a bit cause he is burned alive but this scene just less of solely being a victim and more like he got himself to into it and paid the consequence, however awful
Even with the added screen no one deserves that ending. And now she’s 100 percent indoctrinated into the cult and part of a crime.
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even knowing this, it would still qualify as sexual assault because unless Christian also agreed to have unknown drugs in his system and a random old woman pushing on his ass as part of the ritual, his consent was violated. I haven't seen this clip so I can't be sure but just going by how confused he is before during and after the act, he doesn't seem like a person who is in complete control of his faculties. a person who is intoxicated cannot consent to sex, regardless of whether they consented beforehand. period. also, who cares if he cheated on Dani or not? he didn't deserve to be burned alive for it.
I read that someone said the heat from the fire makes the bear skin shrink but also kinda protects him from the fire but essentially he suffocated to death since the bear skin is sewn to him and constantly shrinking, extending his suffering 🙂 don’t know if it’s true, sounds plausible and also a bit enticing.
Bears have a ton of fat in them… he was deep fried.
@@scottelement Holy Shit!!! 😳😳😳
This is about the trees…. There was a leak of the script months before the film was released (I read it and loved it) It went deeper into the meaning behind trees. I believe it had something to do with rebirth, and each member that has died gets their own tree. After their death, their family members will take care of the tree as a way to honor that family member. When he peed on the tree, he peed on his family member and took it very personally. The script in more interesting as they give more detail
You guys chose the most romantic movie, so fitting for Valentine's Day 😂 about as traumatic 😂
And one last thing, their friend pelle said he knows Dani’s pain because his parents died in a fire. Did his parents volunteer for the ceremony? And the guy in the barn is apparently in a blood eagle and was still technically alive.
But I think it would have been more cinematic if she had to chose between her friend pelle or Christian to be in the bear suit instead of some rando from the village and props to jack reynor for choosing to go full frontal because that was a long time to go peens out
His parents can't have volunteered for the ceremony because it only happens once every 90 years and he's in his mid to late 20s.
@@moonlily1 but that’s the thing, how do we know if he’s lying about it happening every 90 yrs. He could be just saying that.
@@MeganSin Because there is no reason to. There is nothing to gain from that lie. And nothing in the narrative contradicts that his statement. There is no reason to put that in there and then not address it, and Ari Aster is airtight with details. He doesn't leave loose threads hanging. Besides, the group is too small to sacrifice people too often, they need people to keep their population up. Young people able to work and breed are a valuable commodity.
He also said here’s a photo of last years May Queen
@@scottelement Well, was it not last year's may queen?
Its 5:30am on a Monday morning and I am watching this movie traumatize you guys the same it did the test of us and then I loose my shit at Benji yelling "F#&£ YA CROPS" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You’re the only ones I’ll like to watch this movie with. You made it 100% more tolerable 🤣💀
I remember watching the Deadmeat Kill Count about this movie and told myself to never watch it cause A) Deadmeat did a very good job of summarizing the whole plot and B) I wouldn’t be able to stomach it.
I did end up watching it but I did so with a group of friends who laughed with me the entire movie. It made it so much more tolerable and I am forever grateful that those images won’t haunt my memories but trigger inside jokes instead.
I was finally able to watch that AFTER we reacted to it!
I’m so excited for this! I loved this movie. HEADS UP FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN IT-the opening scene can be VERY triggering if you struggle with mental health/self harm).
Yeah, I def didn't know and the opening scene was just as traumatizing as the ending (and everything in between)
ahh so glad to watch this sweet, romantic movie on valentine's day with you guys 😌
also, i find it really concerning that when this movie came out, half the people were praising dani for joining a cult, being a girl boss and literally BURNING HER BF ALIVE. the way people interpret this movie tells you a lot about them lol
I love that you guys' were just guessing *exactly* what's about to happen throughout. And I was losing it watching your reactions during the attestupa ritual. 72!
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Dany is a victim turned perpetrator. She was certainly manipulated and Christian sucked but they’re all victims. The yay ✨girl boss✨attitude just shows how good cults are at manipulating the characters and some of the audience
Why do people absolutely want to frame this movie in a definitive black and white way is what I don't understand. You can appreciate that this community has extremely disturbing rituals; that murdering people is "not cool"; while at the same time not see Dani as a purely a "victim of the cult". The movie takes great care at portraying a community with an elaborate culture; it's not a death cult. In a way Dani was manipulated but in another way she was freed of her horrible life and her horrible boyfriend. This movie is so good because it thrives on this ambiguity, it would be a lot less efficience if we were only witnessing an evil cult murdering people gratuitously. Of course the movie manuipulate its audience; the way the effect of the drug are conveyed onscreen is incredible; but still surely nobody comes out of this movie thinking "these people are great they saved Dani, kudos to her she's gonna happy forever", you're left utterly disturbed.
In the director's cut Christian is shown asking if the only way for him to witness the mating ritual is to participate.
Yes, the end wasn't what he bargained for, but he made the decision. (Yes, I do believe it was still r@pə)
"I saw scissors next to a vagina and I curled right up"...Rizzo!! Why didn't I hear that part the first time I watched this?! 🫣🤣😅
Also: Why am I rewatching this?! 🥴
This movie is such an interesting look into the love-bombing phase of cult initiations, and it was done so effectively that many audience members fell for it, too lol
there are maybe cult-like elements in this community but I think it's a lot more nuanced than that. It's an actual community with its own culture and set of values that are internally coherent; it seems horryifing to our eyes but saying "this is an evil cult" would be like saying the whole Aztec culture is a cult or cannibal tribes in the amazon are a cult. they're not.
@@valdir7426 What is portrayed in the film is absolutely a cult. There are plenty of cults with their own cultures and sets of values (in fact it's usually an obsessive dedication to those values that define cults), and plenty of cults borrow traditions and ceremonies from other religions and cultures. Cults are generally identified by whether they manipulate, control, isolate, exploit, and "assimilate" their members, and punish or shun members who question their values and actions or who leave. Plenty of religions could absolutely qualify as cults, including Aztec or Amazon tribes if they have all of those features, or cults "inspired" by Aztec or Amazon culture.
You seem to be under the impression that the group in the movie is just living out their "beautiful traditional Norwegian culture," but make no mistake, they are not. They incorporate elements and recreations of Norwegian traditions, but they are doing so in the way that any given religious cult in the Americas incorporates the Bible or Christian elements.
@@GoddoDoggo "Cults are generally identified by whether they manipulate, control, isolate, exploit, and "assimilate" their members, and punish or shun members who question their values and actions or who leave."
that definition applies to pretty much every human society so what do we do now?
I'm not an idiot I'm aware there are a lot of things very wrong with these people; and Ari Aster is playing on this; but I'm lucid enough to recognize those elements exist in different forms in dominant and not so dominant cultures as well, and that I'm completely alienated by the culture I myself live in, as are those people clearly are.
What's unique about this movie is the ethnograhic approach in setting its horror elements; it's not cheap; everything is built from the ground up (and it makes it all the more terryfying)
One of the BEST reactions to this film I've ever seen! I always enjoy the wit & levity that y'all never fail to provide, BUT the attention to detail & deeper meanings is what keeps me hooked! I thank y'all again for another amazing, humorous reaction! Only y'all could make folks laugh during this movie xDDD
Thank you so much!!😊😊
dont love the ableism in this movie (disabled person treated as a scary monster) BUT it is absolutely unique and full of detail, excited to see you guys crap your pants 😅
Yeah I picked up on that too
When this film first came out I was going to spend the summer in a Swedish village for a dance event where I meet with a bunch of strangers and we all live in a big gym together LMAO Needless to say a lot of us joked about this film the entire time
So awkward 😂😂 I bet you were sleeping with one eye open
@@PinkPopcast Yeah not gonna go near any yellow tent 😂
Okay but about the goriness in this movie- can we just appreciate how good the practical effects are!?????
They only seem to do the shared pain thing when the pain is caused by something the cult is doing. The guy crying about the ancestral tree only got regular consulation.
They’re f*cking smug a**holes
NOT THE "YoU GUYS WERE GETTING PAID" 😂😂😂 that is all I ever think about when I see Will Poulter and my roommate only knows him as the "you guys are getting paod" guy 😂
Benji: How do they keep the whites so white without a washing machine
Caribbean people: by using your hands 👀
😂😂 I can barely use a machine
🎶”Mai-Ya-Hi ... Mai-Ya-Hoo ... Mai-Ya-Ha ... Mai-Ya-Ha-Ha”🎶 Now I’m going to have that stuck in my head for the rest of the day!!! 😩 That was a DISTURBING movie!!! 😱 Happy VD!!! ❤️💔💓💗💖💙💙💙
As always, great reaction!! I loved this movie. I actually didn't get to see it in theaters so I watched it at home, alone. Then discovered it was from the same guy of Hereditary, Ari Aster, and then fell in love with him and his films. They are so unique and they have so many messages within them, ones clearer than others. He's just amazing, cant wait to see more of him in the future!
It's been a year since this reaction, and I can't believe you guys STILL haven't reacted to Hereditary! It's by the same director, and it's so, SO GOOD!
Benji, you've never been in a relationship? A funny, charming, handsome guy such as yourself. These men are crazy
Benji: I've never actually seen a preview for this
Me: honey you've got a big storm coming
Talking about the nursing home. Benji's mom: hehe I'm in danger!
Florence of Arabia 🤣🤣🤣 man y'all's sense of humor just gets me every time.
Just the treat I need after a 24h shift in the hospital ♥️ Happy Valentine's Day guys!
It’s honestly incredible how nonchalant Pele’s manipulation is. He’s clearly in love with Dani, and is obviously pushing Dani and Christian away from each other.
I'm so glad I was right to expect at least one Good Place reference 😂
wow never thought i'd see my same reaction "WHY AM I WATCHING THIS"
i'm just glad y'all are sensible beings bc the reviews/articles on the end of this movie are wild. the actual wilderness. all the white feminists on some "Yasssss May Queen, slay queen! we love the Harga for turning Dani into a gaslit, gatekeeping girlboss! woooooo!" ... lord help us.
This is one of my favorite movies. Lol Yall should react to Hereditary next. It's by the same director. It's a nice family movie...🙂
I don't know if they can handle Hereditary! 😂😂😂
There's always The Lighthouse, our generations greatest rom-com.
"you sure he's alive ?" 🤣🤣🤣 Same thoughts....same thoughts...lol. So was I the only one whose reaction was "anger" during a majority of this movie?
Oh my gosh!! This is about to be EVERYTHING!
This and Hereditary are the two most draining movies I’ve ever watched 💀
22:36 And he couldn't have held it in for the what, 10 seconds needed to ask where a bathroom is? They certainly picked a prize fool that year
interesting fact: the writer/director wrote this entire thing as a fu to his exes or for anyone who wants revenge on their ex
After my husband filed divorce and before it became a full blown war, I suggested we watch this together (I’d already seen it). And we did. And it was GLORIOUS!
Brigette
Yes I’m still on his YT account. For now 😳
...Seeing how Dani ends up I think it's more of a cautionary tale than anything.
@@DrGregoryHouseIT it’s supposed to be both but the writers said he wrote this after a bad breakup and basically used this movie as a way to take out his aggression. scary….
Settling in to laugh my ass off.
The fact that you had no idea of the weird and gory shit to come makes this viewing even more enjoyable.😂😈
MY FAVOURITE MOVIEEE thank you i love you guys
the double Will Poulter impression fucking killed me, i love you kweens
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"Alright, Simon. Time to die" 💀💀
I'm glad I'm not the only one still making Cat in the Hat jokes in 2022
So this autoplayed after I just binged some Ur Internet Mom Ash, and I watched this premiere but only just heard the very VERY subtle yodeling music behind the intro LOL.
I do love me some attention to details, especially the ones that take a second pass to pick up lol
This was my introduction to you guys and i have to say it's been a minute since i''ve laughed that much over a video that was 30+ minutes long. Thanks guys you now have a new loyal subscriber :)
DO A FLIP!
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OMG 🤣
A cool cultural moment is being in the makeover ep of RPDR not going to a cult.
rizzo kinda shaking from remembering the 72 year olds, made me wanna hug him so bad, poor baby
As a Swedish person: the sun does go down, but in the summer it's only for one our a couple of hours after midnight.
But this time of year, it feels like it never is up. So we go from one extreme to another. 😅
I just found your channel and I have been cackling for this entire video!! Definitely gained a new subscriber!!
This viewing of Midsommar is much more palatable. Despite watching the whole film I really never mentally moved past the first five minutes.
the first time i watched this, i couldnt believe how shocking it was. but this is still a masterpiece to me!
Feeling so blessed rn! Didn't know this was coming!
Maybe it’s the nurse in me but that 72 or cyanide had me 💀. When I tell you I cackled😂
When I see a new reaction to midsommar posted... 🎶 another one bites the dust! 🎶
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I’m very excited for all of this
OH MY... this is gonna be SO GOOD. AHH I'm so excited!!
Oh yes!! I’ve been waiting for this 😄
You guys remind me of when me and my sister used to watch horror movies and joke around together. It was so much fun. She won't watch them anymore, which makes me kind of sad.
@34:20 omg I LOVED that movie as a kid! Can't wait to see your reaction! 😃
I feel bad you guys reacted to this. It’s not for the faint of heart and the fact that it’s set in the day makes it worse because you see everything more vividly. But it was a good choice. Ari Astor did say it was a break up movie inspired by his own break up
Yes new content from you guys! I'll watch pretty much anything if you guys are reacting to it.
“He was driven to the station. The cooking station. Come see”
I hope one day you guys react to the Hannibal series. I think both of you would enjoy it.
You guys are hysterical! I remember when I first watched this. I felt so sick afterward and my heart was beating fast, I was shaking too! I am a huge scary movie lover, but it seems that these ones get to me more than slasher ones. Can you imagine still being alive with your lungs outside of you! Holy shit! The unimaginable pain! Same with being burned alive!
Omg there’s something so visceral about this one 😭
@@PinkPopcast Exactly!
i watched this reaction before bed last night and ended up having gruesome nightmares 😭 worth it though you guys are the best
THANKS, I HATE IT 🤣 your reactions are always the freaking best
first time watching and im in love with ya'll. I knew it was love when you dropped that popplers reference in there~~ LOL thank you for sharing, gonna go eat up all your other content! In case you havent please do some films from my country, Aotearoa! Whale rider, Boy, Hunt for the Wilderpeople are all great starts:)
oh man really wanted you guys to react to the devil in my asshole 😔 bummer..., no but i first watched this movie when i was on shrooms (do not recommend) and it was needless to say a devil in my ass, highly do not recommend watching this on shrooms in the dark by yourself unless ur me lmaoo!!
also the tapestry in the beginning is meant to be the events of the entire movie!!
"do a flip" had me choking on air i died 🤣
This movie is so crazy I can’t wait for their reaction 😂😂
Gary owed all the people with the mallet money. They were happy he pencil dived.
idk if you guys noticed but pele is in the background of a lot of the shots when the cult is doing crazy shit to them, one of them is right before christian gets drugged in the barn. this movie is def work a second watch!!! one of my favs
Watchin Midsommar reacts as I create a Midsommar themed painting and found y'all, amazing lol
Thank you! Where can we see your painting??
@@PinkPopcast😁 I post them on J.CusterArtworks on Facebook but this one gonna take me a while lol
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@@jennandrewlawrence5055 nice, we’ll check in :)
22:51 I think they then get another dead tree. If it's in the same spot then the remains of the dead and the remains of the last tree are all there together with the new dead tree.
Loved y’all’s reaction so much! This movie has so much underlying dread, and I love it. Have you done a reaction to Hereditary? Please do one if you haven’t! 🙌❤️
I saw this movie a few months ago because so many people were talking about it. I still have no idea how I feel about it. Did I like it? I don’t know. Did I hate it? I don’t know. At least I saw it lol