First Time Watching *MIDSOMMAR* Is More DISGUSTING Than Terrifing
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- Enjoy My Midsommar Movie Reaction, In This Movie Reaction Video I Will Be Watching Midsommar For The First Time. This Movie Was So Disturbing, I Enjoyed Hereditary And Florence Pugh Is A Celebrity Crush Of Mine. #Midsommar #Reaction #Hereditary #MovieReaction #FirstTimeWatching #Movies
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INTRO | 0:00 - 1:03
MIDSOMMAR MOVIE REACTION | 1:03- 38:30
MIDSOMMAR MOVIE REVIEW | 38:31 - 40:36
Midsommar Movie Description:
A couple travel to Sweden to visit their friend's rural hometown for its fabled midsummer festival, but what begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Midsommar is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster and starring Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, and Will Poulter. It follows a group of friends who travel to Sweden for a festival that occurs once every 90 years, only to find themselves in the clutches of a Scandinavian pagan cult.
A co-production between the United States and Sweden, the film was initially pitched to Aster as a straightforward slasher film set among Swedish cultists. Aster devised a screenplay using elements of the concept, but made a deteriorating relationship the central conflict after he experienced a difficult breakup. The music was composed by British electronic musician Bobby Krlic. The film was shot on location in Budapest in the summer and autumn of 2018.
Midsommar was theatrically released in the United States on July 3, 2019, by A24 and in Sweden on July 10, 2019, by Nordisk Film. The film grossed $47.9 million and received positive reviews from critics, with many praising Aster's direction and Pugh's performance.
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Hereditary Or Midsommar?! Also Are You Excited For Ari Aster's Next Film?
That’s a good ass question lol. I feel like Hereditary is a better movie, but I enjoy Midsommar a little bit more. The cinematography, atmosphere, overall tone of the movie just knocks it out of the park for me. Hereditary is definitely the scarier movie though, I just can’t figure out which is more disturbing
@@NoThoughtAllFeels mind telling me about it? if it ends up being true I don’t care about it being spoiled, I just wanna know more since I’m mad excited about it
midsommar >>>> hereditary
Midsommar is great but for a more traditional horror watch, Hereditary will always win.
Didnt like this movie
"Man, fuck this movie" is about the most accurate review of this movie that's possible to make.
You are so valid for defending Dani. So many dudes act like she’s unreasonable and Christian is literally an awful gaslighting bf
I've never heard a single person say that after seeing this movie
Yea, but she ends up being an insane piece of garbage by the end from just spending a few days with these crazed people, so what is the point?
@@verkpunk I was on her side until the end. Her BF was an idiot, but she turned out to be a psychopath
Christian is awful, but man, he still didn't deserve being burned alive inside a bear suit.
@@mrknowhere6457 lmao I never said he deserved to be burned alive in a bear suit
There needs to be a subcategory to horror that is just called “fucked” so this movie and Hereditary have a home.
facts
Add The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Martyrs to that category.
I think heard on a podcast that it Pagan Horror
You can add ‘The Skin I live In’ to that because that movie is super fucked
ken park
The bear suit death is worse than you think. Because it was still meaty, wet, and fresh - the incredible heat from the fire would dry the carcass in minutes. So? The suit would shrink, rapidly, the leather tough enough to turn the human inside into soup. Crushing bones and all. Sounds too crazy to be true? Certain Native American tribes from the greater south west of the U.S would torture captives in much the same way. Save for the bear being a bison, or other large game animal, and them being suspended over a fire having what you see happen in the movie take several days before: snap! Crunch! Splat!
Happy Halloween.
Simon’s death was also a real torture/execution technique called the blood eagle
@callmecatalyst I thought the blood eagle was a rare type of norse execution?
That. Is. Disgusting.
Bro ffs
@callmecatalyst His f**king lungs were breathing 😱
The scene where they mimic the main character screaming and crying after she finds her boyfriend with that girl is one of the most important scenes in the film. It's meant to show her getting the support she's lacked from her boyfriend & friends for the whole movie.
He ignores her calls, wasn't there when her family dies, forgot her birthday, guilt tripped her non stop, etc. The friends don't hide their dislike for her. She feels it and even dreams of them abandoning her.The cult in that act was saying they are there and will feel what she feels with her. No matter how loud or ugly it is. They validate her pain.
It's the final straw of acceptance between her and them and is seemingly what encourages her decision later. She chose them over him or new over old.
He was raped. She has dependency issues. But go off some more.
Ever since I watched this movie with my friends, me and one other loved that scene, we immediately knew we loved that scene but the others didn't feel it the same way we did. We have made a plan if we are ever alone and happen to share our pain that day then we'll put that therapy into practice cause it was so beautiful.
@@tarotdiscombe5573 nope, 8ts called be weird and people will love your movie
@@themoviereviewernextdoor5327 That too, but it's also taken inspiration from a movie called The Wicker Man, it's making the Pagan religion seem culty and horrific because the Christian religion still can't be honest about what they did to Paganism, they have to plaster them as evil even though it was them that were evil.
@@tarotdiscombe5573 I'm aware of the film being inspired by The Wicker Man, but films like these always came off to me like the filmmakers didnt know where to take the story, so they go the default route of killing all the characters and making every ending downbeat just because it's a trend. Also, Florence Pugh is a wildly overrated actress. Just as wooden as Zendaya, Jenna Ortega and Amber Midthunder.
This movie is both horrifying and hilarious to me. Horrifying cause of what is shown and hilarious cause I grew up about 40 minutes from where everything takes place 😋
Yo get yourself some protection chief 😂
Was this filmed in Sweden?
@@italoblu no, it wasn't, and you can tell. It looks wrong somehow, the light and vegetation, I think it was filmed in Hungary.
They didnt film in Sweden because of some rules due to filming time or something. I dont remember. I went to Hårgaberget last year in Sweden, pretty cool!
@@Lannisen This wasn't filmed in Sweden?! Damn I was bamboozled.
they mimic the pain screams, the crying, "communal screaming" in part, it's what some cults do, minimizes the individual and shows all are a group, they want you to lose your individuality. anyways, great reaction as always Mell, hope you are doing well.
Basically how Twitter functions now..
@@antimonycup7066 Damn, beat me to it 😆
@@antimonycup7066 basically religion in a nutshell
@@LegendOfZeldafan666 'Cult' would be more accurate. Religion has a wider implication and for something to be called it requires codified 'tenets', at the very least.
@@antimonycup7066 well there is extremists in every religion that wants to brainwash their followers
what really gets me is that christian's friend josh knew what an attestupa was and didn't warn her. so messed up! no wonder she fell into the only people who seemed to care about what she was feeling!
That scene when she looked in the mirror while shrooming and freaked out is definitely accurate. When you're on the verge of a bad trip, you're hoping the mirror will ground you a bit. Usually it has the opposite effect. Not recognizing yourself can really scramble your egg lol.
Problem is you are taking "shrooms". As one person put it, if you can "get" pure LSD then it takes you where *you* want to go, shrooms take you where *they* want you to go, which you have no control over at all, and other stuff like peyote takes you where *someone else* wants you to go (hence the guidance of a story to 'lead you' to the path they want you to follow).
Note however that with LSD being illegal, like almost all such lab made drugs, it is almost never pure (i.e., never just the active ingredient by itself, which is safe), but will always have impurities, or shit that the seller "added in", to stretch out the product. These are BAD things to have in there, so.. ironically, the theoretically "safest" one is the hardest to find (since all of its impure versions are a crap shoot of, "I have no idea what this will actually do to me, including hurt me, if they put something truly stupid in it). Of course, with the "logic" that is sometimes used by our government, the "bad" version might just be spiked by people, "Trying to stop drugs.", by basically just figuring that anyone taking them is a rat, and thus if a few die from figurative rat poison...
@@patrickelliott2169 Yea man, I haven't gone near LSD since I was high school like 20 years ago lol. Can't trust it whatsoever.
Never look in a mirror when on shrooms we all had to learn that lesson the hard way.
@Cenestpasmapersonnalité now you know were I got the idea.
@@patrickelliott2169 u ain’t got a clue about drugs unless you have been addicted to heroin or crack cocaine so stop with your 70s drug nostalgia,pathetic.
I smoked a joint w my friend outside the cinema before I went in to see this and it def heightened my anxiety lmao, the music itself was just a heavy weight on my chest the whole time. That shroom trip scene where the visuals are swirling and pulsing is exactly what a hallucinogenic trip looks like (esp with acid).
Thank you for sharing your inspirational story of drug abuse. I hope you are clean now and if not I wish you strength and courage in the fight
My friend and I used to volunteer/work in a local cinema and our little tradition was lighting one up before going to check out a movie - one of them was this one and... yeah, pretty much how you described it. Laughed a bit, got paranoid a lil. She stopped going to movies with me after this one. 👽
@@Ady2803 The abrupt cut to the phone ringing in the very beginning set the entire mood for me, but I def do not regret it.
@DJLtravelvids Marijuana a plant man. Research the thing. It has a lot of medical benefits: helps with arthritis, inflammation, shrinks tumors. Just because you listened to the government when they categorized it as a schedule 1 drug doesn't mean you know what it really is. That's why it's been legalized because they realized the benefits and how some people's actions doesn't blame the entire substance. Ur brain iz outdated at the moment.
I'm swedish and regognize what is going on, but Aster has taken bits and pieces from ca 1000 years of changing rituals/traditions. The old people jumping is from the Viking-era. If you died in your bed you wouldn't go to Valhalla, so if you didn't die in battle you threw yourself of a designated precipice called "Ättestupan". "Stupa" is "to fall in battle" and "Ätte" comes from '"Ancestor". The spells are from a later era. Even today we have that dance ariund the May-pole" which is a great phallic symbolplunged into mother earth. Not many centuries ago a bad harvest 2 years in a row would mean death to whole communities. The swedish exodus to the US in the 1800s was a result of such draught. Anyone interested in more details can just ask. (Btw, thanks to Covid we couldn't find a bear this year....)
I’m Swedish American and that was fascinating to read… a question, I noticed on the death rock with runes it had raidho and tiwaz, symbolizing evolution and honor. Was that an accuracy in the film regarding swedish ritual?
@@j4r3d29 You have 4 different forms of runes. the elder and younger futhark, the anglo-saxion futhark and the armanen futhark. I think Aster used the elder futhark since that is easier to read. "Thurisaz" means The Strong one, strenghth against hardship. "Raidho" means travel, a chariot or journey. it is often symbolised as an 8-spoke wheel. Make of this what you want, and thank you for being curious! (This is the magical interpretation of the runes. It could just have been the initials of those that created the place)
Huh that's interesting. I'm Swedish and I didn't know most of what you said. I should read more about our culture and past traditions 😄
I feel so bad for Dani bc when she smiled at the end its when I realized she has lost her sense of self and is insane now.
Love bombing was how she got sucked in so quickly and easily to the cult...
Her face when she looks lost and sad then turns to insanity with this lifeless and empty smile and look in her eyes, she is pale and looks like she hasn't slept in days, that's when I start feeling bad.
As crazy as it is the wildest and most horrible part of this movie is the opening. The sound of Dani crying about her family dying is extremely haunting.
I was high as shit watching this for the first time and that scene freaked me tf out
@@al_3x912 Dang this movie would be way too much for me if I was high! Hope you’re okay.
I actually took shrooms without knowing they took shrooms in the movie. Terrifying experience. Every emotion dani felt I felt to a certain extent. I was in shock when they two old folks jumped off the cliff and oddly happy when dani felt happy at the end and grief and fear when ever she did. It was definitely something
Wait you took shrooms and then watched this movie?
This is easily one of the most disturbing films I’ve ever seen. It is so well constructed to keep you off guard. Once the Cliff scene happens, the film never allows you to get your grounding and figure out what is actually happening again until the very end when it’s too late. It is the disorientation itself that makes the film work so well as a horror film. If you could stop and think about what was happening, you’d be able to get yourself out of the situation or recognize the overall weakness of the plan. Because you are never quite able to ground yourself in reality, it all sneaks up on your and feels so unavoidable
The scene where the communal women emote with Dani is one of the most horrifying scenes I've ever seen. It illustrates the spiral into her individuality being erased and the communal taking over. She can't cry, feel or scream alone - everything is together. She's no longer Dani.
Interesting interpretation
True, true. But in that moment Dani gets what she desperately wants: to know that her emotions are valid and that she has a support system. Christian definitely doesn't deserve his fait, but he's distant with her through out the movie and seems to view her and her emotions as a burden which only compounds her insecurities. She's found in the cultists that which Christian is unwilling/incapable of giving her.
The thing is that Dani hasn't *wanted* to cry, feel, or scream alone, for the whole movie. In the beginning of the movie, after an extremely short time grieving in the presence of an unresponsive Christian, Dani always separates herself from others to feel her emotions. Not because she wants to, but because she fears her emotions & grief will annoy or inconvenience & drive away the others, leaving her truly alone. But, as Pelle pointed out with his "do you feel held" question- having people physically with you doesn't mean much if they're not responsive to you emotionally. The communal scene with the women is what Dani had been looking for- by sharing in her emotions, the woman validate what she's feeling. And by staying with her throughout her turmoil, they show a sense of community and love because they want to be there for her and help her through it and are willing to even go so far as to feel it with her.
We saw this in the theater & when they witnessed the first sacrifices off the cliff, I knew none of the visitors were ever going home. It was just a matter of how it would all unfold. In Midsommar and also Hereditary, a TRAP was laid for the characters before the film has even started & it's just a matter of the characters walking through that maze. I think Ari Aster's films play with the idea of predetermined fate vs. free will. And also, are things as they seem, or is there some underlying "machination" driving us forward according to its plan?
this is probably my favorite reaction to this movie I've seen. I feel like you actually understood what Ari Aster was going for with the story and I loved your breakdown of all the shots and also your attention to the dramatic beats. thanks for this Mello!
I always loved the duality between the beginning and end of the film.
Cold, lonely, empty dark woods accompanied by singing with no music, her crying at losing her family alone, lingering sadness.
Warm, welcoming, populated bright fields accompanied by music with no singing, her pain shared with the new family she just gained, unending joy.
It all comes full circle in the end just like the cults religious prophecies. Beautiful.
This movie made me realize my ex would act the exact same way. He was very toxic, selfish and loved to gas light me. He was also really immature. I never watched this movie but I've watched several RUclipsrs react to it.
Hey Mell, at 30:07, whey you say, "that's a nice shot right there"...go back and pause and take an even closer look. With Dani on that platform to the right of the screen, you can make out the image of her dead sister in the outline of the trees on the left of the screen, gas hose and all. I know its a tough watch, but thats why its a masterpiece. Ari Aster is such a craftsman at visual storytelling, its impossible to pick everything up he does upon first viewing. He purposefully makes his movies to be watched several times. We all like to rewatch movies that entertain us, but imagine a director so talented, he compels you to rewatch not because you had such a "good time" but because you know there's always something new to pick up on. We havent had someone with a vision like this since David Lynch first came on the scene 40 years ago. He is hoping to branch out from the "horror" genre (or label, anyway) and I personally cant wait to see what he does with his career. If he can hit homeruns across multiple genres, dare I say the unthinkable..Aster could be up there with the likes of Stanley Kubrick when all is said and done.
The “friend” Pelle was the one who murdered Josh when he looked into the book.
Really?
@@jessicapazo7718 yep
@@jessicapazo7718No. But that idea is floating around.
Yes she was the perfect candidate for that cult giving the fact she was still grieving. By the end of the movie, her last bit of insanity was gone which is why she was smiling. Good job @MellVerse. I enjoy the cinematography then the horror.
And.. the perfect candidate to be preyed on by a lot of other "cults" too, which are not considered cults. I often find it quite odd how, when someone is vulnerable, certain "pious" people come out of the wood work, to "help" them - help them right into being self righteous jerks, who, the second they are "in the group" suddenly discover that all future "problems" they might have are a result of not tragedy, but lack of piety, and no more help is forthcoming (for them at least, but that other grieving person the congregation caught the scent of...)
Disagree. I think she was the perfect Victim , because she was unbalanced. She smiled at the end because her mind had finally snapped.
She and the commune are literally mass murderers.
@@adgato75 You disagree because the cult in the movie was crazier than the normal ones? Sorry, but "evil" comes in many forms, and vulnerable people a) never think the think they are falling in with is evil, and b) when you take someone who is that vulnerable, isolate them from outside information, feed them some flavor of community and/or hope, etc.
This is literally how all cults, even the ones that we pretend are not so bad, because they claim to be a church, but do nothing but hate everyone outside that church, do things - they find someone having difficulties, they promise them community and hope, once they have control over them they either completely isolate them (like in this movie) on some patch of property where the outside world can't derail the brain washing, or they, over a longer time, "guide" those people away from friends, family, etc., with declarations of, "Did any of these things help you?", actively discourage them from asking questions, or seeking outside information, and in the world of the internet this also means guiding them "towards" online sources that push the same story, and solutions, and ideas, while further convincing them that *everyone else* is lying.
But, the key here is not "how bad" the cult is - it is, "Do they use isolation, brain washing, and recruit vulnerable people?" This insane event is merely an "extreme" version - and, unfortunately, it likely provides a sort of salve on the conscience of anyone that might suspect that some people around them are pushing them in a similar direction. As in, "Well, my group only wants me to protect gay funerals, not actually murder people, so it can't be a cult." - right up until they are so deep into it that they can't see *everything else it does* which is more of the same cult behavior.
No way! 20:30 you watched the director's cut scene. You're the only I watched that review this. This is really unsettling tho. And that scene really proved the ending more powerful. Made Dani's breaking up with Chris more accountable. That made him more hateable
I was so confused because I saw this movie in theaters and have watched others react to it and have never seen that scene
@@cekiahthornton yeah there's other little details that were not included in the original cut
This is one of my favorite horror movies, I’m so glad you got to watch it!
A few things to explain:
1. The screaming scene is them “sharing her pain” Just like they screamed when the old man was in pain. Kind of a shallow way of showing empathy.
2. When this came out a lot jokes went around that weak and toxic relationships wouldn’t survive a viewing of this movie because Dani and her boyfriend were so bad for each other.
3. Ari Astor wrote a first draft of the script after he went through a breakup, so dude was going through A LOT.
4. Movie tricked a few people into thinking this was a happy ending, just like Dani got tricked by the cult.
Scene at the dinner table at the end of the definition of a bad trip. And they absolutely nailed it. Especially the actor. The way he was shaking and uncomfortable in his seat. His facial expressions etc.
The wailing, they do that when Danny cries because it's a false and powerful display of empathy. They take her pain, show they feel it too, and in their cries they steal her individually in her pain. They make her feel understood but really they are drowning out her cries and her pain becomes a part of the group pain, dissolving her in the process.
Midsommar was unsettling but Hereditary was just straight up terrifying. Lol I loved them both though. Definitely looking forward to Ari Aster’s next projects
This movie has the some of the best representation i've ever seen of psychedelics. Esspecially the visuals.
His beard’s so big because it’s full of secrets💅🏻🤣
ok this made me chuckle out loud. thanks for that! 😂
This movie is terrifying but it’s also filmed really beautifully and Florence Pugh did an amazing job as Dani.
Thank you, man! Thank you for your words about depression, anxiety, etc.. As someone who has dealt with depression and people being flippant about it, that was great to hear! Thank you!
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Omg, you're a whole other level of wholesome.
Thank you so much for that. From the bottom of my heart, thank you 💛
Lov your review and reactions your literally are one of if not the best keep pumping them out you make the work days fly. Thanks for making my day better and I'm sorry for your loss.
damn, i love you Mello. Thank you for your words at the beginning about reaching out to people. Depression is real, and we are losing more folks to it now than ever. If you are struggling please reach out folks, the world is better with you in it!
Ari Aster is on a whole other universe w/ his films. Imagine what his upcoming movie with Joaquin Phoenix will be like. I personally prefer Hereditary for that authentic dread but I love this purely for Florence Pugh's performance. I'm also a sucker for these brainwashing culty flicks and this is one of the best. Great reaction by the way brother props for sticking with it all the way through ha..
HE HAS A MOVIE WITH JOAQUIN PHOENIX COMING!?!?!?!?
@@aappcye8869 Yup there's a bunch of movie blogs speaking on it. It will be guaranteed bat shit crazy.
@@johnt84 Ari Aster has such a good eye for getting the best leads for his film. Toni Collette, to Florence Pugh, now Joaquin Phoenix? Shittttttt man, that's gonna be fucked. I'm here for it.
Any good cult films?
This was my introduction to Florence Pugh and I have never looked back. She is an amazing actor. This movie was both traumatizing and cathartic for me all at the same time. I can’t explain it. I’ve seen it so many times. 😂 And I love seeing people’s reactions to it. 😅
Great reaction Mello. Ari Aster is a talented director. But, he's also a sick lunatic.
What about Tom Six? lool
Ättestupan is an ancient Swedish tradition where the elders jump off like you saw to leave place for the younger and no longer be a burden on the commune.
Except there is no proof of it ever happened and that it is completely a tale of fiction. The whole consept of ättestupa comes from an old icelandic saga and the word ättestupa have only existed in the swedish language for about 350-400 years.
@@SachshoT That's not true. Ättestupan is mentioned by Prokopios in his description of the herules as far back as 500 AD. Solinus also mentions it when describing the hyperboreans of the North Pole. Also called "Ätteklubban". As for the Swedish tradition, the first record we have of it in written form is from the 1600's in the Islandic "Götrikssagan" where it is called "ætternisstapi". That is to say that is the only remaining artifact describing it in Swedish, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a practice before that.
I think you are getting your disbelief from the language researcher Adolf Noreen, who completely negated it ever having existed. He - like people claiming the Holocaust never happened - can have his views, but there are certainly older documents describing the practice older than Noreen.
@@vovindequasahi as I said, only in stories and mythology, as both your referrals were. I just stated that there is no historical evidence of this happening. And just as the Bible is no source for historical events, neither are mentions of it in fairy tales and urban legends. Like you mentioned the hyperboreans, that is a mythical people in Greek mythology. And the Herules were Germanic tribes with a possibility of coming from Scandinavia, but spoke East Germanic language, which would put them around Poland, some historians think they might have spoken a north Germanic language.
I too know how to Wikipedia.
@@SachshoT Historical evidence, as you so succinctly put it, is simply the "stories and mythology". THAT is all we have! The Bible is a fine source of historical events, even though it's been diluted by re-translations ad infinitum. The only real trace of human traditions and customs in ancient history is given to us through your "stories and mythology" sources. Where else would we get the information on what actually happened in those times?
In fact, reading translated ancient documents tells us a HUGELY different story of history than the school systems teach about our forefathers. I'm talking high technology, Gods (aliens?), and free energy. Read up on Lemuria and Atlantis.
It is a psychological phenomenon of our times that it is easy to write fiction. To tell stories and mythologies. But why would the ancient forefathers carve stories that weren't true into stone? Would you do that? Would you carve Stephen King's The Stand into stone? Consider the living arrangements of those times. Or perhaps, it was meant as a message and a warning to future generations, NOT "stories and mythologies".
@@vovindequasahi You lost me completely when you said the bible is a fine source of historical events, which it has been proven it's not. But I would suggest you read Harry Potter, you would be surprised about all the wonders that these people manage to hide from the rest of the world.
Love the content you drop man, you seriously have one of the best channels and personalities on RUclips man. Glad I kind find more people that are into movies and the art of filmmaking.
During the mushroom trip, the thing that sends her into a bad one is the word “family”. If you look closer as soon as he says it she is immediately triggered into a bad trip, just a cool detail.
MENTAL HEALTH is a very real thing!!! 💚💚💚
Watching your videos is like getting a warm hug from someone you love. You are the greatest.
The dude in the Chicken coop sadly was blood eagled ( shown in vikings done to Jarl Borg) which is the most brutal form of Execution can be done to a man
..and he was still alive, barely, but he was still enduring the experience.
I loved this movie. It's such an anxiety trip, which doesn't sound like something you should love, and maybe love is the wrong word, but it impacted me deeply, and any movie who can do that is worthy of my praise anyway. Hereditary is more a straight up horror movie, while this is just an exercise in tension, dread and disgust. I think both movies are amazing, but very different.
It’s a tough one- definitely forces you as the audience to re-evaluate your own awareness about your susceptibility to cult tactics still love A24 aesthetic and slow pacing- what a movie to tackle- glad you gave it a shot- your reaction was fun!!
Please watch "Planes, Trains and Automobiles"! The perfect Thanksgiving movie!
A classic!! ✌️💯
Ari Aster really has an unique eye for Horror, can’t wait to see what he directs next!
Should react to "The Wicker Man" from 1973, the "final cut" version of it. It's fantastic and started this "folk horror" thing these movies are trying to live up too.
Yesssss the original Wicker Man is fantastic!
Mell, thank you SO MUCH for understanding the aspects of the Dani and Christian's interactions early on in the movie, both in taking mental health seriously, and in respect to how people treat their partners. I've heard too many guys completely misunderstand/think in an unhealthy way.
You are hilarious good sir. Great reaction. I watched this for the first time on shrooms... and yo. Shit was terrifying but kind of funny too. All of the visual effects and music were amplified like crazy! The trip scenes were so intense. I laughed my balls off when the mom came in and started singing while they was bumpin' uglies. 🤣
Disturbing and what?, I was like the first time. Then oh that’s a cult!, which made sense. The director is really great on really go deep into cults cultures and also the scenes are really realistic. Great movie.the fear comes from the people manipulating others which is real . Greetings from France 🇫🇷.
The Mayflower! I fell out 😂😂😂😂😂
If you can find Ari Aster’s short films, such as Munchausen or The Strange Thing About the Johnsons, you should give them a watch as well. 👍🏽
Omg thanks for watching the directors cut, that’s how I first saw it. Watched it again with my friend and it wasn’t the directors cut and I was so confused😂
Your reactions are hilarious during that cliff jumping scene 😭
Mello reactions are hilarious! 🤣I feel so bad for laughing when he be crying. 😭😭😭
Listennnnnn…. Cuz if Mello gon do anything, he gon boohoo with his whole chest 😭😂
Good on you, watching the Director's Cut. It is definitely the superior version. One of my favorite movies. Both this and Hereditary are masterpieces. Aster is amazing.
I saw Midsommar before Hereditary, so I had assumed Hereditary was solely about mental illness and cults. I hadn't been expecting the supernatural aspect to Hereditary. I think I prefer the concept of Midsommar more, but Toni Collette's performance makes Hereditary stand out above Midsommar.
If you have ever really taken hallucinogens this movie is much scarier because the visual aspect, the way the movie makes you feel, and how easily you can be manipulated to fall into what a group of people are doing is depicted so realistically it blows my mind. The movie is both beautiful and super terrorfying at the same time. The fear of the unknown by other culture's beliefs can also be very scary while also being very beautiful. It manages to be horrendously gorgeous. Ari Aster really has his finger on the pulse of horror. I believe his style is the future of the genre. I find it genius. He is also able as a director to pull amazing performances from actors that you rarely get to see in genre films like this one and in Hereditary. Not to mention the Cinematography he has brought to these films. He is next level in my opinion.
This is like a play by play of ways to spot a cult 😂
Also I took a handful of shrooms when I watched this….it wasn’t great 😂
The scene where they were all naked and Fawking I was laughing my ash up cause I was like "Yo they mocking this nigga stroke game🤣" and it got confirmed when that lady pushed/assisted him🤣🤣🤣
Yes!!! As soon as I watched your Hereditary reaction I was looking forward to seeing what you think of Midsommar. I love them both so much, I especially enjoyed the complete shift in tone and visuals from one to the other. I can't wait for Asters next film! 🥰
I wouldn't watch something like this while on drugs, but I will say that they replicate the effects of psychedelics better than any other movie I've seen.
I live in Denmark and Sweden is our neighbor!
We also celebrate Midsommer here, but it's different than in Sweden.
We light up thousands of bonfires across the country, put a fake witch doll in the fire, and stuff her with firecrackers so it sounds like she's screaming.
Drinking, eating, dancing, kids and adults 'till late at night! It's called "Sankt Hans" here in Denmark. Just wanted to share 🤘🏻
Your reaction's are freaking hilarious! lmao i agreed with everything we spraying up the whole village! haha
Still hoping you do "As Above, So Below," "The Pyramid," "Grave Encounters 1 & 2"... Good found-footage horror...
I’m so glad you reacted to this, this shook me so much I needed others to see it too
Your reactions throughout the cliff jump scene are hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
Just wanna say that thumbnail is well done :)
This is what the other girls crying with Dani means;
In this commune (which is basically just a cult.) They act as one sentient being, with each person being a part of the being. Whenever one member feels a certain way, the others around them try to emulate that feeling. It shows that the other one is accepted and part of the group. This explains the people groaning when the old man broke his leg, screaming when the Ingmar and Ulf were burning in the temple, and moaning with Maya during the mating ritual. The other girls crying with Dani shows that she is finally accepted, and finally has a home and a family, for better or for worse.
As a Swede I can tell you that none of this is real except how they dress and the dancing around the pole. That’s about it haha.
Oh and tics are unfortunately very common haha.
Yeah, the cult feels more like a New Age imitation or bastardization than a real tradition with history behind it.
@@Filbi most understandings of pagan traditions are misunderstood because of christianity's effort to wipe them out.
@@ineffablemars very true
@@Filbi that was my interpretation, just like there are Christian cults, Jewish cults, Islamic cults, etc.
Found this guy today, he shows real emotion and has thoughful imput on the films he reviews. Just gained a subscriber and it is a fact this guy will have over a million subs in no time!
30:52 I took acid once before watching this and it didn't trip me out nearly as much as it probably should've. If anything the combination of colours and music had me feelin myself and put the desire to participate in some of their traditions in my soul. It was like I'd simply explode if I didn't dance or mourn with them. I suppose it had me feeling very spiritual to put it plainly.
Love your reactions! I hope life brings you many blessings 🌼🌼
The dude who was cut open hanging that is called a blood eagle and in viking culture it was a punishment and if you were able to go through the process without screaming in agony you were allowed to enter Valhalla after death
Well, supposedly. It might have been made up by Christian writers later on to portray the Vikings as evil savages. We don't know for sure.
I watched this on Netflix not knowing what it was about & I was just like you. Your reaction was hilarious I laughed so much lol! I remember being like what the F&%K am I watching!? basically the whole time.. whoever requested this knew what they were doing lol
my experience was great my dude! same thing with nine perfect strangers on hulu! definitely gave me the same vibes as this movie! keep at it xoxo
"I invited my friends because this is a ONCE IN A LIFETIME THING."
Wordplay, Pelle. WORDPLAY XD
I never clicked so fast- was waiting for this moment!
Ahhh I absolutely love this one. The bright colors and all the weird rituals are awesome. Def one of my favorites
I also love Hereditary, don't make me choose!
This movie is one of my favorites. I like it better than Hereditary. This is a horror breakup film the Director said. That's why she is happy she is free of that toxic relationship. People here share their emotions. That's why they cry at the same time.
17:44 bro said you have a whole 2 weeks ahead of you 😂😂
Gosh my parents died over the pandemic and the way Florence Pugh plays the grief is just... ooh I feel it. Very well done.
The end of the movie is suppose to represent her taking back control over her life and her anxiety hence the smile but yo man had a great time watching this reaction I live in a new city so I don't have a lot of friends but man when I watch you and James vs cinema it's like I'm chilling with the homies 🙏
Disagree. I think she smiled at the end because her mind had finally snapped. She was an unbalanced person , with a poor sense of self. Perfect sucker to lure into a cult.
@@adgato75 You think I pulled that out of my ass?? I read it in an article from Ari Aster the director. That's what the ending is that's why she smiles because she is now free of everything all of her burdens
@@mnemonic1363 But she become insane, which is exactly what is stated in the script. But you must also mind Christian because he was Burned alive and helpless. It's kinda sad for both of them and now Dani is in greater danger.
Hahaha I had same reaction as you after this movie.. love ure comments 😄.. btw real midsummer tradition here in Sweden is awesome, good food, alcohol, party and dancing with friends and family
Thank you for your commentary on mental health ❤
Hereditary is still my favorite Ari Aster film so far, but this comes SO close to how much I love Hereditary.
I'm late but I purposely skipped this reaction; thought it was some Shakespearean love story 🤣🤣. Another horror game RUclipsr referred to this and I was like hold up lemme check Mello's channel right quick. I was delightfully mistaken.
Christian, Josh, and Mark were jerks. All three of them treated Dani so poorly. Pelle was the only one in the group who treated her with respect, even though he was the villain in the movie. The only other morally good characters were the London couple, Simon and Connie.
You should watch its source influence The Wickerman from 1973
i took magic mushrooms and thought I was king of the sheep....every time i whistled they would move.....wasn't till years later that i got told that they're reacting to what a shepherd would whistle to his dog
I can't help myself, but all I see is Lenin when they put him in that wheelchair, lol
12:49 I watched this high af on my second viewing and noticed their clothes colors have meaning in this scene. The people wearing dark colors are killed by the cult, but Christian is slightly red indicating lust. Dani is a light pink closest to white but that changes to dark blue during the suicide scene which I took that was her point furthest away from joining the cult. Josh is wearing an off white shirt, he knows the traditions but he’s really not apart of the cult nor would they fully accept him.
33:11 🤣you messing up my stroke game
will say went into this movie on gummies and didnt know what it was about, probably the best experience ive had watching a movie. loved it
This film had me constantly stuck between my desire to be accommodating and respectful of someone’s indigenous culture, and the growing gnawing horror that something is terribly wrong. Coasting that edge the whole film is much like being conditioned, inoculated to trauma, groomed, desensitised, left mentally vulnerable to a predatory force to swoop in. Genius.
One thing that very few people talk about is that, while the boyfriend was a completely emotionally distant tit the whole film, he was essentially drugged and coerced into sex. That would fall under rape charges. He was unable to consent, and is being used for a fertility ritual he wasn’t privy to before he arrived. If he had been a girl, people would find it absolutely sickening. If you are on drugs and then have sex, it’s fine if you don’t feel upset or have qualms with having had sex after the fact. But lots of people can sober up and feel disturbed, humiliated, degraded or scared they weren’t in control that it happened.
I'm sorry, I would have fought tooth and nail, not accept S. Idc how much acid I'm on. He never cared about Dani and it showed. I'd say the same if the genders were reversed.
I love both but I REALLY love Midsommar. It definitely knocked The Wicker Man off its pedestal
bro this movie had me crying of laughter and in shock at the same time, I watched this shit high and I was either dying or just in awe of what was going on
Yay! Another dose of Mellow!!!!
38:21 exact reaction! lol 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣