Midsommar

[Scary Hair]

Coming 2019

 

Cast Florence Pugh , Will Poulter , William Jackson Harper , Jack Reynor .

 

Plot  From the DitectiDirector of Hereditary  

 

American couple, are having troubled relationship. They decide to go on holiday to rural Sweden with their friends . Where in a small village is hosting a celebration only held  every 90 years and the locals insist that they join in...

 

Trailer 

 

 

 

[Sheikah]

Real excited about this one! Trailer looks great 👍 Very atmospheric, similar to The vvitch. 

[Steelbook Indy]

Anyone see it? How was it?

 

[4kiraL]

For me Midsommar ties with Parasite as best movie of 2019.

[Casiusco]

Good movie.

 

When a person spends two hours and twenty minutes in the dark of a movie theater without just looking the clock, it's difficult don't have a positive opinion of the film. If, in addition, we think of a film that is not exactly short, and where the plot can be more or less predictable, the public doesn't want to know what time it is has even more merit. There is something there.

 

A beginning that mixes solvency and effectiveness in equal shares, earning the public before first credits.
A general tone -at times unsettling- that separates the film from the vulgarity of industrial terror.
Some scenes shot with great solvency, giving rise to meticulously prepared moments, where the staging shines like a strange sun that illuminates the characters until restless.
A certain depth in the approach where, avoiding underlining and innocuous explanations, the director manages to make the public cling to that predictable set, and assuming it as a base, becomes interested in what is behind some characters.

 

I have not seen "Hereditary." I didn't know Ari Aster. And I went to the cinema without knowing the plot of the film. But after seeing it I think it would not be strange to observe inheritance from "The White Ribbon" (Haneke), "Picnic in Hanging Rock" (Peter Weir), or "Antichrist" (Lars Von Trier).

 

"Midsommar" is an interesting second film that points to the director as someone to follow, but I don't think it lives up to "Parasites."

 

Its defect lies in an irregular narrative, where it gives the impression of having shot some pieces individually, taking care of them individually, even giving it its own life; but where the general narrative and its dramatic development suffer, not being able to channel all these elements in a consistent way being able to maintain and take advantage of the pulse of the potential of the story, and make the narrative win the game to an interesting funny effectism.

Perhaps weighed down by the superficiality of some artificial or synthetic characters, or by the moment in which the stage and the village shines so much that them revealed some limitations of their development; allowing us to enjoy a lot watching the film, in front of the exceptionality of the facts and the people, but wasting the potential of that surrounded truth that was there.

 

It's my opinion. I liked it, a lot, and I want to see it again soon, but I don't see this film like one of the best films of the year. It's not the same.

 

By the way, is nobody really going to make a true "Midsommar" Collector's Edition?

Visually it is a candy for any designer, and has very loyal fans. Could give us a true lovely edition. 😉

[4kiraL]

I find the predictability of Midsommar was quite fitting. Subverting expectations for the sake of it would have ruined the movie since th effectiveness of a lot of scenes and of the overall narrative rely on the viewers expectations.

 

Midsommar is less about what happens but how it happens. Feeling disturbed is one of the main goals of the picture and in order to do so, Aster has to create an atmosphere that leads to a complete immersion of the viewer. He succeeds at that as the world building was one of the most impressive I have seen in a long time. The colours, the cinematography and Pugh's acting were on point.

 

What I like the most about Aster is the way he decides NOT to show things to create emotion and tension. We know what happened, we know it's there but he is keeping us at the edge of our seats by hiding it away.

 

Yeah, it's a bummer that there are so many critically acclaimed movies with a solid fan base that might never get a proper collector's edition. Mulholland Dr. comes to my mind.

Edited February 27, 2020 by 4kiraL

[4kiraL]

The visuals of The Lighthouse was impressive as well. Let's hope for the best.🤞

[Casiusco]

1 hour ago, 4kiraL said:

I find the predictability of Midsommar was quite fitting. Subverting expectations for the sake of it would have ruined the movie since th effectiveness of a lot of scenes and of the overall narrative rely on the viewers expectations.

 

Midsommar is less about what happens but how it happens. Feeling disturbed is one of the main goals of the picture and in order to do so, Aster has to create an atmosphere that leads to a complete immersion of the viewer. He succeeds at that as the world building was one of the most impressive I have seen in a long time. The colours, the cinematography and Pugh's acting were on point.

 

What I like the most about Aster is the way he decides NOT to show things to create emotion and tension. We know what happened, we know it's there but he is keeping us at the edge of our seats by hiding it away.

 

I'm really agree.  What you say is part of what I liked most about "Midsommar". And it makes the director become someone to be followed.

 

1 hour ago, 4kiraL said:

Yeah, it's a bummer that there are so many critically acclaimed movies with a solid fan base that might never get a proper collector's edition. Mulholland Dr. comes to my mind.

 

A "Mulholland Dr." Collector's Edition. It would be so beautiful... I've saved my Spanish Special Edition like a treasure, but... yes, It would be great to have a true Collector's Edition of this and other critically acclaimed movies. Plain Archive distributes some, but it's not enough, great movies with that solid fans base will be forgotten...

Edited February 27, 2020 by Casiusco