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Sugarboogerz
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| Post #1: 19th Jun 2019 8:49 PM | |
Hereditary is still a movie I go back and forth on. I thought it took on a few too many concepts and lost sight on what it really had in its hands. Regardless, I feel like Midsommar is going to be legit. I'm really looking forward to seeing this as soon as it comes out. | |
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Sugarboogerz
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| Post #2: 3rd Jul 2019 11:10 PM | |
I have so many thoughts on this movie. | |
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Sugarboogerz
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| Post #3: 3rd Jul 2019 11:27 PM | |
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Ari Aster sure knows how to create an atmosphere. Just to touch on what Josh and Curtis said, this definitely isn’t a “scary” movie but all in all it’s so unique in it’s execution, that it didn’t bother me. I’d much rather a horror movie try and teach me or tell me something instead of scaring me.
Although it didn’t have a scene that haunted me like the car crash in Hereditary, I still enjoyed it more than I did Hereditary. Where Hereditary kind of split off into so many directions, this felt so much more organized, grounded, and overall cohesive. I loved it.
I thought it brought a fresh perspective on the cult genre. This is a movie not only about learning to break away from a toxic relationship, but it’s a movie about finding a community that supports you, strengthens you, and empowers you to do what’s best. They could have easily made this just a creepy cult movie, but in a really fucked up way, you can learn to admire what these people are doing? After her family’s tragedy, Dani feels so trapped by Christian. Every time she’s having a panic attack, she ends up alone. The one times she’s being consoled by Christian, she’s face down while he’s kind of just sitting there, not really knowing what to do. Flash forward to after she finds him “cheating” on her, she is essentially met with the other women of the village to help express her sadness. They look at her dead in the eyes and essentially say, we’re here for you, we’re feeling this with you. It’s HAUNTING yet ENDEARING at the same time.
You look at the friend circle of Christian, Mark, and Josh and you think...man these guys are awful. They’re negative, manipulative, deceiving and disrespectful. Counter that with the cult who are supportive, cheerful, and overall accepting. It’s a really interesting look at community culture.
Kind of like Hereditary I definitely have some questions and felt that certain scenes/characters were a little unnecessary. What exactly was the point of the incest child? Did that lovemaking scene really need to be that weird?? What exactly were the vices of the other couple? Why did they have to die?
Overall, I really enjoyed this. Definitely gonna be one of my favorites of the year. The 2.5 hour runtime surprising did not bother me at all. GOOD SHIT!
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Sugarboogerz
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| Post #4: 7th Jul 2019 11:41 AM | |
I've been listening to the score for this all day and it is fucking haunting. | |
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Sugarboogerz
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| Post #5: 15th Jul 2019 12:16 AM | |
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| How hard should I try to go see this in theaters vs waiting to watch it online? |
I think the score and overall look of the movie make the best first viewing at a theater. | |
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