morbid shared experience

Emile 2022-04-21 09:01:44

Not too scary horror movie. The style is exactly like the title, very small and fresh, constructing the illusion of a paradise, but hidden is the distorted and anti-human religious origin. The main line upholds the unity of the protagonists of previous horror films, from unity to conflict and division. At the beginning, I felt that the length of the film was a bit long, but at the end, I felt that "Is this the end?". In the end, Dany's smiling face appeared on the background of everyone shaking and howling. The only difference between her who survived and the others was empathy. Compared with the situation and safety of others, others care more about their own interests. For example, for the couple who left without a word, and for the inexplicable disappearance of their companions, everyone showed their disapproval, and only Dany was suspicious. In the end, Dany became the Queen of May, and a girl excitedly said to her - "You are one of us from now on". Dany is acknowledged to be associated with this kind of empathy, and the people of the village also share this emotionally shared experience of connection, albeit a little morbidly. (For example, when Dany saw her boyfriend cheating, she cried with grief, and the girls gathered around her and cried with her). At the beginning, I gave a close-up of the drug the heroine was taking - Valium tablets for depression and anxiety. Perhaps, in a sense, Dany's illness is one of the things that makes her resonate with the people of the village.

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Midsommar quotes

  • Maja: [in Swedish] I can feel it! I feel the baby!

  • Mark: Somebody should tell those girls they're *walkin'* stupid.

    [pause]

    Christian: [in hushed tones] How long do they *typically* stand?

    Pelle: Uh we're gonna stand until it's - right to sit.