re: Midsommar(Spoilers/Discussion)

watched this last night and i have to say i don't know if a movie ever met my expectations as perfectly as MS. now that's not me saying it was amazing, b/c i didn't have very high expectations after i heard how divisive the movie was

but it was pretty much exactly what i thought it was going to be in terms of presentation, plot, etc. there were some little things (i thought the plan was for the brothers to bring women to have babies for the inbreeding/genetic reasons, b/c of the romance hinted at with both of the women brought over), but overall it was kind of a modern spin on Wicker Man with Ari Aster relationship drama brought in as a framing device

i thought the production value was very good but the movie itself was disjointed in terms of narrative/plot. obviously it borrowed heavily from Wicker Man (however, there was an actual remake of Wicker Man a few years back and we saw how horrible that was. these types of pagan horror plots aren't automatic).

the movie wasn't scary but was unsettling. i may not watch this movie again but if i do, it will be when i'm in a negative frame of mind and want to watch a movie of people i hate have bad things happen to them (my #1 movie in this mindset is Rules of Attraction but it's gotten old). i am glad i watched it and waited until i could watch it properly (with soundbar kicking in the dark without interruptions or distractions)

*ETA: it was hilarious how the main female character, who was so passive aggressive and non-confrontational in the beginning, ended up confidently choosing her bf to be sacrificed by the end.