I'll be seeing it next week, and hope to find the performances enjoyable at least, but I hear your complaints with a bit of a shudder in anticipation. Hope the fun outweighs the ick.
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
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Laura - Jul 26, 2019 6:36:45 am PDT #2156 of 3463
Our wings are not tired.
megan walker - Jul 26, 2019 6:42:59 am PDT #2157 of 3463
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Everyone publicly online this week seems to think it's a masterpiece. I...disagree.
Interesting, I've seen plenty of "not for me" reactions, first and foremost by my critic friends here, who, sadly were not granted +1s for the screening.
Jessica - Jul 26, 2019 6:49:34 am PDT #2158 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've seen plenty of "not for me" reactions, first and foremost by my critic friends here
That's a relief! Good to know I'm not alone.
msbelle - Jul 26, 2019 9:39:31 am PDT #2159 of 3463
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I have no interest in watching anything Tarentino, and nothing fictionally coveting real murders in what seems like a really unnecessary way.
Vonnie K - Jul 26, 2019 9:54:36 am PDT #2160 of 3463
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
For people looking for alternative titles to catch on multiplex, see if you have "Wild Rose" playing nearby. It's about a Scottish country singer freshly out of jail, desperate to get to Nashville. It's a scrappy heartwarmer, with a star turn by its lead, Jessie Buckley, who's got an amazing soulful voice. It manages to be feel-good while maintaining spiky edges.
Atropa - Jul 26, 2019 10:41:39 am PDT #2161 of 3463
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I have no interest in watching anything Tarentino
Thiiiiis. I have come to understand that I just don't like his movies.
Connie Neil - Jul 26, 2019 10:45:30 am PDT #2162 of 3463
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Atropa - Jul 26, 2019 10:45:41 am PDT #2163 of 3463
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
ION, I saw Midsommar this week, and DAMN. I loved it. I loved everything about it. I need to see it again. I went to see it with my friend Jen, and our flailing conversations afterward especially centered around "If I had to choose to ritually sacrifice a terrible ex-boyfriend to join a community that was supportive and had a culture of communal sharing of hard emotions, I just might do it."
Which may not be the intended theme of the movie, but whatever.
Vonnie K - Jul 26, 2019 11:15:38 am PDT #2164 of 3463
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Atropa, you may like this thoughtful review of Midsommar by Alison Wilmore at Buzzfeed: [link]
I thought it shared a lot of DNA with Robert Egger's The Witch from a few years back. They both posit that for these women, certain ecstatic surrender of self to another form of existence, however out of norm, is preferable to the their current lives riddled with heartbreak and oppression and lovelessness. So what if that new existence involves occasional baby-mashing or ritual sacrifice? You at least belong in that community of like-minded sisters, willing to support you.
I also ran across this Tumblr post about the two films, which had me nodding my head in agreement quite a bit: [link]
Atropa - Jul 26, 2019 12:33:10 pm PDT #2165 of 3463
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Midsommar does share a lot of DNA with The Witch (another movie I love!), and your whitefont is exactly what my friend and I were flailing about.