‘Midsommar’ Tells You Its Entire Plot Before It Even Begins

Ari Aster’s It’s no secret that movies are not for the faint of heart. They often deal with fairly heavy themes and take a disturbing turn throughout. But even knowing that, it can be difficult to prepare for such a twisted movie. Midsummer Aster’s follow-up genetically, and although the two films follow similar themes of grief and loss, both are completely different from each other.where genetically Dark both tonally and visually, Midsummer It’s full of bright colors and colorful characters that almost distract you from the terrifying events that are happening. Keyword, almost. Midsummer The idyllic setting deliberately distracts the audience, which makes the horror aspects hit more unexpectedly and feel more messed up.I really can’t prepare for anything. Midsummer It’s in the store. At least, not at first glance. But when you watch it again, you realize that this movie tells you everything it has in store before it even begins.

Midsummer

A couple travels to Scandinavia to visit their rural hometown’s legendary Swedish Midsummer Festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre rivalry at the hands of a pagan cult.

release date

July 3, 2019

director

Ari Aster

runtime

140

Main genre

horror

Writer

Ari Aster

catchphrase

Let’s start the festivities.

‘Midsommar’ tells us its entire plot before the movie begins

Midsummer It starts with a tapestry. It’s busy, beautiful, and full of intricate detail and color. Considering that’s how the movie begins, it just feels like a way to set the tone and atmosphere of the movie. There are no immediate red flags, even though some parts look a little suspicious, but by the time eyebrows start to raise, Tapestry disappears and the movie begins. What follows is his two-hour spectacle of stunning colors, tricky visual effects, and the most disturbing horror imaginable, leaving you wondering what you just watched. . But if you’re brave enough to rewatch it, you’ll find that the opening tapestry is much more important than being a tone-setter.it actually foreshadows the whole Midsummer.

The first panel is noticeably darker than the others and features a group of people tangled in some kind of tube and a skull looking down on them. This is the beginning of the movie, when Dani (Florence Pugh) My younger sister took her own life due to carbon monoxide poisoning, and so did my parents. The skull represents their death. It’s a brutal first scene, setting the stage for the rest of the story and Dani’s ultimate character arc, but that doesn’t make it difficult to watch. Immediately after that scene, we skip to months later, where Dani’s boyfriend Christian is increasingly absent (jack reynor) revealed that he is planning a trip to Sweden with his friends. One of them, Josh (william jackson harper) is writing a paper on European midsummer traditions, and his friend Pele (Wilhelm Blomgren) I happen to be from Sweden, specifically from the Hälsingland region, and from an ancestral commune called Hårga. He invites his friends to visit and experience the festival, explaining that this festival only happens once in his 90 years and that his experience is an opportunity of a lifetime. This is directly related to the next panel in the tapestry. There, we see a woman crying and being consoled by a man, while someone who closely resembles Pele sits in a tree above and watches with glee. This shows that Pele was in charge of the whole thing.

We soon arrive in Sweden and are astounded by the sights along with the characters. It sure is gorgeous, even though we know the whole thing means bad news. But the characters don’t know this, so we follow them as they enter the commune and are welcomed by people dressed in white. The tapestry reflects this scene again. We first see a group chasing a figure resembling Pele, then we see them all standing in front of a crowd dressed in white. What’s even more notable here is that one of the characters’ girlfriends is wearing a clown hat. Further inspection reveals that this is the mark (Will Poulter). Later in the film, we learn about a game called “Skin the Fool,” and Mark’s subsequent death is eerily similar to that game. He is taken away right after being yelled at for peeing on a scary tree, and although we don’t see him die, we do see someone put a headgear over his face afterwards. . The jester’s hat placed over his figure in the tapestry is a clever nod to his ultimate fate..

As soon as they arrived, The group will attend the first of many celebrations, the Attestupa ceremony.. Unbeknownst to them, the Atestupa ritual involves two of the older members of the commune jumping off a cliff onto the sharp rocks below. Taking one’s own life to avoid the burden of having to care for someone else in one’s old age. According to one of the members of the commune, all the members said that he would do this at the age of 72 and that it would be a great honor. You can see this depicted on the tapestry. Directly above the group of people greeting Dani and his friends, we see a cliff and two winged people tumbling down from it. Thankfully, the Tapestry format isn’t quite as brutal. And finally, the last part of the tapestry depicts a banquet table, where we see everyone eating and rejoicing. You’ll also see the iconic maypole dance, perhaps the most famous scene in the movie. Meanwhile, the women participate in a dance contest, which Dani wins and is crowned May Queen. This gives her the sense of belonging that she is famous for. This is what she desperately craves after losing those close to her. Skeletons can be seen among the dancing figures on the tapestry, indicating that this scene is a turning point for Dani, and not a happy moment as she seems.

Christian’s death is foretold

Christian has a particularly bad time throughout the movie. Sure he’s not winning “Boyfriend of the Year” or anything, but he doesn’t deserve half of what he’s been through. He was given drugs multiple times, one of which caused paralysis, and was forced to undergo mating rituals against his will. To make matters worse, he’s given a gruesome death scene. The last time Christian is given the drug, he wakes up and is told he can’t move or speak. It’s scary to learn it in the first place. However, we then watch as the commune cleans out the bear’s innards and places Christian inside. He was then driven into a building with other members of the commune, and he was left inside, unable to move or speak, as the building burst into flames. It’s absolutely horrifying, and the fact that there was nothing he could do about it, no way to resist it, makes it even more horrifying. But on the second watch, you may notice some different tips for it. The first is a tapestry where you can see a bear relaxing. In the movie, this bear is seen locked in a cage and then cleaned for Christian to enter. However, there is another scene early in the film where Dani is napping, where we see a painting directly above her, which is too specific to be a coincidence. In it, a girl wearing a crown kisses a bear’s nose. This symbolizes the tick and Christian. It’s clear that Christian ends up in the bear, but it’s Dani who subjects him to a violent ending. She was given a choice between him and a stranger as her May Queen, and she chose him. As the building goes up in flames, we see Dani’s emotions change from sobs of sadness to a creepy smile.

Midsommar is full of foreshadowing.

Except for the tapestry at the beginning of the movie, this tapestry foretells the plot of the entire story. Midsummer, after this there is another scene with an eerie meaning. As you know, Christian participates in a mating ritual with Maya, one of the members of the commune (Isabel Grill), Against his will. Early in the film, we see that she notices him, smiles at him, and secretly stares at him throughout the film. But we don’t really realize how serious her unrequited love is until Christian is drugged and forced to participate in a mating ritual. But early in the film, when Christian and his group are being guided around the commune, we see a long tapestry with drawings that we don’t fully understand at that moment. It’s called a “love story” and if you watch carefully as the camera pans, It can be seen that it depicts each stage of the commune’s mating ritual.. And once you understand that, the strange occurrences that Christians later notice begin to make more sense. Why is his lemonade pink? Why is there hair in his food? Rather than explaining it in words, this movie gives you all the tips to connect the dots yourself. That’s the great thing about Ari Aster’s movies. Everything you see, no matter how small, is intentional, and it all affects the big picture. If you have any questions so far, MidsummerThe answer may be found in the movie. Everything is tailored to a T-shape, which only makes the movie even scarier.

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