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oh I never talked about Midsommar like I wanted to

Pros:
+General direction/cinematography is incredible. Seriously, between this and Hereditary, Ari Aster has some of the best camerawork of any modern director
+Production design is also top tier
+Florence Hugh is incredible
+The film manages to be eerie and disturbing despite being set almost entirely during the daytime, which isn't easy to pull off
+Surprisingly funny enough to make the whole theater laugh consistently, which I definitely didn't expect going in

Cons
-Honestly, it's pretty predictable, which is weird given how out there some of it is. None of the twists are really twists
-Ari Aster is getting dangerously close to becoming a one trick pony, given how the naked quasi-religious murder cult that causes hallucinations and lures in an unsuspecting and unwilling person to be their new leader is all stuff almost directly copied from Hereditary, and the fact that in both movies, everything is ultimately exactly what you expect it to be, playing directly into expectations instead of ever trying to subvery them just kind of left me without the wow factor that should've been here
-The deformed person has literally no significant role in the plot and is mostly just there to look creepy in trailers which just feels kind of exploitative
-Some minor moments (like Mark's face being cut off and worn, Josh's body being buried except for one leg only to be dug back up later and then burned) are just clearly done for the horror factor despite the fact that they don't make sense from the perspective of the cult

I know I'm being pretty harsh on it but I did honestly really enjoy it, largely due to the excellent acting/cinematography/design/etc. It's a flawed movie but what it does right it absolutely nails.
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