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Topic	THE Snake Ranks Anything Horror Related (Vol. 5) 5th Anniversary RANKINGS
Snake5555555555 10/23/20 3:11:46 PM #252:	*SPOILERS FOR THE WHOLE POST* 45. Ending of Midsommar (18.5 points) Nominated by: jcgamer107 (2/5 remaining) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InRMXiwFPxE Importance: 2.5 Fear: 6 Snake: 10 You know, Halsingland really was such a nice place before those tourists showed up. Okay so maybe it wasn't, but who am I to say what sacred, ancient traditions are bad and which are good? Dani looks pretty happy there at the end doesn't she? Well, I'm getting ahead of myself. Up until Josh decides to take a little ol peak at the at the Harga's sacred text, Midsommar is actually pretty straight-forward. Yes, there's always a sense of dread, unease, and confusion, but one thing Ari Aster is so incredible at is using traditional tropes of horror movies to make these gigantic, prestige horror movies more approachable for a general audience (it's what makes Hereditary as great as it is too). American tourists in a foreign location, okay, maybe you've seen Hostel, or Green Inferno, or even Turistas, even if you haven't, you have this picture in your head of how these typical vacation horror movies go: bunch of immature Americans who have no idea how to act in public or in other cultures do something averse and pay the ultimate consequence for it. Aster doesn't rely on these cliches, he morphs them into his own, progressing his characters into fully realized people with wants, desires, and fears, not simply using a foreign location because it's easy and looks good on film, but because there's a genuine interest in this age-old tradition and there's a story to explore that relates to that tradition's themes and meaning. Back to Midsommar, this typical vacation gone awry is used to spring-board into a psychedelic journey of the self, once Dani starts taking turns around the maypole, it totally becomes her show, and her life and emotions, already shot and decayed due to her sister's passing passes the event horizon when she discovers Christian is having sex with one of the members. It was coerced against his will, but still we know Christian was going to break up with Dani and we always got the feeling something like this was coming. So, Dani becomes the may queen and is paraded as royalty, while Christian runs around frantically, encountering the corpses of his friends. Again, Aster uses that knowledge you have of slasher movies to give this scene a frame of reference, but the sickening artistic brutality of the kills transcends past any sense of familiarity, as its terrific use of constant bright daylight twists our sense of safety and our grasp on time and reality. Dani meanwhile, is showered with flowers and white beautiful clothing, transforming her once drab appearance into an angel-like purity, and she chooses Christian as the last sacrifice the Harga need to finish their to ritual to purge evil. Christian is sewed up paralyzed into a a bear suit, and you hear his muffled pleas as a small wooden temple, seen in the background since they arrived, burns up in flames. So, I know I skipping some stuff, but I think what really matters here is Dani's emotional transformation, and what her pout-turned-smile means for her. Dani struggles throughout the film being treated as this unwanted nuisance, and totally alone in the world after the death of her family. She's an absolute nervous wreck treated as a human doormat, and even as she is praised and adored by the Harga, it's really still all against her will. Dani is ultimately shown to have no real agency in her life and looks constantly to others for reassurance and stability. However, choosing Christian as the last sacrifice is entirely her choice, or at least she thinks it is. Dani realizes as the temple burns, that she has finally broken free from her crutches, the emotional baggage of her old life, and has experienced the true joy of discovering a family who will always be there for her. It matters not what their real intentions were, only what Dani feels. Her last smile is that final slippage of sanity, but also the hopeful becoming of what will be a new start for her. tl:dr Midsommar is the ultimate break-up romance movie just with way more wailing over the sounds of people burning to death. --- Bare feet on the tile with my head up in the clouds https://imgur.com/1e1e70S <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:946207136] in THE Snake ... [t:79012032]...</cite> <quote>SPOILERS FOR THE WHOLE POST 45. Ending of Midsommar (18.5 points) Nominated by: jcgamer107 (2/5 remaining) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InRMXiwFPxE Importance: 2.5 Fear: 6 Snake: 10 You know, Halsingland really was such a nice place before those tourists showed up. Okay so maybe it wasn't, but who am I to say what sacred, ancient traditions are bad and which are good? Dani looks pretty happy there at the end doesn't she? Well, I'm getting ahead of myself. Up until Josh decides to take a little ol peak at the at the Harga's sacred text, Midsommar is actually pretty straight-forward. Yes, there's always a sense of dread, unease, and confusion, but one thing Ari Aster is so incredible at is using traditional tropes of horror movies to make these gigantic, prestige horror movies more approachable for a general audience (it's what makes Hereditary as great as it is too). American tourists in a foreign location, okay, maybe you've seen Hostel, or Green Inferno, or even Turistas, even if you haven't, you have this picture in your head of how these typical vacation horror movies go: bunch of immature Americans who have no idea how to act in public or in other cultures do something averse and pay the ultimate consequence for it. Aster doesn't rely on these cliches, he morphs them into his own, progressing his characters into fully realized people with wants, desires, and fears, not simply using a foreign location because it's easy and looks good on film, but because there's a genuine interest in this age-old tradition and there's a story to explore that relates to that tradition's themes and meaning. Back to Midsommar, this typical vacation gone awry is used to spring-board into a psychedelic journey of the self, once Dani starts taking turns around the maypole, it totally becomes her show, and her life and emotions, already shot and decayed due to her sister's passing passes the event horizon when she discovers Christian is having sex with one of the members. It was coerced against his will, but still we know Christian was going to break up with Dani and we always got the feeling something like this was coming. So, Dani becomes the may queen and is paraded as royalty, while Christian runs around frantically, encountering the corpses of his friends. Again, Aster uses that knowledge you have of slasher movies to give this scene a frame of reference, but the sickening artistic brutality of the kills transcends past any sense of familiarity, as its terrific use of constant bright daylight twists our sense of safety and our grasp on time and reality. Dani meanwhile, is showered with flowers and white beautiful clothing, transforming her once drab appearance into an angel-like purity, and she chooses Christian as the last sacrifice the Harga need to finish their to ritual to purge evil. Christian is sewed up paralyzed into a a bear suit, and you hear his muffled pleas as a small wooden temple, seen in the background since they arrived, burns up in flames. So, I know I skipping some stuff, but I think what really matters here is Dani's emotional transformation, and what her pout-turned-smile means for her. Dani struggles throughout the film being treated as this unwanted nuisance, and totally alone in the world after the death of her family. She's an absolute nervous wreck treated as a human doormat, and even as she is praised and adored by the Harga, it's really still all against her will. Dani is ultimately shown to have no real agency in her life and looks constantly to others for reassurance and stability. However, choosing Christian as the last sacrifice is entirely her choice, or at least she thinks it is. Dani realizes as the temple burns, that she has finally broken free from her crutches, the emotional baggage of her old life, and has experienced the true joy of discovering a family who will always be there for her. It matters not what their real intentions were, only what Dani feels. Her last smile is that final slippage of sanity, but also the hopeful becoming of what will be a new start for her. tl:dr Midsommar is the ultimate break-up romance movie just with way more wailing over the sounds of people burning to death. --- Bare feet on the tile with my head up in the clouds https://imgur.com/1e1e70S</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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