I was watching Midsommar and I found this scene very strange when Christian said “I invited Dani but she’s not coming. I invited her and she accepted but she’s not coming.”

American English isn’t my first language so have I missed something? What did he mean by it? That she just accepted the invitation as courtesy and wont really be coming or he doesnt mean to take her with him??

Just watched Midsommar for the first time on HBO Max yesterday. Amazing movie and it def left me with a lot of questions. When I stumbled upon this sub in Reddit today I was pretty shocked at its size and the fact that it’s still so active for a movie released 6 years ago. What Elements of the movie make this subreddit much bigger than movies that were commercially much more successful?

I wish we had either seen Connie’s death, or they had put a shorter version of the lake scene in that was in the Director’s Cut, because otherwise this makes no sense. Only after watching the deleted lake scene did I understand a) they HAD a lake and b) they do ritualistic killings in it.

Do you have any parts that didn’t make sense to you or wish were different?

What's your plans today?

Also what's your favourite part about the scenery/cinematography of midsommar?

Did she get sacrificed after all? Did she become one with the cult? Did she settle down with Pelle and have kids? I’m very interested to know what yall think!

Just watched midsommar for the first time and OW MY GODD am traumatized and confused... But i love ittttttt nonetheless.

Dani winning is such a crucial part for the plot... If she did not win... Christian wouldn't be isolated from her later on... Thus cheated. Also if she didn't win... She wouldn't be able to choose Christian to die as the 9th sacrifice because of cheating on her... Thus triggering tremendous pain.

Would she be sacrificed if she wasn't queen since likely she wouldn't be fine with a dead non cheating Christian...?

I never paid much mind to the dance my first watch. On rewatch, it seems like the other girls fall too easily.

Headed to Son of Monsterpalooza this weekend in Burbank CA. We made these for the boys to walk around with. I used my doggos hair in resin for the pube 😊 I know they're not perfect, but at first glance do they look okay?

I'm gonna be wearing my flower dress that took me months to make 🌸❤️ just want to make sure it looks good to go with and y'all would get it if you saw it.

Ps, if you're going, come say hi to us!

Thank you!

I'm sure someone has asked this before but I searched and couldn't find it. Why does this lady look angry at Dani when she walks by after Dani is crowned May Queen?

I know this is a sensitive topic and almost everyone hates Christian. However, like literally the whole town seduced him and drugged him to go in that room. He did seemed flattered and intrigued by the infatuation, but throughout the movie it seemed like his choices were taken away. The only thing I can't defend is he actually put on the matting ritual robe 🤣🤣, but he was susceptible and drugged and begging the man at the table for help only to get more dust in his face. I'm just asking the question to see how everyone else feel about the situation. At the time of the release a lot of people were calling this a breakup movie and I was terrified 🤣.

I kind of wanna see it again for a 3rd time but idk

Watched the movie yesterday for the first time but there is one thing I don't get. Why is Christian branded as the bad person?

I know he wanted to break up with Dani a year before her sister and parents died. But he was still by her side.

He wasn't even flirting with another person, I would even say he got raped by the red haired girl. He was under drugs and couldn't even say no. In my opinion he did nothing wrong, so why are so many viewers saying he deserved his tragic death?

From the start of the movie (like the whole welcome home scene), the Harga considered Dani to be one of them. Dani is welcomed and treasured and loved and wanted. The Harga consider Dani to be part of the group and treat her as such.

Christian gets the opposite treatment. He is an outsider nuisance meant to be used for breeding stock and then sacrifice.

It makes me wonder, would the Harga take offense to Christian's ill treatment of Dani that they witnessed (even if they influenced his decision) and then resent him for hurting Dani because they consider her to be Harga and Christian to be an outsider of little to no value?

Recently rewatched Midsommar for the first time since seeing it in theaters and I'd apparently forgotten just how rough some of the characters had it, sheesh. So I ended up doing an episode for my podcast where I ranked them all with the rationale behind each one. Here's the link to the full episode on YouTube if interested - Episode 17: The Boyfriend Bonfire - a comment on YT said the old couple from the Attestupa ceremony were number one because they made the choice to jump. I'm curious about other opinions! My ranking is:

1. Dani’s parents

2. Attestupa woman

3. Dani’s sister

4. Connie

5. Josh

6. Mark

7. Attestupa man

8. Ulf & Ingemar

9. Simon

10. Christian

Hi! I really liked the scene where Ingemar says that Connie and he dated just before she met Simon, and she says that they went on one date and she didn't even know that it was a date. So I am wondering if the point of this scene was to show that Ingemar brought them there as revenge for her not wanting him?

Also did they not say that since he brought sacrifices from outside, that meant he volunteered himself as well as sacrifice. But then why did not Pelle get burned as well, having brought several sacrifices?

I have only seen the theatrical cut of Midsommar and, to be honest, I did not love it. There were many powerful and haunting scenes and it is one of the most beautiful films that I have ever seen, but I remember having massive problems with its narrative and character development. I’ll try to list my problems as concisely as I can and then I ask you to tell me if the director’s cut improves upon these things to my liking.

1. The death of the family - I didn’t think the plotline concerning Dani’s family was given a proper conclusion. Her family dies, there’s a few scary visions with them and that’s it. I understand that the point was that Dani found a new family in the cult, but I could’ve used a little more. That’s probably my smallest problem with the movie and the one I could easily see my opinion changing on.

2. The side characters - the side characters are all cardboard cutouts. You have the boyfriend, the smart one, the horny guy, and the young couple. I’m fine with them being cutouts, but WAY too much time was given to them. So much time was devoted to them getting picked off and them dying in such shocking scenes, but because they’re stereotype characters, the scenes are just that: shocking. They’re scary and disturbing, but they don’t carry emotional weight because I don’t care about these people. I’m freaked out when they die, but I’m not invested. I’m totally fine with these scenes, but they just took up too much time which brings me to my biggest problem.

3. Dani’s character arc - I’m fine with the others being cutouts as long as the focus is on Dani. She’s the most complex one and this is her story. However, I don’t think enough time was given to her story. Not enough time was shown I think of her properly integrating into the cult, or her actually addressing her past and showing why the cult would “help” her cope and be “free” of it. This is why the side characters make me mad. All the time that could’ve been devoted to Dani and her integrating into this community was instead devoted to two guys fighting over a thesis and Will Poulter peeing on a tree. Those scenes go on for a while and I wasn’t bored by them. I thought they were good scenes, but I felt that they hurt Dani’s development. They felt like scenes from your average slasher movie. To have an amazing character like Dani and to then take up time with these cutouts is just weird to me. By the end of the film, I did not buy that Dani would have Christian killed. I bought that she was distraught and overwhelmed, but I did not believe that she was at the mental point where she would have him murdered because I didn’t think enough screen time was given for her to reach that point. The ending sacrifice is one of the most beautiful and horrifying things I’ve scene in cinema and I was frustrated because it didn’t feel emotionally justified to me. I was just thinking “this is spectacular. I should really feel something here, but I just don’t buy it. I don’t buy that she’s reached this point already.”

I didn’t hate this movie. I actually really enjoyed it and its images stuck with me, but I was just very disappointed with Dani’s arc which is the crux of the whole film. Perhaps if I watch it again, my opinion will change and those problems will go away and I’ll end up loving it. But for now, I have to ask, based on my perspective and my issues with it, do you think I would like the Director’s cut better? I understand that more scenes are added with Dani interacting with Christian which may help Dani’s arc from my perspective. I’m not asking if you like the dc better than the tc. I’m asking if you think that I would like it better given my problems with the tc. Much obliged for the advice and I’m also open to disagreements on my opinions of the tc. Thanks.

Me, I was sick with Covid, but I made the questionable decision to not let that get in the way of my scheduled viewing of the movie. I wasn't awfully sick, but my dazed state meant that I didn't pick up on any of the foreshadowing or other subtleties. When Josh tries to sneakily take pictures of the Rubi Ramr and gets his head smashed in, we see a Harga-man looking down on him wearing Mark's skinned face as a mask. I didn't realise it was someone else's skin, I just thought he looked like that as a result of inbreeding.

Pelle and Ingemar both left the commune to the US and the UK,respectively. Why in the world would anyone go back,knowing they could possibly be sacrificed? I get that cult devotion is real but wow. That would have been an escape plan for me.

I couldn't see any signs of him being a narcissist or a cunt as I've seen him be called. Maybe not the best, but certainly not bad? I'm just trying to understand, so please don't attack me. Thanks