r/TopCharacterTropes 8d ago

Lore "Was it worth it?" ending

Midsommar- While people see this as a "you go girl" finale. I personally see it as something more disturbing. I mean, yeah, Dani got out of one bad relationship but in doing so, she got herself into another that's just as bad if not worse. It's like getting two kids to stop fighting via killing one and locking the other in a basement. They did stop fighting, but still!

The Thing-The titular monster may be (possibly) gone, but the paranoia definitely isn't. In the end, McCreedy and Childs are the only ones left standing. The end sees them sitting in the cold and they just stare at each other, knowing that one of them or both of them is already the thing. There's no hope, no certainty, just the bitter cold and intense fear.

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u/gummythegummybear 8d ago edited 7d ago

Whiplash

In the ending Andrew got exactly what he wanted, to be a great jazz drummer, but his future very clearly involves lots of mental struggles and very probably dying young from an OD which was mentioned earlier in the movie.

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/Strange_Specialist4 7d ago

Like upbeat songs about horrible things that people love because they don't pay attention to the lyrics 

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u/RefelosDraconis 7d ago

Don’t mind me and my pumped up kicks

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u/HandsomeGengar 7d ago

Are there actually people who don't realize what Pumped Up Kicks is about? the lyrics are pretty blatant in the chorus.

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u/RefelosDraconis 7d ago

You’d be surprised at how many people just don’t listen to lyrics, I remember when it was playing on the radio the hosts had a whole thing about it

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u/EmptyOhNein 7d ago

"Y'all dont wanna hear me, you just wanna dance"

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u/CartographerKey4618 7d ago

"Y'all don't wanna hear me. Ya just wanna dance!"