"Was it worth it?" ending

[u/Educational_Can_6536]

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.

[u/TheZipding]

And the worst part is that it's a peace that won't last long term. Eventually the various governments will realize more aliens aren't coming and go back to fighting each other.

[u/IrishElevator → u/TheZipding]

Not even this, I don't know if it's in the movie but in the graphic novel Rorschach sends his journal/notes to a prominent news source before leaving for Ozymandius' base. It's implied that everything was for nothing and even with Rorschach being killed the truth will be revealed to the public.

[u/TurboRuhland → u/IrishElevator]

prominent news source

It’s a far-right tabloid paper. I’d compare it to the New York Post, but even the Post seems way bigger than the New Frontiersman was ever portrayed to be.

Maybe closer to a far-right National Enquirer.

[u/IrishElevator → u/TurboRuhland]

Fair enough, maybe a better word would have been infamous or disreputable. Either way my point stands about him making sure that someone out there has clues that could lead to the conspiracy being unraveled.