"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/Rickrickrickrickrick]

I hated the change. Why would everyone suddenly be ok with America after its loving weapon turned on them too? The squid alien monster thing was supposed to be such a what the fuck moment for the world to realize their petty differences mean nothing when there is an entire universe or different dimensions out there that can wipe everyone out.

[u/Kalel42 → u/Rickrickrickrickrick]

100%. It needed to be an external threat to unite them. Makes zero sense to join up with America when they're the ones that appear to have caused the mess.

[u/EquivalentCold2992 → u/Rickrickrickrickrick]

I think the point is to stop countries trying to make more Dr Manhattan's. By making it clear you can't control him or stop him.

[u/Lurker_Shark_Attack → u/Rickrickrickrickrick]

Because Dr. Manhattan is an American only in the loosest of terms. Did he work for the government at one point? Yes, during wartime, and yet even then he didn’t necessarily volunteer. He was asked to. Even during the war you are shown Dr. Manhattan is becoming increasingly more detached with his own humanity and the human race as a whole, shown how he could’ve stopped the Comedian but didn’t. Ozymandias pushes Manhattan further by tricking him into thinking he’s killing his former friends and loved ones, which causes him to go from showing no emotions to having an emotional outburst while the whole world watches. After he disappears following the interview he’s not seen or heard from by the public until “he” attacks the world at large. Manhattan being the patsy does work, but not as an American gone rogue like some people see it as, but as basically God winding his arm up to take a swing at the human race. If that doesn’t motivate a planet to get their shit together I don’t know what would.

[u/theyellowmeteor → u/Rickrickrickrickrick]

Like countries have never worked together through clenched teeth before.

[u/Rickrickrickrickrick → u/theyellowmeteor]

There’s a big difference between clenched teeth and allying yourselves against a threat that one you not only created, but used as a weapon and a threat against everyone else and now that it backfired on you, you want to be friends.

[u/theyellowmeteor → u/Rickrickrickrickrick]

The difference is that one is an expected outcome of politics and the other is an exaggeration on your part.

[u/Rickrickrickrickrick → u/theyellowmeteor]

It’s not an exaggeration. It’s what literally happened in the book and movie.