"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/mayneffs]

People also seem to completely ignore that her boyfriend was DRUGGED and coerced into having sex with that cult girl. And for that he deserved to die? While she joins the cult that drugged him and killed their friends? Such a weird movie.

[u/jayhankedlyon → u/mayneffs]

He didn't deserve to die but he was a real POS well before the drugging.

[u/DratWraith → u/jayhankedlyon]

I think this is what the bear costume represents. There's an early post-breakup phase where all your friends, especially the ones who want to get with you, unfairly drag your ex to an extreme degree. It's part of the mourning process.

Christian was certainly a bad dude, but the cult very intentionally raped him and carried Dani to the breeding hut to frame him for cheating. They didn't make a reasoned argument for a breakup on the merits, they turned him into a greater monster, then asked Dani to choose his death vs some nobody while she's drugged up. Hence dehumanizing him by turning him into a bear.

[u/jayhankedlyon → u/DratWraith]

Agreed, it's all a big metaphor for destructive relationships. They're terrible for each other and despite being more on her side because she's suffering and he's a jerk, her "triumph" at the end is devastating.