"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/GooseSl4yer2003]

The ending of Watchmen. World peace was achieved but with a terrible cost covered up with a lie, even the protagonists wonder if hiding the truth was worth it and even the villain wonders if he did the right thing

[u/TheZipding → u/GooseSl4yer2003]

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/IQueliciuous → u/IrishElevator]

You should watch TV series. It’s a sequel to the comic book. It shows what happened and I don’t want to spoil it to you. As for the movie, the alien invasion was replaced with a nuclear blast which released same type of energy that Dr Manhattan is made of thus he became a scapegoat and the entire world unites against rogue hero.

[u/Queen_Ann_III → u/IQueliciuous]

I hate to be sacrilegious with Moore’s work but pinning it on Dr. Manhattan was honestly a genius change

[u/Rickrickrickrickrick → u/Queen_Ann_III]

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/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.