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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jul 21, 2024 2:55:45 GMT
Some striking imagery and Florence Pugh is so gosh darn cute. The rest of the movie? I dunno. The idyllic setting masking a fuck crazy cult seems straight out of The Wicker Man, even down to the bear suit. Makes me wonder what satanic shit goes on in Hobbiton. A few scenes elicited laughter, like Jack Reynor running around with his dick hanging out or finding pubes in his food.
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Post by movielover on Jul 21, 2024 3:05:54 GMT
It reminded me of The Wicker Man as well. I enjoyed the mystery and tension throughout, a little overly morbid in the 3rd act, but a good movie overall.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jul 21, 2024 3:33:54 GMT
The best in folk horror.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 21, 2024 6:04:43 GMT
I think the movie definitely had a few toes dipped into dark comedy, nearly every moment with Will Poulter is subtlely hilarious, as is Reynor's clumsy attempt to defend the village's "cultural differences" (the theater was roaring when I saw it imax a few weeks ago). But yeah, it's master class in atmosphere, tension building, cinematography, and direction. Also the best breakup movie this side of High Fidelity.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 21, 2024 6:17:01 GMT
I think the movie definitely had a few toes dipped into dark comedy, nearly every moment with Will Poulter is subtlely hilarious, as is Reynor's clumsy attempt to defend the village's "cultural differences" (the theater was roaring when I saw it imax a few weeks ago). But yeah, it's master class in atmosphere, tension building, cinematography, and direction. Also the best breakup movie this side of High Fidelity. I agree. The humor is definitely intentional. The funniest scene is probably when Poulter is pissing on sacred ground. Aster's movies seem to be getting progressively more humorous, with Beau Is Afraid being a straight-up dark comedy.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Jul 21, 2024 6:18:08 GMT
I liked it when it came out, I haven’t watched it since (even while owning the Blu-Ray since Christmas of 2019).
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 21, 2024 6:29:09 GMT
I think the movie definitely had a few toes dipped into dark comedy, nearly every moment with Will Poulter is subtlely hilarious, as is Reynor's clumsy attempt to defend the village's "cultural differences" (the theater was roaring when I saw it imax a few weeks ago). But yeah, it's master class in atmosphere, tension building, cinematography, and direction. Also the best breakup movie this side of High Fidelity. I agree. The humor is definitely intentional. The funniest scene is probably when Poulter is pissing on sacred ground. Aster's movies seem to be getting progressively more humorous, with Beau Is Afraid being a straight-up dark comedy. And his next is also explicitly described as a black comedy (and a western, which should be interesting). I'd be curious to revisit Herditary to see if I missed any underlying humor to it. Hard to imagine as I remember it being one of the most unrelentingly grim and depressing horror movies ever made. Midsommar begins like that before zigzagging between disturbing and funny. Yeah, that scene and Poulter just strolling away asking about the chick while the guy wails in the background is great. I also love all of his awkward and passive aggressive interactions with Pugh.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 21, 2024 6:48:49 GMT
I agree. The humor is definitely intentional. The funniest scene is probably when Poulter is pissing on sacred ground. Aster's movies seem to be getting progressively more humorous, with Beau Is Afraid being a straight-up dark comedy. And his next is also explicitly described as a black comedy (and a western, which should be interesting). I'd be curious to revisit Herditary to see if I missed any underlying humor to it. Hard to imagine as I remember it being one of the most unrelentingly grim and depressing horror movies ever made. Midsommar begins like that before zigzagging between disturbing and funny. Yeah, that scene and Poulter just strolling away asking about the chick while the guy wails in the background is great. I also love all of his awkward and passive aggressive interactions with Pugh. I watched Hereditary since watching Midsommar and I can't think of anything in it I could describe as being funny.
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