Welp, gonna have to be 2 for 2 against everyone here and say
Midsommar was pretty disappointing and a much worse film than Hereditary. Spider-Man was better and I would have never expected that since Spider-Man was pretty cookie cutter Marvel flick.
Midsommar looks nice and has some great "art" scene designs that sure make for a good trailer, but man that script is meh. Whereas Hereditary was a pretty original and interesting film that had you in suspense, Midsommar is not suspenseful, or scary, or interesting to anyone whose familiar to horror. It's a by the books trope-filled oh those SPOOKY FOREIGNERS movie. Like everyone acts like an idiot, and everything is telegraphed so early in the movie that 30 mins in you can tell exactly how the rest of the film will play out and it does. For me story is pretty damn important in a movie and there was nothing surprising or original here. Like outside the pretty visuals there's not much different between this and say Hostel in the core concept.
Just like Cannibal Holocaust and Green Inferno and shit, the whole omg I don't understand this weird old foreign culture that ends up
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doing human sacrifices because har har so archaic tradition
is so ugh in 2019 I thought legit filmmakers were past this. The fact that Spider-man which came out at the same time also has a "haha look at those goofy netherlanders" scene just makes this a pretty awkward weekend for American films.
Whereas I felt like almost every scene in Hereditary mattered and the pacing, while slow burn, was very tight, in Midsommar after the first day or so of the event the film just meanders pacing-wise and does not feel tight at all. Feels like the movie could've used some editing. But maybe that's just because everything is so predictable the slow burn doesn't work as well because there's no tension.
Expected a lot from this because Hereditary was really good and the trailer looked great. Pretty bummed at how disappointing it was. This and IT part 2 were the horror movies I was really expecting something great out of. Now I gotta hope they don't fuck up IT or might as well throw 2019 away for film. Only movies I've seen this year worth a real damn ended up being Booksmart and Endgame, the latter being a huge surprise since was not expecting much after IW being just a Marvel v Capcom movie.