Midsommar (2019) FIRST TIME REACTION

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[@Grimfaxe]

As a swede I'm a bit offended that Ari exposed our ways, now how are we going to get new sacrifices for next Midsommar?!? 🤦‍♀️🤷

[@disco_depression]

Is this you on your pfp?? 😭😭 if yes I'm gonna start feeling jealous are you scandinavians all models or is it just the media that portrays you like that

[@PurushaDesa]

Just add some cameras next year. People will do anything to be on the telly.

[@Isosyth]

Don't worry, nobody watches indie movies.

[@fayHoran]

@@disco_depression i went to sweden and yes they all look like damn models,esp the women.

[@rafaelmartins9263]

@@fayHoran you mean they white.

[@Lannisen]

This is actually a very well researched film. Flowers, may-pole, dancing, music and clothing, are very clearly inspired by our traditions today, but even the other parts have historical accuracy. Ättestupa was indeed a custom during viking times, when someone grew old enough to be a burden they had the option of an honourable death by jumping from a cliff. The blood Eagle was also a way of torture in the viking times, they open you along the spine and pull your lungs out while you're still alive. There's art in Dani's room at the start (a blond little girl with a big bear) which is by a classic Swedish painter, any swede would recognise. The "dance till you die" ceremony comes from a folk song called Hårgalåten (see how they got the name of the whole community from that?) In which the devil disguises himself as a fiddler and makes all the young people dance until they die.

[@OAnIncurableHumanist]

From what I've read, "it is now generally accepted among researchers that the practice of suicide precipices never existed", and as for blood eagles, "there is continuing debate about whether the rite was a literary invention, a mistranslation of the original texts, or an authentic historic practice." (From Wikipedia, both quotes with multiple citations) But of course, whether or not either of things really happened in history, the film does a great job of playing on the fears of these cultural legends.

[@fawnrot]

@@OAnIncurableHumanist sources: wiki....

[@OAnIncurableHumanist]

@@fawnrot yes, and there are multiple external citations, so what's your point?

[@yourgrammarisnotverygood1827]

@@OAnIncurableHumanist Didn't have a name or a point

[@Elelyoneleven]

@@OAnIncurableHumanist you are correct , most of these practices are lies made up by the church during the christianization in order to make norse mythology look bad. Atleast thats the consensus among historians over here in Sweden

[@Quzga]

As a swedish viewer your jokes didn't offend me at all! You should all come over, I'll offer drinks totally without pubes and menstrual blood :p you can pet my bear too! Jokes aside midsommar is a real holiday. Just celebrated it last week or so. Drinks, big green pole, flowers are accurate. The rest not so much haha

[@revylokesh1783]

What, no orgies? 😒

[@jmk_1997]

u guys have shrooms?

[@WarmLittleDiamond90]

You lost me at "without menstrual blood."

[@vaxvax3680]

americans

[@fawnrot]

that's what you WANT us to think, nice try.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

Florence Pugh (Dani) is shockingly gorgeous. Brilliant casting decision.

[@KeenLagerfeld]

I love her natural speaking voice.

[@erinraecowin]

She didn't find herself. She's completely broken.

[@johnny-vu6rl]

yes she did, she found a family.

[@erinraecowin]

@@johnny-vu6rl oh honey. A cult is not a family.

[@1234thisistemporary]

@@johnny-vu6rl I agree! I mean ya it's a cult but what did she really have to go back to?

[@kimberlyjeanne9456]

They all are which is why she fit in

[@johnny-vu6rl]

@@erinraecowin whatever. they accepted her for who she was, unlike her horrible boyfriend. and she ends up in a much better place at the end of the film than where she was at the beginning.

[@UatuOmega]

So which of you four is 1. The one who defiles a sacred tree? 2. The one who has the worst 'shroom trip? 3. The one who wins the dance marathon and becomes the May Queen? 4. The one who's secretly already a member of the cult and draws the others in?

[@JuiceLabs]

I’m thinking 1. Me 2. Jack 3. Juice 4. Corey Great hypothetical omega lol - Clay

[@UatuOmega]

@@JuiceLabs Hmm...I would have chosen 1. Juice 2. Jack 3. Clay 4. Corey

[@Anna-es1kp]

As a Finn, I approve of the final few seconds of this video. Our midsommar is a bit more chill, less being burnt alive and more drowning from crashing your boat while blackout drunk

[@KaregoAt]

No need to crash, just try to piss over the side and fall in!

[@valkyrie1066]

That's more like what I remember, I've danced into exhaustion many a time......nobody died.

[@Hey_Jamie]

I keep hoping that I’ll finally see a reaction where someone realizes that Dani’s sister’s face (gas mask and all) are hugely camouflaged in the bushes/trees in the background as Dani is slowly running and crying in her huge May Queen flower Snuggie

[@irishgamerkerrielouise]

The cinematography in this movie is gorgeous

[@TheRadScientist_]

At around 33:45 after Dani is carried on that platform, keep your eye on the trees in the background. They are shaped like Dani’s sisters face with the hose in her mouth.

[@kathywhite9411]

This is why you always use Trip Advisor!😂🙌

[@t0dd000]

This movie is so tremendous. So much mood. And the pacing is perfect. Love it. Now, to truly see it as it should be. Watch it, lights off, without talking over each other.

[@mehlev]

So when they burn him in the bear costume, the score covers it up but you can watch the clip without the score and you can HEAR Christian even though he's paralyzed, it's so creepy

[@JosieSchuller]

Clay is 100% the one who is gonna whizz on the sacred tree

[@flibber123]

I noticed that in this movie that the two outsiders who are shown taking the least amount of drugs were the main ones who were really upset at the first sacrifice. They were also the outsiders who had a close relationship. They were also the ones who really were going to leave even if it meant walking out. They were also the first ones the cult got rid of one way or the other. t don't think that's a coincidence. Meanwhile, Christians group was the group where they were all distant or even sometimes hostile with each other, and they were also the ones we saw taking the most drugs. The point being that I don't think Christian's group had their shiat together, that's mainly why they didn't try to leave. They weren't thinking straight and were not on the same page. Imagine trying to get Mark, who only wanted to get laid, to leave with you on an hours long hike across the Swedish countryside when he could be back at a village full of young women. Josh only went there for the once in a lifetime research opportunity. It might've been possible to agree to leave if they were close friends but those guys were about as close as friends as Christian ands Dani were as boyfriend and girlfriend.

[@matt4at]

I believe Simon and Connie were brought there cause igemar was mad at both Connie and Simon and decided to sacrifice them.

[@flibber123]

@@matt4at Looking at it that way, it gives new context to the conversation they had when he claimed to have dated her and she denied they dated. Also when Simon said 'are we going to ignore the bear' he snapped "It's a bear". So yeah, now that you mention it, he was showing some hostility towards them.

[@valkyrie1066]

Yes. They had too much internal rivalry to make a plan for all of them. They were on their own journies.

[@ErrorPlaysHD]

SOOO HYPED FOR THIS!

[@duhduh14]

"he's got a rinnegan" okay take my like cultured brother LMAO

[@PurushaDesa]

I disagree that it’s a silly film. The opening is crucial so you can see : A, the level of trauma she’s experiencing making her ripe for radicalisation by the extremists; and B, the sheer emotional inadequacy of her partner which is then offset by the subsequent offering of community, mass empathy and belonging.

[@MetroplexBias]

I think they were joking because the film is heavy.

[@PurushaDesa]

@@MetroplexBias How do you feel about the opening? Critics seem divided on whether the tragedy at the start is necessary, or whether it should just have them already arriving at the commune with their emotional baggage only referred to throughout. I think it works as it is.

[@1234thisistemporary]

A bunch of posts on Reddit (super credible source) thought the 2 old people who jumped looked like Dani and Pelle therefore predicting their future

[@pandorawombat]

Ari Aster himself even said this is a "breakup movie." It's just a pretty extreme breakup.

[@valkyrie1066]

someone "blood eagled" would have a short stay in a chicken house. If he is still mostly intact, they JUST did it. He's about 48 hours from being skeletonized.

[@melodie-allynbenezra8956]

At 2:33 - Dani, her family, Christian, and his buddies are in America. They will GO to Sweden, soon. Be patient.

[@terrencedeath3311]

Christian also drank mayas period blood

[@johnnydeleon8210]

Freaky

[@oakeysmokey]

i like the guy who knew the May Queen was from a Led Zeppelin song (stairway to heaven)

[@spikemeister56]

31:56 Reference to IASIP

[@t0dd000]

"No one thought we were going to be sacrificed?" I don't think the characters knew they were in a folk horror movie. ;)

[@annaparsons4788]

Enjoyed your reaction, guys... seen a handful of others, but appreciate y'all actually made me laugh with you... instead of just as a nervous giggle; since this film is genuinely disturbing 🤗😁

[@kimberlyjeanne9456]

I saw this recommendation and I was laughing before I even pressed play … Ari Aster said this movie was bc of his real life breakup

[@bryannapowell2614]

also did anyone catch when pelle said “also all the swedish women u can impregnate in june”… and that’s exactly what they made him do

[@valkyrie1066]

I caught that. He had every right to be scared, not exited. They need more members, and recruit from the inside, as it were. Inbreeding would be disastrous. LOL our medieval group came home from our main event with FIVE pregnancies. we were accused of doing it intentionally, no, Pan as afoot that event! Only one couple was "trying." LOL

[@keidenpedersen8376]

Y’all sound like Seth Rogen when all of you laugh 😂

[@Shadyoaksretirement]

Lmfao

[@joshm.1483]

I wish there were normal, non-cultish, death-free midsummer festivals in the US. It would be fun to have everyone dress like Horgans once a year

[@valkyrie1066]

I enjoy the entire thing...EXCEPT the human sacrifices. Love the embroidered garb. It's all perfect....until it isn't. I'd go!

[@mrkemrk]

The moment it occurs to you that Pelle invited the British couple because he was friend-zoned.

[@khadijahfrye3543]

I remember getting baked before going to the theaters to see this movie, not at all knowing that It would start off like that. Ari Aster, you're messed up man. Great movie tho

[@LindaK1962]

PLEASE SELL THIS VIDEO AS A COMEDY SPECIAL! I know this was a movie reaction video, but for just shear laughs, this was comedy gold, beginning to end guys!!!!! "...but Josh had to take pictures of hand turkeys..." - that one made me pee my pants!

[@DanielSelk]

Anyone else notice despite the two being the main characters, Dani and Christian don't speak at all in the last 25 minutes of the movie? O_O

[@TheContractor4]

I love listening to you guys nervously giggle

[@chandrawijaya7167]

love your bicep juice 🥰🥰🥰

[@Shadyoaksretirement]

9:49 totally agree! Seems like a small thing but I really appreciated that tbh lol

[@ernestineful]

So glad you guys saw this one. You should check out more A24 movies! This one has a cult following. People have tattoos of that last shot, dude in the bear, the A house... She was ripe for the picking for these people.

[@floraposteschild4184]

My interpretation is SPOILER that everything after Dani's mushroom trip is her fantasy/wish fulfillment. Obviously, the "commune" is not a working farm, and no one lives there. It's more like a picture in the children's book illustrations that you see in Dani's apartment. It all looks like what an American into folklore and anthropology might have a nightmare about in a foreign land. Not to mention everything makes Christian and the other jerky guys look bad, and makes her loved and wanted. Shortly, Dani will wake up, dump Christian, and settle in Sweden, hopefully with a hunky Swedish guy by her side.

[@06hAnBan26]

I love this friend group 😭 can you please start reacting to another show? Like The Alienist, Mare of Eastown, or The Night Of

[@O___________0]

Omg YES to The Alienist and Mare of Eastown! I do think Mare is more reaction ‘worthy’. I’d add Sharp Objects too (if you haven’t watched it, definitely do so!) ✨✨

[@dreamylou9453]

"BOOOO BAD SUICIDE ATTEMPT!" lmao

[@valkyrie1066]

Just remember, head first. Always head first.

[@KimOfDrac]

You're welcome to Sweden anytime😉🤫

[@NikkiSou]

You guys remind me so much of my friend group 😭 we’re also a lot of massholes

[@paulthor6255]

Scandinavian culture is such fun. 🖤

[@dd-lv6ee]

She's got the Rinnegan.

[@adanmarcelo5034]

Hi! I’m new to this channel. I would like to recommend a foreign film for you guys to react, it is actually a horror/mystery/thriller South Korean masterpiece called “The Wailing”. Please react to it soon if you guys are interested in foreign films.✌🏼

[@JuiceLabs]

Ahhh Clay and I just watched that last week. It was a great movie, but we didn't record it. Probably should have - Corey

[@adanmarcelo5034]

@@JuiceLabs Dang it! It’s alright

[@Ashley_e]

I had to like cleans my soul after. It was beautifully shot but creepy

[@teddyj5187]

Well at least you never have to worry about people over 72 driving.

[@chantelwilliams517]

I’m with Jack, NOPE. Hope you guys have a good trip, you’re never coming back lol

[@aryssobral]

Bruh Ari aster is like 34 old look at this MF films, damn he can be one of the greats of this gen

[@godot5643]

Did you guys watched the director's cut?

[@dandindan]

FINALLY ❤️❤️

[@PG1337ify]

While I understand why these kind of videos exist - man am I happy that I could enjoy the tension and atmosphere for full 2.5 hours without someone talking crap every 2 minutes. Way to ruin a good movie.

[@Chrissybrit43]

This to me was watching a singing Swedish orgy movie with a bear thrown in at the end.. It was just………weird. 😂

[@deathnocity4143]

I feel like I've seen this four-way porn before but I'm not sure...lmao

[@chrislawson1988]

I think it was all planned. That peele guy knew she lost her family knew how shotty her boyfriend is and friends so brought them all there on purpose to sacrifice all of them and have Danni win may queen and he can get with her lol. All those people knew shell win. Let her win lol.

[@chrislawson1988]

I even heard someone in some reaction theories that these people orchestrated all that and made it look like the sister killer the parents so then shell be upset and had all this planned but they had a hand in her family murder so shed comes d be part of their group

[@shawnac9289]

I love when reactors have obviously already seen a movie before they react

[@The_Catnip]

Why do you think that?

[@beep6583]

side note….jack lookin kinda beautiful today

[@moviegoer727]

Hahaha yes! Love this movie! 😂

[@ylizandrotoxenes1320]

Mark has a channel? What is it? I want to subscribe to it

[@HighLordBlazeReborn]

Absolutely pissing myself listening to the obviously DUTCH 'Swedish' accents lmao

[@pinball1970]

Screen too small. Props for doing this film but I cannot watch it through a post stamp

[@blaketarno4145]

Buddy on the left really has no idea what’s happening ever. Dude is clueless. Call up Steve and your guy blue to help you out.

[@noitestranha]

these guys look exactly like her boyfriend type

[@CrisC81]

Hereditary was better imo this was cool for what it was tho Also Florence Pugh is a mf baddiee gzus

[@Nightmarigny]

Oh hell yes. But wait. If someone has seen the film, NO SPOILERS. Just be quiet! Shyte. Love y'all though.