Why FLORENCE PUGH in MIDSOMMAR Haunts Me

[@wasprider7239]

Danni was such a heartbreakingly real character. I almost hated her because of how often she reminded me of myself.

[@damianrivers3772]

Awesome video. I love Florence Pugh, and I can’t see anyone else playing her character. She’s a fantastic actress.

[@DwRockett]

It is truly a testament to everyone involved how this film has stayed with people and how its themes are still debated. The deeply complicated and conflicted emotions brought by the ending alone are masterful. Have you considered doing a video on Beau is Afraid?

[@TheBackFocus]

I still need to watch it!

[@byromboyroman6869]

Just discovered your channel… My new favorite channel.

[@kekz0r]

Oh wow. You're in for a treat. Too bad you have to search real hard for Brandon's earlier works!

[@w4lt3rs0bch4k]

Loved the last bit of insight about her tattoo. Great work, sir!

[@paulrevere1183]

Hahaha the Norm on the Red Carpet bit at 6:00 caught me totally off guard. Great vid Brandon!!

[@TheBackFocus]

My goal is to eventually sneak Norm into nearly every future video I make.

[@aurongreenland2288]

Thank you for coming back to the channel.

[@AWJavier0808]

Florence pugh is my favorite actress. What she does with her face shows so much, but so little i want to see everything with her

[@sethskullsberg7787]

Just started binge watching all your videos. Love the breakdowns and deep dives into characters. Hope you blow up into a big channel so you can keep them coming

[@DJ_Cub]

Adding Norm MacDonald to your video means you’ve earned a like from me

[@TheBackFocus]

If I can, I will include Norm MacDonald clips in every video.

[@shoestringVA]

Just wanna say, I've been a fan since way back when you were doing reenactments of The Dark Knight. I'm super glad you keep making stuff like this.

[@TheBackFocus]

Thanks man!

[@shoestringVA]

@@TheBackFocus Woman, but I'll give ya a pass cuz I still will catch myself goin boioioioioioioi from time to time

[@TheBackFocus]

@@shoestringVA oh man i boioioioinged that up

[@kavyajha4]

Brandon don't stop making videos! Keep them coming

[@TheBackFocus]

On it!

[@crazyonebyfar]

I feel like it was a crime she wasn't nominated for this; and I do really believe her Oscar nom for Little Women was a way to compensate the snub for Midsommar. She's such a range actor. I know she's on Dune now and her next gig is a Marvel thing; but I really do hope she gets to comeback to these kind of indie and well well writen films

[@kekz0r]

Me, Swedish and to my friends after watching this movie and they're proposing something I don't want to do: Sy in mig i en björn. (Sew me into a bear). Gets the point across every time.

[@MissMeggarz142]

Thank you so much for bringing this channel to fruition. What a great balance of humor and insightfulness about film....in my way....I feel like a spoiled child lol I never could accept this movie as what it was intended by "critics". I cannot draw myself away from the various messages it sends the viewer. I had not seen Ms Pugh in anything before MidSommar. I went into it blind. I was so moved because I saw myself. I had experiences of that "obligated" love. I had felt the pain of heartbreak before a relationship reached its final curtain call. The character of Dani encompasses the heartbreak and the hard road of self realization that leads to the healing process. She embraced HER life. Finally. Ms Pugh made it look so natural. Yes, she did deserve an Oscar. Thank you again. Keep up the fantastic work.

[@cora8779]

this and 'bones and all' are my comfort movies

[@RandallFrequentFlyerFlagg]

3:09 Thank you for using the proper term “fifth wheel.” It inks me to no end when people use the improper term “third wheel.”

[@anthonypate8657]

Great video very interesting and informative now I have to watch the film again.but in my humble opinion your communion video is one the all time greats on youtube. You deserve a much better following. Great work.

[@damedechatfou3832]

I’m really into pre-Christian European pagan rituals. Pugh is an amazing actress. Didn’t even know who she was when the film was originally released.

[@narc212]

awesome! you need... HAVE to create more videos like this! Obey your viewers masters!!!

[@stracciatella8754]

I found Midsommar after a really bad break up and you have no idea how attached I am to that movie, that was my emotional support script for months, I kinda wanted to live that second half of the film and yes, burn my ex out of existance, but then I just went to therapy and realized I just wanted to erradicate every bit of myself that was hurt and him was a huge part of the hurting, so I guess in a way Dani did that too, she got rid of the last bit of her past life and got to be reborn as a new (brainwashed) self with a new family and a new boyfriend who had planned it all along and it's super obvious after watching it a second and third time... Ari is a genius writting wicked stuff and I'm so glad he separated Hereditary and Midsommar into two because if he had merged those like he previously intended, it would have been a messy half assed thing, like Christian and Dani's relationship

[@DontMockMySmock]

Ive been following you ever since i watched you do famous movie scene reenactments but as christopher walken. youre a cool dood and everything you make is solid gold

[@nighttimevideo]

Fantastic video. Midsommar is my least favourite of Aster's feature films. But Florence was incredible.

[@patgarner]

While I can absolutely love revisiting movies like Midsommar through retrospections like this, I can never go back and watch them again because they affect me too deeply. Were it not for the cornier aspect of some of the characters this movie would have been too overwhelmingly haunting for me. Bear suit? In the context of the movie it was literally a gutted bear he was inserted into and burned alive in! Utterly horrific.

[@emmathompson7706]

I really enjoyed your analysis!

[@MichaelMoorePDX]

Thanks for this appreciation. I loved the movie. I saw the re-released extended version before I saw the original theatrical cut. I think the former is better, if only because there's more -- more Dani & the gang, more of the crazy Scandi's, more movie. Pugh really was phenomenal.

[@TheBackFocus]

I still haven't seen the director's cut because it seems like the overwhelming feeling from fans is that the theatrical is better. But I still might check it out eventually.

[@JimmyDThing]

Another banger. Love this film. I didn't know all this stuff about her process.

[@raven__1234]

Such a great video!

[@bsimms3686]

Sometimes flowers remind Janet that her florist business went bankrupt after I invested our 401 during the pandemic. Thankfully I've not told her about Bob's son's feet and Slurpee-Gate. Love the video btw

[@bsimms3686]

I knew the flowers were a problem...even for the thumbnail. #LG

[@zakithibuthelezi255]

I've never experienced such a visceral reaction to a film in a cinema than I did with this. I'm talking walkouts, audible gasps and stifled laughter at some of the more bizarre scenes. One of those that stays with you for a while afterwards. I remember being so upset that Florence was snubbed for the performance of a lifetime! Thanks for the deepdive, greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@cabbagebaker]

Great video. I love Florence. But, for some reason, I HATE how you pronounce MidSomMAR 😂

[@bgsam8109]

Great video

[@drnotes630]

I keep passing this movie by when deciding what to watch with the wife. I know I'd love the weirdness of it, but I'm always scared to watch new things for fear of feeling like I wasted a bunch of time if it didn't appeal to me. Maybe I'll put it on soon for us, and come back to hear your take on it in this video (beyond the first 2 minutes)

[@TheBackFocus]

Excited to hear what you think!

[@sergueirudakov6319]

One of the reasons I was anticipating Dune Part Two that much, is because three most beautiful and undeniably taleneted women of modern cinematography are in it: Rebecca Fergusson, FLorence Pugh and Anya-Taylor Joy (even that last one is episodically, but sgurely shows up in final third movie). Totally in love with all of them. And Flo's and Anya's voices pitch...goosebumbs

[@robdielemans9189]

I also thought it had a happy end, girl loses family, then finds family.

[@csernobillahun]

This was a great movie, I'll never watch it again, very uncomfortable, but great.

[@culwin]

You should start a new series where you join a different cult each month.

[@turbogames3]

Midsommar is a good movie until the point when they go full horror crap, it just makes the rest of the movie boring and overall okish

[@kekz0r]

The boyfriend getting sewn into a bear. Grizzly.

[@kekz0r]

Thanks. I'll be here all night.

[@TheBackFocus]

👏

[@lehnrik]

I just wish people would'nt pronounce the movie title that way. Just say "Midsummer". Not " Midsumaaar". It's not how it's pronounced in Sweden anyway.

[@SETHthegodofchaos]

✋😬🤚 👋😬👋

[@13donstalos]

Jesus man movie making has gotten so Fd up

[@jasonhewitt9542]

This movie was as pretentious as the actor to which you are referring

[@Wetcamerainc]

A24 is definitely hit or miss. I dislike yorgos and aster and the “weird art” movies. Noone ever gives me a reason why its good they just say its good

[@TheBackFocus]

They definitely make more off beat films. Which I like. They provide a good alternative at times.

[@klauskillski3881]

If this video mentions adult topics, shouldn't you have the KZbin age restriction turned on?

[@JoshuaJeremiah]

Or... there is no God.

[@pacogimanes]

It stinks and I don't like it.

[@TheBackFocus]

All good brah

[@bloodsuckern]

if u were haunted by a A24 movie you might wanna stop watching movies all together

[@TheBackFocus]

I probably won't stop watching movies anytime soon. And I guess it all depends of personal preference. I'm sure some of your personal favorite movies might not resonate with me as much. It really just depends on the person and the film and maybe a certain point in one's life.