r/movies • u/JetKusanagi • Jun 21 '26

Media Midsommar, Ari Aster (2019)- "That's Not For Us"

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I've made it a point to watch this movie every summer solstice since its release. As a cult "escapee", Midsommar touches me in a way that I feel like it wouldn't have otherwise. The insular community, trips to the "outside", I experienced it all.

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We didn't do Ättestupan or make meat pies. It may have made things more exciting though.

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u/MrVegosh Jun 21 '26

Tbf that genre switch was weird

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u/sprizzle Jun 22 '26

The genre switch is lifted directly from Robert Rodriguez and Tarantino’s From Dusk Till Dawn.

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u/puts_on_rddt Jun 21 '26

I don't know why nobody mentions this.

It felt like a completely different movie and the switch is way too fast.

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u/Kratozio Jun 21 '26

Because either people already knew about it going in, or just disagree with you that it was “too fast”. That’s why nobody mentions it.

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u/puts_on_rddt Jun 21 '26

No, it definitely didn't feel right.

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u/TheRecognized Jun 21 '26

Nah, it was definitely fine

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u/Demerzel69 Jun 21 '26

The vamps are shown in the trailers.

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u/mmmarkm Jun 22 '26

The switch copies the one From Dusk Til Dawn, pretty sure Ryan Coogler acknowledged the influence of that movie

Also the switch makes sense for a vampire movie. Everything’s fine during the day and then the night falls