After seeing a couple of elders jump off a cliff, Dani (at least) should have realized the following:
1) This is a (death) cult, and these people are insane.
2) I'm an outsider and don't understand the rules and customs.
3) Since the cultists are hiding things, more deaths may be coming.
4) I should probably assume my friends and I are in danger.
But NOOO ... a couple of guys calm her down and she stays, mostly oblivious and/or accepting of the increasingly WTF traditions. Dani should have stuck with her original plan and just walked away (alone if necessary).
Florence Pugh is GREAT here -- she's a good actress. But the cult aspects were painful to watch, especially given I have Swedish friends (who celebrate Midsommar the NORMAL way). I liked the ending, but that's too little, too late.
The plot is frustrating. The "outsiders" all should have left IMMEDIATELY after the first two deaths, which happened on the first day of the festivities, so CLEARLY more bad stuff was coming. Plus, the cultists were just WAY too happy to have guests.
I give this six stars for quality, plus one star for Florence Pugh, minus two stars for being SO implausible (and annoying). That's five (5) stars total, which seems fair for such a mixed bag.
1) This is a (death) cult, and these people are insane.
2) I'm an outsider and don't understand the rules and customs.
3) Since the cultists are hiding things, more deaths may be coming.
4) I should probably assume my friends and I are in danger.
But NOOO ... a couple of guys calm her down and she stays, mostly oblivious and/or accepting of the increasingly WTF traditions. Dani should have stuck with her original plan and just walked away (alone if necessary).
Florence Pugh is GREAT here -- she's a good actress. But the cult aspects were painful to watch, especially given I have Swedish friends (who celebrate Midsommar the NORMAL way). I liked the ending, but that's too little, too late.
The plot is frustrating. The "outsiders" all should have left IMMEDIATELY after the first two deaths, which happened on the first day of the festivities, so CLEARLY more bad stuff was coming. Plus, the cultists were just WAY too happy to have guests.
I give this six stars for quality, plus one star for Florence Pugh, minus two stars for being SO implausible (and annoying). That's five (5) stars total, which seems fair for such a mixed bag.