Unique and fun!

Rating: 9/10 (3 July 2019)

I saw Midsommar opening night and loved it! Most horror movies have very dark and claustrophobic visuals, but Midsommar is very bright and pristine: covered in open flowers and picturesque landscapes. I was fascinated by how such classically beautiful scenes could contain such horror in the storyline, and I think the movie did a very good job of contrasting these. The images stuck with me the next day.
The film is not very horrifying; I did not find it suspenseful. I think the feeling is more like doom: the feeling you would get from traveling into a strange new culture and doing something horrifyingly offensive while on drugs. It's fun! The characters will make you groan, and I did not feel very sympathetic towards most of the deaths.