Immediate thoughts

Rating: 8/10 (12 December 2019)

I'm writing this about four minutes after watching the film on iTunes. First, Midsommar is definitely "art house horror" like Hereditary was. I'd put it in the vein of Rosemary's Baby and The Shining. I bet this and Hereditary could be considered horror classics in fifty years.
What this movie is NOT is some mainstream splatter fest. Like Hereditary, I'm guessing this will will sit with me for a while, take its time to be digested, allow me to contemplate its every detail.
Now, I think Ari Aster may have gone a little too far on the weirdness in some places, but possibly only a few inches further from Hereditary. And there were a couple things he wrote in, dialogue and action, that could almost be considered silly. But I still give him the benefit of doubt in being, in my opinion, one of the best horror filmmakers of the 2000s.
With that being said, the film is certainly not for everyone. It'll make you think; it'll evoke deep and troubling feelings. It's not a straightforward blood fest. You have to be comfortable with uncertainty and strangeness and mixed genres going in. You have to be okay with a 2 1/2 hour meditation on grief and loss and confusion that's sometimes quite slow or even seemingly happy.
But if you're still interested in the film, you'll find an absolutely gorgeously shot, beautifully scored, well acted, bright, colorful art house horror movie that will stay with you much longer than any dark slasher pic could.