Midsommar: The Fairytale Breakup
Who would have ever thought a sunny, gorgeously colored, all smiles type of horror film could prove to offer relief to broken hearts?
We usually know horror films for their gory scenes and drastically violent scenes. We recognize the dark hallways and shadowy figures.
Who would have ever thought a sunny, gorgeously colored, all smiles type of film could prove to offer relief to broken hearts?
Midsommar stars Florence Pugh as Dani, a woman in a codependent relationship with her boyfriend, Christian. While he had every intention to break up with her, out of his fear of being alone or ‘what if I want her again?’ he stays with her and invites her to a rare festival in Sweden where, to make a long story short *spoiler alert* all his friends end up getting cut open or stuffed, all in the name of the festivities of the village they are staying with. Dani remains safe through it all and is ultimately crowned as their May Queen. In the end she watches Christian, stuffed inside the carcass of a bear burn alive inside a cabin. Oh. Is this ... therapy? Is everyone who felt it was therapeutic psychotic? Not at all.
Midsommar as a story serves as a fantasy revenge for breakups. For everyone who has ever been so twisted into a codependent partnership. In Midsommar, she is given a chance at a new life and instead of being objectified and shamed, she is instead praised and adored by a new community. Anyone going through a breakup may find a nice escape from this rare film.