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[a really short thread on “Midsommar”]
Last year, I enjoyed the hell out of Ari Aster’s “Midsommar,” and I talked it up in class. A student recently emailed me about it, and I realize now that it’s a completely unbelievable movie because of what happens to @dubjackharper. [1/6]
![[a really short thread on “Midsommar”]Last year, I enjoyed the hell out of Ari Aster’s “Midsommar,” and I talked it up in class. A student recently emailed me about it, and I realize now that it’s a completely unbelievable movie because of what happens to @dubjackharper. [1/6]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdKPgGbWAAA_G2Q.jpg "[a really short thread on “Midsommar”]Last year, I enjoyed the hell out of Ari Aster’s “Midsommar,” and I talked it up in class. A student recently emailed me about it, and I realize now that it’s a completely unbelievable movie because of what happens to @dubjackharper. [1/6]")
Last year, I enjoyed the hell out of Ari Aster’s “Midsommar,” and I talked it up in class. A student recently emailed me about it, and I realize now that it’s a completely unbelievable movie because of what happens to @dubjackharper. [1/6]
[spoiler alert]
So “Midsommar” is a horror film about a black anthropology student, Josh, who follows his idiot white friends to north Sweden, where even shots of the green fields are washed out. He’s unequivocally the most informed & most prepared member of the group. [2/6]
![[spoiler alert]So “Midsommar” is a horror film about a black anthropology student, Josh, who follows his idiot white friends to north Sweden, where even shots of the green fields are washed out. He’s unequivocally the most informed & most prepared member of the group. [2/6]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdKPilUWsAErrD2.jpg "[spoiler alert]So “Midsommar” is a horror film about a black anthropology student, Josh, who follows his idiot white friends to north Sweden, where even shots of the green fields are washed out. He’s unequivocally the most informed & most prepared member of the group. [2/6]")
So “Midsommar” is a horror film about a black anthropology student, Josh, who follows his idiot white friends to north Sweden, where even shots of the green fields are washed out. He’s unequivocally the most informed & most prepared member of the group. [2/6]
Josh knows his friends are idiots but still accepts them. He even begrudgingly allows the biggest idiot in his group to join in on his research, for which the idiot isn’t even grateful, which makes the audience not feel bad for him getting shoved into a bear skin later on. [3/6]
![Josh knows his friends are idiots but still accepts them. He even begrudgingly allows the biggest idiot in his group to join in on his research, for which the idiot isn’t even grateful, which makes the audience not feel bad for him getting shoved into a bear skin later on. [3/6]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdKPjCXXkAI6A0N.jpg "Josh knows his friends are idiots but still accepts them. He even begrudgingly allows the biggest idiot in his group to join in on his research, for which the idiot isn’t even grateful, which makes the audience not feel bad for him getting shoved into a bear skin later on. [3/6]")
And even though Josh has a premonition that bringing the white woman with them on the trip will spell doom for everyone, he nonetheless shares his sleeping pills with her. The white woman repays his kindness by not being too bothered by his disappearance later in the film. [4/6]
![And even though Josh has a premonition that bringing the white woman with them on the trip will spell doom for everyone, he nonetheless shares his sleeping pills with her. The white woman repays his kindness by not being too bothered by his disappearance later in the film. [4/6]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdKPjgBXgAA6CNH.jpg "And even though Josh has a premonition that bringing the white woman with them on the trip will spell doom for everyone, he nonetheless shares his sleeping pills with her. The white woman repays his kindness by not being too bothered by his disappearance later in the film. [4/6]")
Now the reason the film is largely unbelievable is because Josh has a sudden character switch 2/3rds the way through. He moves from the most prepared, observant, & careful character to a character who takes clear risks, and he dies because Aster needed more of a body count. [5/6]
![Now the reason the film is largely unbelievable is because Josh has a sudden character switch 2/3rds the way through. He moves from the most prepared, observant, & careful character to a character who takes clear risks, and he dies because Aster needed more of a body count. [5/6]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdKPmKjXsAAcg39.jpg "Now the reason the film is largely unbelievable is because Josh has a sudden character switch 2/3rds the way through. He moves from the most prepared, observant, & careful character to a character who takes clear risks, and he dies because Aster needed more of a body count. [5/6]")
Short and sweet, William Jackson Harper’s character in “Midsommar” got robbed. [6/6]
![Short and sweet, William Jackson Harper’s character in “Midsommar” got robbed. [6/6]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdKPrTiXoAAh_5W.jpg "Short and sweet, William Jackson Harper’s character in “Midsommar” got robbed. [6/6]")
