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[–] flabbergast@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm not sure about any hype, but I'd add Memento (2000) to this thread.

[–] flabbergast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Yaky@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I did not get why people liked Midsommar.

Same idea of folk/cult horror, old The Wicker Man (1973) was more coherent, and had a point.

[–] flabbergast@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I need to rewatch Wicker Man, I remember liking it as well.

On Midsommar: I loved the atmosphere, the whole getting sucked into a cult thing. To me, that was the point. But I don't actually need a point to like a movie. It just needs to click with me. Could be just atmosphere or even setting or the acting. Everybody seems to hate Exorcist 2, for instance, I really enjoy that one for the whole backstory, setting and, again, the atmosphere.

[–] flabbergast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Controversial probably, but in my book absolutely: The Blair Witch Project

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I just watched it again recently. It's a sublime piece of filmmaking.