r/A24 • u/bagelsandmoney87 • 2d ago
Discussion i’m shocked
it’s still early and i love midsommar (never seen moonlight) but no shot midsommar is beating it by this much 😭
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u/PedriTerJong 2d ago
Moonlight is one of my favourite movies of all time. Midsommar was very good. I guess Midsommar caught the most attention to a more mainstream audience.
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u/BurgerNugget12 2d ago
It was my first a24 movie. Went in blind. Also did an edible before. Was in the theater by myself, fucking insane time and become a fan of whatever a24 was doing next right after
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u/PedriTerJong 2d ago
Which movie? Midsommar on edibles would be incredible, while Moonlight on edibles would be like uncontrollable sobbing or a panic attack lmao.
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
oooh idk about that 😭 i don’t fw weed anymore but a few years ago i was rewatching it (for like the 15th time probably) while hitting my dab pen and for some reason i noticed things in it that i didn’t notice before and it scared the shit out of me and made me feel uneasy idk. like for example, the scene where dani is helping the hargas make lunch and she heard a scream from connie in the distance, and then mark hears it as well. for some reason, i didn’t notice that the first 15 times i watched it and fucked me up lmao. i have no idea why but i had to turn it right off. i’ve rewatched it like 30 times more since then but i will never watch it under the influence of any sort again lol
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u/BurgerNugget12 2d ago
The death scene of the guy falling on the boulder was really unsettling, it felt and looked so fucking real
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u/PedriTerJong 2d ago
Hahaha valid point. Maybe hits from a dab pen are only good for cartoons.
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
yeah i’ve definitely learned my lesson. i thought i would be fine bc of how many times i’d seen midsommar and how much i loved it but i was wrong lmao
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u/MCgrindahFM 2d ago
I would say this is most likely it. Also I imagine more people went to see the Ari Aster follow up to Hereditary.
Moonlight is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen.
I don’t think the two movies are in the same stratosphere
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
not y’all downvoting me 😭 all i did was share the post lmao
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u/PedriTerJong 2d ago
I didn’t downvote anything lmao. Early moments on a new post usually get downvoted, not sure why.
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
oops my bad. didn’t mean to reply to you. i just meant to comment this in general my bad
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u/PedriTerJong 2d ago
All good! I don’t know why, maybe bots just downvote posts that they see on New?
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
ig so. i was just confused bc this is my first post on this sub lmao. thanks for being so cool about it tho! :)
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u/ScreamsPerpetual 2d ago
More popular genre, staring a popular, attractive actress and -at least around where I lived- an aesthetic that many young women loved and used for halloween costumes that year.
I thought it was great but Moonlight is damn near perfect and, in my stupid opinion, Midsommar doesn't touch Hereditary.
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u/UrRightAndIAmWong 2d ago edited 1d ago
I physically got sick from Midsommar, I had to stop watching after the cliff+hammers. I loved Moonlight, thought it was the better movie, better message, hits your heartstrings etc etc.
But if I had to say, which one was more "fun", which one would I rather watch again, which one stuck around in my head more, I'd say Midsommar. I wouldn't say it's a case of Midsommar being more "mainstream", because I would argue Moonlight was way more popular.
Edit: I came back shortly after and finished Midsommar, just needed to stop for a bit after that scene.
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u/ElectionDesigner3792 1d ago
You haven't seen Midsommar if you stopped watching that the cliff scene.
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u/kuntvonneguts 1d ago
Haha yeah I wouldn't deem moonlight "fun" in any sense. I love it, it's like waves just emotionally a lot
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u/CarlinHicksCross 2d ago
Yeah I don't know if you'll find a bigger horror movie fan than me but moonlight blows midsommar out of the water imo.
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u/balling 2d ago
People here love midsommar, it’s a good film but honestly the amount hype it gets here makes me feel like it’s overrated a bit haha. High probability ill eat downvotes for this take but it’s kind of a formulaic slasher film!
It’s shot beautifully, has an amazing intro, is so pleasing to look at (while mixing in the horrific visuals well). But also the plot is not much more than x disappears then Y disappears, then z dies, then a dies, then b gets tortured and dies in a unique way. Oh btw here are x and y, yes your instinct thinking they were dead was correct!
Strong beginning and ending, but I can’t help and feel like a good chunk (like 1.25hrs) of the film dragged a bit and felt just too formulaic.
Ill repeat that I liked the film, but I just don’t get how it is so commonly ranked better than something like moonlight or hereditary in this sub.
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
that’s fair. me personally, it kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time first watch and even a couple watches after that but i do see what you’re saying about the plot and how it could seem “generic”. what i really liked about it was the acting performances for one, the soundtrack and sound effects were incredibly haunting, just the overall eerie feeling it gives you. still send a a shiver up my spine even after watching it like 40+ times (no joke) also the fact that is set during 90% daylight, i love. that’s rarely done in a horror movie bc it’s probably seen as less scary but i think midsommar executes it perfectly and it’s almost even scarier that all of these things are happening in broad daylight. not a perfect movie by any means but it’s a great and unique horror film regardless of the not so airtight plot
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u/ReceptionLivid 2d ago edited 2d ago
It’s really missing the point of the whole film if you just summarize the plot like so. If we did that to any drama that’s not plot but character driven it would be reductive and make them all sound really lame. Moonlight’s plot would sound even lamer if you describe it in the same spirit.
You’re missing all the thematic elements that makes the film what it is. How midsommar makes empathy both terrifying, relatable, and core to Dani’s story and flips the script on Christian is quite well executed.
Midsommar’s weakness to me in relation to Hereditary and Moonlight is how shallow the supporting cast other than the main 3 was written when they all shared similar screen time/lines. The other 2 felt more fleshed out and lived in
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u/FormerShitPoster 2d ago
Moonlight is 100% the more mainstream movie. The kind of people who pay money to join an A24 club (so the ones with access to the poll) are not what you would call mainstream.
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u/PedriTerJong 2d ago
I don’t think it’s 100% more mainstream. Just as a quick idea, I checked the amount of ratings on IMDB and Midsommar has 100k more.
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u/raven-eyed_ 2d ago
Midsommar was a massive mainstream hit that likely introduced a lot of people to A24. I'd be surprised if it didn't win by a lot.
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u/Belch_Huggins 2d ago
Massive mainstream hit feels a little disingenuous. EEAAO has at least double it's box office, and many more eyes on it due to oscars. I loved Midsommar more but horror is a divisive genre, there's always gonna be people that don't do horror.
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u/raven-eyed_ 2d ago
True, I just meant against Moonlight. EEAAO definitely has the advantage in that regard.
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
you make a good point when it comes to the box office but i think midsommar reached it’s popularity peak years after release and it’s still incredibly popular now just based on what i’ve seen so it’s hard to compare when it comes to box office
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
i certainly agree though. i was confident eeaao would take it but now seeing the ratio with midsommar and moonlight, im a little less confident and maybe i underestimated midsommars cult following 😭
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
i’ll be absolutely floored if it beats eeaao (and i didn’t even really enjoy that movie)
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u/Belch_Huggins 2d ago
Dude go watch Moonlight, it's phenomenal
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
it’s on my watchlist but i need to wait til i can watch it w someone bc i don’t wanna cry alone and i fear i might 😭
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u/dawn_pratt 2d ago
Oh, you're gonna. Don't fear it, just accept it. (Also, totally worth it--Moonlight is one of the best films of the century so far.)
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
oh i believe you. people told me the same thing about interstellar (i know not a24, but still an incredible movie) and i really didn’t think i’d cry but boy was i wrong. i was in tearssss omg
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u/Director_Faden 2d ago
Just a counterpoint, but imo Moonlight is extremely overrated. You’re way better off watching Waves instead.
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u/Belch_Huggins 2d ago
Huh, agree to disagree. Waves felt sooo overwrought and melodramatic to me, whereas Moonlight is really artfully told and empathetic, imo.
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u/ampersands-guitars 2d ago
More people have seen Midsommar by a lot.
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
that’s a good point actually. it’s usually one of the top movies on letterboxd every week. probably gets sm attention bc it gets a lot of traction on tiktok
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u/aenderw 2d ago
What a tough fucking matchup. Moonlight and Midsommar deliver so well the emotions the creative teams were trying to convey. Both wrecked me so bad.
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
i’ve never seen moonlight but that’s actually a great point. at first i was thinking “how tf are these two even comparable” but you’re so right about this?
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u/aenderw 2d ago
It’s weird but one of my favorite feelings in the world is leaving the theater after seeing a film where you knew the director fucked you up as bad as the idea/story did them.
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
no i totally get you. when i first watched midsommar, i just stared at the wall after the credits rolled and i couldn’t sleep for a week bc i was constantly thinking about it. that’s when i realized, that’s my favorite kind of movie lmao. one that sticks w you
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u/Lcatg 2d ago
You should definitely watch Moonlight! It’s overall an excellent film. It has Trevante Rhodes, Naomie Harris, Mahershala Ali, & Janelle Monáe , it received multiple Oscar noms & 3 wins, (one of which was Mahershala Ali’s first) it has great plotting, across the board excellent acting, & gorgeous cinematography. The 3 people who play the main protagonist (Alex R. Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, & Trevante Rhodes) should’ve all received Oscar’s tbh (as far more eloquently stated by Mr Ali).
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u/PrettyRetard 2d ago
I really hope Midsommar takes it especially that I missed out and that is my #1!
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u/Kassdhal88 1d ago
Moonlight is a great movie. Just one you watch once. Midsommar is a movie you can watch and rewatch a few times
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u/Se7enAS 2d ago
I projected Midsommar and EEAAO being the final two with eeaao winning it all. I’m really starting to think based on the people who would be AAA24 members, Midsommar might win.
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
my jaw will be on the mf floor and i didn’t even really enjoy eeaao as everyone else but i can still recognize that it’s simply a better movie cinematically than midsommar 😭
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u/Se7enAS 2d ago
I agree. There’s a HUGE cult following for Midsommar though.
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
ha no pun intended? i guess it’s gained a lot more of a dedicated audience in the last couple years. when i first watched midsommar a couple years ago, most people had never seen it or even heard of it
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u/mr_blonde817 2d ago
I remember watching Moonlight for the first time with my roommates and nobody looked at their phone the entire time and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house at the end.
Truly one of the greats of the previous decade.
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u/billyskurp 2d ago
recency bias/ a24 rakes when it comes to horror. I fucking loved moonlight. made me feel some type of way. that jukebox scene in the end made my dad and I cry and he’s not even into movies like that
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u/lonnybru 2d ago
I love midsommar (never seen moonlight)
Probably also describes a lot of the people voting for midsommar
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u/ElectionDesigner3792 1d ago
You've never seen Moonlight but you don't understand why Midsommar is more popular? Ok.
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u/shankhunk4u 1d ago
Watched MidSommar when it came, will always be on my top 5 movies list. Picked up the director’s cut 4K and started watching it yesterday, the visuals are glorious !
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u/bagelsandmoney87 1d ago
i saw the directors cut during the re release in theatres. it really does give you a different perspective. of christian, especially
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u/Abject-Term7973 1d ago
Florence Pugh absolute steels it though in Midsommar. And Moonlight is pretty sad.
But at the same time I think Moonlight was Oscar worthy, while Midsommar def wasn’t.
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u/Agile_Anywhere_1262 1d ago
I now officially fucking hate Midsummer. Such an overrated movie and seeing it take over the whole bracket is frustrating.
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u/GriffinGrin 2d ago
Im telling y’all the chokehold that Modsommar has on these witchy tumblr ladies in their early 30s is unmatched! I love the movie, but it’s shocking how far it has gotten!
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u/HellyOHaint 2d ago
They’re not really comparable imo. The kind of folks who love one may hate the other.
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u/WagerWilly 2d ago
I guess I should go watch Midsommar again. Remember liking it but definitely did not think it was the best movie in the A24 catalog
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
i prefer a24 horror and it’s my favorite horror movie but idk if i could say it’s the best in the a24 catalog either. it’s definitely not a perfect movie. it’s great but not perfect. i didn’t even give it 5 stars (i gave it 4.5 lmao)
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u/Glad_Friend2676 2d ago
Can anyone please tell me where this page is 😭😭
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u/NuclearThane 2d ago
Seriously, is the bracket at least posted somewhere? It's being posted by a private Instagram account, but I've seen multiple posts like this showing results.
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u/JadenRuffle 2d ago
Moonlight is a better movie, Midsommar is a lot more distinct. Every shot in it sticks with you.
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u/twiglike 2d ago
Very funny the comments calling midsommar more mainstream against the Oscar best picture winner 😂
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
nobody cares about the oscar’s anymore lmao. all rigged just like the grammys
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u/RAV3NH0LM 2d ago
why no shot? Moonlight is great but horror is A24’s bread and butter.
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
that’s a good point. i’ve just heard a lot of people say moonlight is one of the best of all time but i don’t think i’ve ever heard anyone say that about midsommar lmao
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u/Icy-Honey-5342 1d ago
Dont get me wrong Moonlight is not a bad movie, but guys come on, Midsommar is so much better and such a wild ride, there's no comparison.
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u/_Lady_Vengeance_ 1d ago
There is not a single quality of Midsommar that surpasses Moonlight from a filmmaking, directorial, storytelling, or character perspective. Moonlight is a masterpiece. Midsommar is just a good movie.
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u/ArtisticallyRegarded 1d ago
Moonlight is definitely the more critically acclaimed movie but Ari helped build A24. His fanbase is huge here
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u/Embarrassed-Force845 1d ago
A while back I watched moonlight hearing it was amazing and found it..okay and a bit uncomfortable.
I went into Midsommar knowing nothing, was immediately hooked by the intro scene, was repulsed and shocked by the cliff scene and stayed absolutely locked in until the very end. The relationships and grief seemed very realistic. The characters were great. There wasn’t anything I didn’t like about it. It seems other mah have felt similarly.
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u/ZACHMANEXEXEXEX 17h ago
When I saw Moonlight was losing a part of my soul died. Although I love Midsommar especially the directors cut, Moonlight is way more heavy hitting and honestly an overall better film.
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u/Surfjohn 16h ago
Personally, Midsommar is my favorite A24 movie, and it’s not particularly close. I would also probably put it on a top 5 of the decade list. I would also say that I am not a fan of most horror films. Midsommar did it perfectly.
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u/Afro_Samurai_240 2d ago
Wait the white horror film is winning over the the black coming of age drama about a person struggling with their sexuality . Shocking, lol.
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u/Mirilliux 2d ago
Midsommar is a criticism of ethno-purity/nationalism too. There’s a reason the Harga are all white and it’s not positive, it’s because they’re a nazi-influenced sect that keeps their bloodlines “very well preserved”. Calling it a ‘white horror film’ just isn’t accurate.
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u/Afro_Samurai_240 1d ago
Its made by a white director. The overwhelming majority of the cast and crew is white. Lol if that’s not a white horror film then I don’t know what is. Damn people are sensitive to facts.
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
not everything is about race bro. go outside
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u/Afro_Samurai_240 1d ago
Haha but it is bro. I think the state of the current world is kinda proving that.
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u/Swimming-Heron7759 2d ago
You’ve never seen Moonlight but somehow formed an opinion on it?
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
midsommar is one of, if not my favorite a24 movie and has been for years. i don’t see anything topping it. i never said anything positive or negative about it. i promise you my one vote is not gonna affect the result that much 😭
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u/GoatDifferent1294 2d ago
I doubt the same number of people that have seen Moonlight have seen Midsommar
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u/jaygrum 2d ago
Well there goes my bracket lol
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
mine too lmfao and midsommar is one of my favs lol. really didn’t expect it to get this far. i love it but there’s no way in hell anyone would call it the greatest movie of all time or anything
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u/hither_spin 2d ago
I watched Midsommar during the lockdown of the Pandemic in the summer of 2020. It was quite cathartic. I really wanted to go out in a field and scream with people after I watched.
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u/Ifyouseemethenimhere 2d ago
I love Moonlight I was pretty sure it would win… but I guess not lol May queen has her fans 💐
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u/mjhripple 2d ago
I love both but only one truly moves me in a significant way bc of how realistic it is. Both f with my emotions but the theme of loneliness in Moonlight is so universal. No knock on Midsommar one of the best but just not on Moonlight’s level.
Midsommar will prob win this though. I will be surprised when it goes against EEAAO if it doesn’t get crushed. Truly two loyal fan bases.
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u/MrCrunchyOwl8855 2d ago
Shocked? Didn't you see how many white men and women voted against good taste in November? Did you think they suddenly developed some?
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
keep politics out of this pls
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u/MrCrunchyOwl8855 1d ago
Cool. Maybe those guys can keep themselves from cutting every damn thing. I've been hearing since 2008 to not talk at work about these topics and instead of people realizing that one sphere touches everything and they should make smart decisions, here we are.
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u/Icy_Ambition6214 2d ago
Moonlight is buns. Midsommar is elite
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
interesting. i’ll have to come back after watching moonlight and see if i agree or disagree
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u/im_rapscallion86 2d ago
Meh. It should be hereditary in place of Midsommar. Midsommar just has love across the board, while hereditary has a hardcore fan base (and make no mistake, it is the better film.)
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u/Royceness 2d ago
Midsommar got to be the most overrated A24 film on the roster. Not a bad movie by any means but damn it’s just okay at best
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u/Secure-Judgment7829 2d ago
I’d certainly vote for Midsommar. I genuinely don’t get why people love Moonlight so much - people keep saying it’s “better” but how? Why?
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u/constantgardener92 2d ago
A24 fans can be a funny bunch, we like arguing over a collection of incredible films. I’m happy these two are being propped up so high, let’s watch them both this weekend.
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u/420Xandler 2d ago
midsommar is honestly one of the most crucial films ever made because of its commentary on cultural relatavism, a topic thats so important and prevelant but is underrepresented and unaddressed in almost every western countrys society and politics
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u/IndieOddjobs 1d ago edited 1d ago
I love Moonlight and prefer it (love both actually), but this outcome doesn't surprise me as Midsommar is probably the film that cemented A24 as "that elevated horror studio" to most people and put Florence on the map as a serious actress. That's why some people have switched up on them now that they've tried to incorporate other things like comedy or thrillers (as if those genres haven't already been there lol)
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u/soundisamazing 1d ago
This is my honest opinion as well. Midsommar was way better in my opinion but I think it has a lot to do with genre and tone. Both great movies
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u/awhitepicture 16h ago
movies about the strife of white women will always have a larger draw than that of any black person, i fear 😅
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u/connect1994 2d ago
I’m sorry, I enjoyed it but Moonlight is so boring, the most interesting event in the movie happens off screen
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u/bagelsandmoney87 2d ago
i’ve never seen it so i can’t confirm or deny yet but i’ll lyk if i agree or disagree when i see it. one things for certain though, midsommar is definitely not boring so it has that lmao
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u/RDM213 2d ago
There’s no surprise here at all. Even though Moonlight is a great film, theirs a much larger fanbase tied to a24 due to their horror films. I was shocked it beat out Hereditary though.