#good for her movie

[somebodytolove31]

Midsommar is not a "good for her" movie, but it's understandable that people think that

Content warnings for: cult stuff, discussions of heavy topics such as rape, suicide and grooming, a lot of gaslighting

So I watched Midsommar recently, it's good, it has it's flaws (which I will talk about in a later post probably) but it's a solid 8/10 for me

One of the first things I do when I watch a movie is see what the internet thinks about it. I enjoy seeing the reviews of other people and funny memes and whatever else I can find. So imagine my surprise when I found out that people think Midsommar is a "good for her" movie

And like, no???

For those who aren't aware, a "good for her" movie is, as the term implies, a movie with a woman protagonist that makes you go "good for her" when it finishes, think for example of Knives Out, usually movies like these involve the protagonist in question cheating the system to get what they want, even if it's done on a morally (or legally) gray way. People classify Midsommar as a "good for her" movie because of the ending, in which the main character burns down her shitty boyfriend inside a bear

If you haven't watched the movie you may probably think "oh wow, well that's a good ending right?", and out of context, yes, in context however? this action is the representation of her leaving her life behind and joining a murder cult

From that fact you now may think "well how the fuck do people think that's a good ending?", but here's the thing, Midsommar does a great job at deceiving the audience into thinking the cult is not that bad, and the main way of doing this is through the main character we talked about, Dani.

At the start of the movie, Dani is in one of the lowest points of her life, her family has just died because of her sister’s suicide, she is in a shitty relationship, and it is implied that she has mental health issues of her own. Through the course of the movie however, she is helped by the cult, they offer her a “peaceful” place to be in while she grieves, she is often complimented, and they even burn down her abusive boyfriend by the end. From her perspective, this place has done nothing but help her, even if it’s done in non-traditional ways.

Except they don’t. Everything they do is simply a way to brainwash her into becoming a part of their community and use her. The cult still murdered 5 innocent people, they still forced Dani’s boyfriend to "mate" with a minor, they still make people kill themselves when they turn 72, they still inbreed, they still drug you without consent.

If this movie was played out through the point of view of anyone else, it would be seen as a horrifying tale of a death cult tricking a friend into becoming one of them, but it’s because of the emotional position Dani is in that we see them as saviors.

Even I was brainwashed by them in one scene, the one where Dani sees her boyfriend "cheating" on her and has a panic attack (a link for those who haven't seen the movie and are curious). Panic attacks are something I suffer from often, it’s gotten better with therapy, but it’s still horrible when I experience it, so when I saw the women of the cult gather around Dani, caressing her and screaming with her, my first thought was “wow, I wish I had a group like that, people that would scream with me when I’m feeling horrible”, it wasn’t until I really thought about the scene later on that I realized, wait, that scene wasn’t good! they are not helping her, they are just acting as if they know her pain, they are simply shifting Dani’s hopelessness to anger even though they're the ones that caused the hopelessness in the first place

This is a tactic not only used by cults, but by many people who want to indoctrinate you, as a simple example, think of all of those alpha male channels that play into the insecurities of men to tell them that women are the problem.

This is why people think the ending is a happy ending, their fear is shifted to anger, and they feel relieved when Chris is burned, just as the cult did with Dani

TL,DR: no one is immune to propaganda, so be on the look out for ways people might want to indoctrinate you

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF movie Mike and Vanessa swapped vibes,,

[aidede-camp]

Wicked Witch…

[chalkrub]

some of the head coms from recently <:^) indefinitely still open for these !

[bedupolker]

gone girl is less a "good for her" movie to me and more of a "deviously evil but charismatic murderer gets at a boring and vaguely unlikable guy" much in the same way no country for old men is

[bubbl3solution]

something about maui originally becoming a demigod after being tossed into the sea to die and being thrown into the ocean again as he turns back into a human, becoming mortal again but not for a second regretting his sacrifice. i need to sit down

[echojedis]

Rex: Whose lost child is this

[moghedien]

How Galinda gets ready for bed knowing she's gonna homoerotically argue with Elphaba all night once again

[swanparties]

someone add elphaba to the list of gay people who have been rejected when they ask the love of their life to run away with them

[hasthecityrearranged]

Happy is what happens, when all your dreams come true

Brittney Johnson as Glinda, Broadway 2023: @starcuffedjeans’s master

[penny-hartzs]

Variety and Disney trying to paint Rachel Zegler as the villain for standing against genocide is so evil, may this young woman have a prosperous and fulfilling career

[buotella]

CYNTHIA ERIVO as ELPHABA THROPP Costume Tests for WICKED (2024)

[chloesimaginationthings]

Vanesss was NOT doing her job in FNAF movie

[fairmerthefarmer]

✨toss toss✨

[mint-chocolate-flakes]

Elphaba ignored the buzzing and read all 137 chapters for Galinda. Galinda was so grateful that she was in tears

Inspired by this tweet 😍

Galinda’s 😻 probably has some nerve damage

[gelphielovebot]

you see a perfect popular girl and i see a sweet baby angel who’s a closeted lesbian who actually hates herself and has to hide behind a popular girl facade and will never be able to be her true self because she’s so scared of losing all of the people who idolize the fake her and if they don’t like her then who will she have because she couldn’t even let herself go with the one girl who gave her a chance to escape it all and be herself. also a little weirdo freak that happens to be very pretty.