I don’t know why y’all hate on Midsommar. No one finds this interesting ??? -
All the hidden meanings you may have missed in the 'Midsommar' ending
First of all, while "Midsommar" quickly turns into a cultish nightmare, the movie is ultimately about the end of a relationship between the two main characters, Dani and Christian.
Ari Aster was recovering from a breakup of his own while he was developing the film, and that experience influenced his writing of the characters, in particular Dani.
it’s based on a true series of events
While the most horrific events in the film are fictitious, the holiday and many of its rituals are very real. Midsummer is an annual event that takes place in mid-June, around the summer solstice. It's popular across the globe, particularly in Scandinavia
If you're wondering how anyone could come up with this stuff, it turns out Aster did months of research on Viking torture techniques. What Simon's subjected to is right in line with the "blood eagle" method of execution by torture, a prolonged type of ritual killing detailed in Norse poetry.