this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2025
586 points (98.8% liked)

Greentext

6568 readers
1373 users here now

This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

Be warned:

If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Had the same thing happen to me with the movie Hereditary (although I later finished watching it, because of the praise it was getting). I thought "Yeah it's good, but why would people watch this, why would they do this to themselves?".

I never understood miseryporn and honestly MFW people are enjoying it:

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Midsommar left me depressed for about a week, so I emotionally detached myself while watching Hereditary by playing on my phone lol. I totally skipped Beau is Afraid.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 4 points 1 day ago

I'm gonna spoil something but literally at the end of Beau is Afraid, the audience just disconnects and leaves uncaringly at his misery.

Like that movie is a layer of meta meta meta commentary about the people watching his films and also the misery of existence itself. It's not good but it's definitely art.

[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oof, not the best movies to watch after another.

That was also a movie I wanted to see, but after Hereditary I thought "nah, I'm good". Probably won't watch another Ari Aster film, ever.