So this week was the first week of online courses and I found it to be weird. I enjoyed watching Valerie and Her Week of Wonders and I found it to be a very beautiful film. I can see why someone would classify this as a horror film because of the creepy nature of the film and also because of all the supernatural things that happen in this film. I really liked every bit of the film and thought that it was also very good. If a person likes weird films I would highly recommend that they should watch this film. 

This week I tried to read as many of the articles as possible and also listen to the podcast. I was able to listen to the podcast and read two of the articles that was assigned and there was one that caught my attention. The article that caught my attention was the article “Valerie and Her Week of Wonders/ Grandmother, What Big Fangs You Have” by Jana Prikryl. The reason this article caught my attention was because of its mention of “Alice In Wonderland” and how the film seemed to resemble that story and I saw it during the course of the film. This thought came into my head actually after I read something on IMDB and then it came back into my head during the movie and then again when I was reading the article. I saw elements that reminded me of Alice and these elements include the evil priest, which reminds me a bit of the Queen of Hearts in Alice. Another element was Orlík and he reminded me of either Cheshire Cat or the Rabbit in Alice. This stuck with me during the course of the film and I couldn’t get it out of my head. I believe that this could be a much darker version of Alice compared to the regular Alice story that we have grown up with. 

There was another thought that kept crossing my mind during this movie and that is how much it felt like another film that watched. That film that I am talking about is Midsommar and there are a few reasons as to why I think I am comparing the two films to one another. One main reason that I can think of comparing the two is that both films are very beautiful. One of these is that the way both films are shot is meant to make the films look beautiful and the shots in Midsommar are meant to make you appreciate the camera work that is done and all of the shots that are presented. That is sort of the same for Valerie in my opinion. Another thing that I compared about both films is that both films are meant to make you question what is going on and who you can trust. The only person that Valerie can really trust during the film is Orlík and she ends up pushing him away. That is the same for Midsommar and the main character of that film, she can really only trust her boyfriend up to a certain point in the film. The last thing that I compare about both films is that they seem to be both very unique horror films. Valerie is basically a combination of fairy tales and Alice in Wonderland type horror. Midsommar is a daytime horror film and what that means is that basically all of the creepy stuff happens during the day and the place that they are at during the film is constantly daytime.

To conclude this, I am going to say that Valerie and Her Week of Wonder was a very good film that I won’t forget anytime soon. It reminded me of another two things that I have watched and there is one last thing I have to say, and that is you should watch Midsommar if you liked this film. Midsommar is a bit more disturbing than Valerie, but it is a very beautiful film in my opinion.