It was definitely disturbing, Natalie Portman was excellent but was Black Swan a good movie?
Portman, who won an Oscar for Best Actress for this role, plays Nina Sayers, a ballet dancer who is cast as the lead in a production of Swan Lake.
She's described by her director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) as the perfect White Swan but wants her to embrace the Black Swan to really shine in the role.
Enter the competition - the perfect Black Swan Lily (Mila Kunis), the anti-Nina as such, threatens to win the role through Nina's difficulty in letting go of the White Swan inside her.
Adding to Nina's complicated situation is her mother Erica (Barbara Hershey) who still treats her like a 12-year-old wannabe ballerina with chilling effect.
As the pressure builds with the announcement that Nina will replace the company's prima ballerina Beth (Winona Ryder) she, to use a Star Wars phrase, begins turning to the dark side.
Portman, who won an Oscar for Best Actress for this role, plays Nina Sayers, a ballet dancer who is cast as the lead in a production of Swan Lake.
She's described by her director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) as the perfect White Swan but wants her to embrace the Black Swan to really shine in the role.
Enter the competition - the perfect Black Swan Lily (Mila Kunis), the anti-Nina as such, threatens to win the role through Nina's difficulty in letting go of the White Swan inside her.
Adding to Nina's complicated situation is her mother Erica (Barbara Hershey) who still treats her like a 12-year-old wannabe ballerina with chilling effect.
As the pressure builds with the announcement that Nina will replace the company's prima ballerina Beth (Winona Ryder) she, to use a Star Wars phrase, begins turning to the dark side.
She tries so hard to embody the black swan she begins to lose grip on what is real and what isn't.
As I said, I'm not sure how to react to this film.
Portman certainly excelled herself in getting into what was effectively a dual role and probably did deserve the Oscar.
Overall, though, it is a very disturbing movie with a few scenes that are sure to shock some viewers. What I will say is that the music was outstanding, it made me a bit uncomfortable, it dazzled me and it fit so well with the story (and so it should given the Swan Lake focus).
I expected to be blown away, but I wasn't so I'm going 7.5 out of 10.
Make up your own mind!
As I said, I'm not sure how to react to this film.
Portman certainly excelled herself in getting into what was effectively a dual role and probably did deserve the Oscar.
Overall, though, it is a very disturbing movie with a few scenes that are sure to shock some viewers. What I will say is that the music was outstanding, it made me a bit uncomfortable, it dazzled me and it fit so well with the story (and so it should given the Swan Lake focus).
I expected to be blown away, but I wasn't so I'm going 7.5 out of 10.
Make up your own mind!
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