Really good movie, saw it while i was on a cloud so it made things extra intense at times. The masturbation seen was hilarious! A little slow at parts but overall a fantastic flim.
Pretentious garbage, basically all it was. Though I was wrong in my previous statement, there is more to the film than the 3min preview suggest, any of it isn't good.
Vincent Cassell did a good role, but that doesn't save the film.
Saw it last night and I agree. Natalie Portman was fantastic! I was blown away when she performed as the Black Swan. She was a whole different dancer/woman in that dance. I thought it was an amazing performance. Couldnt beieve how skinny Natalie got for this role.
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But she didnt pull off the psychological thriller part well though. Its fine that she the did physical part well but the mental part wasnt great. And thats needed just as much if not more.
The psychological aspect of a woman going insane due to being possessed by a dance and transformation from 'light-to-dark' failed horribly. Portman's not a bad actress, but here, it was meh. How many times do we endure that same unconvincing look of desperation? Countless. We get it.
The girl-girl sex scene served no real purpose except as 'look, we have two hot chicks f--king, look.' Which is fine and all, but it is what it is.
So that, film tried to be more than it was and it failed.
It's times like this I'm at a loss for words. Movies on this forum like ****in' G.I. Joe and Transformers get praised, while quality flicks are being dumped on, I just don't get it.
Rob, your opinion is fair enough - although I think the film didn't fail, it succeeded admirably in conveying what one goes through in trying to attain perfection. And also what happens when someone has years of stifled sexuality, and not just sexuality but freedom in general due to her homelife, career, personality, etc. If you felt a film tried to be more than it was, I'd say that's ambitious, not pretentious but that's just me.
And Natalie Portman WAS fantastic; I can't stress this enough. Not only the physicality of the role (the dancing, losing weight, her form) but we see a huge range of emotions on display - unbridled joy, pure desperation (like Rob said!), rage, madness, pride and an extremely effective portrayal of low self-esteem. I don't think you guys realize what a tough role this was and how well she pulled it off.
Oh and did I mention the score? Mansell knocked it out of the park again.
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Last edited by SnakeEyes on Dec 21st, 2010 at 10:54 PM
the thing is everyone here is going to like and hate what they want.. you have an opinion.. I have an opinion.. Rob has an opinion.. DDM has an opinion and so on and so forth..
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