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BLACK SWAN IS APPARENTLY AMAZING, SOMEONE C/D
ALoveSupreme:
I saw this a few weeks back and didn't have anything to add to this, BUT a friend of mine suggested that maybe the ending was also a fantasy only happening in her head and what we were shown was not literal (I AM DOING MY BEST TO NOT MAKE THIS A SPOILER but I made it small anyway just in case).
Actual spoiler
I also remember thinking on the way out of the theater, "that's weird that no one noticed she was bleeding profusely from her stomach," so my friend's suggestion that the ending was not as it seemed, just like much of the rest of the film, could make sense
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: Dimmukane on 29 Dec 2010, 11:55 ---Watching Natalie Portman go off the deep end in the last 30 minutes was one of the most riveting things I've ever seen.
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yeah i mean the movie isn't exactly subtle but in the last act absolutely everything is on full bore and that's when it's at the height of its powers. i'm wondering if maybe the right philosophical sort of thing to apply to it is like the romantic version of the sublime, i.e. something beautiful and terrifying and enormous and that is just a little too big for us to fully understand.
Sorflakne:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 03 Dec 2010, 15:49 ---PREMIERES TONIGHT IN SELECT CITIES AND I WON'T GET IT HERE FOR MONTHS BECAUSE IT'LL ONLY PLAY AT THE ARTHOUSE THEATRE BECAUSE ALL THE DUMB COCKSUCKERS HERE WANNA GO SEE DUE DATE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jaI1XOB-bs
if you live in one of those select cities please go and tell me if this is as fucking awesome as it looks
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According to a coworker, it scared the bejeezus out of her. I quote: "Not a movie you would want to take your grandma to see."
Bass Lizard:
I just loath films that get 'rave reviews'. Critics love it, my friends keep telling me "It's the best movie of the year!" and it sounded like an intresting plot premiss, as I didn't know too much about ballet. But I go in and...eh? It's a decent movie. I didn't fall asleep. And the ballet geuniely intrested me. But the plot just seemed to perdictable to me. I mean, it's established from the get go that Natile Portman is crazy and the pressure is getting to her. So then it just becomes a long steady trip into seeing just how crazy she gets. Once you see where the film's going, you have nothing to keep you engaed other then the story telling. Winona Ryder stole the movie for me, as she was just a wild crad. I had NO idea where she was going and her story geuneily intrested me. But the rest of the characetrs? Meh? Couldn't really connected with anyone and the ending just came so abrubtly.
By all means it's a decent film. And I'd love for Winona Eyder to get nominated for best supporting actress. But it's no timeless masterpiece. And am I the only oen who's tired of all these "pscholigical thrillers" comeing out ever year, around THE SAME TIME? It's like they're not even hidding the fact that , yeah, it's totally Oscar bait.
Dimmukane:
Did anyone here actually say it was a timeless masterpiece? I just thought it was a pretty good movie. I went in expecting her character to fall apart, knowing what the premise and a good deal of the story was. Aronofsky has a pretty solid formula and he sticks to it. I've watched tons of movies with predictable plots; quite frankly it's more important to me that the plot is executed well rather than in a new and interesting way. I knew full well in advance that Nina would develop a schizophrenic bird alter ego, but that didn't make her downfall any less exciting.
I was pretty wary about this movie because a) it's Oscar bait season, b) it's Darren Aronofsky and c) the lesbian thing was revealed to be something to get more people to go to the movie. Sometimes Oscar bait movies are actually deserving of Oscars, Darren Aronofsky found a way to make his formula work better and honestly the lesbian gimmick was carried out pretty well. I personally feel this movie was a good deal better than The Wrestler, which was Aronofsky's Oscar bait movie 2 years back. Don't watch movies because critics say they're good, watch movies because they seem interesting to you. That way your perception isn't tainted by what everyone else already thinks of it. Sometimes movies that get rave reviews really deserve them, but it's all in the eye of the beholder.
And no, they make no attempt to hide the fact that it's Oscar bait season, it's when they start adding things like 'award-winning director/actor' to the TV spots. Watch 'For Your Consideration', you'll probably get a kick out of it.
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