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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
I just got back from watching the late show of "Black Swan" with a friend, and I enjoyed the portrayal of the main character's deepening struggles. I also enjoyed squirming and cringing in my seat while trying to distinguish fantasy from reality.
I agree with downwardspiral's, Zero's, and Dr. Seuss's earlier reviews of the movie. Natalie Portman's performance was excellent, although I felt her character's fragility and childlike quality were overdone and thus hard to believe.
Dj, I agree that what was happening *was* obvious in "Black Swan," but I feel the movie was intended to be a study of psyches burdened with expectations and pressures, rather than simply a mystery movie.
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See, the same reason that you enjoyed it is the reason I hated it. I didn't like him trying to play with my mind and jumping all the time between fantasy and reality like he was trying to play a trick on me when I already knew what was going on. The longer and more he did it, the more I just wanted it to end and see the credits roll. I don't mind when certain movies do that but the way he did it in black swan was not desirable to me one bit. I understand what the movie was showcasing about pressure of being in a ballet company and showing the type of dedication the dancers need to have.
I didn't mind the ballet dancing in the movie but at times I was trying to understand what he was looking for in her while she was dancing in practice and trying to accomplish the black swan side of the swan queen. I feel like by the end of the movie I understood ballet dancing a bit more because of her final performance and finally understood what the company director/leader was looking for.