tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183298354260525415.post8303516314981469968..comments2020-03-03T05:12:47.726-08:00Comments on annavetticadgoes2hollywood: REVIEW 1: BLACK SWANAnna MM Vetticadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08672605004762355462noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183298354260525415.post-64251495101789996102011-03-07T10:13:13.071-08:002011-03-07T10:13:13.071-08:00Or perhaps she imagined she killed herself at the ...Or perhaps she imagined she killed herself at the end, because that's how the story is supposed to end? Given she was a perfectionist, she couldn't be content with just jumping onto a mattress, so she actually believed she had killed herself?Ram P. Singhhttp://mombo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183298354260525415.post-49541361702179743712011-03-07T09:37:14.308-08:002011-03-07T09:37:14.308-08:00Your review is so well-written. Yet, I went in wit...Your review is so well-written. Yet, I went in with reservations to see Black Swan as I just couldn't get excited about a movie about ballerinas and the psycho-sounding conflict between white and black swans, as if any kinds of swans are interesting at all (forget in reference to the most boring activity on earth to me - ballets!).<br /><br />Very quickly I realized the movie is not about ballet or ballerinas. It is an intense psychological thriller and a very artistic portrayal of the complex feelings inside the troubled brain of an ambitious person obsessed with perfection. It feels like a horror film in the second half (or last quarter) when, in your words, a "gut-wrenching, bone-rattling, blood-stirring" sequence of events leads up to the grand finale, and by the time she performs the black swan dance on stage one feels like one has been through a crazy emotional roller-coaster getting countless goosebumps along the way. The director succeeded in making you get inside Nina's head and experience the world as she sees it. Natalie Portman's performance was perhaps the best of any performance I have seen in a long long time..<br /><br />Anna, you were spot on about the viewer's expectation to see a change in her facial expression when she makes the transition into the black swan. But the way her entire body, her entire being metamorphosized into the black swan, and the intensity with which that change was picturized with the crescendoing music was so visceral and a rare treat of a movie experience.<br /><br />I didn't get too bothered by any of the cliches you pointed out. I found the movie to be quite flawless. One of those movies you wake up thinking about and consumed by the next day.. The morning after, I'm feeling the same way I felt after watching Inception. The Social Network and The King's Speech were great movies - perhaps more enjoyable than Inception or Black Swan in the theater - but one wasn't "consumed" by them the next morning. <br /><br />SPOILER ALERT for people who haven't watched - STOP READING NOW. One thing I didn't quite understand is the very last scene where in reality she had the piece of glass in her belly (and was perhaps dying) and said to the director "It was just perfect". What did she mean? Did she mean somehow she cultivated her dark side deliberately all along in order to build up the black swan character inside her? Or was it just a comment on the grand finale, in a way implying that she was content because of that fact despite her life being a psychological mess otherwise.<br /><br />@singhthing<br /><br />I heard some other people say that she was so delusional/schizophrenic that perhaps the grand finale never actually happened, and the black/white swan dances on stage were just her imagination, and she just died after that scene with Lily where she imagines she killed her.. I guess the movie is open to all kinds of interpretations, kind of like Inception. <br /><br />- @singhthingRam P. Singhhttp://mombo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183298354260525415.post-66953878584389601072011-03-06T12:48:53.831-08:002011-03-06T12:48:53.831-08:00I agree with what you said about Mila Kunis, she w...I agree with what you said about Mila Kunis, she was unfairly robbed of a nomination - I think its one of Academy's favorite pasttimes not to nominate a young star soon enough, hoping that they'd give you a few more compelling performances later in their careers. But I would equate Mila Kunis here with Marion Cotillard in NINE - an otherwise ignorable film, but what a tremendous performance by that mademoiselle! She flowed like water, her teary eyes and sad face made you want to hug her! Hope Mila chooses her next few films intelligently and gives us more of these brilliant performances.Fabulously Yourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397969978340654073noreply@blogger.com