Black Swan, 2010, Thriller
Plot: A Ballerina gets her dream role as Swan Queen in the ballet “Swan Lake”, but her nervousness and anxiety drive her into insanity.
Thoughts: After watching this movie, I can see how The King’s Speech beat it out. It really wasn’t that great of a film. There was too much that the viewer had to assume because of huge lapses in time. At times Aronofsky’s picture was just too confusing for me to even care. Everyone acted well but I believe that the writing could have been improved and that the crappy CGI could have been lost. I think the film would have been much more successful had it not dumbed down to it’s audience so much.
I liked the feel of the movie, many scenes and shots felt like a documentary (akin to The Wrestler). Someone said it already but I share a similar sentiment, this was just The Wrestler without the charm and audience-character connection. It was still beautiful to watch, even with every scene background being black and white except for her house.
3.4/5
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