incredibly Black Swan

hey ballerinas..

have you watched Black Swan? so i just watched it earlier.. unlike most other ballet films which show many sides of love, this film tells the dark side of a ballerina. you won't be having a lot of fun at Black Swan, but the less seriously you take this wildly melodramatic, unashamedly pulpy look at the blood sport that is NYC ballet, the better your chances are of enjoying yourself even a little. Darren Aronofsky is a filmmaker with the chops to be a great director and the impulse to be a sensationalistic one. in many ways, his films are of a piece : stories about obsessions and mysteries - and obsessions with mysteries..

Nina (Natalie Portman) is a ballerina in a NYC ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completey consumed with dance. she lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother (Barbara Hershey) who exerts a suffocating control over her. then when artistic director Thomas (Vincent Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his 1st choice. but nina has a competition : a new dancer Lily (Mila Kunis), who impresses Thomas as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. in the end, we could see that Nina should try to fight the Black Swan character in itself.

the movie is a story within a story, similar to the dream within a dream thing Inception had going on. the pace of the movie demanded your attention. and i can say that i was completely shocked by anything thing movie had to offer. the lead characters physical transformation, the supporting actress dynamic trio of Hershey, Ryder, and Mila Kunis, coupled with precise ballet moves, music, and costuming, made this movie one i'd like to see again.. in the theater of course.. with someone else to compare notes with.. oh anyway, i love their posters so much.. meaningful, and truly represent about their movie idea..

xx, ayui