Black Swan (2010–108mins) N. Portman, M. Kunis, V. Cassel

And so the best picture nom watching continues with “Black Swan”, as well as the winner for Best leading actress for Natalie Portman. First a little about the plot. Portman plays Nina, a ballet dancer who is completely devoted to her craft. So much so that in trying to be perfect and land the lead in Swan Lake for her company she obsesses so much that it literally drives her mad. She has some help of course, with a bat-shit crazy mother who expects nothing short of perfection from her, the director of the company who other then having a reputation for affairs with his stars also pushes them to the point of breaking, and a new rival (Kunis) who is out for the lead of the production as well.

The whole thing is shot in a very spastic and confusing manner. Sure some people can argue its for the whole “artistic” value in the whole thing, but to me it’s just there to throw you off and confuse the hell out of you. Yeah I get it, she’s spiraling downward in her mind, and we learn this quite early as well, that she’s not all there, but enough already. Throw a few winks and nods at this but no need to do it so incessantly as he did. The story is fine as it is but I just never fell in love with the whole flow of it, and at the end I just felt it’s about time. It’s a bit artsy and sure it’s a fine enough story, but it’s waaayyy too over-hyped as a movie. It’s decent but not in the top 5 by far of the best picture nominations from last year. Portman was very good in the role, and I don’t really care one bit if she danced any of the parts or not. It simply doesn’t take away or add anything to her role in my mind. Looking at the best leading actress nominees, I would say she is right up there with Jennifer Lawrence from “Winter’s Bone” as the best. However, I think this could more-so be because of the lack of any real strong nominees rather then how good she really was.

Verdict–> I’m sorry to all the people who hate that I really didn’t LOVE the movie. It’s decent enough but it’s just nothing special.  If you want to see it b/c of the hype meeter on this movie then go for it. If you are a guy don’t even watch it for that. Sure a little sex scene between Kunis and Portman might be good for the price of admission but that’s REAL debatable in here. Either way it’s not worth more then a single watch in my opinion. Medium recommendation for woman and people interested in the oscar noms but for men LOW recommendation.

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