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In this seemingly bizarre psychological thriller from nominated director Darren Aronofsky,
Natalie Portman grabs a best-actress nomination for eerily portraying Nina Sayers an ambitious
New York City ballet dancer who lands the coveted lead in "Swan Lake". The movie starts
off honest enough, as we watch Nina's trials and tribulations on her quest to become the
perfect ballerina, despite some perceived sidelining attempts by rival dancer, Lily,
played by Mila Kunis. By the final act however, "Black Swan" transcends into a second-rate
horror movie with some cheap gimmicks, and reveals, that do more to confuse the audience
than it does to frighten them. When nearly every other scene is revealed to be merely
another one of Sayer's hallucinations... it becomes difficult to root for the characters,
as you no longer understand what's real, and what isn't. Perhaps that is film's intention,
but I for one, did not care for the overly-zealous approach. In this imaginative world, it's
Portman's dedication to her role that is astounding though, and her incredible dual-personality
is seemingly handled with ease. Black Swan, "A disjointed, mind-bending thriller". And
now, some viewer comments.
The rate-o-matic now to show us how we rated "Black Swan"... an EIGHT and a TEN. I definitely
enjoyed this film, the acting was magnificent, the cinematography beautiful. It was the nonsense
plot twists and cheesy horror techniques I didn't care for in an otherwise fantastic
film, I thought it was GREAT. You however, obviously disagreed with me there, saying
it was AMAZING.