tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898396378431548107.post510240982411338087..comments2018-04-16T05:58:04.605-04:00Comments on dorkTASTIC!: Best of the Week - First Week of MarchRabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053464563559713235noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898396378431548107.post-25039406977161931722011-03-05T10:29:19.445-05:002011-03-05T10:29:19.445-05:00Jenn- I agree with everything you wrote.
I also ...Jenn- I agree with everything you wrote. <br /><br />I also thought Kunis was a hallucination for a while, then I even thought Kunis was the real star and Portman was in the company and she put herself into the lead only in her head.<br /><br />It wasn't until it was over that I decided in my head that she really was the lead and Kunis was real too, but I saw that on opening night no one came to her door. Just the pressure of her working so hard to be something she wasn't came to a head and she went crazy (crazy enough to stab herself).<br /><br />She tried to embody the Swan Queen so perfectly that she since the character kills herself, she had to as well. <br /><br />I think we both are seeing it similarly but you're concentrating on the ballet aspect, and I'm making it more general about the pressure to be perfect and to become something that she's not.<br /><br />Also, I wrote "literal transformation", but I know she didn't develop wings, she just saw herself like that. And I thought the effects were so amazing that they needed a shout-out.MitchyMitchyMitchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375203102056463035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-898396378431548107.post-46465590616886003282011-03-05T07:12:07.146-05:002011-03-05T07:12:07.146-05:00I really, really liked Black Swan too and left fee...I really, really liked Black Swan too and left feeling pretty anxious and keyed up because of the building tension (and squeamy scenes) throughout. It was unnerving, but in a really good way. Especially whenever Winona Ryder was onscreen, I had to look away! <br /><br />*Spoiler* don't read this comment if you haven't seen the movie***<br /><br />I interpreted it a little differently though. For me, the main focus of the movie was how the intense pressure of the ballet world escalated the progression of Natalie's psychosis as she begins to distort reality. I'm pretty sure the "evening" between her and Kunis ended at the door and the sex scene was a hallucination, and she hallucinated that Kunis came to her door on opening night when she ended up stabbing herself. For a while, I sat wondering if Kunis was actually a delusion altogether and not a member of the company at all, but rather another personality Portman adopted in order to find the grit needed to play the black swan. I think all the scratching she did was self-mutilation to relieve anxiety from living with an obsessive mom and demanding director and the "wings" were another one of her hallucinations. Clearly, i could be very wrong, though!<br /><br />I loved this movie. I thought it was thrilling.jenn from midlife modernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149781315469755878noreply@blogger.com