Sunday, March 6, 2011

Black Swan

Well, all I can say is that no doubt Natalie Portman won as Oscar 2011's Best Actress. You can really feel the emotion Natalie did - acting as Nina who struggled to get the role as the Swan Princess and the challenges that came her way to deliver the Swan Princess's character well (specially the black swan's emotion) through ballet dancing.

I find the movie a classical, melodramatic with a touch of suspense or thriller. Classical because it has got to do with ballet music. Melodramatic because of the background of music being used in some of the scenes. A suspense because as you watched the movie you try to figure out what's happening in Nina's mind.She sometimes see herself somewhere in unexpected places and events. So it's some kind of weird. So this makes you think what's going on. I think we all have evil side of us and as much as possible through prayers, or His guidance, advises from people significant to us (or those who made impact in our lives), we struggled to live in goodness. In this movie, Nina was unable to handle the pressure properly. She was pushing herself too hard that caused her sanity and death in the end.

On the other hand, the movie opens me up to the world of ballet dancers. I realized that ballet dancing is that hard. Other than you tiptoe almost all of the time you dance, you also have to watch the food you eat because you need to be thin to be able to carry yourself when doing balancing during dancing. Personally, I don't enjoy watching ballet. Maybe it is up to the person to enjoy ballet because doing it isn't easy. You've got to really be serious to do ballet because it's not just having the ballet dance skills but you also have to be an actress to feel the story of the dance. Well, I know this is just a very sidings because the movie has more to it than just mere ballet. Maybe this is what makes the movie interesting. A drama story within a ballet dancing scenario.

This is a nice movie for people who wants to see a drama with a touch of suspense. Bottom line, it's worth watching it.

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