Black Swan

I just saw Black Swan. I can't audibly explain how I felt about it. It's kind of like the first time I saw Clockwork Orange and I just didn't know what to do with it. I went on to love Clockwork Orange, but IDK if I'm going to end up loving this movie.

There's a few spoilers ahead. I don't think there's enough to spoil the movie because I don't think I could explain it if I tried. But if you're a purist and plan to see the movie, don't read on.





It was crazy-intense. The story centers around Nina (Natalie Portman), an aging ballerina and her obsession with being perfect. There's a skanky rival ballerina named Lily (Jackie from that 70s show), a weird French ballet instructor, a straight-out-of Carrie mother, a crazy drunken Winona Ryder, and a lot of snotty younger ballerinas.

Oh yeah, some weird steamy self-lesbianism as the result of drinking and ecstasy. Lost? Me too. I went with Tina, and looking around, we couldn't figure out why the audience was full of dudes. I mean, if I mentioned a ballerina movie to Tony or my brother, they'd scoff. Well, after some crazy sex-ish scenes, I think I could guess why a lot of the audience was male.

But the sex-ish scenes were almost grotesque, more out of a horror movie than a porno. It was all very surreal. There were a decent amount of cringe-worthy scenes.

If I was more mature I could probably love the movie, but I'm not. I love the last like 1/2 hour. I want to know more about Nina's relationship with her mom. There's something really weird going on there.

There was a lot going on that wasn't consistent with the character. I don't know if that was the point of it or not, based on other things that were going on in the movie. I don't know. I just can't articulate what I'm feeling about that movie.

It was all just very surreal and very strange. I think I'll have to process it overnight and do some google-ing.

I found out that it's directed by the same guy that did Requiem for a Dream, which makes sense.






I'm watching my brother skype with his GF after just spending a whole afternoon at her house. It's so cute I want to puke. Ricky Martin in on Access Hollywood talking about being gay.

I watched Eat, Pray, Love with my mom and Tony today. Totally not as good as everyone was saying it was. I have a hard time believing Julia Roberts as a genuine person. She's better in bitchy sassy things. Probably because I don't watch them.

Also, I made an important discovery, Paula Deen is a cyborg. And I finally figured out who that Bieber twat is, though I don't understand why he's a pop-culture icon. Perhaps someone could explain it to me.