overrated

i just watched black swan... the word "overrated" comes to mind.

i looked at some of the imdb reviews and was glad to find many people who were in line with me. the film was at best a sophomoric, cheap attempt at art/artsiness.

some thoughts that i agree with:

"The film is utterly predictable in that Nina becomes increasingly unhinged to the point that we, the viewer, no longer know whether what we're watching is "real" of one of her hallucinations, which greatly resemble horror movie clichés: she's stalked by her doppelganger, her reflection moves with a mind of its own, she imagines mutilating herself, etc. None of these images are particularly inspired and they spell out the theme of the story in the most obvious way."

mindfuck? uhh, no. actually yes - overwhelmingly unimaginative to the point of mindfuck.

"Pulling up the standard prosaic and narrow film ideas to imply art, Hollywood brings this time one more dull and unimaginative film work... And no art sparkles at all. It is the same tense in the beginning as at the end."

"Others will say that I am not "refined" enough to understand. But that is not true. The sad thing about it is that I do get it. I just don't understand all the fuss."

"An awful film that spoon feeds cliché gimmicks to the audience"

the whole black-and-white contrast was nothing but subtle... come on, black wing tattoos?


this film is overrated to the point of hilarity.

that said, some good things:

music, portman (not nina), acting