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WCGreen

(45,558 posts) Sat Jan 7, 2012, 11:02 PM Jan 2012

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So I just watched Black Swan....

Huh, really....

one of the creepiest, wierdest movies I have seen in a very long time...

Way out there...

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So I just watched Black Swan.... (Original Post) WCGreen Jan 2012 OP

I feel the same way. I liked it but it's one of those films that could have been much better. BlueJazz Jan 2012 #1

I had LSD trips that were easier to follow... WCGreen Jan 2012 #2

Do you agree with me that the mother... rbnyc Jan 2012 #3

I think so... WCGreen Jan 2012 #4

I paid attention to it because of the TCHAIKOVSKY music hook UTUSN Jan 2012 #5

I love Natalie Portman because of V Mira Jan 2012 #6

I watched it some months back... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2012 #7

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

1. I feel the same way. I liked it but it's one of those films that could have been much better.

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 11:10 PM

Jan 2012

I felt it dragged on too long in parts and glossed over quickly other interesting parts.

WCGreen

(45,558 posts)

2. I had LSD trips that were easier to follow...

Reply to BlueJazz (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 11:12 PM

Jan 2012

rbnyc

(17,045 posts)

3. Do you agree with me that the mother...

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 11:26 PM

Jan 2012

...is dead.

WCGreen

(45,558 posts)

4. I think so...

Reply to rbnyc (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 11:28 PM

Jan 2012

But then again, it might have been part of her delusion and that she symbolically killed her in order to be set free...

UTUSN

(70,774 posts)

5. I paid attention to it because of the TCHAIKOVSKY music hook

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 11:39 PM

Jan 2012

It was more of a horror movie. I sort of caught on early enough that her view of events was off kilter, such that the clues added up without my having to see it again.

My memory is such that it was too long ago (for me) to be thorough about it now. So the TCHAIKOVSKY black/white swans was just a launching pad for all of the observations of the bizarre ballet "discipline" with all its contradictions of beauty and ugly realities.

I hadn't thought of the mother might be dead, but the role of the dominating personalities involved in pushing that kind of career choice is bad enough.

Mira

(22,380 posts)

6. I love Natalie Portman because of V

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 11:40 PM

Jan 2012

but I could not tolerate anything about Black Swan. I'm with you on that it is a creepy film, and I additionally see no redeeming lasting value in it.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,754 posts)

7. I watched it some months back...

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 11:50 PM

Jan 2012

It was creepy, but I enjoyed it.

All in all, I thought it was worth watching.

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