Silly Swan

Rating: Null/10 (12 July 2011)

Where to begin? Just because you don't understand it doesn't make the movie a bad movie. What makes it a good movie anyway? Let's start with the story. Is it a good story? The story of the Black Swan is really simple - even though there are two stories weaved together. One is fantasy and the other is reality. Where fantasy and reality meet is The Black Swan Movie, and it can get really ... pointless. That's right, at first I could not find the right word to describe this movie, but the word, "pointless", is just perfect. Of course, there are the obvious answers, like it's an Academy Award vehicle for Natalie Portman, or it's so pretentious directors like Darren Aronofsky can garner more praises for himself. I wonder if Aronofsky would be where he is today if he was Latino, Arab, or Asian? Not to say the Latino, Arab, or Asian Aronofsky would not be a director, but he probably would be just another guy without the glamorous job. The movie, however, does not really have a point. Is it that Ballerinas are all psychotic and want to be the Swan Queen? Or maybe have a gratuitous, lesbian, sex scene so it can potentially titillate the Men who were dragged to see the movie by their "wannabe, dancer" girlfriends?