A disappointment

Rating: 2/10 (5 May 2011)

I have to sort of agree with valkyria4. Although Portman certainly was excellent, and I believe deserved the awards she got, the movie itself was a disappointment for me, but Portman's performance was why I even gave it a 2 instead of a 1. It started out okay, and then got just plain silly. I mean really silly. I cannot see why this movie got such rave reviews. Yes, the ballet scenes were wonderful to see, and the acting was superb, but the story disintegrated into a "psycho gobbledygook" reminiscent of a cheap horror movie by Roger Corman. It's my opinion that those who rave about it were sucked in by the hype provided by the studio, and loved by the same people who buy modern, abstract art...it became simply a prestigious thing to hawk above us stupid masses who just don't get it.