Audience abuse

Rating: 1/10 (6 February 2011)

Watching Black Swan was like having my head raped. At first I wondered why did so many people like this movie, but by the end I was convinced it must have been some sot of Stockholm Syndrome where they began to empathize with their cinematic captors. That and it seems that the movie going public will eat up just about anything, especially if they don't really get it because hey if it's confusing it must be brilliant right? There was nothing entertaining about Black Swan. The camera work was either sloppy hand held, or a closeup of Natalie Portman's face, which constituted the majority of the movie. The result is that it was work to watch and ended up giving me a headache. Since so much screen time was devoted to Natalie's face I feel that I should at least take a moment to discuss it. I like her face. Everyone likes her face. A portrait of Natalie Portman does not a movie make. While I agree she is a hottie, I really don't understand why she was cast in this role. I mean, it was probably a lot harder to teach her to dance poorly, than it would have been to teach one of the dancers in the movie to act. I mean get an actress that is also a dancer. Anyone could have carried that role. I think this whole movie was a ploy to get Mia and Natalie in bed together, which in theory is the sexiest thing in the universe, but even that was ruined by the poor camera work and overarching disturbed nature of Mr. Aronofsky's film. If ever i were to interview this man, my first order of business would be to hide behind something and then ask him about his mother, the man needs therapy and you all should stop encouraging him to abuse people. Movies like this make me not want to go to the theaters, or at least feel less bad about pirating, because hey, if the movie producing industry isn't going to respect me I am not going to respect them. I can't get that time back, I can't un-watch Black Swan, and they're not giving refunds.