Perfection comes at a cost...

Rating: 10/10 (27 January 2020)

Perfection comes at a cost. Pain. Doubt. Fear. It's a sickness really. The thirst to be perfect will drive a person mad. And that's exactly what happened to poor sweet Nina. The White Swan turned black as everything grew out of control. As the swan finally rests she did so contently. Finally reaching perfection in her eyes. Which leads us to think was all this all worth it?
After all these years I finally got a chance to watch ' Black Swan'. As the credits finally began to roll I was left speechless. I don't remember a time when a movie left me feeling this way. I was watching this movie way past midnight and I was hooked to the screen throughout. I was invested in the character of Nina and her descent into the Black Swan.
This was such a beautiful yet tragic film. I will go as far as to say it's a masterpiece of cinema. Darren Aronofsky did an outstanding job crafting this film. I would like to check out his other films now. I did see ' Mother' though. The entire cast was phenomenal. Natalie Portman deserved every bit of that Oscar win. She has never been better. Truly remarkable. Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder, Barbara Hershey, and Mila Kunis, all did great jobs as well. I was invested in all their characters. Even if the character of Lily may or may not have been real in most of the film.
Such a well-crafted story that's truly haunting. It was scary in more ways than one. You feel every emotion, every broken glass, every snapped bone. Nina who started out as being a sweet, timid, fragile, and innocent, little cygnet, transformed into an adult Woman swan by the films end. By the films end, I didn't know what the hell was happening in the most wonderful way. I just can't describe this film. It stays with you long after the credits roll.