Natalie Portman's black is beautiful

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2010)

Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers is excellent as the lead actress in the movie Black Swan. Black Swan has different connotations. To be the Swan Queen, Nina has to exhibit both pure qualities of white swan and sensuality and seductive sexuality of Black swan. Nina is an excellent ballet dancer. She is dedicated and extremely hard working. She practices day and night and is obsessed with perfection. But try as she might , she finds it very difficult to evoke the sensuality hidden deep within oneself. She is afraid of letting go of her deep dark feelings. Vincent Cassel as Ballet group director tries to evoke her dark side and gets impatient when he sees dead pan expression. Having been emotionally oppressed by her mother , Erica sayers (Barbara Hershey , known for the movie Beaches) she lets her emotions surface when she sees Lily ( from 70s show Mila Kunis)the girl with seductive look and openly flirtatious personality. Nina is seductive, gets into a lesbian relationship with Lily and boldly tells her mom to stay out of her bedroom...Nina gets in touch with her inner dark self ...only because she is a perfectionist. Nina wants to be the swan queen . Nina does not want to be the dying swan like Beth Macintyre ( Winona Ryder)...reminds one of Gloria Swanson in the sunset boulevard.. Nina is too focused on being the swan queen...the perfectionist who combines the white swan and the black swan.. Natalie Portman deserves the Oscar. She is graceful and has both pure, oppressed look and the seductress look in her eyes and in her movements. She is the perfect swan queen. Director Darren Aronofsky (loved his other work: requiem for a dream)is superb again.