terrible story teller

Rating: 3/10 (24 March 2011)

Black Swan is the story of a young ballet dancer promoted to the role of the ballerina and the way she and her companions deal with her move from being a member of the group to the prime role. To perform her role, she needs to have the kind of passion that apparently, she doesn't have, or at least not enough. The story is hence a story of transformation: how a fragile, restrained naive girl turns into a passionate beast. The team that carries the movie on its shoulders is remarkable. From Natalie Portman to the sexy and provocative Mila Kunis, and the surprising up- to-now action actor, Vincent Cassel, who is doing great job. what prevents this film from becoming a good film is the story. the short version: the story sucks. the long version: first, it is boring. really. simply boring. second, and not unrelated, it takes talent to convince your audience that what they see is actually something completely different. The sixth sense is like that. While the story line here is completely different, still, things happen here and then - surprise- it is not like that! the scriptwriter did not even try to pretend. you see something and then ha-ha- no, it is something different! why? how? who? never mind! really shame.