Deivers on every level

Rating: 10/10 (25 September 2013)

Black Swan is a movie about a ballet dancer who has been chosen for the role of the prestigious swan. Her instructor tells her that she is perfect for the white swan but that the black one doesn't need perfection( which she has) but feeling and losing of control. So as you might have suspected she starts to change mysterious into the black swan.
The movie is directed by Daren Aronofsky whom you might know from "The Wrestler" or the superb "Requiem for a Dream". What anyone could see here is his confidence in handling the material. He uses lots of shaky camera work which kind of irritated me at first but I can see the importance in the long term. It gives the movie an unpleasant and daunting mood which the movie needs.
The movie is also very literal(but not hard to understand) which makes you admire the apt script writers. As for the acting, Natalie Portman is nothing short of breath taking. This is the kind of movie you would call a directors movie but Natalie pulls it to the other side and almost makes it an actors movie. I just couldn't imagine anyone else in this role.
Part of the reason i called this a directors movie is the ending which couldn't have been made better. Movies like this usually fall in to two categories by the end, she either gives a good performance or she doesn't, bur Aronofsky takes it to a whole new dimension.
I always say if a movie has a great script, wonderful acting and exhilarating direction it deserves to be seen. But if these three don't do it for ya, their is a sex scene between Portman and Mila Kunis......what more could you want from a movie!!!