A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
Director:
Darren AronofskyOK, so much has already been said about this movie, especially about Natalie's performance. I loved the setting, I mean it is about an actor who gets so engrossed in her performance...and that too ballet! I wish India could have films based on such backdrops, but anyway- I enjoyed the film. I have never noticed Natalie Portman in her previous films but this one must have been a challenging role for her.
To some extent, I found the film a little confusing. Actually, not little but more than that. I still don't know if the mother was real or not. I felt the story incomplete and has certain loop-holes.
I mean, you have an Inception or a Shutter Island on one side (which has the audiences thinking) but this seems an incomplete story. Maybe I need to watch it again but still, you cannot expect people to read films.
But then I guess that is what the Oscar jury loves, a film which makes people think for themselves (I do not understand why). The film is full of symbolism and very artistically made though and one just has to watch it 2-3 times and read a bit about it to understand it. This is the actual focus of the film.
Still, this is not a film to miss out. It has a good plot, Mila Kunis (whom I just love) and some very nice performances.
It still makes me wonder....which Bollywood actress would have carried out the role, none come to my mind.
Enjoy it (if you can), but don't expect to understand it entirely.
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