Oh. My. Goodness.
Darren Aronofsky's outdone himself. Well, okay. Maybe just followed his typical line, but Jesus this movie was crazy.
Where to begin?
Umm--my question is, What drugs were the writers on when they crafted this piece?!
Honestly, the surreal element to the story really--excuse my Spanish--fucks--with your head. Half the events don't even make sense until you realize that Natalie Portman's Nina Sayers has started down a dark spiral into oblivion and she's lost herself in her schizoid microcosm of paranoia and cannot differentiate between that and the real world.
Enter corrupting forces Mila Kunis' Lily and artistic director (choreographer?) Tomas, played by Vincent Cassel, whom you may recognize from "Eastern Promises" and "Derailed" (or at least, I do). Even Winona Ryder gets a crack at it.
I think at about the halfway point, the movie makes a screeching, churning 180 from the direction it seems to start out from, and for the first time I felt a pang of fear--that chill that runs up and down your spine. I was sunk into my seat. I said to my bf, "Ok, now I'm scared."
Up until then it seems to just delineate Nina's life and her coming out of her über-protected shell...
Until something darker arises.
Take a look at the main poster for the movie. What's so chilling about it?
You can't really pinpoint it, but something seems off.
WELL--watch the film and you'll see what I see now.
Overall score: A/A-
★★★★ 1/2
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REALLY want "Inception" Soundtrack (on a side note).
And I meant to give Tron 3.5 ★'s so that's what I'm amending right now.
For your viewing pleasure...
Also, as a side note--
I've been a ballet aficionado since birth. Well, it's actually been a while since I've been, but I've been having a hankering for "The Nutcracker" ever since I saw SF Ballet's "The Little Mermaid" with my friend. *le sigh* That's past now. However, I did get a chance to watch "The Swan Lake" and I even acquired a book (beautiful illustrations by Van Allsburg) that I recently re-read.
I do not really agree with the interpretation of the story as presented in the movie; however, it fits the plot line and the direction (SPOILER! foreshadowing) of the film.
Not to give too much credit to this adaptation, but go rent "The Swan Princess" (or download; whatever your pleasure) to get a general idea of the storyline.
And listen to Tchaikovsky's beautiful score!! (<- it's been haunting me since last night, and running through my mind)
PEACE!! Much <3
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(from here on out, I will rate movies with "bites." since I am a food aficionado, I'll let you guys know just how much of these movies I'm willing to "take a bit out of" <- Cheese intended)
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