It has taken me a while to watch Black Swan and boy, am I satisfied with it albeit with only a small television and a DVD player in my room? (Yes, yes, OK I have fallen out of the film-buff circuit because well, I don't watch that much TV anymore, I don't go on the internet a whole lot except for last night after a loooong time of not being on Tumblr, and I don't keep up to date on the latest thingamajigs anymore. Call me boring, but I've been getting acquainted with my beloved BOOKS! Because I'm a hermit that way. And unemployed. So sue me.)

Aaahh I am still swirling in giddiness over how lovely and lush this film is. Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. One is sweet, fragile, frail, a perfectionist, frigid and BORING. The other one, care-free, lively, robust, unpretentious and FUN. Tell me, which one would you prefer to be the Swan Queen? But seeing that Nina (Natalie) has the looks and character for the perfect white swan, she was chosen as the Queen. Of course, when you see someone as your competition, you'd start listening to the little devil that lives inside of you and start being subconscious about stupid malarkies like, "She's gonna snatch my role from me!" so this Nina girl started to be paranoid and schizophrenic.

I don't want to give away too much in case somebody hasn't seen it already but please please please do and bask yourself in the awesomeness of the world of ballet and the politics that surround it. Politics. That's the word, especially when they frequently use "Company" whilst referring to the "flock" so to speak. I LOVE IT! Man, can you just feel how excited I am still about it? I can watch it over and over again and still be in love with it. The cinematography isn't the best but the way it makes you feel icky, flustered, angry, satisfied and the lot just makes you want to grab the remote and hit rewind over and over and over again! Although with the new technology you can always look for Scene Selection but by golly, please do watch it. I especially love how this film plays psychological mind tricks on you and ESPECIALLY on the protagonist herself - and towards the end, you're in for a surprise and you'll be like OH MY GOD! and just die for a second until you come back to life again to watch the scene over and over again.

Heeee I can ramble on but there it is, my review on the Black Swan =) it's splendid!