re: black swan

Saw it last night and I thought it was fantastic.

Probably the most feminist movie I've seen in a while. Maybe not feminist in the sense of female empowerment but that of female anxiety.

I settled down this morning. some of the film's aspects were a little sensationalist: peeling finger skin off, Ryder's injuries and self-inflicted wounds, the music in the last 15 minutes that keeps driving at crescendo making it impossible to not feel enveloped and pushed toward the denouement (which are also my gripes about Requiem for a Dream).

Anywho, overall I thought it was a great movie. It was painful and beautiful. Most of the time the suspense and dark psychology was well pitched. That scene where Natalie Portman calls her mother from inside the bathroom stall to tell her she landed the role of the Swan Queen exhibited some incredible facial expressions. I wish they awarded mini Oscars for scenes like that. She almost had me crying with her.