black swan

I saw Black Swan today with my sister.  There's all this raving about it (and Natalie Portman's performance), and we wanted to see for ourselves.

I loved it.

Natalie Portman does a fantastic job (she trained for a year in ballet for the role and lost almost 20 pounds from her already petite figure...ridiculous!).  But aside from her, it was overall a well done film.  I thought it was great to see a movie that was different.  You don't see too many films based on ballet, and the trails of immersing oneself in the arts in general (Method Acting anyone?).  A great psychological thriller.  It was cool to see.  The costuming was incredible (fashion designers Rodarte designed all of the ballet costumes....gorgeous!), and even the casual outfits were great (I'm a big fan of the 'dancer' style).

Yup, definitely not for the faint of heart though, this film.  It was pretty mature content, but I'm over it.  It was a very well done movie, right down to the use of the Swan Lake music for a majority of the soundtrack.

Next up on the film list: The King's Speech with none other than the great Colin Firth.