Darren Aronofsky's "
Black Swan" really surprised me, and I wasn't expecting to get blown away by it well until I was already in the middle of the movie where its ugly and intense "psychological drama" head popped right into the picture. To be fair, I've heard so many praises and great things about this movie beforehand, and that was like two months ago when the movie started showing in US theaters officially. I simply could not relate with why people found it so good, and I only had the trailer to guide me through as to what the premise was all about, showing a struggling ballet dancer played by
Natalie Portman succumb to the pressures inside and outside of the coveted ballet performance she is aiming to highlight and star on - "
Swan Lake". Heck, I wasn't even aware that
Mila Kunis and
Winona Ryder were co-starring on the film, and now that I've seen it via the long awaited local press screening, I can finally give my two cents worth on possibly one of the best psycho-art films I've ever gotten the chance to sit through and see to completion.
Movie: Black Swan
Starring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder
Directed By: Darren Aronofsky
