'Sleeper'
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I really want to see Black Swan, I've been hearing good things! Or, at least, everyone seems to agree that Natalie Portman is fantastic in it.
I also am glad that Tron was fun! I was a little put off by its reviews, but I still really want to see it. I've never seen the original, but the Tron level is one of my favorite parts of Kingdom Hearts 2.
I really want to see Black Swan
I was so very surprised at Portman's range. She does a fantastic job. The movie really is a psycho-thriller, which I was unprepared for (I may have jumped a time or two).
A reviewer on Cinematical was making the case that Black Swan is really a horror movie. Whatever it is, I really want to see it.
As with most Aronofsky, I found Black Swan very visually compelling and very shallow psychologically. I wasn't quite as bored with this one as with The Fountain, but I think I'm kind of over him as a director until he starts getting better scripts. Too much of the dialogue in this one was painful to listen to.
(And he "As we both know know, Bob"-ed the plot of Swan Lake. Seriously? Your movie is not a high school essay! The "tell them what you're going to tell them / tell them / tell them what you just told them" structure does not apply!!)
I saw Megamind yesterday and really enjoyed it! I liked how the direction of the plot kept changing, and it was generally clever and fun. Plus, yes, Donkey Kong.
I'm really looking forward to Black Swan.
I'm not sure what Aronofsky would have to do to get me to watch another one of his movies. I do think of him as a horror film maker.
Plus, yes, Donkey Kong.
All the visual jokes just made the movie for me. (The "No you can't" posters, the fact that Tighten [I love that it wasn't spelled "Titan"] stole a freaking bicycle, and, most of all, "Wow, that room WAS exciting!", with the disco ball and whatnot.)
A reviewer on Cinematical was making the case that Black Swan is really a horror movie. Whatever it is, I really want to see it.
Wait, it's not supposed to be? From the previews I assumed it was a mash-up of Single White Female and Wolf.
I'm not sure what Aronofsky would have to do to get me to watch another one of his movies. I do think of him as a horror film maker.
I think The Wrestler is fantastic. I'm not a huge fan of his, but that film--the combination of the script and the cast hit a chord.
Wait, it's not supposed to be? From the previews I assumed it was a mash-up of Single White Female and Wolf.
I have no idea. It looked like psychological thriller/horror to me, but the guy writing for Cinematical was making a (sort of labored) case for horror not getting critical nods unless they were packaged as not!horror.
The trailers I've seen sure don't make it seem like a feel-good dance movie, I'll say that.