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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.
I'd have to know exactly how this guy is defining horror - it's definitely shot and edited like a horror film, but nowhere is it implied that anything supernatural is going on. (There are scenes which are clearly taking place only in Natalie Portman's head, but the question is never is-she-crazy-or-not, just a matter of degree.)
Horror doesn't have to be supernatural, does it? I thought it just had to be very scary. Like, say, Misery.
Yeah, horror doesn't have to be supernatural at all. I think at least one definition is that the goal of the picture has to be to scare the audience, or to create an atmosphere of fear and uneasiness.
Like Jess said, it didn't come across as horror to me, more thriller. Although the entire audience had that relief-laugh at the end and a sort of "all righty then" vibe. First words out of my mouth were "man, that was seriously f'ed up".
Would Jacob's Ladder count as horror? Because that seems similar to Black Swan.
Not that I've seen Black Swan; when I found out it wasn't supernatural (how much was I hoping for a were-swan?), I wasn't interested. I haven't liked anything Aronofsky's done, and in my head he's Darren from Slings and Arrows.
the fact that Tighten [I love that it wasn't spelled "Titan"]
I had seen the name before seeing the movie, and hadn't realized "Tighten" was a pun on Titan. But then I LOL'ed when the guy wrote his name and misspelled it, because that was so him.
Would Jacob's Ladder count as horror?
It certainly horrified me. Honestly, Jacob's Ladder disturbed me deeply, and for a very long time. Even now, certain images flash into my mind and cause me to shudder.