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.

Yeah, I still can't really see Black Swan qualifying - there's really nothing overtly scary going on at all. Aronofsky is definitely using horror tropes, and some of the psychological stuff would be pretty horrifying if it weren't ultimately (IMO) so shallow and silly, but he's not using them to tell a scary story.

I didn't realize The Wrestler was Aronofsky. I am glad I saw it but I would never watch it again.

Another batch of mini-movie reviews: Wait Until Dark, The Tao of Steve, Law Abiding Citizen, The Expendables, Tron, Once, Roxanne, The Host, Monsters, The Jerk, Fargo, Battle Royale, Suspicion, and, yes, Desk Set.

Is it worse for your god to be turned into an alien, or a lesser member of your pantheon to be a black guy?

I'm going to assume the above question has context that I have forgotten or skipped over.

I would appreciate any indulgence regarding explanation of said context.

ita, did you read that some white supremacist group is calling for a boycott of Thor?

Well, in theory, I'm interested in answers without the context, but the specific context is Thor. Now, the characters in the movie aren't Norse gods. One is Asian, like in the comic, and one is black, unlike the comic. But they aren't gods. They're aliens. White supremacists seem okay with that part. Idris Elba, on the other hand! Dirty! Wrong!

Idris Elba, on the other hand! Dirty! Wrong!

He may be dirty (one hopes), but never wrong.

Maybe aliens are better than pagans? It is hard to predict what bigots will have problems with.

They're not bigots. They're patriots. Space alien-worshipping patriots.