52 Films - Week 3 (15/01/15 - 21/01/15)

52 Films Challenge – Week 3

Film 3 – Black Swan (2010)
Selected by: @karter;

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IMDB - 8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes - 87%

Director – Darren Aronofsky
Staring – Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder
Description - “A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.”


Trailer -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jaI1XOB-bs

Film List -

On UK Netflix
On US Netflx
On Both
Need to find online


Future Films
12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Amelie (2001)
American Beauty (1999)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Battle Royale (2000)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Black Swan (2010) – Week 3 (Current)
Blade Runner (1982)
Casino (1995)
Chicago (2002)
Creep (2004)
Face Off (1997)
Frozen (2013)
Identity (2003)
Lake Placid (1999)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Memento (2000)
Misery (1990)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Precious (2009)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Se7en (1995)
Side Effects (2013)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
The Cake Eaters (2007)
The Double (2013)
The Departed (2006)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Green Mile (1999)
The Intouchables (2011)
The Italian Job (1969)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
The Planet of the Apes (1968)
The Rocky Horry Picture Show (1975)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shining (1980)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Skin I Live In (2011)
The Terminator (1984)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Trainspotting (1996)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Young Victoria (2009)

Previous Films
Week 1 - The Pianist (2002)
Week 2 - The Warriors (1979)



Recommended Watching Times (GMT/UTC) -

Thursday - 20:00
Friday/Saturday - 21:00
Monday - 20:00

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yesssssssss finally one i know

i ******* love this movie

dunno if i'll enjoy it trailer didn't do anything for me
will try watch tomorrow afternoon

i'm out

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Originally Posted by scottish

i'm out

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shut up!

looks good i'll see what i'm doing on the saturday and might watch then :)

i've been swamped with uni work but i might watch the warriors tomorrow to catch up and black swan after or saturday! i would like to watch the black swan at the same time as someone else if anyone is down

That was really good, intense, but good. It showed the side of show business that no one really gets to see and how being perfect so you can become the best you can in your chosen field can ultimately kill you/destroy you.

Also Thomas was weird, I really disliked him

I've seen it before and rewatched it just now. It's quite good but some bits freak me out, particularly the bit with the fingernail peely bit (no spoilers it's ok) UGH! It was ok but I didn't really understand the point of the ending. I understand what happens I just don't get why?

not watching this 1. I am gonna watch wolf of wall street instead.

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Originally Posted by Empired

I've seen it before and rewatched it just now. It's quite good but some bits freak me out, particularly the bit with the fingernail peely bit (no spoilers it's ok) UGH! It was ok but I didn't really understand the point of the ending. I understand what happens I just don't get why?

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she thought she stabbed lily, her competition when in reality she stabbed herself because she was her own competition, in the way of herself achieving her dream. despite potentially dying, it didn't even matter to her because 'i was perfect'

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she thought she stabbed lily, her competition when in reality she stabbed herself because she was her own competition, in the way of herself achieving her dream. despite potentially dying, it didn't even matter to her because 'it was perfect'

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that's ****** up what

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she was her own competition and she was holding herself back? does that refer to all the bits about how she was so desperate for perfection that she wouldn't let herself go like lily does so she couldn't be as good?

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that's ****** up what

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she was her own competition and she was holding herself back? does that refer to all the bits about how she was so desperate for perfection that she wouldn't let herself go like lily does so she couldn't be as good?

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lmao yeah definitely, it's ****** up but very sad too :( idk if that is like the definite way to summarize it but that's how i have saw it and black swan is probably my most watched film ever tbh. but yeah she finally lets herself go and delivers the performance of her life that her wound doesn't even bother her because she's made it

I'll give it 3/5 swans

I thought it was a good performance but it wasn't really my type of movie

In regards to the ending

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I see it as the showbiz world has destroy her and tore her apart to the point where she kills her old self so her new seductive and risk taking self can take her over. There are mirrors use throughout the film where the Black swan can be seen as an independent force that is separate from the perfect timid girl she is for the majority of the film and when she supposedly shoves Lily into the mirror it smashes and lets this force out and it signifies the black swan taking over. I think its representing how manipulative and self destructive it can be to be apart of show business, to be the best for a director and to make sure no one can take your role from you etc

tried to watch it but it was ****
what's next

I quite liked it. Rated it 4/5 as I preferred The Warriors which I gave a 5/5.

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tried to watch it but it was ****
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I will be posting the next film tonight!

What a load of absolute ****

Wish I didn't watch it

1/5 because mila and Natalie were in it.

didn't really enjoy it until the last performance, it was ok

bit late but i give it a 3/5

the acting was good but i felt the whole film lacked any storyline until the last 30 mins or so
also vincent cassel the ballet teacher is great you should all check out 'la haine' which is an amazing french film he is in

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Originally Posted by Empired

I've seen it before and rewatched it just now. It's quite good but some bits freak me out, particularly the bit with the fingernail peely bit (no spoilers it's ok) UGH! It was ok but I didn't really understand the point of the ending. I understand what happens I just don't get why?

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oh god that part made me stop watching the movie and i've never been able to finish it ever since.

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Originally Posted by Showder

oh god that part made me stop watching the movie and i've never been able to finish it ever since.

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ugh that's the worst bit of the movie it's kind of vaguely ok after that

but now every time I get a little skin tag on one of my fingers I freak out in case it catches on something and does that eeeek