tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post8000579861574828053..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Bad GirlNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-32000501352600210412010-10-18T01:04:36.468-04:002010-10-18T01:04:36.468-04:00hımm porfect.. film izlehımm porfect.. <a href="http://www.filmizlenir.net" rel="nofollow">film izle</a>ashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117048868133425079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-75395141278401701412010-10-15T04:50:59.404-04:002010-10-15T04:50:59.404-04:00bad girl. one of M best. gotta love Mbad girl. one of M best. gotta love MIskandarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690944953306961894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-41504994464155527772010-10-14T21:05:39.563-04:002010-10-14T21:05:39.563-04:00Thanks so much, Roark, for such a rich response. ...Thanks so much, Roark, for such a rich response. Can you repost over at my actual blog? Would be nicer to respond over there, and not hijack Nathaniel's site.NicksFlickPickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607501848596529493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-54556507247257088132010-10-14T14:47:14.932-04:002010-10-14T14:47:14.932-04:00This has nothing to do with Black Swan...lol..but ...This has nothing to do with Black Swan...lol..but I've just saw a Japanese crowd-pleaser with a great central female performance. It's called Sawako Decides<br />Trailer:<br />http://www.nipponcinema.com/trailers/sawako-decides-trailer<br />It's very Japanese in a way that its central theme (to me) is most people are average, and even sub-middle, but we try our best everyday to get through life. Very different from the motto "Be the best you can be". However, the movie is funny and not depressing at all! Check it out!Marshall1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-16256893430541821322010-10-14T13:20:34.872-04:002010-10-14T13:20:34.872-04:00i wish i could join in the conversation but, alas,...i wish i could join in the conversation but, alas, it's one of those movies that will have very disjointed conversations since it's playing at festivals for months before openining.<br /><br />i'm purposefully not reading any reviews. Not even Nick's and I love to read his reviews.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-57756266519936116082010-10-14T12:52:58.045-04:002010-10-14T12:52:58.045-04:00Hey Nick - I'm way more positive on the film ...Hey Nick - I'm way more positive on the film than you are, but yours is about as thoughtful and in depth an opposing view as we're likely to get, so thanks for that. To some of yours points:<br /><br />I think you're underrating the control Portman demonstrates over the physicality of the performance. Unlike Marshall, with Zellwegger, in Chicago, Portman's early dancing is meant to be awkward, strained, exhausted. They play with the expectation of Portman as a weak dancer by folding her less-than-graceful early dancing directly into the psychology of the character. They then subvert that expectation with her final (post, er, SPOILER transformation) performance, which has all the grace and beauty her prior dances lacked. I'm not saying Portman is a great ballerina, but I think between her, Aronofsky and Labatique they pull it off with a great deal more success than you seem to. Same goes for Kunis.<br /><br />Re: the rest of the movie, well, look, you offered a lot to respond to and this is probably not the place to respond to all of it. However, just briefly - where you see thin, cliched secondary characters and scenarios, I see genre archtypes and tropes effectively deployed in service of an altogether thrilling, gonzo mashup of conventions that adds up to significantly more than the sum of its parts. You may be right that Aronofsky rides too thin a line by asking us to both empathize with and be entertained by Nina's downward spiral, but to me it was all part of the joy of what is essentially an extremely twisted backstage melodrama - the comic highs and horrific lows, the absurdity and tragedy of Nina's experience. I don't need or want the story to be only one or two of these things, and I don't even need there to be a whole lot of consistency.<br /><br />But, you know, different strokes for different folks. I expect there will be a fair amount of mixed/negative responses. Hopefully they're all as well argued as yours.Roarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-33509686806218270832010-10-14T12:17:44.064-04:002010-10-14T12:17:44.064-04:00Juan Ruiz Anchia is a great cinematographer. If yo...Juan Ruiz Anchia is a great cinematographer. If you like strong light/dark play and deep saturated colors any movie he shot for James Foley will do, and others too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-87244655008388870642010-10-14T12:14:38.896-04:002010-10-14T12:14:38.896-04:00Tough crowd. Regrets that a couple of you find th...Tough crowd. Regrets that a couple of you find the review pretentious. As for the performances, maybe you'll feel otherwise, but I really don't think the performances are the story here. They'll have bigger fans than me, but it's so Aronofsky's show.<br /><br />Appreciate the couple of compliments, too.NicksFlickPickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607501848596529493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-28555289382308288762010-10-14T11:59:02.425-04:002010-10-14T11:59:02.425-04:00Good job Nick. Black Swan was terrible!Good job Nick. Black Swan was terrible!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-47218029330163063112010-10-14T07:52:03.368-04:002010-10-14T07:52:03.368-04:00Foreign Film-Chad didn't submit Screaming Man!...Foreign Film-Chad didn't submit Screaming Man! Called it!<br /><br />Bsd Girl-Not a Madonna fan.<br /><br />Black Swan Review-I have to agree with Mr Ripley.Andrew R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08656464274438644356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-19875887923184088922010-10-14T07:09:03.193-04:002010-10-14T07:09:03.193-04:00The review is terribly long winded and pretentious...The review is terribly long winded and pretentious there is no real discussion of the performances,sorry,i am still clueless.mrripleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-38516229943355475772010-10-14T02:07:58.769-04:002010-10-14T02:07:58.769-04:00Is she better than Annette Bening or Julianne Moor...Is she better than Annette Bening or Julianne Moore in The Kids are All Right?dinasztiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17418227830861757663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-49783629800890594892010-10-14T01:12:02.629-04:002010-10-14T01:12:02.629-04:00@/3rtfu11: Overall, Feh. Though she has her fair ...@/3rtfu11: Overall, Feh. Though she has her fair and even her fetching moments. I really wouldn't call this an acting piece.NicksFlickPickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607501848596529493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-55530913231997521492010-10-14T00:58:04.876-04:002010-10-14T00:58:04.876-04:00I've been making some short films recently (pu...I've been making some short films recently (purely for my own edification, of course) and it's amazing how easy it is to gravitate toward the cigarette as an incidental image. It's actually hard for me to stay away from it. It signifies so many things... urban coolness, rebellion, self-destruction, anxiety, idleness, restlessness. And it looks good between the fingers, and the smoke makes for an interesting atmospheric touch. I have to say, nobody's done as well as the tobacco industry at insinuating their product in the popular consciousness. It's hard work NOT to use an image of a cigarette as visual shorthand in film-writing.Jesse Mhttp://benefitofthedoubt.miksimum.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-28956473516052037452010-10-13T23:02:51.523-04:002010-10-13T23:02:51.523-04:00And I don't even like the song! Discuss.
Asi...<i>And I don't even like the song! Discuss.</i><br /><br />Aside from the weak vocal performance which I’m sure someone will defend as intentional to the character Madonna’s portraying – what’s your objection? <br /><br /><i>My pal Nick did not like Black Swan that much.</i><br /><br />I only care how Portman rates as a Best Actress contender: For the Ages? – Fantastic? – Fetching? – Fair? – Feh? – Flotsam?/3rtfu11noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-40443082965152898872010-10-13T21:40:26.419-04:002010-10-13T21:40:26.419-04:00im glad you said it, i thought it was rather crap ...im glad you said it, i thought it was rather crap tooDempsey Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03842133437455945602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-85336043742447449352010-10-13T20:14:42.175-04:002010-10-13T20:14:42.175-04:00The first response to that tweet I've gotten a...The first response to that tweet I've gotten all day! I was expecting retaliation, or at least debate, but there's just been spooky quiet. If anyone wants to read more, I've just posted a full review to go along with that tweet, <a href="http://www.nicksflickpicks.com/blaksw10.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.NicksFlickPickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607501848596529493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-49290956615648690192010-10-13T20:14:20.440-04:002010-10-13T20:14:20.440-04:00even Fincher says "bad girl" isn't a...even Fincher says "bad girl" isn't a very good music video <br /><br /><br />and about "black swan",your friend isn't the one & only to think itpommenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-7373944526810615632010-10-13T20:01:04.531-04:002010-10-13T20:01:04.531-04:00Bar girl, drunk by six
Kissing someone else's ...Bar girl, drunk by six<br />Kissing someone else's lips<br />Smoked too many cigarettes today<br />I'm not happy when I act this wayMagicubnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-33113246238232420412010-10-13T19:54:08.702-04:002010-10-13T19:54:08.702-04:00You don't like Bad Girl? No way. That chorus, ...You don't like Bad Girl? No way. That chorus, that refrain of "i'm not happy ... i'm not happy". One of my favourites off Erotica.Lev Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16542033801347163270noreply@blogger.com