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Black Swan - 9.5/10: Sorry zin, this was fucking awesome. :awe: We both let out audible "wow"s right after it ended. Granted, our viewing experience was much, much better than yours (we went to an old school theatre with a balcony and sat right in the middle of the balcony, with only about 10 other people in there). I think Portman's issues were fascinating in how they manifested themselves,
I really connected with her right from the very beginning and rooted for her along the way and I was actually so involved in it I wanted her to succeed, no matter the cost, much like the character herself. Anyway, kind of rambling because I just got back from the theatre, but yeah, easily in my top 10 for the year. Loved Cassel and Hershey (Ryder was good in her brief appearances too) but I agree with Kunis, though she was insanely freaking hot in that one scene (you know which one I mean :sneaky: ). Now to get that damn Swan Lake song out of my head...
Red Cliff - 7/10: John Woo's epic, 4.5 hour period piece set in 220-280 A.D. China. Follows a warlord attempting to take over various clans and the clans joining forces to stop him. I loved the fighting in this, loved it; epic sword and spear fighting on the ground and horseback and eventually massive boat fights, these were all fantastic. Unfortunately, the story was so derivative and the dialogue and plot was eye-rollingly obvious. I was never bored (I watched part 1&2 back-to-back) because there is a good amount of fighting, but this could have been so amazingly epic if there had been better writing. Still a 6.5 though because it looked amazing and was pretty fun overall, it's just not a great film.
Enter The Void - 9/10: Gaspar Noe's most recent aurally explosive film/art piece about a young guy in Tokyo that, presumably, dies and comes back to look over his sister; shot pretty much entirely in the first person as the kid, in fact you only see his face once or twice when he's looking in a mirror and another couple of times that are spoilerific. Now, I know most people here will not see this film and probably shouldn't to be honest (I do have eclectic taste) but I thought this was a beautiful film about love, loss, betrayal, and the bonds of family. There are many graphic scenes in this film, but also so many beautiful ones; I was quite transfixed for the entire runtime; it was frantic and deafeningly loud but also subtle and quiet all at the same time. Pretty amazing.
KT
I mean it pretty much turned into a horror movie, which was great for me; I was actually reminded of Cronenberg's The Fly a lot (pulling at fingernails, funny hair-like things on her back).
Red Cliff - 7/10: John Woo's epic, 4.5 hour period piece set in 220-280 A.D. China. Follows a warlord attempting to take over various clans and the clans joining forces to stop him. I loved the fighting in this, loved it; epic sword and spear fighting on the ground and horseback and eventually massive boat fights, these were all fantastic. Unfortunately, the story was so derivative and the dialogue and plot was eye-rollingly obvious. I was never bored (I watched part 1&2 back-to-back) because there is a good amount of fighting, but this could have been so amazingly epic if there had been better writing. Still a 6.5 though because it looked amazing and was pretty fun overall, it's just not a great film.
Enter The Void - 9/10: Gaspar Noe's most recent aurally explosive film/art piece about a young guy in Tokyo that, presumably, dies and comes back to look over his sister; shot pretty much entirely in the first person as the kid, in fact you only see his face once or twice when he's looking in a mirror and another couple of times that are spoilerific. Now, I know most people here will not see this film and probably shouldn't to be honest (I do have eclectic taste) but I thought this was a beautiful film about love, loss, betrayal, and the bonds of family. There are many graphic scenes in this film, but also so many beautiful ones; I was quite transfixed for the entire runtime; it was frantic and deafeningly loud but also subtle and quiet all at the same time. Pretty amazing.
KT
