Black Swan.

The Black Swan Poster.

Yesterday - or er... the day before yesterday was interesting. Joanne, Felicia, Hamidah and I met up.

We watched Black Swan. It was okay I guess. There was no real plot to it as far as I saw it. The movie showed a glimpse into the mind of well... I guess she was a schizophrenic.

I just thought that one particular scene was especially stupid. It just so happened that that scene was a key scene in the movie. A turning point of sorts.

Spoiler alert - so if you are planning to watch the movie, turn away now. -LOL

So here goes Natalie Portman after she's danced the role of the black swan, thinking that she's killed Mila Kunis. She hears a knock on the door. There stood outside her door a very much alive Mila. In shock, Natalie removes the towel on the floor in front of the bathroom (where she stashed Mila's body - she used that towel to soak up the blood pool left by the supposedly dead Mila)

There was no blood. She opens the bathroom door to find that there was no body inside. She ponders for a moment. Who had she stabbed with a glass shard from the broken mirror. She looks down at her stomach and sees a growing blood stain. She digs around the feathers to find a shard of glass.

She sheds a tear thinking "shit, I stabbed myself" - then goes on to dance the role of the white swan.

Meh... maybe I just over thought it. But it makes me wonder... how could she dance so well for so long without realizing that there was a glass shard in her abdomen?!

I so over thought it... but I can appreciate the art in it. I was after all a ballet dancer.