1、To Be Perfect Movie Review of Black Swan The films center is young ballerina Nina Sayers, played by Natalie Portman. Nina Sayers is a woman who has dedicated herself so completely to the ballet . Cold and isolated, she has difficulty relating to people, while still retaining a purity and naivety. Sh
2、e is afraid of everything, but has no idea why. The course of Ninas restrain is her mother Erica, a former dancer who achieved only moderate success, and now puts her dream of ballet on her daughter. When it is announced that the star of the show, Beth MacIntyre (Winona Ryder) has been made to retir
3、e, the remaining dancers all compete to win the main role of the Swan Queen in the first season, a role that will bring fame for the main actor. The shows director, Thomas Leroy (Cassel), chooses Nina because of her near perfect skill of the movements, yet has serious reservations. The character of
4、the Swan Queen is divided into two roles, and while Nina can easily handle the White Swans role, Leroy worries that she may be incapable of releasing herself enough to truly become the seductive and dangerous Black Swan. In an attempt to release her passion out of her shell, Leroy begins a series of
5、 mind games that are intended to relax Nina, and challenge her. One of these challenges is taking the dancer Lily (Mila Kunis) as Ninas strong rival . Where Nina is the perfect technician without the passion, Lily is all passion with unshaped technique. As Nina attempts to express herself as the Bla
6、ck Swan, the pressure of the role begins to push herself in increasingly intense mood that result in her physical wounds. As the opening date is approaching, Nina battles an increasingly personal and psychological battle against those around her, while attempting to explore her own place in the worl
7、d. Black Swan is a worth-watching movie, excellent in orientation of its genre, choice of characters and performance of its actors.Generic categories are generally defined on the basis of subject matter, formal properties,style or affective response. According to this rule, Black Swan is classified
8、as feature film and thriller. Black Swan tells a complete fictitious story, taking feature as one of its selling points. Thriller, categorized on the basis of the effect produced on the audience, give you thrills. In the Black Swan, scenes described Nina psychological behaviors make the audience fee
9、l horrified. At the very beginning, the film flows with peace. However, as Nina mental pressure increasing day after day, her abnormal action leads the audience to a horrific world when Nina refuses to let her mother go into her room by hurting her without guilt.Characterization and performance are
10、the two of the essential aspects of any cinematic work: without characters there can be no narrative since narrative depends on characters taking action and without performance characters cannot be presented to the audience.Characters in films can be divided into three basic “functions“: main charac
11、ters, secondary characters, and minor characters. Obviously, in Black Swan, the main character, namely, the heroine, is Natalie Portman s innocent Nina while the antagonist is Mila Kunis promiscuous Lily. Nina acts trigger the chain of causes and effects that drive the plot forward. Nina finishes a
12、campaign versus Lily. We can tell easily just by looking at them. Theyre complete opposites. Usually dressed in black and sporting dark eye shadow, Lilys attire stands in contrast to Ninas white, more conservative clothing. Additionally, one of Lilys most prominent features is a large tattoo of bird
13、 wings across her back. Its fitting, because Nina seems like the kind of person who would never get a tattoo under any circumstances. If the visible antagonist is Lily, then the invisible one is the Black Swan in Nina mind. Nina has always been a White Swan, thus she is magnetized to the fascination
14、 of Black Swan. There is anther role in the filmThomas Leroy. He acts as both the mentor and the shadow. He plays an important role in road to Nina success by destroying her innocence.Characters in themselves are only part of the story, because they are nothing until they are realized in performance
15、.there is a theorist that actors have “two bodies“the performer and the character. The performance style that emphasizes the reality of the actor has been called the “presentational style“. Conversely, the style that downplays the reality of the actor has been called the “representational style“. Bo
16、th of these two styles have been precented in this film. The character Nina has a trip to the dark side. As the enormous physical and psychological pressures of the role collide with the arrival of a talented understudy (Mila Kunis) whom Nina sees as a potentially role-stealing threat, this sets up
17、Nina for a descent into blackness - and, perhaps, madness. Its a tricky role, as Portman is required to exhibit a convincing innocence and vulnerability, interrupted by jarring flashes of evil. Shes more than up to the task, delivering a performance that already is attracting award-season attention.
18、 When Nina devotes herself in practicing the role of Black Swan, not only can we see the character Nina, but the actor Natalie Portman who works hard in the film. She is Nina when she talks to her mother. She is Natalie Portman when plays a combinative role of While Swan and Black Swan, especially a
19、t the climax of the Swan Queen in the first season. Natalie Portman successes in combining herself and the character. Through Ninas metamorphosis from a shy nobody to a possessed superstar, the viewers experience the dark side of entertainment. Mind control, manipulation and immorality collide with
20、success and recognition.Style refers to the manner in which the contents of the film are presented to the audience. The style of a film is based primarily on two factorsthe cinematic shot and the editing process. The shot in Black Swan is mainly the mirror, which used to produce a visual art that is
21、 both versatile and expressive. The directors use of mirrors and reflections in numerous scenes are a constant reminder of Ninas altered perception of reality. Mirrors in the movie are often misleading and Ninas reflections seem to have a “life of their own”. As Nina becomes haunted by the Black Swan, this alternate persona takes a life of its own and acts outside of Ninas conscious control. When Nina looking at the mirror, she seems to see the Black Swan who is about to struggle out of her body.Black Swan is a profound movie that can be interpreted on many levels.
