My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Black Swan (2010)

Dark films like these are so exquisite.  The ballerina-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown storyline could have turned into a weak direct-to-video kind of movie but under the excellent direction of Darren Aronofsky what we have instead is a gritty and absorbing thriller that takes its viewer on a strange, beautifully neuotic ride.  Atop this perfect storm of surreal angst is Natalie Portman's sensational performance.   She's my pick for best actress of 2010 so far; she takes this complex and melodramatic character and delivers us a living, breathing woman that's impossible to ignore.  Grade: A
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