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Not quite as amazing as billed but certainly not a bad film. Very striking visuals and great performance from NP.
Not sure why some of the above posters were confused by it. Its a film about a woman with mental health issues and a (quite subtly referenced) eating disorder - nothing more complicated than that.
If i put my cynical hat on for a second you could unkindly describe it as 'Natalie Portman stares in the mirror for 2 hours'....but i genuinely enjoyed it.
As mentioned a couple of very memorable scenes in there 'for the lads' shall we say
Watched it in a posh cinema which serves beer which may have addded to my enjoyment!
Not sure why some of the above posters were confused by it. Its a film about a woman with mental health issues and a (quite subtly referenced) eating disorder - nothing more complicated than that.
If i put my cynical hat on for a second you could unkindly describe it as 'Natalie Portman stares in the mirror for 2 hours'....but i genuinely enjoyed it.
As mentioned a couple of very memorable scenes in there 'for the lads' shall we say
Watched it in a posh cinema which serves beer which may have addded to my enjoyment!
) eery paranoia film.Frankeh said:
I didn't find it pretentious, but I do understand that sometimes people unwittingly mistake quality for pretentiousness when it comes to films.
I really enjoyed it and I'd recommend it to people that like film, maybe not to people who like 'movies'..
I find you quote pretentious, but I do understand that sometimes people unwittingly mistake pretentiousness for quality when it comes to films. I really enjoyed it and I'd recommend it to people that like film, maybe not to people who like 'movies'..
Swings and roundabouts
Mattt said:
It was quite amusing watching the reactions of the older women in the audience.
My 77 year old mum mentioned that when she went to see The Kings Speech, the trailer looked quite good and her and her friend might go and watch it.My daughter explained some of the scenes to her.
Mum mentioned that she might "give it a miss then"!
Bless.
StevieBee said:
Mattt said:
It was quite amusing watching the reactions of the older women in the audience.
My 77 year old mum mentioned that when she went to see The Kings Speech, the trailer looked quite good and her and her friend might go and watch it.My daughter explained some of the scenes to her.
Mum mentioned that she might "give it a miss then"!
Bless.
Struggle to see how it had a 15 rating in the first place to be honest.
Frankeh said:
okgo said:
As opposed to what? a 12?
Certainly wasn't a film worthy of an 18 cert. - Lesbian Sex
- Straight Sex
- Multiple instances of graphic violence/gore
- Themes of severe mental illness leading to violence
- Drug use
- Self mutilation
- Prolific swearing
Perhaps I'm prudish, but I'd say it was in no way suitable for a 12 year old, and I've seen much tamer 18 certificated films.
Someone told me it had originally received an "X" rating in the States - implying that it had received a rarely high rating.
youngsyr said:
Maybe things have moved on in recent years then, but from memory there was:
- Lesbian Sex
- Straight Sex
- Multiple instances of graphic violence/gore
- Themes of severe mental illness leading to violence
- Drug use
- Self mutilation
- Prolific swearing
Perhaps I'm prudish, but I'd say it was in no way suitable for a 12 year old, and I've seen much tamer 18 certificated films.
Someone told me it had originally received an "X" rating in the States - implying that it had received a rarely high rating.
You don't see any cooch or tits.- Lesbian Sex
- Straight Sex
- Multiple instances of graphic violence/gore
- Themes of severe mental illness leading to violence
- Drug use
- Self mutilation
- Prolific swearing
Perhaps I'm prudish, but I'd say it was in no way suitable for a 12 year old, and I've seen much tamer 18 certificated films.
Someone told me it had originally received an "X" rating in the States - implying that it had received a rarely high rating.
Was there that much gore? Maybe my memories shot but from what I remember that's mostly at the end.
Violence is restricted to her stabbing herself and slamming her mums hand in the door.
Swearing. Meh.
Drug taking, fair point.
phil-sti said:
did anyone laugh at the old man on the train 
i kept making that noise after
i kept making that noise after I saw it a week ago with my mum. I thought it was very good, a little disturbing in places and a little embarrassing to be sitting next to your elderly mother in others(FFS I'm in my late 40s now and can still feel like a kid!)
The other girl, with the tats on her back, did she actually exist or was it just "her dark side" trying to get out?
Edited by tonyvid on Monday 7th February 09:31
tonyvid said:
The other girl, with the tats on her back, did she actually exist or was it just "her dark side" trying to get out?
I guess you could argue it either way, but to my mind she definitely did exist, even if Nina saw her in her hallucinations at some points.Elements of the story just wouldn't make sense if she didn't exist - like being at the club with the two guys, taking the drug, having an alternate at the ballet (there would be one).
The girl did serve as a juxtaposition to Nina's perfect and naive side and as the embodiment of her dark side towards the end though, so it's not a clear cut line.
Edited by youngsyr on Monday 7th February 12:07
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