Showing posts with label Black Swan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black Swan. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The 2011 Year In Review
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Movie Review: Black Swan (2010)
Black Swan
My shadow's...shedding skin
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel
Rated R for strong sexual content, drug use, disturbing imagery, dangerous levels of Mila Kunis sassiness
Darren Aronofsky is a director who seems to love to explore the dark side of human nature. And there's a whole lot of that to explore. Humans are dark, dark creatures. Every malignant storyline, villain, monster, and atrocious real-world act in our recorded history was the creation of human beings. It's easy for us to pawn off our dark side on the orcs and demons of our creation in stories, and on some deeper level it probably makes us feel better about ourselves. Countless video games have a villain who turns out to be under mind control by a demon; often they even turn out to be a demon themselves. We need to absolve ourselves of blame whenever possible, and any game directed at children will likely have a really hard time letting actual people be villains. This is why I have particularly high respect for Final Fantasy VI allowing Kefka to be just a really, really evil man. Because in the real world, the buck stops with us whether we like it or not.
My shadow's...shedding skin
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel
Rated R for strong sexual content, drug use, disturbing imagery, dangerous levels of Mila Kunis sassiness
Darren Aronofsky is a director who seems to love to explore the dark side of human nature. And there's a whole lot of that to explore. Humans are dark, dark creatures. Every malignant storyline, villain, monster, and atrocious real-world act in our recorded history was the creation of human beings. It's easy for us to pawn off our dark side on the orcs and demons of our creation in stories, and on some deeper level it probably makes us feel better about ourselves. Countless video games have a villain who turns out to be under mind control by a demon; often they even turn out to be a demon themselves. We need to absolve ourselves of blame whenever possible, and any game directed at children will likely have a really hard time letting actual people be villains. This is why I have particularly high respect for Final Fantasy VI allowing Kefka to be just a really, really evil man. Because in the real world, the buck stops with us whether we like it or not.
Monday, January 3, 2011
2010 Year In Review: The Top Ten Movies of 2010 That I Watched, Among Other Things
2010. A year I'm not all that fond of. Well, half of it was good. I could make it a year in review of my depressing and/or awesome personal life, but no one gives a damn. I'll just say this... The mind can make a heaven of hell, or a hell of heaven. Life doesn't suck, it's the perception that can suck. It really is what we make of it.
I was going to do a Top 10 Games of 2010 That I Finished list...
...then I realized I've only beaten three 2010 games in the calendar year. I may do game reviews and all that, but the fact is I am a few years behind on my games.
I can't very well do a Top 3 Games Of 2010 That I Finished list.
3. Metroid Other M
2. God of War 3
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2
...okay, I guess I can. But it makes more sense to do a movie list, given how much time I spent at the movies this year, reviewing things for various papers. So I'll do that, and talk about the year in entertainment. Things I liked this year, and whatnot. Let's go.
I was going to do a Top 10 Games of 2010 That I Finished list...
...then I realized I've only beaten three 2010 games in the calendar year. I may do game reviews and all that, but the fact is I am a few years behind on my games.
I can't very well do a Top 3 Games Of 2010 That I Finished list.
...okay, I guess I can. But it makes more sense to do a movie list, given how much time I spent at the movies this year, reviewing things for various papers. So I'll do that, and talk about the year in entertainment. Things I liked this year, and whatnot. Let's go.
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