tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post8580327244901726793..comments2024-03-24T20:15:00.996-04:00Comments on Critic After Dark: Oscar hoo-hah: Black Swan and True GritNoel Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-25822236586056400832011-02-28T19:51:24.615-05:002011-02-28T19:51:24.615-05:00I don't know about nice--word is he's a re...I don't know about nice--word is he's a real butthole--but he is in my book oversensitive and badly in need of a Quaalude, maybe a whole bottle. Suddenly I wonder if it's Portman's character that needs to get laid. <br /><br />Thanks for the input. One thing I think that distinguishes these wannabes from the greats: there's a greater sense of control. Maybe not full control, maybe not consistent control, but they've got a better handle on their material. Probably bullshit observation, but that's my gut reaction.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-8898859160589034902011-02-28T00:24:34.740-05:002011-02-28T00:24:34.740-05:00Nice one with SWAN, Noel. Just when you hear whis...Nice one with SWAN, Noel. Just when you hear whispers in local quarters that the young dudes are nipping at your cleats, you "throwdown" with this piece and show why you're perennially the lead runner in the critical relay race, he, he. I think I'm on the same page with you on this film. Though I throughly enjoyed it, talking about it in the same breath as the greats seems premature. Based on his oeuvre, Aronofsky comes across as a nice, sensitive guy with good taste-- and, in this case at least, those attributes might have held him back in creating something truly demented and visionary (and for the times!), say, on the level of Cronenberg or Polanski. But that might be expecting too much in this day and age, he, he. Some will say Portman won the dang Oscar, so shut up already(!). That's them talking...ricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13159962742460749699noreply@blogger.com