I was willing to give the mirror thing a pass; ballet is all about image and looking in mirrors. But I agree about lesbianism and narcissism. You can have straight sex and be a narcissist, too! Honestly! I love your thoughts on Lily too.
Nina had so many of my own flaws and habits and obsessions, down to the nervous scratching, that it was actually a little uncomfortable to watch her downward spiral.
Oh my god, this, so much. I didn't talk about it in my review post because it was a little too public, but I do something very similar to the scratching, and I've been doing it a lot lately. And the perfectionist streak is definitely like me. It's a good thing I've been in a relatively good mood today, or the movie would've been really hard to watch.
It's a good thing I've been in a relatively good mood today, or the movie would've been really hard to watch.
Yeah, I was thinking the exact same thing as I was leaving the theater. Aronofsky has this way of making me feel upset and unnerved for at least a week after watching one of his films, but strangely enough, I think the fact that I related to Nina made it easier for me to handle this time around...
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I was willing to give the mirror thing a pass; ballet is all about image and looking in mirrors. But I agree about lesbianism and narcissism. You can have straight sex and be a narcissist, too! Honestly! I love your thoughts on Lily too.
Nina had so many of my own flaws and habits and obsessions, down to the nervous scratching, that it was actually a little uncomfortable to watch her downward spiral.
Oh my god, this, so much. I didn't talk about it in my review post because it was a little too public, but I do something very similar to the scratching, and I've been doing it a lot lately. And the perfectionist streak is definitely like me. It's a good thing I've been in a relatively good mood today, or the movie would've been really hard to watch.
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Yeah, I was thinking the exact same thing as I was leaving the theater. Aronofsky has this way of making me feel upset and unnerved for at least a week after watching one of his films, but strangely enough, I think the fact that I related to Nina made it easier for me to handle this time around...
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