Oh! I forgot to mention, Luca and I saw Black Swan over the weekend. I have to say, I really really liked it, but then, I'm partial to movies and TV shows about female athletes. I love watching their bodies work.
I also am not fond of Natalie Portman as an actress, nor the uptight prissy OCD goody-goody she played at the beginning of the movie. I enjoyed watching her unravel mentally.... not because I think psychosis is cool, but because during that process she also grew a spine and developed a personality, and her art was brought to a new level.
Anyway, I know people either love or hate that movie, and some people were really disturbed by the skin picking (nasty!). Anyone else have an opinion? My husband knows better than to disagree about this sort of thing. :-)
In the same vein, I've discovered Make it or Break it on Netflix, which is a show about bitchy female gymnasts. AWESOME!! I love it. If you liked Bring it On, or other movies in that same genre, you will love this too.
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I liked it! I went hunting for internet theories about it, and there's some really disturbing-yet-persuasive ideas about her mother's role.
The skin picking definitely grossed me out. I wish it didn't, but... yech!
I adored Black Swan! I watched it during psychiatry last semester. Such a good movie. I'll have to check out that show- bring it on was my favorite movie in high school/early college.
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