I'd like to give you a taste of how jumpy these two girls were. Remember the scene where Nina's mom cuts her nails? My two viewing buddies FLIPPED out. Don't you girls get your nails done on the reg? Haven't you used scissors before? Why is this scene producing so much anxiety? Good hygiene is apparently a touchy subject.
I'd like to provide more similar anecdotes, but I can't. You see, once the movie really took off (took off, like took flight, like what birds do, like what swans do) none of us really watched it. We took my scarf, unraveled it, and then draped it across all of our faces. We essentially paid $11.50 a pop to watch the backside of my musty old scarf for 35+ minutes.
Anyway, the picture was truly moving, and Ms. Natalie deserves all the bread crumbs in the world. And Mila deserves an award for Most Likely to Play Herself in Any Film or Television Production (that is, if she can beat out Jennifer Aniston).
Oh, and also, while driving home, I wrote the lyrics to a remix of Firework:
Baby you're a Black Swan,
Go on put your crown on.
Gotta make 'em appla-a-aud,
As you swim across the po-po-ond.
