Look, we hate to be JoBlo about this (hey guys!), but someone’s going to write about this and make it their focus, so why not us.
Our buddy Carson Reeves over at Scriptshadow has written a script review of “Black Swan,” the supernatural ballet movie that Darren Aronofsky will hopefully be directing this fall with Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis in the lead roles.
The premise is simple: A ballerina competes against a rival dancer who may or may not be another version of herself.
But Carson, perhaps wisely, leads his review with this titillating little nugget which will probably have the Internet all a Twitter momentarily.
Can I just tell you why none of my review matters? Can I just tell you why my review is absolutely pointless? Because in this movie, Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis have sex. Yeah. You read that right. And not just nice sweet innocent sex either. We’re talking ecstasy-induced hungry aggressive angry sex. Yeah so…this movie is already on the must-see list of 2010. But how good is it? Does the story that surrounds the sex disappoint or excel?
So yeah, there’s that. But what about the actual film, a project, he notes, Aronofsky originally tried to set up at Universal in 2007, but the studio turned around on. However, recently, thanks to the success of “The Wrestler,” Portman evidently “twirled onto the project a couple of months ago and everything’s been full steam ahead since.”
So how was the quality of the script (the part that we’re supposed to now pretend we care about)? He gives it a decent grade, but not a fantastic one, noting “Black Swan” — written by Mark Heyman, from the original script penned by John McLaughlin — is a “very intriguing story with a quiet slow burn. So slow, in fact, that I nearly lost interest halfway through it.”
We don’t want to spoil, too much more of the film (be careful), but apparently there’s a rape, and the script is (shocker) “steeped in darkness.” If you want more details, head on over to Script Shadow and read the whole piece.
We like the sound of this project because it’s different from what we’re used to from Aronofsky and it’s clearly something he’s wanted to do for a long time, but we slightly worry. This thing is probably set to shoot in the fall, but, as far as we know, it’s not 100% locked in. Could a negative or slightly cool script review of a film that hasn’t started shooting effect its chances or force someone to get cold feet? Probably not, but you never know and we do sometimes wonder and worry.