Black Swan

It was perfect. Many aspects to unpack from this film. Anxiety inducing, disturbing and not an easy watch but its brilliant from start to finish. Natalie Portman's performance was phenomenal: sharp and freakishly beautiful. Her Oscar win was well deserved. It's my favourite performance of all time by an actress in film. She captured the experience of the "obsessed artist" so well. The score and cinematography suited so perfectly to the story of the film. I remembered first watching this when it first came out. I was young. I was just fully strucked by the performances and story. I was sick for being able to digest this at a young age and loving it lol. Throughout time, the more I watch it, I just get more anxious. Not to mention this was my go to airplane ride film back in the days💀 After the stressful last chunk of the school term, I decided to rewatch this as if I wasn't already aware how stressful this film is. Love watching it late at night too. I rewatched this last year right before finals week, which just increased my stress levels yet it kinda motivated me to do well in school.