tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240342071129527298.post7524046423573765840..comments2024-03-06T07:57:09.149-08:00Comments on Ballet With Leigh - Los Angeles: A couple of addenda to my movie post...Leigh Purtillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07095828994683533162noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240342071129527298.post-41330862689508595592010-12-16T16:43:34.803-08:002010-12-16T16:43:34.803-08:00MD Young, this is exactly my point: too many easy ...MD Young, this is exactly my point: too many easy stereotypes get perpetuated by these movies and TV shows. I do, however, want to see Black Swan. :)Leigh Purtillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095828994683533162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240342071129527298.post-6909750406734835102010-12-16T11:19:43.750-08:002010-12-16T11:19:43.750-08:00The Powell-Pressburger "Red Shoes" (1948...The Powell-Pressburger "Red Shoes" (1948) inspired an entire generation of girls to become ballerinas.<br /><br />"Black Swan" is likely to have the opposite effect. Scrape off the film's heebie-jeebie folderol and you're left with this: Become a dancer, go mad.MD Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240342071129527298.post-40156171163427729732010-12-16T11:12:23.845-08:002010-12-16T11:12:23.845-08:00Darren Aronofsky's movie starring Natalie Port...Darren Aronofsky's movie starring Natalie Portman as an increasingly unhinged ballerina gets points for being unlike anything else that's out there.<br /><br /><br />But being different isn't the same thing as being good. Watching this willfully deranged quasi-horrorfest, I would gratefully have chucked it all for a revival of "The Red Shoes," which was also pretty flagrant, though less deranged.<br /><br />-By Peter Rainer, Film critic / December 3, 2010MD Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240342071129527298.post-20175142126611719932010-12-12T22:39:04.069-08:002010-12-12T22:39:04.069-08:00hello,
it's inge again.
no dancing!?.
so she ...hello, <br />it's inge again.<br />no dancing!?.<br />so she didn't really dance. <br />how disappointing.<br />she said in an interview that she had trained so hard, blah, blah, blah. <br />but, another ballet teacher said that actors are just drama queens anyway.<br /><br />well, good thing i didn't see it, unless my psyho-thriller fan buddy forces me to go.<br /><br />well, now back to reading...i need to read and learn to enjoy books more; besides, it's very bore here.<br /><br />See you on 12/28 at 6:30; and 12/24 and 12/31...hopefully enough people say yes.<br /><br />-i/one of your funny,haha, students.<br />:-.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240342071129527298.post-42385614429231386352010-12-12T20:52:22.842-08:002010-12-12T20:52:22.842-08:00Inge,
I didn't know Natalie Portman had train...Inge,<br /><br />I didn't know Natalie Portman had trained when she was a young girl. A friend told me there actually wasn't that much dancing in it, which isn't surprising unless they wanted to use a body double a la Flashdance.<br /><br />Btw, I heard that some studio is going to remake Footloose! Bring on the dancers!Leigh Purtillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095828994683533162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6240342071129527298.post-67873976113847986562010-12-11T21:52:26.974-08:002010-12-11T21:52:26.974-08:00hello,
it's a pscho thriller, some called it s...hello,<br />it's a pscho thriller, some called it scary movie. i almost did not want to see it, but many have told me that there are good dancing scenes; so i maybe go. <br /><br />on another note, Ms. Portman started training for this movie 10 years ago, when she quit ballet at 12 or 15; and she said that it was days long training from classes to gym everyday(endurances and weights trainings)etc. and all that gave her a new respect towards ballet dancers. yes, hats off to you all ballerinas!!!<br /><br />thank for teaching us this amazing athletic art; as well as in educating us about writing well. <br /><br />gn<br />-i/one of your fans...hehe :-.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com