'Black Swan' destined to be a huge Oscar winner

I can honestly say without any hesitation whatsoever that "Black Swan" is the most disturbing movie I have ever seen in my entire life. I wouldn't say it's necessarily scary, at least not for me. But, when it comes down to it, this film is about how dangerous it can be to completely surrender yourself over to a creative art.

As a writing student, I am blown away by just how visual this story is. We are seeing this story unfold from the point of view of Natalie Portman's character, prima ballerina Nina. It's obvious that she is perfect for the fragile character of the White Swan in the classic ballet "Swan Lake". However, it's playing the role of the Black Swan that she has trouble connecting with.

Her director wants her to lose control. To let the emotions take over. And that's exactly what happens. Slowly, her mind deteriorates into the personality of the Black Swan. Run purely and solely by a human's most extreme emotions. Jealously. Rage. Love. The visual markers shown to the audience that she is in fact, losing her mind are surprising, scary, and disturbing. At times, seeing an alternate form of herself in a mirror. Or an alternate ego of a fellow ballerina attacking her.

And once her director says, "The only thing in your way is yourself," that's when the Black Swan breaks free.

The most remarkable scene of the film is the Black Swan's solo, where we visually see Nina starting to grow black wings. It's so grotesquely beautiful that you can't turn away, but scary as hell.

The first brilliant aspect of this film is the writing. When it comes to exploring the depths and differences in character, this has got to be one of the most genius scripts ever written. And no one can take away from Natalie Portman and her performance in this film. She is fantastic, and in my opinion, deserves every award that they can give her. This is the performance of her career.

This film received 11 Critic's Choice nominations and I think it deserves that many Oscar nominations. Acting, directing, writing, cinematography. All of the big ones. A film cannot be this great and impacting without being masterful in almost every aspect. This is one of those films that you can break apart in every way and form in the classroom and have discussions on for weeks.

There is no doubt in my mind that "Black Swan" is the movie of the year.