ChillFans Introduces You to The Movie Soup

As many of you know, ChillSet is about more than just music. We like to dabble in everything: wine, poetry, lingerie, fine art, astronomy, cricket, modeling, foreign teas, more modeling, vinyl siding, and perhaps most importantly, Academy Award-winning cinema.

For the past several years, Mr. Scott Fovel (AKA Mr. Bisque) has been running a website called TheMovieSoup.com, dedicated to his first true love - judging others, specifically those contending for the Oscars. So without further delay, I am proud to present an article published by Mr. Bisque on his soupy website. And if you can figure out his bat-shit-crazy rating system for judging movies (something about gilded spoons and convex tin forks, idk), I'll buy you a banana. Visit his site often. Encourage him. He needs this. And it's the only way I can get him out of the house on Saturday mornings.

From TheMovieSoup.com:

BOOO!!!! I scare you? BLAH!!! I scare you again? Good…

…and now have some soup:

Black Swan (2010) is this year’s most unique film, depicting the haunting true story of a ballet dancer chosen to perform the lead role in Tchaikovsky’s famous, “Swan Lake.” Aronofsky captures the dark magnificence that lies within intense perfectionists, envious family members, and the vicious competition among dancers. Portman is brilliant!” –Mr. Bisque

Ok, here’s the rub. This film scared the crap out of me AND everyone else I know. Why? Because it’s creepy as hell! The sound mixing was eerie, the camera work peculiar, the music phenomenally suspenseful, and the direction was perfect. Let me say it again… perfect. I repeat this because it’s a re-occurring theme throughout the film. Not that I actually think the direction was “perfect,” but it’s an important theme that is communicated to the viewers in many subtle ways such as the sound of Portman’s panicky breathing, the sound of glass crunching against dancing shoes, or the sweet sound of Meg Griffin licking some vag. (ok, not the last one.) Without a doubt, the concentration and discipline of a ballet dancing perfectionist is overwhelming, but it’s the last third of the road trip to perfection that is flat-out frightening. Too much gumption will always make you lose it…and fast.

Portman’s character is naturally a White Swan. But, in order to perform the Black Swan…she must become the Black Swan. So how does she relate to the daughter of an evil magician? It’s worth it to find out.

4 Golden Spoons!

Oscar Predictions:
Natalie Portman – Best Actress in a leading role – Win