Lane said this: 'They wanted to create this idea in people's minds that Natalie was some kind of prodigy or so gifted in dance and really worked so hard to make herself a ballerina in a year and a half for the movie, basically because of the Oscar. It is demeaning to the profession and not just to me. I've been doing this for 22 years…. Can you become a concert pianist in a year and a half, even if you’re a movie star?

I mean, from a professional dancer's standpoint, she doesn't look like a professional ballet dancer at all and she can't dance in pointe shoes'

Do you agree with her?

I said this a while ago on another site - I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle. I have no doubt that Natalie Portman did some of the dancing, and I have no doubt that she also didn't do all of it. My attitude was that I can't see what Natalie and Darren etc gained from lying to everyone about it. Some people argued that it boosted the image of the film. I just don't think that is the case. When I heard that Natalie did some of the dancing, I was like "Meh, that's cool." But I never believed or didn't believe in how much of the dancing was done by Natalie. Maybe it's because I'm not a dancer, but the dancing in the film just doesn't interest me much at all, in terms of the technical side. Natalie's acting did. If they CGI'd her acting, I'd be pissed off. But whether or not she did the dancing doesn't impact upon the quality of the movie.

I guess if you watch the movie with some knowledge of dance, you might be offended by such a lie. But I think the issue here is that a hard-working ballerina is pissed off that her work isn't being credited. That is wrong. She should be credited for her work. But I do think that maybe she was venting about that a little. I truely do not think that them all lying about how much of the dancing Natalie did would be of much gain to them at all. I don't know anyone who believed that Natalie did as much as they claimed, and I don't know anyone who even cared.

So I think the Natalie/Darren side probably over-sold Natalie's dancing, while Sarah Lane hyperbolised a little. At the end of the day, this issue doesn't even remotely effect how I feel about the movie or Natalie's performance in it. Movie people lie all the time. If we got over-excited by every movie lie, no one would like any movies ever.

^ Long enough for ya? Sheesh, shut up! LOL.

EDIT: Actually, I need to say one more thing, that was actually the who point of my argument but I forgot because I just blabbered on and on...

My main point was supposed to be that this all came out in the public the week before the dvd was released in America. Coincidence? No way. It stirred up more interest and publicity for the movie and the dvd release. That, to me, is the biggest factor here. Sarah Lane, Darren Arronofsky, Mila Kunis, the studio etc could have brought this up at any point, but they choose the week of the dvd release? Every article I read about it ended with a reminder that the dvd was to be released at the end of March! Transparent marketing ploy. I think that there is an element of truth to it, but ultimately it is a nice little controversy to push up their dvd sales.

Of course.
Why? Because you just can't go around telling everyone that you danced the movie. Natalie really did work hard and she danced 80% of the movie. It's another thing for Sarah to want to win a award just for dancing. YOU CAN'T WIN IT JUST FOR DANCING.
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I think Sarah Lane forgets that Natalie used to dance ballet when she was little.
Of course she didn't do everything in the movie! That's insane! She's an actress, not a professional dancer. Why would you even care if she didn't everything by herself? And FYI, does she think they gave Natalie the Oscar just because of the dancing? Then obviously she didn't pay any attention to the movie itself, its story and Natalie's incredible acting performance.

Darren: “Here is the reality. I had my editor count shots. There are 139 dance shots in the film. 111 are Natalie Portman untouched. 28 are her dance double Sarah Lane. If you do the math that’s 80% Natalie Portman. What about duration? The shots that feature the double are wide shots and rarely play for longer than one second. There are two complicated longer dance sequences that we used face replacement. Even so, if we were judging by time over 90% would be Natalie Portman.

And to be clear Natalie did dance on pointe in pointe shoes. If you look at the final shot of the opening prologue, which lasts 85 seconds, and was danced completely by Natalie, she exits the scene on pointe. That is completely her without any digital magic. I am responding to this to put this to rest and to defend my actor. Natalie sweated long and hard to deliver a great physical and emotional performance. And I don’t want anyone to think that’s not her they are watching. It is.”

And FYI, does she think they gave Natalie the Oscar just because of the dancing? Then obviously she didn't pay any attention to the movie itself, its story and Natalie's incredible acting performance. I totally agree! The movie is not about the dance scenes,it's about the story Natalie told us,about the pressure and perfection.

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I have enough of this.
Not gonna comment why I chose THIS.

80% was Natalie's performance. plus the movie is not only about dancing.
tho' i think they should have written something about Sarah Lane dancing some parts.