Barbie of Swan Lake
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Movie Reviews of Barbie of Swan Lake
Movie Review: Not nearly as good as the swan princess
Summary: 3 Stars
Even though my daughters enjoy this movie it still doesn't compare to the original movie the Swan Princess. Barbie of Swan lake has its own uniqueness when it comes to a story line. Its not a bad movie in itself and it is in some way educational when it comes to the different ballets dances. The extra features on the dvd about the Star consolations are a lot of fun. All in all the dvd is worth giving a try but still an aquired taste.
Movie Review: Very good
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a very good adaptation of the superb Tchaikovsky ballet, with an entertaining story and vivid characters. The gorgeous music and ballet theme make this movie a MUST for all aspiring ballerinas. The graphics are beautiful, though the animation in all Barbie movies is fairly primitive. Also, don't miss our favorite Barbie movies: Princess and the Pauper and Rapunzel.Movie Review: Gave it 2 stars, cuz my 2 y/o daughter LOVES this movie
Summary: 2 Stars
Ok, it's 2003 when this movie was released, & it actually seems like we're watching a movie dated 1990...the computer graphics are THAT TERRIBLE, I mean come on, in 2003, Toy Story was made in 1995, & this is 8 years later, you'd think that the producers of this movie would have used at least CGI 2.0 rather than CGI 0.01...SERIOUSLY THE GRAPHICS ARE THAT HORRIFIC! The producers of this movie splurged on getting Kelsy Grammer, & the LSO to preform, they only had enough budget to use some JR High school kids as a side project, in some thrid world country, to animate this picture, using Comodore 64's, Amigas or hell, maybe even Tandy's!
But besided that, the music, is just splendid, after all, it's the London Symphony Orchestra that's playing the score from P.I. Tchaikosvsky...
Given that the music was good, the GCI bad, the voice acting was go hand in hand with the GCI, BAD, BAD, BAD...
But as I said, my 2 y/o duaghter LOVES this movie & I am tortured by seeing this movie OVER & OVER & OVER AGAIN...They need to add this as an illegal torture device, just so that any POW won't suffer what I have...or maybe we just need to use PSYOP campaigns, & infiltrate this type of DVD in terrorist home countries, & they'd be BEGGING to come to the US to be brought to Justice...
And I am absolutly surprised that Disney & Harry Potter are getting all the scrutiny about satanic influences, & yet Here's Barbie, the biggest name in 12" dolls, & NOT A PEEP from religious RW nutjobs bemoaning the satanic influence contained within this movie...maybe it's because this was released Direct to Video & not nationwide, & the RRWNJ wouldn't get any recognition for trying to boycott DTOV movies...HMMMMM, makes you wonder...
Movie Review: Coming after Rapunzel, a disappointment
Summary: 2 Stars
Coming off what I felt to be a very well done adaptation of the Rapunzel story, I felt Swan Lake to be a serious disappointment. The characters in this story are very different from it's predicessor. Odette's friends are hardly likable, the only exception being an amusing troll. The story line is disjunct and the computer animation (especially the children dancing)is rather poor and awkward. Gothbart the villian, is voiced wonderfully by Kelsey Grammer and is the only exceptional part of this production. Odelle (Gothbart's daughter and Odette's antithesis) is simply appauling in concept, pushing offensive, and it is difficult to watch the interaction between the two without feeling somewhat disturbed by the contrast. Sadly, I feel that this represents a poor general effort on the part of the creators and am left to wonder why they waisted their time on such a weak project.
Rapunzel is the way to go. The story line is well done and truly uplifting.
Movie Review: Good story, not enough dancing, too mature-oriented for kids
Summary: 2 Stars
I really liked the story, it's a different take on Tchaikovsky's original story line, with a much better core and ending. Most of the characters were well-developed and likeable, but with the exception of Barbie/Odette and Odile which I think needed a bit more depth and character.
The motion-capture performed by NYC dancers were exceptional, but the disappointment was that there was actually very little dancing.
The character models did not seem age-appropriate, it was something for more mature or teen audiences, I would definitely not recommend this as a kids movie, especially young girls who can get the wrong impression about thinness.
The computer rendering of the scenes seemed rather poor for a movie produced in 2003, there was also an major absence of shading/shadows which was very noticeable.