Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

Advantages: fun for all the family
Disadvantages: none

...Because my daughter loves barbie so much i decided to buy her this movie. My daughter really enjoyed watching this movie not only because it was a barbie movie but because it is also a ballet movie. Barbie swan lake is the third animated movie that has been made. PLOT ****** Barbie stars as a young bakers daughter Odette. Odette comes across a beautiful unicorn and the unicorn goes into the enchanted forest where she follows it deep into the forest. Odette gets caught by the evil wizard Rothbart who then casts a spell on odette which transforms her into a swan,although the fairy queen counters the spell Odette still ends up being a swan by day and a human by night. The evil wizard is trying to defeat his cousin the fairy queen and take over the enchanted forest and it is the job and destiny of Odette to save the enchanted... Read review

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Advantages: Lovely music and my daughters love it!!!
Disadvantages: weird CGI and swan lake now has a happy ending!!!

...My two daughters sit with faces beaming whilst watching this feature length Barbie (very pink and fluffy although a bit dark at times) CGI animated film. IF your kids like Barbie they will ADORE this. I have to say I find the animation a bit weird to say the least but then I think I have been spoilt somewhat by the latest PIXAR creations on offer. The film has the wonderful music from the ballet Swan lake and Barbie Odette and her friends go on an adventure with a unicorn and children who are turned into a skunk and a porcupine (I think!). They have defeat the evil bird man (Kelsey Grammer) and his daughter (an actress with an awful voice) as they try to get the Prince to fall for the horrible daughter. Odette is turned into a swan and needs help to break the spell so she can marry the prince and live happily ever after... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Very exciting and powerful piece of emotional hysteria
Disadvantages: If you're obsessed with classical form and beauty, then this might just be too much

...preceded this more famous overture. Tchaikovsky was a firm believer in fate (or "Fatum" as he referred it). His battle with Fatum (in a very Beethovenian sense) would be central to his entire life and this also reflected in his work. In 1868, Tchaikovsky encapsulated his beliefs in a concert overture entitled "Fatum." It was not received favourably and was not published until following the composer's death, which is understandable since the work is pretty insubstantial and mediocre. But it did serve as a foreshadowing of the composer's later Fate Symphonies. A TIME OF HARDSHIP 1877 was a year of profound unhappiness for Tchaikovsky. The premiere of his great ballet Swan Lake was a dismal failure, although the cold reception would soon turn into more favourable acceptance. His struggle with his homosexuality, something that was considered... Read review

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