No kidding!!

FR

I read this right after she said it🥲

@@scarakascarlett9792 Me too

Fun Fact: Leap is called Ballerina in Australia

OMG YES!!!

You are reading my mind. As soon as she said: "Any other animated ballet movies" my mind insantly went to "BARBIE"

Exactly! Because they use motion capture the dancing looks so much more real than when animators just replicate dance moves. I've always found the dancing in Ballerina (this movie, it's Leap in the US) is in uncanny valley, it's like they almost have bendy bones, while the Barbie movies have the control and strength of real dancing.

​@@definitelynotalizard honestly the 12 dancing princesses video showing the motion capture of real ballet dancers was amazing Like it never felt like something no human would be able to do, it always felt grounded in ballet reality which is so appreciated in animated ballet content

Yes! Please! She could could do an entire series on just these movies alone.

Same I'm not a dancer, and I loved this movie. Then I tried to do some of the moves and stuff, (Don't worry i didn't ACTUALLY go en pointe) And I looked really dumb

Whats worse is she overshadows the girl who literally worjed years to obtain the muscle strength, stretchiness and balance. Blondie was legit doing weights while redhead just suddenly becomes the best because...belief. no other reason. Hard work out the window

@@LilyUnicorn Yeah that infuritates me too. I'm not even a dancer

@@LilyUnicorn I interpret the point of the blonde as buying your way into things because you can. Plus her mom was pushing her into everything. She was good because her mom made her do it. At the very end she decides to do it because she wants to.

I agree. And I've danced and know a lot of dancers, and very few have anything positive to say about a movie that throws the years-long dedication and hard work it takes out the window for the trope of "just BELIEVE and you can do it in a week."

I remember furiously searching for "ballerina movie" when it was coming out in the US because they kept pushing the release date back and I didn't want to miss it. I didn't realize they changed the title, too. XD

Samev

In France too 🥰

Yeah I was confused why she called it that

@JasonShana Family I understand, but sorry I am still well placed to know that in France the film is called Ballerina 😂 I have the DVD at home! It happens regularly that the names of films change according to the country, like Frozen in English which becomes "La reine des neiges" in France 😉

What move?

@@alwaysenpointe4734 the huge jump off of the large flight of stairs

@@krislagrada3656 oh okay thanks

That part is the biggest WTF. I wish more dancers would talk about the ridiculous aspects of this movie.

That move is called break your ankles AND knees

fr though Ballett dance battles should be a thing 😂

The most ridiculous part I can't get past is the initial training scene, when the main character learns how to land quietly and how to turn without getting dizzy... All her instructor-friend needed to tell her was, "land gradually from toe to heel," and "there's this technique called spotting." I understand they wanted to make this all dramatic, which was absolutely fun to watch, but having been a dancer myself, the way that was approached was WAY over-complicated. The writers should've chosen to do that dramatic scene with different moves...maybe I could've learned something new.

​@@NightWink129I think the target audience is really young, like barely starting dance classes if that old. My daughter LOVED this movie, and she watched it often from around 18 months until 3 years old. At that age, it's about the impression of ballet with some feelings mixed in to tell the story. It's also why they went so over the top with the "bad guy" mom. It's not supposed to be realistic at all. It was perfect for the super young kids, not so much for anyone with more than a couple years of training.

honestly, while i agree and hate the trope, i cant deny its a bit accurate, though very over-exaggerated. ive met a lot of petty dancers. the best example i can give is the time my friend and i competed in YAGP. now, we were the first competitors, on the first day of the 3 day competition and it was our first competition ever. i am also NOT a morning person, so this was already a stressful experience. at yagp, you get something called open stage. a 15-20 minute period, where all the dancers from your 'block' (which is a lotttt of dancers), all just get lumped together on the small stage, and attempt to space their dances. the issue? well, imagine 20+ dancers, all marking ( or doing full out if you were one of _those girls_ ) different dances, spinning in opposite directions, and just general havoc. nowhere was safe, everyone hits everyone. if you want to space properly, you gotta fight for it. and two 14 year old girls at their _first ever competition,_ were not about to fight for space and get in the way. you then get told to clear the stage when the time is up and then the competition starts. however, sometimes dances are allowed 5-10 minutes, alone on stage, for spacing (mostly for group dances). my teacher asked for us to have time to space, so my friend and i, being the first competitors, and a duo, were allowed 5 minutes. so we went back out on the stage. the dancers in the wings were waving their hands around, folding their arms, rolling their eyes, shaking their heads and glaring at us. pissed off, wondering _why_ we were still on the stage when they had been told to clear. the girls all adopted this insanely smug expression when a stage helper came up onto the stage. we went to get off, thinking our time was up, but she waved her hand at us and told us "oh no sweeties! youre fine, dont worry youve got time" and then left to continue talking to my teacher. so, we continued. after we competed, we went off into the wings and these girls are those most TWO FACED girls ever. we get off and their all _ohhhh you did so beautifullll, great job :)_ and im just thinking to myself like.......ooookay. thanks... i guess. but i am not the kind of person to say anything and neither was my friend, though she didnt see them as well as i did as she face facing the opposite direction at the time. i decided to just wish them good luck and left. as we did, i heard one girl say "ugh, what a b-tch." thanks for that linda

like we didnt threaten each other, we just didnt like each other and everyone knew

@ratratboi Pardon my French, but what a bunch of two-timing twats. Obviously what you guys were doing was a normal, regulatory thing. They should've just minded their own business and kept preparing backstage. I was gonna say to let me know their names, so I know who NOT to support, but I understand if so much time has passed or if you don't recall their names or something.

@MissAlexisP Dude, there were so many toxic people in my old studio before I left. And many people were leaving to move onto college or move into a different place, so I nearly ended up being the only person in my level. The two girls who joined me (and their mother) had a bizarre vendetta against my family, and therefore me, for no known reason. That was hell until I quit because of an injury and never returned.

the movie is honestly pretty sad. you’ll need to watch it to understand what was wrong with camille (the blonde haired girl). it’s cringe but has a deep backstory.

Thanks for this! I saw the thumbnail and was really confused bc i know it as ballerina!

Girl it literally takes place in France 2 or 1 centuries ago, are you really expecting a “less” white character when 80% of France is white?? The girl could have been black, yeah, but there’s literally no necessity at all. And almost all of the characters are extremely thin except 2, it’s usually a type of body animation for characters that appears in many movies

She’s an orphan? She didn’t get fed extreme amounts?

representation in film is great but i really don't see how the main character's race is relevant at all to the story..? and being thin is a huge standard in the ballet industry so it's not really some big deal that she's thin

@udkel jdkla if it took place 100 years ago in the 1920s, or 200 years ago in the 1820s, that still doesn’t explain the red haired character wearing shorts over leggings. The designers clearly cared little enough for historical accuracy. Of course, that’s leaving aside the fact that there were people of color in all echelons of society all over Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries, and long before.

Same here in Australia.

So the names are a country to country thing

omg same with Australia i was so confused lol

i prefer our name than 'leap'

thank you so much for this oh my god. i used to dance ballet but i ended up stopping because of inflammed bones in my feet, and it honestly pissed me off so bad that miss main character could go on pointe as soon as she got to the opera when everyone else trains years for it. i feel like the story would have been better off if it revolved around the blonde girl, because her story is way more realistic. it's much more relatable to see a girl who works hard at what she does because she's forced to and then who discovers her true passion for ballet later

kind of off topic but that girl was voiced by maddie ziegler?? it's been so so many years since I first saw this movie and I just found out about this today

LEGIT Camille wins the part fairly and Felicie comes back at her like she was the rightful dancer of that part and Camille cheated or something, while Camille just showed up with proper training and rest while Felicie chose to neglect those things on her own will. Then she "beats" her at the dance battle with some random moves and Camille gives her the part because she has passion, weirdest movie plot

Also the fact that the movie sets it in the 1880s-ish and then the style for about 95% of the movie is 1980s.

Maybe it's because I'm a jaded adult, but even though I'd never heard of this movie before right now, just from that clip alone, I'd have to say the movie looks pretty stupid...

Mackenzie said she wanted to collab with Josephine.... we need to make it happen

I know, right?? Are you listening Josephine??

do you know where i can see the videos??

@@ashleygarcia7822 Absolutely. Most of what I've watched is the bonus footage that came with the movie. Some of it's uploaded on the Gaumont channel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mrqFh6aprbStmY0.html turn on CCs and then click the cog to translate from French.

Oh wow!

YESSS

That means last year i think

@@JhxnddeliiLikesGreen22 ?

I’m 20 and honestly I’m thinking of just learning at home, I don’t think it’s ever too late to pursue a passion

@@autumn3884 I'm 13

Yep I wanted to be one since I was young I’m in ballet now it’s so fun I’m also 13

@@jessfidler2356 you're so lucky I bet your a beautiful ballerina. I wanted to be a ballerina since I was young too but where I live does nothing with ballet.

@@n.i.c.k.e.b.a I’m sorry. You can do it one day

The movie is so good 👁️👄👁️ I've watched it for many times

It was so much longer than a week. Not long enough but much longer than a week or two.

@@RTCPhotoWork no cos that class thing was a week long

Same!!