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So this is basically Swan Lake the movie?


I've never heard of it.

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Yes, it`s based on The Swan Lake. But since this movie was never that popular, it`s not strange that you`ve never heard of it.

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I loved this movie as a kid! I even dressed as Odette for Halloween in '96!

It's a really nice, non-dancing version of "Swan Lake," so you're correct. A lot of people have mistaken this for a Disney film, because it has many hallmarks of one, but it was definitely not made by Disney. Heck, it's not even a Don Bluth cartoon!

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Oh, I liked this movie when I was a kid. But frankly, I love it even more as an adult than I did as a child.

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Yes, there are just some things, like movies from childhood, that age like a fine wine :) I would be more than happy to let kids of today watch this.

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So would I :) And this is one of the things from childhood that I truly love more as an adult. But I`ve always been a nostalgic person.

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I have similar feelings about "Labyrinth." I didn't like it very much as a kid, but as an adult I've grown to appreciate it more. You could also say the same about us 90s kids who grew up during the Disney Renaissance and discovered hidden stuff in our fave Disney movies that the adults saw, but we didn't at the time, and the story is a richer experience as a result.

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Well said. But I actually liked The Swan Princess during my childhood. And yes, when I grew up, I realized the adult stuff in animated movies or TV shows that went over my head as a child. Like with Animaniacs, for example. Or with Aladdin.

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