Help me...did I miss something?

Well, Neve didn't always have the lead part, she was in the back but then a girl got hurt (I could feel her pain) and Neve got it. I also felt the pain of the older dancer and the younger boy who was fired. It wasn't only Neve's pain you were supposed to feel, it was all of the dancers.

"That's the idea. Psychos can't kill what they can't find."

I honestly didn't see any struggling. Even the injuries seemed to be very down-played. I finished watching the movie and hour ago and I'm still waiting for the climax. Well, I guess there can't be a climax when there is no plot! The dancing was amazing. That's the only thing that held this somewhat together.

I'm a dancer myself. Trust me, choreographers really aren't that happy all the time. As a matter-of-fact, they're usually pretty cranky.

My suggeestion for a good look at what it's like to be in a dance company, try "Center Stage". Much better movie...and there is a plot!

you guys didn't understand how hard it is to dance when u saw the boy John sleeping on the floor of the stage manager's apartment with 15 other dancers??!!! How can u not understand that a dancer's life is hard? Neve crying because her feet hurt so bad...wasn't ur first clue? or how about the fact that dancers are kicked out of parts that they really want while others get parts they don't deserve. U didn't see how Susan tore her Achilles tendon because she wasn't warm enough but had to perform for the Director of the company anyway? Come on...if u want fake drama...watch Center stage! (and don't get me wrong, I actually like Center Stage but a lot of that movie makes me laugh) This is a great mockumentary. I think Altman did a great illustration of the real dance world. There was no made up drama to push the story along...instead all of it was a combination of real stories from the dancers in the company put into the movie. Neve's character was actually based on Trinity from the joffrey ballet and her life story. This stuff wasn't just made up to make teenagers go Yaaayyy at the end.

I understand why some people may not be able to appreciate an aesthetically beautiful movie like this but saying that it does not show the hardships of a dancer's life is really just ignorant. But hey, ignorance is bliss for some people :-/

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I keep hearing everyone praise "Center Stage" which was at best a teenage soap opera that romanticizes and idealizes the world of dance but doesn't scratch the surface of what a dancer's life is really like.

Truly I don't think there has been a good movie about ballet with the exception of documentary films like "The Dancer", "The Children of Theatre Street" and "The Ballet Russes", in the last 20 years. "The Company is far from Altman's best film, and doesn't come close to genius work like "Gosford Park" or "MASH".

Try watching the classics like "The Red Shoes" and "The Turning Point" for real drama, and real dancing.

I don't think it's meant to convince us that a dancer's life is painful. It shows some of their difficulties and frustrations but doesn't make a melodrama out of it.


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