i watch this movie after see it on broadway . i love the broadway musical and i love the movie . i watch the movie like it be not relate to the broadway show . i be an avid reader and have see what happen to most book when they be turn into movie and so i develop a philosophy really early . assume that the movie be go to be base on the book ( or musical in this case ) but that while the story line may be similar it will not be the same and it will be different so watch it for what it be . i dance for 12 year before i have to make a choice . i be a good dancer ( pick up chorus work in local production a a child etc ) but i wasn not super talented . i be however super talented a a show rider . i be tell by my dance instructor and my trainer ( who i spend several month a year at his farm out of state ) that i have to make a choice when i turn 14. that i need to move up from dance two hour four five day a week and rid 3 hour a day 7 day a week . and dedicate to one or the other . so i dearly love dance and i love this movie and a lot of the other ballet and dance movie . i just choose to watch this movie for what it be and it be a great movie about raw emotion and human interaction . it be about the power of anticipation and heartbreak when you work really hard to get something you want and you just do not get it . i love the movie . i love the broadway musical .