#barbie in rock'N royals

[cerisia76]

The difference between Barbie movies songs in French and in English is so surprising sometimes... and I wish I could talk about the french versions with someone because I love them SO MUCH and they are really underrated by the Barbie community around the world 😭

If you wanna discover Barbie songs in French don't hesitate to come talk to me I'd love to share it with you

[azural83]

I really liked Courtney's and Finn's relationship,unlike lady anne he was actually nice to courtney and encouraged her to be a musician

Look at his proud dad face when she shows up!

[nadi1a]

Barbie in Rock'n Royals is one of the most criminally underrated movies. Every song is awesome and a lot of the characters are really good. I also really love Finn and Anne's relationship.

[l1ght-0f-y0ur-l1fe]

So I'm watching every barbie movie. And for those saying the newer ones are bad are wrong, in my opinion. They are still good just because they are t apart of your childhood doesn't make them bad.

Plus 'barbie & her sisters in the great puppy adventure' was the start of the barbie movies in a new era, hence why 'barbie in rock'N royals' was the last barbie movie where barbie plays a character/barbie is an actress.

However I do believe that barbies Character in 'barbie: star light adventure' should not have been called barbie, due to the fact that her character was not barbie!

[classic-barbie-movie-tournament]

ROUND ONE

[riveramorylunar]

My favorite Barbie movies in order

1. Barbie In Rock'n Royals

2. Barbie Starlight Adventure

3. Barbie Princess Charm School

4. Barbie A Fashion Fairytale

5. Barbie and The Three Musketeers

6. Barbie Spy Squad

7. Barbie & Her Sisters in the Great Puppy Adventure

8. Barbie Video Game Hero

9. Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses

10. Barbie In The Pink Shoes

11. Barbie & the Diamond Castle

[nessa007]

I don't know if it's just me but Taylor's latest song, "Is It Over Now?" sounds to me like a bit of mix of "Only One Breath Away" from "Barbie Mariposa and The Fairy Princess" and "Raise Our Voices" from "Barbie Rock'n Royals" but listen for yourself and tell what you think, maybe I'm just reading too much into it idk

https://youtu.be/_4H_tgKeWJ8?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/4TF6J5JVb8I?feature=shared

i can kinda hear it a little bit with only one breath away, with the vocals

[barbiemovies]

Barbie: The Princess & The Popstar (2012) // Barbie in Rock’n Royals (2015)

[mj-fleurx]

When summer is almost over, princess Olivia, Sloane and Erika Juno want to share with you a little drop of warm.

Barbie in Rock’n Royals fanart. Click on links for a better image resolution (+ wallpaper if you want).

[lgbtbarbie]

can’t wait to jam by the lake so many memories to make

[takaraphoenix]

Review: Rock’n Royals

I actually liked this one. Definitely better than the last two that were kind of disappointing. This whole American thing of summer camps absolutely fascinates me.

Granted, just looking at the title I got a bit confused because this could as well be the title of The Princess and the Popstar and if we’re being very focused on outline, they’re kind of the same in that a popstar and a princess switch life-experience for a while, the princess embraces her inner musician and in the end they band together to save well the camps or the kingdom, respectively.

And it had that same little thing as The Princess and the Popstar that bothered me. The whole “oh yeah princesses casually can use magic but it doesn’t actually affect the world, they just change hair color and clothes at will”... As mentioned in that review; magic existing should fundamentally shape your world-building, if it’s just a gimmick casually thrown in in a way that could be replaced with non-magic actions (-> getting changed like a normal person), then maybe you don’t need magic in your movie because you’re not using it right.

It was fun, with the usual “she has a rival who is mean but then they experience something together and the rival sees the error in her ways” plotline times two, since the princess and the popstar both got one!

The camp rivalry and how it was solved was cute.

[lavernawiper]

Guys, Barbie: Rock’n Royals is SO gay and I love it. Erica and Courtney absolutely have a meet-cute at the beginning, they literally learn how to make magical rainbows float over their heads at one point, they hold hands for a good two seconds too long when they shake hands and then take a (romantic) walk on the beach and talk about life and support each other, and the movie ends with them singing a song about how they’re “meant to be”. Brilliant.

(I mean it’s not quite as gay as Starlight Adventure, but I’ll take whatever I can get)

[nadi1a]

Lady Anne Appreciation Post

Just a few pics of the gorgeous Lady Anne 😍

[spoonful-of-puns]

I watched Barbie Princess Adventure yesterday and before I watched it I made sure I was going in as unbiased as possible. I tried to let it be its own movie, to not compare it to the other 3 switching lives type movies Barbie has come out with (Princess and the Pauper, Princess and the Popstar, and Rock'n Royals). I wanted to give it a fair chance as a standalone film unburdened by the rest of the franchise, and here's my thoughts after watching.

Target Audience

the main thing I learned from watching this movie is that this Barbie is not the same Barbie I knew while growing up. with the rise of social media, Mattel had to adapt, doing so through YouTube. Barbie is now a vlogger with a YouTube channel, and even does video collaborations with real people. Princess Adventure is the first Barbie movie in which vlog Barbie is the protagonist of the movie, which was a shock to me but I wasn't necessarily opposed. this is what made me realize that Barbie is still a kid-targeted character and now she's targeted to kids who are growing up with the internet, with tablets and phones. Mattel is adapting to keep up with the modern world, and that's okay. the movies don't have as much magic and fantasy as they used to with the introduction of technology, but that doesn't have to stop them from being good movies, especially for the technologically-geared kids watching.

Characters & Plot

Here's where I start to have an issue, and where I have to compare this movie to the other movies to get my point across. Something both Princess and the Pauper and Rock'n Royals succeeded at was having a plot that showed us why the protagonists switching lives was important, how it affected them and what they did with the information of the other person's life. Princess and the Popstar and Princess Adventure both have their own ways they fail to meet this goal. in Princess and the Popstar, the girls want to switch simply because they're bored with their lives. which in theory is fine but the way it's written makes it seem like they're justified in not handling their responsibilities- the Princess, simply to write a speech for an event, and the Popstar to write her own music. this is a stark contrast to PatP, where the girls are straining against sacrificing their personal wishes to fulfill their financial duties, and RnR, where the girls are trying to solve a feud between their two worlds. in Princess Adventure, the problem is not why they switch. in fact, their switch makes sense! Barbie needs to leave her comfort zone so she can expand her vlog material, and Princess Amelia feels burdened by the pressure to be perfect and wants to escape. the problem however, is that we get almost no screen time with them experiencing each other's lives. most of the plot is Barbie talking to her friends, and not much happens with her or Amelia, but by the end of the movie they're thanking each other for all they've learned. how did they learn anything? if they did it was entirely off screen which is my main issue. the characters supposedly grow, but we don't get to see it happen, so we're left (or, I am personally left) not caring much about the happy conclusion because it hardly feels earned.

I also have a problem with the rushed writing. aside from the fact that we don't get to see much of the switching lives part of the plot, the movie is a musical that spends time on songs that don't advance the plot, namely King of the Kingdom, which is a relatively minor character singing about ruling the kingdom. he has no real motivation to do so, and honestly if you removed him from the movie entirely pretty much nothing would change. (to be honest, none of the friend characters matter as individuals and I can't even remember their names, even though i just watched the movie.) this is quite frankly a waste of screentime, and the song is reprised later when the prince of the movie is revealed to be a twist villain. again, we don't get to see Amelia and Barbie's lives very much throughout the film, so to spend time on a twist villain is not only unnecessary for the plot, but it's also incredibly rushed, coming in at the end of the movie with absolutey no foreshadowing. some may argue that since its a kid's movie it doesn't need to have good writing but I disagree. kid's aren't dumb and unless Mattel is trying to move their target audience from 9-12 years old to 3-9 years old, they could stand to write stories that have better messaging and better writing overall. this is, after all, the same company that produced Princess Charm School, which tackles classism and economic inequality, with enough grace to make it understandable for children and still and enjoyable princess movie, and with a twist that's foreshadowed well.

Animation

I will admit that I don't hate the animation of this movie. in fact, I love it! I think Barbie looks so pretty here. it's not my favorite necessarily as I am still partial to the look of the early 2000s classics, but Princsss Adventure is definitely a step up from Puppy Chase for example, where the characters look like cheap plastic. my issue though is even though the character models look good, the outfits don't. costume design is as important as any other part of a movie, and plainly put, Princess Adventure very much fell victim to the cheap way Mattel now produces Barbie dolls. anyone who grew up watching the classics remembers the dolls made for Princess and the Pauper, for Diamond Castle, for Rapunzel, and many more. the dresses were beautifully detailed with multiple layers and multiple textures. small tulle and lace designs and tiny fabric flowers were common. today I own a hairdresser Barbie who has what's meant to be a shirt, skirt, and apron... but it's all just printed on a single straight dress, printed to look like different pieces. the dolls also no longer have joints, which- excuse my language- is a pain in the ass while trying to dress or pose them, and would certainly make them less fun to play with, for me at least. the quality of the dolls has gone so downhill over the last few years (I can't help but think it's cutting costs to balance out the cost of diversifying the body and hair types and skin tones). Mattel's primary goal these days is selling dolls, not making good movies, and this shows through unmistakably in Princess Adventure. even animated, the clothes look cheap. there's no detail in them, and most of the outfits are shirts with some sort of inspirational word slapped on it, and a glittery skirt. there's no variation is style from character to character. bringing up Princess Charm School again, there are 4 characters (Blaire, Isla, Hadley, and Delancey) who all have different variants of the same uniform, which have differences that show their personalities. there's no such differentiation in Princess Adventure. the clothes all look like slightly different versions of the same outfit, meant to be swappable between dolls instead of showing a character's personality.

In Conclusion

this was all very train of thought, written at once with no planning. I'm sure there's things I've missed but these are just my primary thoughts about the movie. I think this new age of Barbie where she's a vlogger has a lot of potential, especially because I've seen some of her YouTube videos and actually really like them and think they're a positive role model. this movie however, falls very short of the quality plot, writing, and character design that Barbie movies have had in the past.

[ao3feed-zukka]

Rockin’ Nobles

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by Pumpkin (TheSelfieOfDorianGray)

Based entirely on the Barbie movie Rockin’ Royals. Zuko is a prince, so he was is shipped off to a charm school summer camp called Camp Noble. Sokka comes from a line of musicians, his dad owning his own performing arts camp, Camp Show Stopper, that Sokka finally has time to join for the first time. The camps are on the same island and are rivals, trying to beat the other out. Sokka and Zuko end up at the wrong camps and are stuck there as the camps get sucked into a competition for who gets to stay in the island. The campers themselves don’t know the stakes.

Words: 10324, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Barbie in Rock'n Royals (2015)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Zuko (Avatar), Sokka (Avatar), Hakoda (Avatar), Zhao (Avatar), Katara (Avatar), Bato (Avatar), Suki (Avatar), Toph Beifong, Aang (Avatar), The Gaang (Avatar), Yue (Avatar), Piandao (Avatar), Chong (Avatar), The Mechanist (Avatar), Teo (Avatar), Haru (Avatar), Azula (Avatar), Mai (Avatar), Ty Lee (Avatar), Jet (Avatar)

Relationships: Sokka/Zuko (Avatar), Bato/Hakoda (Avatar)

Additional Tags: Inspired by a Barbie Movie, I’m serious, its completely based off of, Barbie Rockin’ Royals, Pre-Slash, Pre-Sokka/Zuko (Avatar), Zuko is an Awkward Turtleduck, Zuko (Avatar) Has Issues, Anxiety, Summer Camp, Minor Bato/Hakoda (Avatar), Parental Hakoda (Avatar), Iroh (Avatar) is a Good Uncle, Azula (Avatar) Redemption, Music, Indie Music, Punk Rock, Aristocrat/Rocker, Katara can play the guitar, i find that hot, Sokka too, I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping, Not Beta Read, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse

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[jynkiess]

GOOOOOOOOOOD evening lovelies!! The Good Mood Train has continued thanks to 5 rewatches of Princess Diaries 2 and a watch-through of every Barbie Movie I hadn’t seen yet!!