Fantasia
1940
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!”
That is the thought that I woke up to, after remembering that today’s movie was Fantasia. The last time I saw this movie, I couldn’t have been any older than six or seven, and I recall being bored beyond belief. To even further appear torturous, I discovered this movie is a full two hours, which is just not cool. It should be illegal for movies without words to be that long.
But I sucked it up, roped one of my best friends and her family into watching it with me, and settled in for this seeming snooze fest.
Fortunately, this movie was not as bad as I remembered it to be. It is not in any way my new favorite Disney movie, but still, it doesn’t make me want to poke my eyes out with blunt sticks anymore! I’d say that’s an improvement.
All this movie is are classical songs put to fun and sometimes bizarre cartoons. Sometimes to cartoons have a storyline, like the famous The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, in which Mickey Mouse accidentally creates hundreds of live broomsticks who flood his master’s chambers. Others make absolutely no sense and are just pretty to look at. They range in subject from fairies to mythology to a story on evolution to depictions of Heaven and Hell (That last one was completely terrifying). Oh and one about a dancing hippo. That was pretty hilarious. I would have never guessed a hippopotamus could be so graceful and light on her feet.
The reason anyone would ever watch Fantasia I think is because it is simply beautiful. Using classical music as the sound effects and soundtrack to stories is pure brilliance. This movie paved the way for many future films. You can clearly see evidence of what is to come. I’m sure movies like Beauty and the Beast and Hercules drew inspiration for their animation from this movie.
That all being said, I would probably not watch this again. I can’t imagine thinking to myself one day, “You know what I movie I really have a strong urge to watch today? Fantasia! I would just love to watch a movie with no words that is two hours long! I can’t fathom a better way to spend my day!” Yeah not going to happen. Even though I won’t be revisting it, and even though I am convinced this guy is now going to show up in my closet tonight, I am quite happy I rewatched it.
Movie Watching Budd(y)(ies): The lovely Poole girls.
Best Song: Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite.” This is probably one of my favorite classical songs ever. It’s just so pretty.
Best Part: When the ballerina elephant can’t get out of the bubble she’s floating around in. The idea of an elephant being unable to pop a bubble is just hysterical to me.
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