Fantasia Movie Night
Fantasia is Disney’s 3rd Animated Feature Film which came out in 1940. Fantasia is one of those movies that I feel like so many people skip over because it’s “boring”. I will admit it’s one that you have to be in the mood to watch and cannot be forced as it’s not a traditional story, it’s more of a concert. It has been a long while since I had watched this all the way through. I grew up doing music, I learned piano when I was in grade school, started playing the flute in high school, and sang in choirs throughout the entire time.
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3:56 PM – I like the idea that they introduce the 3 times of music in Fantasia as music that has a definite Story, music that doesn’t have a specific plot, but creates specific pictures, and music that simply exists for its own sake. I think that’s a great idea to categorize all music.
4:03 PM – I wish Epcot had or at one point had a music pavilion where you could sit and watch the abstract animation to music like in this “Toccata and Fugue” section.
4:06 PM – Parts of this abstract section is like watching a 90’s computer screen saver – so memorizing.
4:10 PM – Gosh, I love the music from “The Nutcracker”. I feel like I heard it all the time growing up in advertising, but now I don’t ever hear it.
4:11 PM – Only Disney can make dancing mushrooms so cute.
4:12 PM – I played “Dance of the Reed Flutes” in high school as part of a Flute Trio for a music competition and we went to state. I’m not going to lie, but I was so excited to play it because I knew it was in Fantasia.
4:14 PM – That fish could be Cleo’s (from “Pinocchio”) cousin
4:24 PM – Yay, Mickey’s first movie appearance!
4:24 PM – Um… Is Yensid conjuring Chernabog in that smoke before a butterfly? How have I never noticed how like Chernabog that creature looks?
4:27 PM – This makes me miss The Great Movie Ride (RIP) in Hollywood Studios so much.
4:51 PM – This entire dinosaur part of “Rite of Spring” keeps making me think of Universe of Energy / Ellen’s Energy Adventure (RIP) in Epcot.
5:00 PM – An intermission makes sense for the time. This movie is 2 hours. What happened to the luxury of an intermission? Some of us sat through Titanic and Avengers: Endgame without a bathroom break. Wouldn’t intermission potentially increase concession sales?
5:05 PM – Petition to have a “Soundtrack” Meet and Greet somewhere someday. With technology now, it should be easy to do!
5:09 PM – Awww, the baby unicorns in “Pastoral Symphony” are so cute, can I have one?
5:12 PM – Did that black unicorn fall twice? I think there’s a missed edit. I’ll have to look that up later.
5:24 PM – Why is Zues so mean? And even if he’s annoyed with Baccus, why does he have to scare the baby unicorns and baby pegasus?
5:31 PM – The first part of the “Dance of the Hours” puts me right back in the queue for Great Movie Ride.
5:45 PM – With the first notes of “Night on Bald Mountain”, I’m immediately tensing for Chernabog’s appearance. He’s truly the most terrifying Disney villain.
5:50 PM – Why are there so many half-naked women creatures in this scene?
5:58 PM – This movie was ahead of its time and still stands today. It could have been one scene shorter though.
