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[yuuago]

So far, this weekend has been pretty good, but not too productive. Well, we'll see how the rest of it shapes up.

I've finally watched Fantasia (1940), AKA "In which Disney shows off and it's pretty neat". This is one Disney film that I never watched when I was a kid; I have distinct memories of watching the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" sequence, but I think I might have seen it separately, somehow. It was the kind of film that never would have appealed to me as a kid; I don't think I would have been able to sit through it.

As for watching it now, I was at least able to appreciate the neat animation and the unusual format. The whole "animation done to match music, rather than the other way around" doesn't happen so often, and I think it was a neat idea. That isn't to say this is one of my preferred animated films, though; this one probably won't get a re-watch. But I do appreciate it for what it is: an interesting animated film that does something different from the usual.

I think my favourite part of the program was the "Nutcracker Suite" sequence - I loved all the nature imagery, and the snow fairies were so damn pretty. "Pastoral Symphony" comes as a close second, though - mostly because of the adorable pastel pegasus babies. Too cute! Well, the pastel everything really - I liked the colour palette in that sequence a lot.

And of course, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is a classic, though I don't think I liked it as much as I expected to.

Took a bunch of screencaps during this, and I have vague ideas about doing icons or photosets or something, since some parts of it are just so pretty - but we'll have to see. It might languish in my caps folder for a while.

Comments

[straightforwardly]

That was pretty much my exact reaction when I watched it a few years back. Pretty, but not something I'd rewatch. I do really think that "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" must have been put somewhere separate, though, because I had the same experience of have seen it but not the rest of the movie.

[yuuago]

Yeah, definitely! I've heard people say that it's one of the best Disney films, and while I can get where they're coming from in terms of experimentation and pushing the medium, I just... can't agree, since the rewatch value is not there.

I have a feeling that the "Apprentice" sequence might have been shown separately at some point on the Disney channel - or something like that. It's the main place I would have been likely to see it, at least.

[still_intrepid]

Definitely screencap-worthy! Though really what I remember is an impression, of adorable baby pegaus...i??, dancing toadstools and TERRIFYING DINOSAURS AND STORMS. And, oddly, the abstract lines bit at the start.

[yuuago]

FF YES the dinosaurs were a lot more freaky than I expected! And then the last sequence in the film, with the devil and those ghosts... brrrrrrr

[still_intrepid]

OH YEAH. Actually that was the really scary bit! That was Night on Bare Mountain, wasn't it? (Did you ever see Fantasia 2000? I sort of maybe need to watch that again because I remember the first time it being brilliant and later being disappointed so I'm now confused.)

[yuuago]

Ah yes, that was the title of that part!
Haven't seen Fantasia 2000 yet; that one's also on the to-do list. I'm curious about what the differences are.

[dhampyresa]

My favourite Fantasia bits are Night on Bald Mountain and Sorcerer's Apprentice.

[yuuago]

Night on Bald Mountain certainly leaves an impression *_*