
It's an enjoyable and satisfying feature that well deserves to be remembered. Not every minute of it works, but that's the price of being willing to experiment. Many of the classic Disney features still hold up well as family entertainment, but "Fantasia" is unique for its combination of imaginative concept and visual creativity. "Night on Bald Mountain" has striking and sometimes bizarre visuals. The adaptation of "The Rite of Spring" is quite imaginative in using an entirely different setting for the music. The "Sorcerer's Apprentice" sequence, with Mickey Mouse, is certainly one of the most memorable. No doubt, everyone will have his or her own favorite segments, based on the music itself and on the choice of accompanying visual material. And in any case, the animated sequences are intended to provide the context, in terms of the movie. You don't really have to be all that familiar with the specific pieces of music for it to be worthwhile, since in several cases they chose to match the music with material that is rather different in nature from any original context that it may have had. Even the segments that don't work as well are usually at least interesting, since you can at least appreciate what they were trying to accomplish. All but a couple of the sequences are quite enjoyable, and some especially so.
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This unusual and very creative classic of animation combines a very interesting idea with quite a bit of imagination, plus visual effects that still hold up quite well. Unusual & Very Creative Reviewed by Snow Leopard Vote: 7/10 Also the needless narration (explaining every single sequence in detail) is not needed.

"Ave Maria" is lousy-slow slow SLOW!!! Looks good though. "The Pastrol Symphony" is lots of fun-it uses Greek mythology very well and has great animation-also topless females! "Dance of the Hours" is hilarious-ostriches, hippos, alligators and elephants dancing! "Night on Bald Mountain" is (even by today's standards) strong stuff. "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is a cute Mickey Mouse cartoon-probably your only chance to see Mickey wielding an axe! "Rites of Spring" is dull-seeing creation from the very beginning to the dinosaurs-VERY slow and boring. "The Nutcracker Suite" is superb-simply masterful animation perfectly matching the beautiful music. "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" has some interesting abstract images to fit the music. Disney's best feature combines animation and classical music.
