Track all the movies I watch in 2008 (read all 16 entries…)

Fantasia (1940) 7/10  — 6 months ago

Technically, this probably deserves a higher rating, but I am rating partially on enjoyment and, while this is brilliant in many ways, this is not without flaws. I had to watch a musical for school and I didn’t think I could stomach Westside Story or Moulin Rouge, so I picked this Disney classic because it at least has the kind of music I enjoy in it. The first “chapter”, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, wow, it blew me away. That opening piece is definitely the best in the movie. I also enjoyed Tcahikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite, probably because Evan watched that one and he was giggling over the clever and funny animation. Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring was well done, too. I actually enjoyed that one more with the animation than just listening to the musical piece alone. Some of this is just too cheesy and, well, Disney-ish for my taste. I really started to watch the clock toward the end, although I must admit, the conclusion, featuring Russian composer Modeste Moussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain and Schubert’s Ave Maria was pretty brilliant.

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