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What's your favourite segment in 'Fantasia'?

posted 14 years ago by A_Random_Guy_22
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I never really 'got' Fantasia as a kid. I might've watched it all the way through once, but, after that, I would only ever watch The Sorcerer's Apprentice short, then I'd eject the tape. I found the rest of the film boring, to be quite honest.

It was only when I re-watched it years later that I realized what I'd been missing out on all this time.

So, as a kid, I would've said with no hesitation, The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Now, however, my favourite would probably have to be Night On Bald Mountain, although I love all the segments and rank each of them very highly.

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[–] billgbg 14 years ago

Fred Moore animated and drew the original idea of the Centaurettes, and what interested me most was seeing the first one stroll out of the pond, pause, dog-shakes off the water, notices that the audience is keenly watching her every move, then strolls off like a parading model. That is so wild and sexy.

[–] doowopfan 14 years ago

The dionosaurs. Very matter-of-fact.

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[–] faeria 14 years ago

I very much loved "The Pastoral Symphony" but those little cherubs were a wee bit annoying. So I have to go with "Night on Bald Mountain". Good music, even better animation, and introduced a character that has become iconic (without ever speaking a word).

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[–] Wman1996 14 years ago

The Sorcerer's Apprentice is my favorite, Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Marie is a fantastic part as well.

[–] jemaniac 13 years ago

Favorite: Nutcracker Suite
Least favorite: Sorcerer's Apprentice

[–] mplo (2372) 5 years ago

Nutcracker Suite was kind of fun, and so was Sorcerer' Apprentice.
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[–] tweetie-sweetie 13 years ago

Pastoral symphony hands down! I loved the creatures when I was little I found it completely enchanting and how all the centaurs paired up lol. It's funny because I ended up doing my honours degree in Classics and I do wonder if disney influenced my interest in mythology etc.

[–] cainjs 13 years ago

I can tell you that my least favorite sequence used to be Rite of Spring. I didn't care for the evolution stuff, and I didn't get the music. Eventually, after repeated plays, the music grew on me, and it's become my favorite music.

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[–] number1212 13 years ago

I am going to say The Pastrol Symphony just because it is one of my favorite pieces of classical music ever.

[–] tobian85 13 years ago

When it comes to Fantasia, I am as bad as some political figures about flip-flopping. (Meaning, my preferences tend to shift from one day to the next.)

As of today--and bearing in mind I haven't seen the movie for much too long, imo--this would be my order of preference, from top to bottom (and even the bottom is well above many other films).

The Sorcerer's Apprentice
The Rite of Spring
The Nutcracker Suite
Dance of the Hours
The Pastorale
Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria
Toccata and Fugue (anybody else notice this one gets left off a lot of lists?)

Just because I list T & F last doesn't mean I don't like it; I think it's ranked last only because it doesn't have any characters that I can focus on (nor should it, I hasten to add). And the only reason NoBM/AM is next-to-last is that I find the singer's voice in AM really annoying. I know she's buried very deeply in the mix, but I get the feeling she'd sound mush-mouthed even up front. But that's a pretty minor issue...your mileage may vary.

Right now, I can feel myself developing a strong craving to watch this movie. Hmm, I wonder if the DVD is still available at Amazon...

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[–] nabo7 12 years ago

One of my favorite moments was a marvelous bit of musical/visual humor in Dance of the Hours, where a little "plink" of a violin pizzicato accompanied an elephant making a hard landing following the bursting of the bubble on which it had been floating.

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