Since this is basically a series of short films. I'll take them one by one.
1. Toccata in Fugue - This part is supposed to represent the kinds of random images that float through your head while you listen to music. It's a noble attempt, but they're trying to creating a universal look to something everyone will experience differently. Also, since this song is mostly associated with creepy organs, I just think of Vincent Price or Dracula when I hear this
5/10
2. Nutcracker suite - Much better, creative and gorgeous animation of assorted fairies, flowers, fish, and fungus. Gotta love dancing mushrooms!
9/10
3. Sorcerer's Aprentice - Mickey at is best! Classic and brilliant!
10/10
4. The Rite of Spring - DINOSAURS!!! In 1940, Walt Disney and Fantasia brought the theory of evolution to families across the country, and then gave us an artistic interpretation of how it might have happened. The resulting scene is still as thrilling as you remember. It's sad that, 70 years later, there are still parts of this country where this scene would be considered offensive.
10/10
INTERMISSION - Because musicians in a movie need water breaks too, I guess...
6. The Sound Track - I still don't understand this part...
3/10
7. The Pastoral - The Centaur girls bathe topless, and later they all have flower bras on. How did this sneak past the censors? Anyway, it's still a cute little scene, and Dionysus is funny with his little donkey.
5/10
8. Dance of the Hours - Dancing Hippos. In tutus. I rest my case.
10/10
9. Night on Bald Mountain / Ave Maria - They Saved my favorite sequence for last. Bald Mountain was terrifying when I was a little kid, and it's still quite powerful. Ave Maria provides a perfect musical counter point of the Sacred triumphing over the profane.
10/10
Movie as a whole - 8/10. This is the best Disney Movie for multitasking.
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