Fantasia/2000

Pros: topnotch production values, content, sound and visual quality
Cons: only 77 minutes long (the 1940 original was almost an hour longer)

Disney's FANTASIA 2000, which opened on New Year Day's at the national string of IMAX theatres (the modern version of Cinerama) is an update of the 1940 classic. It should be Required Viewing for everyone, young and old. Even at IMAX prices (around...

Pros: wonderful way to teach all kids about music
Cons: none

Some parents aren't educated in music. They have heard of Beethoven, Grieg, Mozart...but haven't any interest, or even thought about introducing their children to classical or any other music. What a way to get kids to hear the most famous music in the...

Pros: Spectacular animation.
Cons: Needless celebrity cameos; some uneven segments.

Stunning. Breathtaking. Spectacular. These are but three adjectives that will certainly be used to describe Fantasia/2000, Disney's long-in-the-works update of its 1940 classical-music-set-to-animation "work-in-progress,"...

Pros: Great classical music pieces
Cons: price, 2D

First of all, I love IMAX. I go to every one that my local screen shows. I enjoy being immersed in film and sound, a feeling no longer available at "normal" movies.

I did expect more from Disney in this movie, however. First, there...

Pros: If you've never been to IMAX and missed the original Fantasia this might be fun
Cons: The original is vastly more enjoyable and engaging

Remember the first dance you attended in junior high school? If it was anything like the first school dance I went to, the girls lined up on one side of the room and the boys lined up on the other.

I envision something like this happening at...

Pros: Wonderful symphony experience
Cons: Themes were more macabre than entertaining

I remember hating Fantasia when I saw it as a child, so I decided to give the new version a chance. I was excited to see Fantasia 2000 after all the hype from Disney and the great reviews it was getting. Unfortunately I was quite disappointed, as were...

Pros: Great animation overall, wonderful on the IMAX screen.
Cons: The Sorcerer's apprentice looks bad, the price is too expensive.

Tum tee tum tum ... tada!

Well, there's my little fan fare for Fantasia 2000.

This is not a sequel to the original Fantasia, but rather an addition. As it is pointed out in the movie by it's hosts [there...

Pros: Overwhelming, multi-sensual, intensely creative.
Cons: The celebrity appearances in btwn. pieces don't add anything to the overall product.

I knew I wanted to see this movie because I am a complete Disneyphile and feel compelled to see everything they put out, good or bad (yes, even "The Return of Jafar" ::shudders::). I went back and saw it a second time because it was an...

Pros: Great Music and Celebrities
Cons: Horrible Resolution, Bad Coordination

Disney's Fantasia 2000: The IMAX Experience came out at selected IMAX Theaters Worldwide on January 1st 2000. This selection of 7 different pieces of classical music going along to disney animated cartoons, is about 1 hour and fifteen minutes long....

Pros: Beautiful music and animation.
Cons: Maybe a bit dull for the younger crowd.

I am always a sucker for animation and music. That is what drew me in to Fantasia 2000. I am a serious fan of the original and very much looked forward to seeing 2000 in the IMAX Theater. Not only was I to see new, wonderful animation ... but I was...

Pros: an admirable attempt to recreate the wonder of the original
Cons: too short, too many annoying interruptions by famous faces

My opinion of this movie is colored by the fact that I tend to experience motion sickness or some close relative of it when I go to the theater. So while I certainly did enjoy the movie, I don't think it was great, and admit that might be because I...

Pros: Wonderful Animation & Spectacular Music
Cons: Kinda Long

This movie was spectacular. I just saw a special screening this morning at the IMAX Theatre in Dearborn Michigan at Henry Ford Museum. The music in combination with the animation was brillant. This movie is unlike anything you have ever seen,...

Pros: everything
Cons: too short

After the movie was over, I almost forgot about how mad I was spending over 10 bucks to see a movie, and instead I had to catch my breath! That was easily the best "film" I've seen in awhile. If you are a music lover, an animation nut, or a...

Pros: great combination of animation and music
Cons: none

I love music, and I have a healthy respect for the art of animation. So...I thought Fantasia 2000 was a very good movie. However, much like the original film, Fantasia 2000 is really for an older audience. I don't think younger children really enjoy this...

Pros: Wonderful music and animation!
Cons: Loud!

Amazing is the best way to put it! The animation is breath taking, and the music is awesome! We went as a group from a university and everyone walked away with a new spirit.

At first I was not so sure what we were going to or getting into....