First of all let me tell you were i am coming from. i have a little brother and sister and my mother runs a day care center. that means that i get to watch every single disney movie 50 times and still come back for more. When i heard that FAntasia 2000 was going to be released in IMAX i was thrilled. we got there and the price was so high at first i didn't want to bother but then i remembered it was Di$ney. Well lets go down the list of the movie and let me tell you what i think. mind you i have a very high expectation of the drawing quality of Di$ney and also how Fantasia visuals relate to the music.
Ludwig Van Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony in C minor, Opus 67".
This was a good piece. the visuals were good and since it was abstract there wasn't much that you could screw up.
Ottorino Respighi's "The Pines of Rome".
Di$ney has always done great animation with animals. the best of course is the Lion King. The begining shots with the ant in the fore ground and the zebra in back ground were great. specially whe the camera seams to switch focus. This piece was great becuase the whales were marvously writen. They seamed to flow great with the music. There wer few sceans that didn't match but a few is understandable. Another thing that made this one good was because they actually use the IMAZ technology in this song. What made this sond suck the whole way through was the damn eyes that the whales had. Di$ney has always been about showing emotion. Through non conventional ways. such as the carpet in aladin. here the took the easy aproach of the eyes. You had these marvolusly looking animimals and then there caroon eyes.
George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue".
In the very start of the song there is a small peivce with one line. that was a great thing. it really showed the emotion of music in it's simplist form. The animation was very good. Especially how they did it in a Hirschfeld motive. Hirschfeld is a great cartoonist and they reall did a great tribute to him. Also the diferent sotry lines were great but i was hoping for a better wrap up at the end. Also there were some big gaps that didn't match the music.
Dimitri Shostakovich's "Piano Concerto No. 2".
This tin-soldier story is great and it actually ties in with the music even though it has the most plot. it is a realy well done piece.
Camille Saint-Saens' "Carnival of the Animals".
This piece you really couldn't mess up because it was just flamingos playing with a yo-yo. it was great humor put into the piece. great after the tin solder. so this peice was not just done well but it was placed well in the movie also.
Paul Dukas' "The Sorceror's Apprentice"
This is the one everyone remembers. For having every single animation and movie program at it's disposal Di$ney really craped out on this one. yes its a clasic but it just looked dirty. they just took the original piece and converted it onto IMAX film. no retouching nothin. It could have used some digital retouching. the colors could have been brightened up or something. i repeat it looked dirty.
Sir Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance".
The movie didn't match at all to the music. the drawing style was great. the animals were fantastic. just like in the Lion king. but then Donald came in looking like a cartoon. yes i know the movie is a cartoon but don't give me great drawings and then hand me something that a 10 year old with an imagination can do.
Igor Stravinsky's "The Firebird".
I would say this is my favorite piece on the film because it just had so much emotion. it showed the spirit of survival to it's fullest. it was inspirational.
Well that's it. i think that this a film that could been seen at home or in the regular theater. but unfortunatly people (aperantly like me) will pay a lot of money to see it. even drive 200 miles to see it. i sugest you wait until i comes out on regular theater. Di$ney may have revolutionised IMAX by beng the first major company to make an IMAX film but they didn't even begin to scratch at the technology.
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Ludwig Van Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony in C minor, Opus 67".
This was a good piece. the visuals were good and since it was abstract there wasn't much that you could screw up.
Ottorino Respighi's "The Pines of Rome".
Di$ney has always done great animation with animals. the best of course is the Lion King. The begining shots with the ant in the fore ground and the zebra in back ground were great. specially whe the camera seams to switch focus. This piece was great becuase the whales were marvously writen. They seamed to flow great with the music. There wer few sceans that didn't match but a few is understandable. Another thing that made this one good was because they actually use the IMAZ technology in this song. What made this sond suck the whole way through was the damn eyes that the whales had. Di$ney has always been about showing emotion. Through non conventional ways. such as the carpet in aladin. here the took the easy aproach of the eyes. You had these marvolusly looking animimals and then there caroon eyes.
George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue".
In the very start of the song there is a small peivce with one line. that was a great thing. it really showed the emotion of music in it's simplist form. The animation was very good. Especially how they did it in a Hirschfeld motive. Hirschfeld is a great cartoonist and they reall did a great tribute to him. Also the diferent sotry lines were great but i was hoping for a better wrap up at the end. Also there were some big gaps that didn't match the music.
Dimitri Shostakovich's "Piano Concerto No. 2".
This tin-soldier story is great and it actually ties in with the music even though it has the most plot. it is a realy well done piece.
Camille Saint-Saens' "Carnival of the Animals".
This piece you really couldn't mess up because it was just flamingos playing with a yo-yo. it was great humor put into the piece. great after the tin solder. so this peice was not just done well but it was placed well in the movie also.
Paul Dukas' "The Sorceror's Apprentice"
This is the one everyone remembers. For having every single animation and movie program at it's disposal Di$ney really craped out on this one. yes its a clasic but it just looked dirty. they just took the original piece and converted it onto IMAX film. no retouching nothin. It could have used some digital retouching. the colors could have been brightened up or something. i repeat it looked dirty.
Sir Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance".
The movie didn't match at all to the music. the drawing style was great. the animals were fantastic. just like in the Lion king. but then Donald came in looking like a cartoon. yes i know the movie is a cartoon but don't give me great drawings and then hand me something that a 10 year old with an imagination can do.
Igor Stravinsky's "The Firebird".
I would say this is my favorite piece on the film because it just had so much emotion. it showed the spirit of survival to it's fullest. it was inspirational.
Well that's it. i think that this a film that could been seen at home or in the regular theater. but unfortunatly people (aperantly like me) will pay a lot of money to see it. even drive 200 miles to see it. i sugest you wait until i comes out on regular theater. Di$ney may have revolutionised IMAX by beng the first major company to make an IMAX film but they didn't even begin to scratch at the technology.
if you agree or disagree write to me.