For a while, it was my go-to stress relief. Literally no matter what mood I'm in, I could put it on and it would calm me down almost into a zen state, whether I was just listening to it in the background or actively watching it
now I'm rewatching it for the first time in a long while, like IDEK the last time I watched it, and something else about it -- the visuals, even nearly 80 years later, are still stunning
laugh or call me pretentious all you want, I think it's one of the best disney movies out there and it is my favourite for reasons of being a comfort and flat-out just being a beautiful film. not everything needs a narrative to be good.
I also like Fantasia 2000. I don't even mind the cameos/talks between the segments (I enjoy the cheeziness). There are some beautiful segments in there too. My favourite is the FireBird. It totally is the story of Mt. St. Helens.
Mt St Helens didn't have -lava-... but that first shot of it? After the fire all ends, and it pulls back from the smoke? Undeniable that's the mountain
and yeah it is sad that it never really continued the way it meant to. I mean good lord they tried for so long, shelved it, and then years later fantasia 2000 was a thing
(I can't watch Right of Spring because the music doesn't interest me as much, and the interesting part of the music is the part that triggers my ifestiophobia)
Watching Fantasia in the theatre when it was re-released in the late eighties was a huge deal for me. I think it happened before The Last Mermaid came out, but even if it was afterwards, it meant more to me than the latter did. I thought it was so cool
And I think it was also the first animated movie that the critics at the time really praised, the first one a pretentious teenager like me felt comfortable admitting she loved, if I'm honest
I actually managed to be a little productive and cleared out a bit of the old recycling stuff around the computer area. My goal is to try and get some out every day in an attempt to clean the apartment before I eventually move again in summer sob
before I eventually move again in summer sob