{"id":4994,"date":"2016-12-11T16:28:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T21:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4994"},"modified":"2024-12-21T10:28:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T15:28:50","slug":"fantasia-1940","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4994","title":{"rendered":"Fantasia-1940"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fantasia-1940<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director James Algar, Various<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Leopold Stokowski, Walt Disney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #544<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/60003064.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4995\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/60003064-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/60003064-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/60003064.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed December 11, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before viewing this 1940 gem by Walt Disney, I was naive about precisely what Fantasia was about. Indeed, I had heard of it and knew it was an animated production, but I was also mystified by it. Now embarrassed, I realize what a creative treat I missed out on.<\/p>\n<p>Better late than never.<\/p>\n<p>I expected a Walt Disney animated story like Snow White or Pinocchio, but this assumption mistook me. While the film took me a bit to get into, it is a marvel and quite extravagant.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of classical pieces and the animated story is brilliant and visually impressive. There are eight pieces in total, all with stories to tell.<\/p>\n<p>Animated films are not typically my genre of choice, but this one impressed me quite a bit if nothing more than the imagination involved.<\/p>\n<p>A Fantasia reboot emerged in 2000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fantasia-1940 Director James Algar, Various Starring Leopold Stokowski, Walt Disney Scott&#8217;s Review #544 Reviewed December 11, 2016 Grade: B+ Before viewing this 1940 gem by Walt Disney, I was naive about precisely what Fantasia was about. Indeed, I had heard of it and knew it was an animated production, but I was also mystified by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=4994\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fantasia-1940<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[315,37,3952,199,3788,384,4959,201,4243,4960,47,4109,4958],"tags":[316,54,3953,200,3789,385,4964,257,4245,4965,250,4113,4963],"class_list":["post-4994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1940-movie-reviews","category-animatedfilms","category-ben-sharpsteen","category-childrensfilms","category-david-hand","category-disney-films","category-eric-larson","category-fantasy-films","category-hamilton-luske","category-les-clark","category-musicals","category-wilfred-jackson","category-wolfgang-reitherman","tag-1940-movie-reviews","tag-animated-films","tag-ben-sharpsteen","tag-childrens-films","tag-david-hand","tag-disney-films","tag-eric-larson","tag-fantasy-films","tag-hamilton-luske","tag-les-clark","tag-musicals","tag-wilfred-jackson","tag-wolfgang-reitherman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4994"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20848,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4994\/revisions\/20848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}