Fantasia 2000 - Disneycember 

James earl Jones should have been the one and only celebrity host

I will say this for the Flamingo section. The musical piece, The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, was originally written as a joke. So much so that the composer did not let the piece get published until after his death. So while the animation is silly, that actually falls in line with the concept of the music as well. Just a tidbit that might bring some understanding I hope.

I'm all about Rhapsody in Blue myself. just love that piece, and this one was a good performance.

I find this movie diabolically underrated.

I was actually introduced to Pomp and Circumstance through this movie, my grandparents had the vhs when I was little, so it's kinda funny cause when I hear it at a graduation or something, it makes me think of Donald's Arc

Spring Sprite is my favorite Disney character of all time. Fantasia 2000 drove me to get into animation.

the whale segment I heard was actually something that Walt dreamed about and wanted it in the original. ^_^

the firebird suite is one of the most fun, interesting, and epic pieces of music i've ever played (or heard)! when i was in high school our band director played this and the first movie for us in class, skipping the non-musical parts, and used it as an example of learning how to see and feel music, instead of just hearing and knowing technically how to make it.

I watched this in a theatre with a live orchestra. I really liked that. If you have the opportunity to go to something like this, do it

I was fortunate enough to see this in IMAX when it came out. It was unforgettable.

Weirdly enough, I was introduced to Penn & Teller through this movie as a kid. You can imagine my reaction when I saw "Bullshit" for the first time.

I'd love to see another Fantasia film. I think it would be great.

I'll forever be thankful that my Art teacher in Elementary school showed us this film in music class. Not long after watching it I rented it at Blockbuster to show my twin sister the film. We especially enjoyed the Rhapsody in Blue segment.

If you ask me, Firebird Suite is the best Fantasia 2000 sequence while Night on Bald Mountain, (OR Sorcerer's Apprentice), is the best in the original Fantasia film.

Pines of Rome, Rhapsody in Blue, and the Firebird Suite are my personal favorites

I Love Fantasia 2000. is one of the few disney sequels that were good. and is one underrated disney movie.

yes the celebrity cameos were unnecessary weren't they? well except the part where Mickey is looking for Donald

Wait... there were celebrities in this ?! Didn't even remember them... Maybe because the Firebird Suite was so *memorable* it eclipsed everything else !!

We need a Fantasia 2020 :D

I've only seen the original Fantasia, which happens to be my favorite Disney movie. I used to have Fantasia 2000 on VHS but I never watched it.

"everytime you hear that music you will think of graduation" if you are an american of cause xD but I guess the rest of us dosent exist

i remember seeing this in imax on a school trip

The movie turns 20 today! That original movie was a masterpiece in its own right but this one pushes the hand drawn animation and 3D visuals to new heights. Dozens of wonderfully composed segments. I love how they brought back Sorcerer's Apprentice. But the Firebird Suite is my absolute favorite! The Steadfast Tin Soldier: that ballerina reminded me so much of Natalie Portman The celebrity cameos didn’t bother me in the slightest

We are in desparate need of a new Fantasia.....released in 3D

The Firebird Suite segment is one of my absolute favourite from the film, the Sprite bringing nature in a beautiful way just awed me as a kid, and the Firebird scared me but I still loved it, I love the music with it, one of my favourite classical music

My favorite segment in the entire Fantasia series is definitely The Firebird Suite. Music and animation are spectacular. I'd like to see another one but they'd probably just make it all 3D animated instead of 2D, so I'm better off wishing it instead.

I had a plan to rewatch all the Disney animated movies and got to Fantasia and accidentally watched this Fantasia first instead of the original one. I was so confused as to why there were semi recent celebs in it lol

What I love about Fantasia (my personal favorite film) is the animation matches the tone if the music and just animators doing whatever the hell they want. And the sequel lives up the original in my opinion, ready your hate mail in fact I would tie it with the original. The celebrities are pretty great except Steve Martian's painful jokes and Brett Miller calling Salvior Dali as the melting watch guy.

okay, did miyazaki's people draw the green sprite? lol

"That's Steve Martin probably at his worst...." Doug apparently hasn't seen 'Looney Tunes: Back in Action'....

Whaaaat!? This movie was great! I remember going out to see it when I was a teen. My mother told me not to, and that I'd hate it DID IT ANYWAY! And I LOVED it! My favorite was Rhapsody in Blue.

Out of every animated Disney movie, the animation here is by far the most different of any others. Many segments don't even look like what would come to mind with Disney animation, and I really admire that. My only big problem with the movie is the runtime. The movie could have really benefited from having at least one more segment, such as the deleted Clair De Lune segment from the past. 75 minutes just makes for a really short modern film, especially considering the length of the original Fantasia. But it's still one of my favorite animated Disney films. It may not be a very popular Disney movie, but I really appreciate it for its variety, much like how I really appreciate Make Mine Music and Melody Time.

When I was a kid, I fell in love with the Sprite from the firebird suite.

Rapshody In Blue is my favorite segment

Another marvelous movie that was magical and mesmerizing when I watched it on VHS as a kid.

I definitely love the first Fantasia the most, since the second can't compare. But I do love the sequel, Rhapsody in Blue was my favorite part!

I liked it all, except for the akward ass actors, but overall, I think it's all pretty great.

Someone should just edit out the celebrity cameos.

The tin soldier story was what my high school band's marching show was based on this year.

This is my number 1 favorite Disney animated movie

I saw this before the original but I don't mind because the whales, the Rhapsody in Blue city, the mother and child butterfly, the Tin Soldior and the gorgeous Goddess of Nature in Firebird :)

I loved the original, my favorite childhood movie

This movie is my childhood

My favorite segment it's the Pines of Rome segment, because: The whale is my favorite animal The music really matches The color palette used was pretty good, by having these cool colors The baby whale is adorable

1:56 fun fact, they got Al Hirschfeld to observe (and pretty much direct) the segment himself.

"Fantasia 2000" is a great experience of seeing the 21st century of animation. Even though I did not enjoy the celebrities in the Segway and they should've have the narrator like the original did. However, it's a fantastic experience for putting some musical hits into an art that we wanted to see in the big screen. It could be the top like "Fantasia" because there are some few animated shorts that attached like the original and it was a great experience. Nice going Steve Martin for ruining the presentation.

I remember seeing this in Imax and I absolutely LOVED it

1:28 I totally agree with you Channel Awesome

I saw this as a kid and I can say years later, I didn't even remember that there were celebrity appearances in between the animation

out of 56 animated films in Disney's library, this is the only one i haven't seen

the story of the tin soldier was my favorite as a kid.

When I was little I used to put on a cape and act out the part of the wood spirit in the last segment- my favorite segment by far, honestly. Even when I was a dumb kid it felt so moving and powerful, strong and full of life and peril! Aha, memories...

I was seven when I saw this in theaters and I cried both when the baby whale got separated from its parents and when the mother butterfly got hurt.

That Firebird Suite terrier the shit out of me as a kid. Safe to say, it's one of the most memorable of any of Disney's works. I was always more of a Dreamwork's kid with a bit of Disney thrown in.

the fire bird is awesome

Love it for what it is. Don't hate it for what it isn't. WORTHY follow up to the first film, in achieving what Walt first wanted, (new Fantasia editions) and creative in that it provides new material presented in a new way, but respectful in that it reflected what we already knew, making it feel comfortable and familiar. The celeb appearances used to introduce each segment make complete sense for modern film. Classical conductors simply would not appeal to a mainstream audience. It's called marketing. Plus, they were fun. I personally loved it. ALL of it. NOT as much as the original (it's THE ORIGINAL, and without it, this one wouldn't exist) but it more than earns respect for being both it's own property and a film that fits comfortably in line.

I enjoy this movie a lot and especially as a kid. The animation is beautiful & had clever segments. James Earl Jones was the funniest celeb host. And the freaking CSO from my city Chicago got to be the orchestra performing this lovely music; we take huge pride in them

Beethoven’s 5th: Nice, but too short Pines of Rome: LOVED IT!!!! Rhapsody in Blues: LOVED IT!!!! Steadfast Tim Soldier: It was nice. Carnival of the Animals: Eh.... Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Great, but seen it. Pomp and Circumstances: Great, but I still think of graduation. Firebird: Freakin’ Beautiful! As far as celebrities go, just James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, and/or Itshak Perlman would’ve been nice

"Every time you hear that music you're gonna think of graduation" Hah, Not where I'm from luckily

@4:01 - That get's me every time!

I just watched 1st Fantasia. Right now just 😏

The interpretation of Rhapsody in Blue is beautiful.

the last one was my favorite

I think they need to do one more. Third time is the charm.

I agree with the part with the flamingo with the yo yo that one was mostly like a Saturday morning cartoon. Did like the part where Doug refer to Pen and Teller like if it was to invite Beavis and Butthead at the Oscars.

I was young enough to hear Pomp and Circumstance for the first time in this movie, well before I graduated from anywhere or came to know of its common association with graduation. When I did finally hear it at a graduation ceremony it made me think of Donald Duck. I also first saw Penn and Teller here too, before I knew who they were.

The main take away is that the animated segments are great and the celebrity appearances are awkward. Which is why I sometimes skip those on the blu-ray.

2:53 Well, most of japanese cartoon art based on Disney animations, so, answer: no.

Honestly, I watched Fantasia 2000 when it came out and I was about six. As annoying as the celebs are to me now, back then they were what really kept me going. It's an introduction to the art the animators admire to kids, who are still disneys main audience. And if you love animation and classical music, you can watch it for that, too. Yes, refering to Dali as the melting clocks guy seems condecending but it's what actually stuck with me as a kid because that was something i've seen before (especially the melting clocks were way commertialised and I knew at least two people who owned actual clocks in this design). Could there have been a more Bill Nye approach to the matter of art history? Yes, but I think it still does the job!

I saw this in IMAX, loved it and agree with you.

Yeah, I've never seen this one and have always wanted to. That having been said, Martin doing his "Wild and Crazy" shtick I can do without.

I love the rhapsody in blue part

3:17 Wait, James Earl Jones.. Is black? I had no idea! Holy shit that is amazing!

Why do Americans use a song about England as their graduation song?

They should have just had Jones and/or Lansbury handle all the segues. They could handle it with the appropo dignity Fantasia deserves

really good

Fantasia 3D! In theaters 2030!

I agree 100% that they should've had just one person hosting the entire program. You had four very good picks: James Earl Jones, Quincy Jones, Bette Midler, and Angela Lansbury. Any one of them would've brought the same level of dignity to Fantasia 2000 that Deems Taylor brought to Fantasia. You want to know who I would've chosen to host the entire thing, even above those four? Get ready for this. Mark Elliott, the man who voiced all those Disney preview bumpers on those old DVDs and VHS tapes. "Coming soon to own on video and DVD." Tell me you didn't just read that in his voice! R.I.P. Mark.

I can't wait to see the original Fantasia!

Shoot, am I the only one that really likes Steve Martin in this? Like, I kind of wish he had done the intro for all of the segments

I don't care what anyone says. The Carnival of the Animals segment is my favorite of this entire movie. It's hilarious and cute.

This movie BLOWS.

I guess the difference between the two is that the first Fantasia was more an artistry piece, and Fantasia 2000 feels more like a cartoon character piece. We have stuff like Mickey and Donald and the Flamingo with the yo-yo take up a lot of the movie, the intermissions are much more whimsical and filled with familiar faces to the general public instead of just the music industry, and as Doug mentions even some of the more abstract pieces end up being kinda character driven. Not to say the first film didn't have some cartoony sequences, but a lot of it was more earnest and focused on elegant sound to visual syncing (despite the second arguably having a more impressive variety in art styles). I remember this being a reason some of the other Disney sequels, even the good ones felt a bit distant from their predecessors, which were designed to be more experimental art pieces while these days people connect Disney's animation with bringing whimsical characters to life (eg. compare the first and second Bambi for example).

I have been exposing my five year old son to ton of musical genres and Disney has really helped with some of the classical stuff. It is some of his favorite music now thanks to both Fantasia movies but honestly we dont watch the live action portions of 2000.

I watched this a lot more than Fantasia and every time the animation stopped, I fast forwarded until the next one. Although, I probably watched the Penn and Teller part since I love magic.

This is my number 1 favorite Disney animated movie, I loved it as a kid, in my opinion this one of the greatest Disney movies (YTWarrior100, don't answer my comment with any stupid comments about what I think about this movie, or else you will know why my name is AbareKILLERFan 2002)

this was like the first movie i remember liking as a kid

I hope Disney makes another Fantasia movie. Especially with how far they come with 3D computer animation, imagine how gorgeous that would be.

As a kid I had know who these celeberties were and I enjoyed hearing them talk in each segment. I thought it was cool.

I think this film probably appeals to a wider range of people than the first one. The first one seems pretty niche, especially today when people aren't patient enough for it and don't appreciate how revolutionary it was. 2000 tries a lot harder to invite kids and newcomers and the shorts are a little more inclusive too (less slow).

I can't believe I never seen this. For some odd reason I thought this was the same movie just updated.

I actually never saw the original Fantasia. I only saw this one. This was the one I grew up with so for years I had no idea that another Fantasia film had ever been made. Is the original worth a watch? (I'm an adult now)

Honestly, I didn't mind the celebrity cameos. Yeah they didn't fit in at all but I thought of them as little breaks in between segments. I was 11 when I saw this for the first time and I thought Steve Martin & Penn & Teller were funny enough

"The Firebird Sweet" piece now suddenly feels like Disney tried competing against Hayao Miyazaki. And almost beat him. Well, almost, but not quite. :)

In fact this is my favorite Disney movie ever (besides The Lion King saga)

Fantasia 2000 was awwwwestrucking and duuuullllllll

My favourites are Rhapsody in Blue and the Firebird

I love celebrity cameos and am terrified of whales. I'll have the fast forward button on standby, but not for what you want. Thanks for letting me know it's the second one, now I can watch it with no fear!

Rhapsody in Blue looks like it was done by someone that worked on Class of 3000

About damn time this movie gets a sequel and God I hope we don't have to wait another six decades for a threequel. This is both the best and most underrated Disney movie of all time. Got addicted to it as a baby and still love it as a high school student. It's also better than the first movie, you can tell by looking at the thumbnails of this video and the other Disneycember release that this time they had the full might of the Internet and that movie was great, but boring compared to "Fantasia 2000". I feel like the first one would've been better if it had less limitations (just like "The Wizard of Oz") and the celebrities are pretty dang funny. The opening immediately takes off and gives a vague thirty-second recap of the previous episode, yes, best recap of all time, and proceeds to show off all the special effects they didn't have five decades past. Plus mixing "Symphony No. 5" with Erik Carl-like art is pure genius and it welds so well. Same with mixing romantic music with flying whales and semi-modern classical music with Hans Christian Andersen. Even if the Firebird's no Chernabog and the flamingo's unnecessary, a movie with a lot of quality deserves a comment with a lot of text.