This piece follows a forest sprite who must battle the malevolent and uncontrollable Firebird for control over the forest. Animated in almost anime form is a wonderful conclusion for the film. The animation is top-notch with hundreds of individual parts all moving in different directions, such as butterflies or blades of long green grass. The piece is simply breathtaking. It's ironic that Disney set the new rules with animation with the original Fantasia 60 years ago but never followed through with them and still in the year 2000, they have yet to surpass them.
Fantasia is the first great film of the year and the new millennium.
This film is exactly the kind of innovation that will keep Hollywood fresh and innovated in the 21st century and maintain the quality that it is currently experiencing. Fantasia 2000 is a gleaming example of innovation and Hollywood should take notes. Hollywood isn't dead just the people running it. Fantasia 2000 score is glorious and powerful, the animation is breathtakingly beautiful and the film structure is brilliantly laid out. It is one of the strongest Disney showing in many, many years.