That's funny Scott. The first time I saw Fantasia was in college in about 1974. I fell asleep about 15 minutes in. I kept waking up every 20 minutes or so and tried desperately to keep my eyes open but to no avail. My best friend, who was my college roommate was a huge Disney fan and went on to be a Disney Imagineering Designer for 30 years and just retired. She still teases me about falling asleep during Fantasia as she considers it sacrelegious. I have to admit that the same thing happened to me for Star Wars. I went to the opening at Grauman's Chinese theater on Hollywood Blvd. We waited in line for hours. We finally got to the ticket booth and they had just sold the last ticket and the next showing was at like 4:00 in the morning. So, we sat down on the sidewalk. A few minutes later a couple came up to us and asked if we wanted to buy two tickets as they had bought two extras for their friends that never showed up. We jumped for joy went into the theater and got seated. The movie started and that beautiful John Williams music began and in the scene where Luke is flying the ship and there is no dialogue, I was gone.....Now, I love Star Wars and have since seen it many times.....but I totally get it on Fantasia.
Sue Hollywood Poster Frames HollywoodPosters.com ________________________________ From: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Scott Burns <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2022 9:36 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Silent hills, please I’ll probably get some heat for this one, but…. Back in my younger days when I regularly patronized movie theaters there was only one time I ever got up and left a movie before its conclusion. The offending title? “Fantasia.” Yes Disney’s animation masterpiece. My sincere apologies to MoP’er (and Disney fan) wdposter AKA Martin May. 😊 Sorry, but it bored me silly. And I have no desire to ever try watching it again. I admit, I’m not a big animation fan and I don’t seek such titles out. But I don’t find viewing “Snow White” or “Pinocchio” to be painful like “Fantasia.” Now the paper on “Fantasia?” That’s a different story…very nice! So there’s that. P.S. A more recent “never want to see” title for me? I tried watching “Mank” on Netflix and gave up after 35 minutes. I have no desire to ever go back and (try) to finish it. Scott MoPo List Owner From: MoPo List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tommy Barr Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 6:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] Silent hills, please Is there a film that you have made a decision that you never want to see, in the cinema , TV or any medium, even if the reason may be completely illogical? For me it is The Sound of Music. Tommy ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
