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Rating:  - Brilliant
I have never seen the original version, so my point of view will probably differ.
It is a glorious combination of spectacular animation and music. The was flowers and water lilies dance and the underwater scenes with beautiful sometimes translucent fish tales is gorgeous.
I found it very entertaining and also very relaxing.
Rating:  - Not perfect, but greatness nonetheless
The other reviewers are right. The silly (and at this point futile) cropping of the "offensive" scene in "pastoral" is sill there, and Deems Taylor may as well be nonexistent without that sonorous voice (which you may recall if you watched the VHS of this film, or saw one of it's rereleases).
That being said, the audio and video remastering is quite good- though if Disney thought there was any money in it, they could do better. And the extras are actually interesting- unlike most of the tripe they package into Disney special editions. The "extended" (or roadshow cut) is also very intersting, but since I grew up with the shorter-running-time VHS version, this one seems a little on the long side. But I'm not going to complain about more of this spectacular film.
At it's heart this is a triumph of film and particularly of animation. It is a valuable addition to any collection.
Rating:  - Unfortunate editing
This applies to
Fantasia (Special 60th Anniversary Edition)
I have loved Fantasia since seeing it as a kid in the late 1940s, and had hoped for a perhaps cleaner/remastered DVD copy of what I already have (the 1991 VHS 2-tape release, which is very good). Unfortunately, in excising an admittedly racist-appearing segment within the Beethoven "Pastorale", *this* version uses a glaringly-apparent close zoom into the artwork - which is downright ugly and pretty much ruins the viewing experience. While I'm inclined to agree with taking the scene out, I think it was done much better on the VHS tape (I never noticed the deletion, not recalling the scene all that well from my first exposure).
Rating: - Fantasia
I had the original of this and someone stole it. I was thrilled
to get another copy of this and it also being the 60th anniversary
edition made it even more special. I highly reccommend this DVD
if you love classical music and Walt Disney!
Rating: - It's pretty good considering the age of the original.
Fantasia has always been a favorite movie of mine and it still is. The quality of the artwork is not up to today's crisp standards, but it is true to the original. I was worried when I saw reviews that Disney had cut up the Pastoral piece, but it was okay. I didn't even notice it. The part I did notice is that Disney included the extended parts where the narrator speaks. While he does go on and tell you the whole story about the next piece, you can pick up your remote and skip it.
Overall very good job. Overall really pricey too.
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