Truly Dreadful Film

This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Stylish but barely mediocre overall

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

In terms of the concept, final animated portrayal on the screen, and the longevity of its vibrant and joyful spirit, this iconic cartoon is amazingly well constructed. No way in heck did it ever deserve to lose against "Three Orphan Kittens" in 1935, which although that is a very cute and fun animation, just doesn't compare to this one in terms of meaning and overall worth to the history of animation. Some say it's the first cartoon ever to be in colour, but that's probably not quite accurate. Being made so long ago it's possible that it was one of the first, and in any case, it uses every last bit of colour at its disposal, with Mickey's adorably ill-fitting conductor's uniform standing out and being memorable in particular. Donald is such a rude squawking menace! Mickey's just trying to complete a rehearsal and the flute playing duck won't let him! Donald's lovably cranky shtick always worked much better when he had a nicer character to bounce it off, such as the mute but no less effective mouse in this. The first part is good, but in my opinion it truly becomes something special and takes off both figuratively and literally as the tornado hits and the band is lifted into the air and continues to play on! It takes on such a tremendously grand scale then and is incredible to watch. It's quite cacophonous, with so many precise gags all going on at once, but there's a kind of flow to it all that goes fantastically with the music, and the airborne merry-go-round band is an animated marvel to behold, what a classic! This is one of those old, funny, and very precious cartoons that everyone loved to watch in their early childhoods and I love it, it's so nostalgic and wonderful...

Mickey Mouse conducts a symphony performing the William Tell Overture at the park, all the while Donald Duck playfully interferes with the conducting and while a ferocious tornado crashes the concert. This is musical fun from start to finish, from the frolicking of the birds during the peaceful sounds of the overture to the hilariously chaotic mêlée of the tornado during the overture's storm sequence.While Mickey Mouse tries to keep everything in order, Donald Duck is definitely the highlight of the cartoon short, with him hilariously trying to annoy Mickey with this flute playing, and him trying to outrun the tornado - sending lots of laughs to the audience.This cartoon short is where I first heard the William Tell Overture. It's a classic Disney cartoon that is among my favorites and brings back great childhood memories! Grade A

Mickey is conducting a band concert in the park. However, Donald manages to interrupt everything. Later, however, the problem isn't Donald but a freak wind storm that makes a mess of everything. All this is accompanied by very suitable music and actually would seem to be the inspiration for the Magic Kingdom's great 3-D movie "Fantasmic"--starring Mickey, Donald and a wind storm (or sorts).Technically speaking, this might be one of the best looking Mickey Mouse cartoons--as were so many during the mid-1930s when Disney started showing the Mouse in very vivid full-color. But, as it still bears much of the look of the early Disney characters, it's quite charming and nostalgic at the same time. Great fun for all ages--even if they are not great music fans.

All budding animators should see this one. It is one of the all time great cartoons. The scene when the twister lifts the band up is transcendent. It still awes after all these years. The cartoon starts off in a light way, with donald duck interfering with the band,playing turkey in the straw against their william tell overture. The action is guided by the music, and vice versa-when mickey tries to swat a bee by waving his arms, the band play his instructions,when he gets ice cream down his pants and tries to shake it off, they play some belly dance music. There's great attention to detail in the cartoon, the music script follows the band as they fly about in the storm, when mickey is flying about and passes through a window frame the blind shuts after him. And the music is great and complements the animation perfectly. They shoulda sent this cartoon into space with the other stuff on voyager.