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Literally the best part of the movie is when Pinocchio realizes he’s immortal, and decides to tell Mussolini to eat shit, knowing he’ll come back from the dead.
Yes that part was insanely funny to me. When Mussolini shot Pinocchio and he went to the afterlife proudly chanting "I can't die" I physically lost it
I'm reminded of Conker from "Conker's Bad Fur Day" when Death tells him that he gets as many lives as he thinks he can get away with. 😅
Mussolini looked like the dumbest piece of shit ever, and he was even shorter than the average Asian male pre puberty
If I hadn't watched the movie I would think this is a Morbius reference lol
I spit out my fucking juice when Mussolini came out of the car, I don’t think enough people know, but the song that was playing in the car, was in tune to “Der Fuhrers Face”
"Pinocchio learns that math exists and decides he doesn't like school anymore."
Mood.
Me in middle school be like😂
literaly everyone as kids
Pinocchio learns that the internet exists and doesn’t like cartoons anymore
real
@@Nonexistentbystanderhere Oh God.....
To directly quote Del Toro from the golden globes, he literally said "Pinocchio isn't a kid's movie, but it is a movie that kids can watch."
It's a shit movie
And yet the thumbnail for the video reads "This is a kids movie?"
@@Bahr-im7pn the kids movie market is so saturated with dumb fluff stories where nothing happens that when someone actually makes a good movie kids can watch everyone lose their marbles
@@solosaf6754 I know! Why can't this kind of stuff be normal?
@@Bahr-im7pnit use to be.
Despite doing almost nothing, Sebastian J. Cricket is one of the most memorable side characters to ever exist. The voice casting is just perfect
he taught pinocchio lessons that he relayed to the monkey and candlewick, who helped pinocchio in return, then he drove the father to acknowledge his mistakes and go after pinocchio. so i wouldnt even say he did nothing despite what everyone says
throughout the movie i felt like he only existed for plot conveniences, like telling gepetto where pinocchio was and that they should go look for them, giving the protagonists information, etc, which felt a little like lazy writing
@@senorramen8047his purpose was to tell Pinocchio no when he should have stopped being selfish. In the original tale when he was told to go home with the circus man, the cricket died and that was his role until he returns as a ghost to make Pinocchio feel remorseful.
In the film his character keeps this role of being the guide to try and tell Pinocchio when he’s being bad. His part in the film is incredibly short because in the original tale which this film seems to be creepily based off of, the cricket died. His only role is moral compass
he gets killed by Pinocchio...
@@General_Karl4350
[SPOILER]
Eh, not in the case of Del Toro's Pinocchio. I think he dies from either old age or hypothermia and Pinocchio just found his corpse near a window.
(If you're talking about the cricket still)
Guillermo Del Toro specified that this wasn’t much of a kids movie. Whoever told you it was, is spreading a very wrong message. Del Toro specifically said if parents are wanting their kids to watch, that they better have a talk before it. This is an amazing tell of the classic tale of Pinocchio and I love it so much. I hope it gets an Oscar. It’s a bit dark, but it really made me want to reflect on my life and become better. Which is saying a lot. Not many movies do that for me.
Sorry i just need to take a second. But I’m not the sort of person to have any sort of real life takings from films. It just doesn’t happen for me. But the idea of bettering yourself after Pinocchio sings about poop to Mussolini is hilarious.
@@hollyro4665 I don't think OP is necessarily saying it in that way. You can look at the entire movie through a grain of salt but with an open an non-linear perspective towards it, you can see how impactful it can be as a movie with how in-depth it's meaning is.
It shows how mindless, unfair & unknowing war can be surrounding the outside of it all. The grief, anguish in Gapetto's life and he couldn't bare to move past it all because of how swiftly Carlo was taken away from him. The mourning, praying to an unknown god that is clearly not helping him, whereas his rage blinds him in the moment impulsively embarking on a spiritual journey of self-discovery at a very OLD physical age.
Guilliermo Del Toro shows a story of life, experience and how quickly it can be taken away as it can be given. We reap what we sow and every message in this movie is poetic, insightful, kindred and meaningful. Pinnochio singing poop to war was quite light-hearted and added to the field of how shitty war can be.
Netflix has it rated 7+...😂😂😂🤣....gee...
@@lorealimma you wrote this so beautifully
When I watched it in theaters a mom walked out angrily with her kid hahaha
Lying, in this version of Pinocchio, is shown to be good to help your loved ones, but not good just to get attention (like he was before he got hit by a truck). It's part of the movie's main theme of disobedience. Blindly following the rules because they're rules is how we get fascism. Being true to yourself and those you care about is far more important. In this way, it wasn't Pinocchio who needed to change into a "real boy" but, rather, Geppeto who needed to change into a real father.
Yeah while in the other movies more so try to teach the black and white, lying is bad, Obey the rules.... you should Obey the rules so you don't get others hurt but you shouldn't always listen to the rules when the ones making them are fascist assholes that use you, you shouldn't lie for attention but lying sometimes have to be done for the sake of others safety.
Personal opinion, I think it's fits more that this pinocchio had to learn things aren't black and white in order to become a real boy
This is so real the end made me cry so bad.
And by blindly following fascist orders, most of the characters were puppets.
Yes, I agree so much with the last part. Like, For Gepetto was blessed with an obedient boy that he completely has no idea what to do with the complete opposite. He never had to discipline Carlo before. But with this woodling, oh, how the trouble starts.
The movie not just teaches Pinocchio the harsh realities of life but also teaches Gepetto that sometimes, he needs to adjust to change. He never got that chance because he clung too much to the loss of his son. Yeah, the loss of a loved one, especially a child, is hard, especially for the parent, but Gepetto never made an effort after that. He never changed, even though the world did. Carlo wouldn't want his father to be drowning in sorrow. He would rather see him happy again, doing the things he loved.
Pinocchio was a true blessing to Gepetto. The boy taught him how to adapt to change, how to make an effort, and how to move on slowly and be a better father. Sure, it was hard, especially when Pinocchio's personality was far different than Carlo's, but he was still able to accomplish changing himself and Gepetto for the better.
Exactly
As an Italian, I loved this movie. How some of the VCs are Italian themselves, how fascism was portrayed (how horrible it was obv) and the little gag about Spazzatura's name actually meaning "trash" (I actually had a hard time not laughing during dramatic scenes because of it, it kinda made it more light hearted to me). It was visually gorgeous, original, almost perfect imo
You think this is messed up, you should read the unabridged translation. In the first few chapters Pinnochio has Geppeto arrested for child abuse, burns off his feet, and kills the cricket with a hammer. In the original serialization, he was hung for his innumerable faults, and is killed. The publisher forced Collodi to continue writing, however, and add 21 more chapters because of how popular the book was.
Thanks, now i won't be able to sleep tonight :)
How does it end then?
@@user-jk6iu6lf6b It ends with Pinocchio becoming a real boy.
@@user-jk6iu6lf6b Surprisingly happier than the Del Toro version XD
Pinnochio spends his days working for a farmer while taking care of a sick Geppeto. He saves up 40 pennies, then goes to town to buy himself a new suit. Along the way, he finds out the fairy that gave him life originally is sick and needs money, so he gives the money to her instead. That night, the fair visits him in his dreams, kisses him, and Pinnochio wakes up as a real boy, with a brand new suit, shoes, and tie, and a purse full of 40 gold coins, and Geppeto is magically healed.
Of course he'd be hung he's made of wood
It's not a kid's movie...
BUT according to Del Toro, it is a movie kids can watch with their parents. He wants them to engage in conversations about how terrifying being a kid can be and how it's okay to feel that way.
Agreed, why do Alex describe this story like shit? It's a good story actually.
It is a kid's movie, every movie watched should be guided by adults especially when it comes to young kids. There is NO media under the sun that should be consumed by young brains without guidance. You can't just plop a small child infront of the TV and pray for the best. That's not parenting. This movie is a great learning medium for young and older kids alike, even for adults really.
While it may not be specifically a kids movie, I think it was made so kids could watch it. Otherwise all the characters would speak Italian instead of English. A lot of young kids can't read subtitles
@@guen4413 As I said before, Del Toro himself said that it's not for kids. But that kids can watch it with their parents.
@@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343 Yes I know, I was just adding to your comment
If you're ever thinking this version of Pinocchio isn't "Kid Friendly" enough, just remember that in the original story Pinocchio straight-up murders the Talking Cricket with a mallet
In my opinion, the ending is really touching. It links back to the fact that when Geppetto lost Carlo, he made horrible choices to cope with his grief, but when Pinocchio, finally experienced in the horrors life and death had to offer him, he accepts it. He’s okay with it. Because he knows that he made great memories with them, and he knows that human/creature life is finite. I FR CRIED WHEN PINOCCHIO PUT SEBASTIAN IN A LIL MATCHBOX AND PUT IT IN HIS HEART I SWEAR I WAS UNCONTROLLABLY SOBBING 😭😭🙏
Same here. Even reading about it makes me tear up 🥺😢
The best thing about this Pinocchio: All the villains actually get punished.
Mussolini gets sang a song about him being a big poopy pants. Definitely punishment of the century 👍👍
@@Pawning He later on gets executed by the very same citizens he was oppressing, so yes
@@Pawning the fascist father dies because of a bomb 👍🏻
@@Pawning the dude got lynched like 6 years later, he'd get his punishment eventually
@@Pawning Don't worry he kills Mussolini himself in Pinnochio 2
Who honestly knew that 2022 was going to be the year of Pinocchio?
I think the bigger question here is why?😅
Totally, two movies, released just three months apart. Who'd have guessed, right?
It was also the year of Sonic
@@Ditto.007 there are so many remakes of Pinnochio at this point
@@trinaq 3 actually, but one is incredibly off brand
How you not even gonna mention the most important line of the whole movie “war is not good, Pinocchio. War. War took Carlos from me….” shit made me tear up😢
Because it seems this dude is just out to mock it, had to pause half way through because I couldn’t stop cringing lol
He finally screamed out “WAR TOOK CARLO AWAY FROM ME!” after he kept saying “But war is fun, papa! War is good, war is great! Why don’t you like war, papa-“
You can really tell which writers/directors have intense passion for the property they’re adapting and who is making a movie for the sake of making a movie.
5:29 (in demonic voice) You wanted me to live, *YOU ASKED FOR ME TO LIVE!*
gepetto:LEAVE ME ALONE PLZZZ!!! ALL I DID WAS THROW GLASS SHARDS AT BOY SCOUTS WHO WERE SELLING CHOCOLATE FOR A FUNDRAISER!!! PLZZZ HAVE MERCYYY!!!! 😢
Saw this in theaters in November. My favorite part is how at first Pinnochio's character design is very unsettling and creepy, yet by the end of the movie I thought it was cute and endearing. He grows on you.
I like the idea that Pinocchio didn’t know how to move like a human until after he sees how Geppetto moves.
Yeah, I like how he was introduced as uncanny and unsettling. It a nice twist from other depictions of him. And I think it makes a lot of sense that he looks creepy at first, since his whole journey is about learning how to be human. Also if I see a moving wooden doll I think I’d be scared too.
Omg yes i agree!
Yeah and Pinocchio is also so damn annoying in the beginning of the movie and they really turn him into a very likeable character progressively as the story goes along
huh..?? he was always adorable
I really admire how in this movie they made pinocchio kind of a bratty little chaos tornado but still incredibly sweet and likeable. And I love his design as well. Just the right mix of cuteness and utter abomination of nature.
That's my favourite thing about the movie, love him so much lol
The best way of using "kill it with fire" is this thing.
I think it's the selfless, and oblivious innocence. And how he learns and grows
yesss, he acts like a real kid!
Ehhh idk maybe I’m just not built for kids, I thought he was insufferable the entire time 😅
I really didn't need the whole "everyone you love will die someday just enjoy them now" message. Lots of tears
I remember a Pinocchio film from when I was younger that was much "lower quality" that really impacted me as a kid.
It was one of those "rip-off" films that piggybacked on the success of the original Disney film and was shown on a Sunday morning. The thing that made it really memorable to me was one scene in particular.
In that film, Pinocchio was designed as having a "detailed" face that could pass as that of any human boy but a body that was very obviously wooden and inhuman.
At some point after running away from the puppet show, he disguised himself by wearing concealing clothing. In disguise, he befriended a young girl from a rich family and Pinocchio was taken in as a servant/playmate/potential bodyguard. Over time, the two grow closer and began to love each other, but Pinocchio realizes that he can't give her a future that would make her truly happy.
At that point in the film, he believed he brought misfortune to those around him and would never be a "real boy". So when alone, he speaks to her and informs her that he is leaving and wishes her the best. The heiress does not approve of this and tries to talk Pinocchio out of leaving, telling him she loves and can't accept that would simply abandon her. She states she would rather abandon her high society lifestyle than be without him.
In order to break her conviction, Pinocchio shocks her by taking off his clothes, revealing his stick limbs. Pinocchio points out how during his time with her, she has visibly grown while Pinocchio remains the same. He cannot grow old with her and marry. He cannot feel hot or cold. And as he starts to walk away from the crying girl, he remarks that he previously thought he could not feel pain, but the pain in his chest is very much real... he only wishes he could cry.
While the film didn't end there, that was the moment that made speculate the harder subjects of life and how sometimes we miss the darker implications because we are so engrossed in the "fairy tale". It was the first time I ever truly realized what was meant by the words "beautiful tragedy".
To this day I can't remember how the story ended, but the lesson it taught me stuck with me over 20 years later.
I hope, even now, that Pinocchio found his happy ending.
I think the reason Gepetto looks as old as he does in the scenes with Carlo is because Sebastian didn't know Gepetto in any other way, so while he pictured the old man's story he just placed him 15-20 years before he saw him for the first time just as he was nowadays.
Gepetto would've been like... probably 50 or 60 when Pinocchio was born, so he would've been like 35 by the time Carlo was 10.
That's the in-universe explanation. The movie-making explanation is that making a younger Gepetto for just a few scenes wasn't worth the money.
Couldint they have given him black hair instead of white? And maybe removed a few wrinkles?
@@blox3400 Making a puppet for stop-motion is super expensive and difficult. I believe that just one of the Gepetto puppets was like over $30'000 dollars, or even more expensive. Also, in the documentary in Netflix they mentioned that smoother-faced puppets are way more difficult to animate.
It isn't as simple as painting them differently; they have to be modeled, constructed (they have mechanical mechanisms like a clock inside their faces to change their eyes position and expressions), painted, assembled and then animated.
In general, because a younger Gepetto wasn't a vital part of the story (unlike Carlo, which was a key character), that process wasn't worth it.
@@donnie_duckling ah, gotcha. Thanks for the clear explanation!
That also explain why the monkey seems the same when him and Pinoquio go to visit Sebastian and Gepeto well yk, even tho he was so close to death
I kinda pictured Gepetto in his 50s when Carlo died and in his 70s when Pinocchio was made so I didn't see too much of a shift as problematic. He does lose a lot of hair in the time skip though.
Can never go wrong with Del Toro
Honestly we need more kids movies like this that don't dumb down their movie because "it's a kid movie"
It isn't a kids movie, it's just a movie that kids can watch.
I don't think we need kids movies that aren't dumbed down I think what we need are more adult movies that are kid friendly, more movies like Del Toro's Pinocchio
@@franchini7 I agree
@@franchini7true
@@franchini7 Damn I forgot about this comment but this is so true. I love movies that I can enjoy as a kid and an adult
Thats what I love about older Disney movies and Studio Ghibli
Bruh .... Do I need you to remind you of the Trollhunter movie?
This movie wasn't bad. I actually loved it. It made my mom and I cry our eyes out at the end. It was an amazing adaptation. Any scene with Sebastian J cricket made us laugh until we cried more😂
I loved this movie, it depicted the realistic experience of loss and how one grieves. The last quote made me cry, "what happens, happens and then we're gone." The fragility of life is so beautifully shown.
Bro this is the best Pinocchio we've ever had, it actually punishes the villains and the ending hits hard. He lost everyone but instead of mourning he kept on going with his life.
He mourned for a little bit in the montage, but ultimately decided to do something meaningful with his life like see what the rest of the world has to offer.
I really can’t believe people enjoyed this thing. It looked horrible and was the fever dream of a crack head.
@@dcast777 you must be on crack
@@dcast777 I think you're the one on crack if you really think that this was a bad film lol
@@dcast777 honestly, what is everyone seeing that I'm missing
i love how alex just randomly trauma dumps in the middle of his videos
He needs a hug and a mug of hot coco :)
He just like me fr.
alex really be getting the sad anime backstory treatment.
a king fr
Fr 🤣🤣
Insane as this is it still looks 10x better than the soulless cash grab that was the Disney version
Alex didn’t give this movie the praise it deserves 😢
The fact that the Fairy and Death are biblically accurate interpretations of the angel types Seraph and Cherup are such interessting takes
That isn’t a cherub it’s sphinx. Cherubs are humanoid with 4 heads
@@anasdomain9994 I know that's why I said "interpretation". However, I don't think it's a Sphynx per se, since the Cherub has the head of an eagle, lion, ox and human. Death here has 1 set of eagle like wings, the body of a lion, the horns of an ox and the face of a human. I am not 100% sure if that was what del Torro was going for though since it isn't confirmed anywhere.
@@TrickingFreak97 Wikipedia calls her a chirema
@@TeruteruBozusama I think you mean chimera. That is just a mythological amalgamation of several animals. So yeah it's a chimera bu that doesn't mean it can't be an interpretation of a Cherub
@@TrickingFreak97 plus the snake tails something chimeras have
about the 'they make lying seem good' part: del toro said that he never liked how the previous pinocchio versions always drove home that you have to be obedient and children always have to be good and listen to what theyre told. so he wanted to rewrite it in a way that doesnt support blind obedience but rather makes pinnochio learn when following rules is good and when rules are actually harmful and should be broken. he wanted the lesson to be that one should always consider the situation and act with thought rather than blindly obey rules and random virtues.
@@welfare_king lol why are you so butthurt
True.
That makes sense
@@welfare_king no. the point of the movie is to think about your actions and take responsibility for them, to not blindly follow literal fascism, to analyse when breaking boundaries is the lesser evil for the greater good, and preache acceptance instead of fear.
Im sorry but if youd rather have puppets that follow everything they're told you might aswell propell us back into the dark ages.
@@welfare_king oh youre one of those huh. so what do you do then when someone tells you not to jump off a bridge? jump out of defiance? to not be a 'sheeple'?
might be surprising to someone like you but it is not about following or defying rules blindly, it's about actually thinking about the rules and actively choosing which ones to follow.
but please, ignore science and common intellect, go on blabbering about 5g and how theres this huge conspiracy and how the internet is turning people trans to be able to face your boring life and feel like you have something to fight against.
go home to your family thats about to break apart because you have no ounce of common sense to think and choose for yourself and your crazed conspiracies are slowly tearing your family apart. but go on about how youre enlightened and everyones actually trying to fuck you personally over.
4:33 omg biblically accurate angel
Saw the movie on Netflix, and saw a few clips, and DAMN
I'm already in LOVE with this movie. This is one of the greatest Pinocchio adaptations of all time. Hats off to Guillermo del Toro
For making this masterpiece.❤
@@Ezu6112 Everything and the characters are so well scripted.
The backgrounds are thoughtful and the color scheme has a great palete. This movie will be remembered forever in history. This is the adaptation to all adaptations, like it rocks, man! 😁
Something that I noticed about the main antagonist is that when we first see him it’s his silhouette viewing him from behind. His hair made him look like he had fox ears, like the fox in disneys Pinocchio, but when we see him in the light he’s a human. His hair is a cool reference to the fox ears, plus he has orange hair like a fox and you can faintly see white on the tips of it. I just thought it was a cool detail and felt like sharing
Also his cane has a fox’s head on it.
Volpe is fox in italian
According to del Torro, his hair is referenced to devil horns. His entire character was to resemble the devil.
@@danielduplat4257 oh duh. I feel like I knew that before now.
That is a really cool detail.
I think Guillermo likes approaching children's horror by having the monsters and horror often be more moral ones. While there was terrifying stuff like the whale and the danger, the most disturbing parts of the movie could very easily be how his innocence were always under threat of being corrupted by money and power by the circus and government that wanted to exploit him. Reminds me a lot of Pan's Labyrinth in that way.
This movie made me curious about his other ones. I wouldn't be surprised if they're as messed up like this one. Maybe in Pan's Labyrinth, Peter Pan traps 11 children in a maze and transform into a giant demon snake from the 7th gate of hell that, if he kills you, you will suffer 1000 deaths over 0.001 seconds over and over.
@Abraham Johnathan Oohh. I'm definitely going to watch it.
@@anyaaa2801 Pan's Labyrinth is definitely NOT for kids though. It's an incredible movie but extremely violent and deserving of the R rating
@@guen4413 You got me at "extremely violent".
@@anyaaa2801 Pan's Labyrinth is my personal favorite movie of all time, its great.
“pinnochio was dead.” how touching. beautiful. moving even. this is such a beautiful piece of media.
The fact that the circus man (forgot his name) around minute 16:30 tells Pinocchio “Bonjour” (coming from France) when the youth army is fighting for Italy is annoying me for some reason. They could’ve just said “ciao” or something idk
Signor Volpe is meant to be seen as a worldly man who has traveled through Europe. Plus, he's voiced by Kristoff Waltz who's originally from Austria. Volpe probably used to travel through some of the countries that bordered Italy before Mussolini made that impossible to do if he ever wanted to come back in
@@cooperminion825 oh yeah that makes a lot of sense
I honestly thought this was a fkn spectacular rendition on Pinocchio. When Gepetto calls him a burden and Pinocchio goes, "But I don't want to be a burden!" I swear I heard my fkn heart break.
Also when Pinocchio said “his nose didn’t grow” after he said that :((((
“Ciao Papa” broke my SOUL
"His nose didn't grow..."
Whatever will to live I had left was gone after that line
This movie makes me cry 3 times
The best Pinocchio movie.
the blue fairy's design is actually very much biblical angel inspired. they are terrifying in their true form, that's why they always say "do not be afraid" when showing up
I believe it's directly more inspired to the design of Angel of Death from Hellboy, which is another work of Del Toro. and that Angel of Death was based from that statue that Del Toro saw from a church in Mexico.
@@fantasyalover4782 ooh i see! yeah i was just saying it's more of an angelic design than a demonic design like he called it.
@@fantasyalover4782 the entity really is bibicly true, read what some of the angels look like according to the bible and youll understand.
@@Shiro144_X I'm aware of those Biblical angels but I'm just saying that this angel has some resemblance to that past character of Del Toro.
Me while watching this movie: I've heard of a "deal with the devil" but never a deal with an angel
This was such a good Pinocchio movie that I legitimately want Del Toro to consider pursuing more grim tales in this style. Not dumbed down and filled with passion and heart. He could make treasured classics like Studio Ghibli and be remembered as one of the greatest storytellers of our generation for children.
The ending is more bittersweet because Pinocchio loved them enough to FACE their ends and deal with immortality alone. He seems so strong for this.
Alex: Sebastian does nothing throughout the entire movie
Sebastian: Cusses out the blue fairy before using his one all powerful wish to bring Pinocchio back to life.
the sricket was telling the story the whole time the credits show that
He was also who told Geppetto off for what he said to pinocchio
I mean whenever he was with Pinocchio he did tell him what's good and tried to help him
I mean he did but he did it in a wrong manner, a manner pinnochio wouldn't get . He was like " obey your father " " do this " " do that " . He was giving him instructions rather . He should be explaining the boy through the prospective of the boy
@@rimjhimdhusiya699 I'm pretty sure they did that on purpose so then children that watch this movie understand the messages they're trying to teach in a more literal way, yk, so then they learn and stuff like that
I was happy to see a PG movie that actually earned that rating and didn't shy away on it's darkness that would have led the film to easily be PG-13. For how people today are so easily offended by the most slightly mature things, I never imagined another movie today similar to Return to Oz or The Land Before Time, movies that were dark but were beautifully deep. There's death, realistic horror in life and so many existential questions and morals that probably won't go over every kid watching it. And especially being a Netflix film, they could've made it like the other 2022 Pinocchio movies that were bland and inoffensive as possible. But they didn't and chose to take chances, and even changed things from the book that are arguably BETTER. We'll see where Mr. Del Toro goes for his next movie, but it's gonna be hard to top this one.
Honestly, the rating for some movies just don't make any sense
@@Ditto.007 like spirited away for 7+. What the hell
Del Toro has such a talent with taking dark subjects and making them terrifying, yet beautiful, and human. Always so impressed with his work. When I heard that he was making a Pinocchio remake among 2 others in the same year, I knew it would stand out, and bring to the table things that wouldn't even be touched by the other films. He absolutely did that, and has managed to make the other 2 remakes absolutely forgettable.
@@FatDudeStudios I know right, so many kids movies are getting PG ratings for the stupidest things like Sing 2 having “Rude Elements” and being PG. It’s just stupid.
I know that you’re talking about the other Pinocchio movies that came out this year but it sounded like you meant “the other 2,200 Pinocchio movies” and honestly that’s exactly what it feels like
the film without context:
*Drunk man makes wooden boy who goes to army camp and gets shot by mussolini*
Bros confused when animation isnt for kids.
My coworker watched this movie with her 4 year old and was angry because her son had nightmares afterwards. And I was like:"Oh really? The Guillermo del Toro one? By the man who also made The shape of water and Cabinet of curiosities? What did you expect? An disney like Version?"
Isn't it for people over 12 anyway. That's like buying your kid GTA and being angry it's violant.
Exactly!
Lol, not gonna lie. I personally thought the little cover art for it on Netflix made the movie look creepy and scary, my daughter's 6 & 7 even thought it looked creep but once we saw it they fell in love with the movie. Especially the little singing scenes. I personally have always thought most stop motion movie looked kinda creepy.
The original Disney cartoon version was really creepy as well
Not everyone is a big cinephile. I LOVE Guillermo Del Toro but I don't think I'm more clever or superior than a Mum who just saw a movie titled "Pinocchio" and decided to watch it.
I think this is a refreshing contrast to the standard disney crap. A movie that makes your kids ask who is benito mussolini but doesn't scare them like a SPR war film might is a win
If you’re referring to the live-action remake, I would agree. But Del Toro is a fan of the original Disney animated film and clearly took a lot more influence from it than the original source material for his reimagining.
In fact, with the mockery show Pinocchio puts on him and his reaction it works as an easier way for parents to explain their children who he was: a fart dude who would take out of the way to anyone who he didn't liked
also Alex criticizes Pinnochio song about Mussolini liking poop but honestly that sounds like a school rhyme that a young child like pinnochio would make!
"Animation is not a kid genre is a medium"
Having the blue angel telling Geppetto "real boys don't come back." Is such a brutal yet magically brilliant throughline. like this story isn't about Pinocchio, it was about Geppetto grieving through the death of his Carlo. I know that's not entirely what the story was about, but BOY did that shift things in my perception of it.
This movie was AMAZING. If you have never dealt with grief, especially as a child, then maybe you won’t understand. We lost my brother two years back unexpectedly and he had a seven year old son. This movie really addresses grief in a way that is digestible for children. Not super young, but trust me. If a seven year old can go through losing his father, kids can watch this movie and understand what loss and grief is.
I lost my brother and this movie caused me to think about the extreme grief in a different way.
I lost my brother too, and this movie made me fall down and cry so much
@@densetzu im so sorry
I watched this movie with my cousins at my auntie's wake
I was also wondering why Gepetto was so old in the flashbacks, but I think it’s because the story is told by the cricket and he only knows Gepetto as an old man.
Bless you for watching this movie. It looked just as terrifying as Coraline. I thoroughly enjoyed you walking us through it. I laughed so many times at the wiggling Pinocchio animation and all of the wild things that happen in the movie, especially when he went to hell aka Oprah's basement. Great job as always!
7:27 I mean I saw his arm band but I didn’t think they would just out right say it
I really liked the movie,but it kinda bothered me that candlewicks last scene was him worried for pinocchio and it seems he never found out he was ok. It was so weird how they made them really good friends and then he just disappears and we never find out what happened to him
I assume he died cuz the place continued to be bombed :(
I mean I think that's kinda the point. Showing both how war is destructive and evil, and also how fleeting life can be in general. And if you compare it to the original it kind of makes sense as well. Lampwick in the Disney version is never seen again after being turned into a donkey.
I actually loved that scene. I lost my mom very suddenly and unexpectedly, and there was no closure at all. I feel like it was intended for people who lost people like that
Exactly
My headcanon is he joined the Itallian resistance and was there at the hanging of Mussolini. Tho since we don't even see him during the ending it is more likely he died.
I hope this show win a oscar it's a masterpiece , better than the live action
The live action was a waste of time just like...oh yeah every single other live action remake
Edit: also i'm talking about remakes just copy and pastes, stuff like Cruella was awesome it wasn't a remake it was an origin story which i loved too!
Oscars biased towards disney will prob pick turning red
No, it won't. They'll give it to some woke dogshit like Turning Red.
@@Ditto.007 not to be a Disney fanboy but cruella was actually very good
@@TheOnlyRick3 Do you mean Cruella?
I think the best part of this movie is the sole fact that the monkey (spazatura) is fully voiced by Cate freaking Blanchett! All the monkey noises and even that one scene where the monkey talks to Pinocchio in different voices with different puppets! ITS ALL HER!! Hearing this in 17:31 is so entertaining.
I love this movie so much! 🥺🥺 Every hour spent, every minute spent, every second spent and every frame spent is made with love and care!!💖
The amount of work it took to make this happen, the amount of time it took to make it real!! Thats beautiful 🥺
The messages that Guillermo wanted to convey with his movies are wonderful, Everyone who worked on this are amazing artists and they all deserve the best! 🥺🥺💕
It's funny how Netflix can make a better movie than Disney now. Hope that Disney will stop making cheap live actions movies and actually work on original projects.
Nope this is Guillermo Del Toro's film not Netflix's
Edit: lmao I forgot I commented this
audiences are such hypocrites. if the Del Toro one were released by Disney, it would be lambasted for making too many changes from the 1941 one. but because it is non-disney and is a darker and edgier version people praise it.
@@cowboylikedans And where else is its release?
@@staceynainlab888 Live Action?
@@staceynainlab888 of course people will praise it for not being a clean corporate safe child movie. That's why everyone hates the Disney live action movies, they're just a worse version of the original made for money.
del Toro has apparently talked about how Pinocchio movies usually centre around life, and his movie is ultimately about death, which I feel make perfect sense.
6:11 this part looks like hello neighbor trapped kids in the basement
my art teacher put on this movie for us, telling us it looked like a good school friendly movie. when pinnochio crawled across the attic like a wild animal and spun his body while smiling, her perspective on that movie changed greatly
I've been so used to Alex making fun of bad tv/movies that him making fun of a genuinely excellent film doesn't hit the same
Same thoughts, this movie was so good.
He didn't make a lot of fun out of Wednesday though...
Same … this movie is outstanding, beautiful and deep.
@@gonher59 20:11 Because he likes emos and furries 🤮
@@Silvia.Araujo lmao 🤣
Ok
Kinda annoying when ppl say kids movies should never portray dark or real topics as if kids can’t handle it. How artistically limiting is that? Kids need and deserve good stories too. These movies are way better than whatever brain dead surface level trash cocomelon is doing.
THANK YOU I’VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOREVER
Cant wait for the funny mustache man reference
The only thing that I found really weird is that Geppetto wasn't young in the beginning of the movie when Carlo was still with him.
Otherwise, this movie was amazing. Don't think it was ever advertised as a kid's movie. And if parents didn't know to check it out before letting their kids watch it, that's on the parents, not on the movie.
The story explanation would be that Geppetto was in his 50s in the flashback with Carlo, and about 70 for the rest of the movie. The more likely explanation is that they couldn’t afford another puppet for such a minor difference. Stop motion puppets are ridiculously expensive, everything has to be custom made, and there often have to be several copies of each puppet.
I liked this movie more than the Disney version, since the animation was sublime, plus it didn't try to obviously pander to kids, like that version.
We don't talk about the Disney version. Let's pretend it doesn't exist.
@@Loganpaul4life The Disney version was weird to put it gently
@@Ditto.007 Yea, that's a better way to put it.
@@Ditto.007 weirder than this somehow.
its animated? I thought it was stop motion.
It's kind of sweet how, by the end, Spazzaturo has taken on an assisting role for Gepetto as he ages, pushing his wheelchair and getting an affectionate headscratch in return. In stark contrast to how Volpe treated him.
Also, it will never not be hilarious to me that Cate Blanchett voices him. It's literally just Galadriel making monkey noises.
not a kids movie its just animated
10:41 yo thats the turkish currency
Also old Italian One before euro
COINCIDENCE!!!
Guillermo del toro's Pinocchio is actually more on theme with the original story material than the disney version. It's such a good movie
Not exactly it switches the moral to "death" instead since passing away is a natural thing
Now if only one of them would actually have the balls to let Pinocchio kill the cricket like in the original book lol
ahhhhh I loved this movie so much! the animation was gorgeous, the voice actors did wonderfully, the character design was gorgeous, and the music was impeccable! I don’t think it’s so much a kid’s movie as it is a movie that people mistake as a kid’s movie simply because it’s animated - I hope this film gets all the love it deserves!
Honestly i don't blame them since its not just the fact that its animated but its Pinnochio which instantly reminds me "oh yh Disney=children"
Edit: I wasn't trying to say that animation is for kids (simpsons exists) I was replying to Mikey about what a lot of people assume and unfortunately a lot of people believe that a.) animation is always for kids and b.) Disney is always for kids. Neither of which are true.
@@Ditto.007 why would something being animated make it for kids?
I thought it was stop motion.
@@projekttaku1 it is they mispoke
PREACH!!
IS NO ONE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE NAZI GUY??? 7:16??
That’s what the whole movie is abt
That creature is the most horrifying thing I have ever seen. Ugh, I'm gonna have nightmares now.
This movie makes the other 2 Pinocchio films shiver in fear
It’s a true masterpiece and a rival to the Disney version, if not better
If not better? Sir this is the peak of Pinnochio movies!
but if Disney dared re-adpat the same story they already did, it better be identical to their previous attempt or people have tantrums but if it's non-disney it's praised the more different it is from Disney
@@staceynainlab888 What are you?
@@staceynainlab888 I agree with Captain Mercurian. Let's not forget that what made Disney special was how they adapt existing stories. I mean literally, NONE of their stories during the renaissance were original stories. and many are SO WAY OFF the original, at best you can just say the only that the same basic foundations.
But even then, we freaking loved them. the difference between then and now? The writing. The execution to be more specific. The ideas themselves aren't bad. but the motive for the changes, on top of the delivery, fell really flat.
And i doesn't help that they lash out at the PAYING customers. That's just them BEGGING to lose money.
@@user-th1qo4cq9g I don't understand why everyone is confused and thinks that I'm disputing the fact that Disney adapted other stories. my point is when Disney re-adapts a story they already adapted, people will have tantrums over any changes they make from their own previous version. a Disney remake, audiences demand must be identical to the precious Disney version or they complain about every tiny change. but if a different studio makes an adaptation, people love it for being unlike the Disney one. if Del Toro's version were released by Disney, how would people not be having meltdowns that they "changed" everything?
Fun Fact about the character design for Pinocchio: Gris Grimly was also involved alongside del Toro (and explains why Pinocchio has a slightly spooky character design with small beady eyes and a wide grinning mouth)!
For anyone who doesn't know who Gris Grimly is, he's an illustrator that had a sketchy Tim Burton-y like drawing style that has illustrated for many classic books over the decades (especially the classic horror kinds, like Edgar Allen Poe and Frankenstein) and has done some album covers for Creature Feature (a band that I highly recommend people check out the next time October/Spooky Season come around)! ^^
THANK YOU for mentioning Gris Grimly! Not nearly enough people mention how hard he worked for the last 20 years on this whole project. I discovered him through Creature Feature and I'm not exaggerating when I say his illustrations inspired me to become the person I am today
Ironically, I find Pinocchio's design to be insanely adorable, especially his eyes
@@pinkishhaven5158 He's the first version of Pinocchio I've ever had this unbearable urge to hug.
I love that Alex Meyers whole gig is to rate movies brutally honest. It’s refreshing not to see a hater OR a suck up to movies, but just someone telling it like it is
I just love Alex’s drawing of Pinocchio
Alex's own art of Pinocchio scares me more than the movie's design. 💀
It’s more unnecessarily expressive than modern SpongeBob
Other than that, Alex gives a bad review even though the movie was actually pretty good.
@@zackrblx he didn’t imo, that sarcastic delivery is just his brand! He actually gave a pretty good review, like notice how he never rlly says anything bad he just satirizes it.
When the evil puppet guy convinces Pinocchio to join his puppet show he says 'you will BURN bright like a star' not 'you will shine bright like a star' which he then says again when he is burning Pinocchio on the crucifix and I find that some really cool foreshadowing
It is also a very nice little critique of the show business as a whole and it's exploitative nature.
18:55 My jaw dropped
The thing I love the most about this version of Pinocchio is not just that this is VERY different from a Disney rehash of the tale, but the moment you first see Pinocchio alive is extremely unsettling thanks to how he moves. He moves and uses his limbs in a very inhuman manner, and you have to watch him, in real time, learn how to move/walk/use his limbs like a real boy WHILE he learns how to truly be a real boy as a whole. I love it!!
Knowing how Del Toro feels about a lot of these subjects, and how long it took for him to get this movie made (it apparently was in preproduction since 2008), I can't help but figure this must be a deeply personal movie for him.
If I remember correctly, in the interview with Jimmy Fallon he said it is one of his favorite chilhood stories
Gotta say, this does look a lot more like the traditional fairy tale. Those things were dark before the Disney-fication and cottagecore fairies took off. Now I'm imagining a Peter Pan who preys on kids who like just had a fight with their parents and he convinces them to come back to Neverland but once they get there, they realize this was all a horrible mistake but now they're bound to his will of tormenting anyone he wishes so eventually Wendy and Captain Hook team up to try to defeat this evil kidnapper.
I luv old tale
Damn that would make Peter Pan a bit like the Other Mother from Coraline
The fact that a very old man has a very young son, and no mother whatsoever. The destruction of the shop annoyed me so much, that I forgot to listen to the song.
When my siblings turned this on I was like, “how is this a kids movie?? Pinocchio looks scary!” And just to clarify, I wasn’t afraid
It’s not a kids movie lol, animation doesn’t always cater to a younger audience.
@@box2365 That's a good point
The best part of seeing this in theaters was knowing there was a small child in the back row and imagining the awkward drive home they had with their parents after.
It is great seeing a kids movie that doesn't play it safe. They are rare these days. So thanks Del Toro
I love unexpected dark twists
And the bad guys DIED
Fr kids need a bit of fear
It’s not really a kids’ movie, Guillermo del Toro said so himself if I’m not mistaken
the music you put over the actual score absolutely infuriates me lol
I watched one video yesterday, the first video of yours that I've ever seen. Now I'm binging all your videos. What have you done to me? I need my freedom!
No one ever expects a straight up Seraphim to show up in their Pinocchio movie
Genuinely the coolest design. I didn’t expect biblically accurate angels but it was a great touch
This is a great movie, and one of Guillermo Del Toro's best. I'm so glad that Disney never tried to cash in with a mediocre version, which we all pretend doesn't exist!
Haha yeah, imagine if disney did that! I’m so happy that doesn’t exist.
I agree! It’s style and story is unique and much more flavor than Disney could have handled lol
This movie is honestly beautiful. Guillermo del Toro really fucking aced it. Also major props to David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Ewan McGregor and the ever fantastic Cristoph Waltz.
that new Netflix Pinocchio lives in my nightmares
I loved this return to the Brothers Grimm style of story, filled with dark elements and story morals of “and then they fucked around or didn’t listen to their elders, so they died horribly the end”
Imagine a Cinderella movie, "When you are queen, you don't have to walk" and "coo coo, there's blood in your shoe" echoes in my head sometimes in my grandmother's voice from when she read it..!
I loved how death angel even called out Sebastián on not doing anything. But he was like "I technically did the very vague and noncommittal thing I promised, so where's my wish?"
The death of Carlo went down like the death of hero’s brother in big hero 6.
When we see the blue fairy my reaction was "what?! That ain't a blue fairy that's a biblically accurate angel"
Disney Pinocchio: "I went to Pleasure Island!"
Netflix Pinocchio: "I went to military school!"
“A fascist military school in moussolini Italy”😊
credit where credit is due, though; it took him almost fifteen years & a lot of arduous effort to make it so at the very least, you can't deny how dedicated to the craft he truly is
When i saw this my mom thought it was a horror version of pinochio lol