I don't remember if I read or saw the animated movie of Pinocchio but it has been a long since then. I only remembered the main things like proving to be a real boy (good boy), nose growing when lying, donkey ears, Jiminy Cricket being the conscious, the whale and turning into a Real Boy. This movie was very well done. They emphasize a lot more on the sadness of Geppetto. I don't know if as a kid I didn't realize as much the loss Geppetto felt. Or if they actually did made a stronger impact on this movie of Geppetto losing his son and wife.
Tom Hanks was amazing as Geppetto. The emotions he transmitted were deep and sincere. Also, I don't really like musical movies but on this movie it was used just on the right places. The story was very well written. The plot went fluently and got right to the point. This movie gives a great lesson for kids in every part of the movie. You can tell their approach and how some was changed to reach new generations. Each moment teach a new lesson and even showed the consequences of each one. Now the end was kind of disappointing but understandable. I understand inclusion and wanting to defend the feeling of being different. But the story was well written already and I'm sure people would have understood. Changing the ethnic of the fairy is understandable because it doesn't affect the story and was a great choice of actress who has a great voice. Changing the whale to a sea monster was actually surprising but overall also didn't affected the story. But choosing not to transform Pinocchio into a real boy was like a safe choice rather than the best choice. They were afraid that people will say that being different is wrong and transforming the Wooden Boy into a real Boy would make some people believe that being different is bad. But it truly wouldn't. People would have to understand that even do this Stories give real lessons they are still mostly fantasy. But still they left the choice open for the audience to choose. Maybe he did became a real boy or maybe that happen on another version as Jiminy Cricket said it himself.
Overall I really enjoyed the movie. It had that classic Disney magic all the time. I definitely recommend this movie. Specially to kids because I feel they will learn the lessons given but still enjoy the movie at the same time. They won't feel as if they are being told what to do but they will actually see what could happen. This was a great movie and I will rate it 8.0. The movie had a fast pace and wasn't really rushed but at times it felt they could have elaborated on certain moments of the movie. Still it was nice family movie.
Rating 8.0
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