Pinocchio

The original Scared Straight!

For all its Jiminy Cricket optimism, Pinocchio is a potent illustration of how people can only improve because they’re so lousy to begin with.

Pinocchio is a substantial piece of entertainment for young and old. Both animation and photography are vastly improved over Walt Disney's first cartoon feature, Snow White. Animation is so smooth that cartoon figures carry impression of real persons and settings rather than drawings.

It still is the best thing Mr. Disney has done and therefore the best cartoon ever made.

The movie is genuinely exciting and romantic, great to look at, and timeless.

Pinocchio redeemed Disney from the parlor trickery of Snow White and suggested animated features could indeed dance without strings.

Pinocchio, in fact, probably shows Disney's virtues and vices more clearly than any other cartoon.

BEST PINOCCHIO ADAPTATION AND BEST MOVIE EVER!!! THE ORIGINAL ENGLISH SPOKEN VERSION IS EVEN 100.000 TIMES BETTER THAN THE ITALIAN DUB!

The rhythmic machinery of a marionette's rebellion: A 3.0-star vivid but familiar drift through high-tension wooden grit.2004(3.0)I watched Pinocchio (1940) in 2004, and it remains a vivid 3.0-star record in my archive—a raw revelation of how a sensational, dark fable can be trapped in a narrative rhythm that feels 100% mechanical and stagnant. This experience **** the fourth wall of the moralizing genre by infusing Pinocchio’s raw, bbo-jjak yet naive precision into a rhythmic journey that turned a pathetic puppet’s lies into a vivid act of storytelling rebellion. The narrative rhythm was far from stagnant in its visual ambition; instead, it offered a sensational acting power show where the raw, high-tension transformation on Pleasure Island and the hororong escape from Monstro the whale left me in a state of absolute awe at its visceral soul. While the production leveraged the vivid, sensational "When You Wish Upon a Star" melody and the raw, chewy bond between Geppetto and his creation, the overall soul felt stagnant, as the narrative rhythm followed a pathetic cycle of repetitive "bad influence" tropes that lacked the high-tension impact of a 5.0-star masterpiece like Anastasia. The 95% preservation of my memory is dominated by the rhythmic, raw beauty of the underwater sequences and the vivid but pathetic cruelty of Stromboli and the Coachman, creating a journey that felt more like a visual nightmare than a permanent, sensational scar of joy on my soul. Unlike the vivid soul of 101 Dalmatians (2000) or the raw brilliance of Tarzan, this encounter possessed a rhythm that was too stagnant and "preachy" to achieve a higher rank. It stands in my 2004 record as a powerful 3.0-star testament to the raw power of Disney’s early horror elements—a high-tension encounter with the vivid rhythm of the Blue Fairy that remains a chewy, if familiar, artifact of my childhood journey.

Uma bela animação, que nos ensina muito sobre ser honesto, não mentir, buscarmos um futuro melhor e diversas outras lições. A animação é lindíssima, e nem mesmo parece que foi feita há 80 anos. Mesmo com o passar do tempo, a obra não envelheceu mal, sendo totalmente reproduzível nos dias de hoje, sem muitos vestígios de preconceito ou racismo. Os personagens são interessante, mas não muito carismáticos. A identidade da disney quanto a sincronia com o som já estava lá, o que é muito interessante de se ver. A ost é linda e marcante, fora toda a influencia que esse filme proporcionou para as animações futuras. Porém, com o passar do tempo, as animações começaram a apresentar um foco maior no desenvolvimento emocional das crianças. As lições ensinadas aqui são valiosas, mas muito vagas. As crianças de hoje são muito complexas e exigem algo a altura. O filme é ótimo, mas quanto a isso, acabou ficando para trás.

Jiminy Cricket explains that he is going to tell a story of a wish coming true. His story begins in the Italian workshop of a woodworker named Geppetto. Jiminy watches as Geppetto finishes work on a wooden marionette whom he names Pinocchio. Before falling asleep, Geppetto makes a wish on a star that Pinocchio will be a real boy. During the night, a Blue Fairy visits the workshop and brings Pinocchio to life, although he still remains a puppet. She informs him that if he proves himself brave, truthful, and unselfish, he will become a real boy, and assigns Jiminy to be his conscience. Geppetto discovers that his wish has come true, and is filled with joy. However, on his way to school, Pinocchio is led astray by Honest John the Fox and his companion, Gideon the Cat, who convinces him to join Stromboli's puppet show, despite Jiminy's objections. Pinocchio becomes Stromboli's star attraction as a marionette who can sing and dance without strings. However, when Pinocchio wants to go home for the night, Stromboli locks him in a birdcage. Jiminy arrives to see Pinocchio and is unable to free him. The Blue Fairy appears and asks Pinocchio why he was not at school. Jiminy urges Pinocchio to tell the truth, but instead, he starts telling lies, which causes his nose to grow longer and longer. Pinocchio vows to be good from now on, and the Blue Fairy returns his nose to its original form and sets him free while warning him that this will be the last time she can help him. Meanwhile, across town, Honest John and Gideon meet a coachman who promises to pay them money if they can find naughty little boys for him to take to Pleasure Island. Encountering Pinocchio on his way home, they convince him that he needs to take a vacation there. On the way to Pleasure Island, he befriends Lampwick, a delinquent boy. Without rules or authority to enforce their activity, Pinocchio and the other boys soon engage in smoking, gambling, vandalism, and getting drunk, much to Jiminy's dismay. Later, while trying to get home, Jiminy discovers that the island hides a horrible curse: the boys brought to Pleasure Island transform into donkeys for their misbehavior and are sold to slave labor in the salt mine and circus. Jiminy runs back to warn Pinocchio, only to discover that Lampwick has transformed into a donkey; Pinocchio manages to escape the island, only with donkey ears and a tail. Upon returning home, Pinocchio and Jiminy find the workshop vacant. They soon get a letter from the blue fairy as a dove, stating that Geppetto had ventured out to sea to save Pinocchio from Pleasure Island, but was swallowed by a giant whale named Monstro, and is now living in his belly. Determined to rescue his father, Pinocchio jumps into the sea accompanied by Jiminy. Pinocchio is soon swallowed by Monstro as well, where he is reunited with Geppetto. Pinocchio devises a scheme to make Monstro sneeze, giving them a chance to escape. The scheme works, but the enraged whale chases them and smashes their raft. Pinocchio pulls Geppetto to safety in a cave before Monstro crashes into it. Geppetto, Figaro, Cleo, and Jiminy are washed up safely on a beach, but Pinocchio is shown apparently lifeless in a rockpool. Back home, an inconsolable Geppetto weeps over Pinocchio as Jiminy Cricket and the pets also mourn the loss. The Blue Fairy, however, decides that Pinocchio has proven himself brave, truthful, and selfless. To reward him, the Blue Fairy resurrects Pinocchio, reversing the Pleasure Island curse and turning him into a real boy. Pinocchio awakens and reveals that he is alive and a real human boy, much to everyone's joy. As everyone celebrates, Jiminy steps outside to thank the Fairy and is rewarded with a solid gold badge that certifies him as an official conscience.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]