Disney's Pinnochio Remake is Complete Garbage 

Everytime Disney does one of these live action remakes I just say "Why would I want to watch this when I can watch the original?"

I feel like taking an animated movie filled with soul and expression and turning it into a lifeless CGI copypasta is the worst choice a company can make That’s just me though

I think the worst part is how Pinocchio earns his freedom from the cage by lying. In the original, he was only freed because he admitted he was lying and that it was wrong, creating one of the most iconic analogies in Disney's history. In the remake, his lying is the very thing that earns him his freedom, implying that lying is good.

"They bring him to the one and only Stromboli, who is a showman who will do anything to make a dollar off of his puppeteer shows." That basically sums up Disney's live action remakes in a single sentence.

pinnochio is the type of film that could only work in 2D, they kept is cartoony design but he looks so out of place, and if they made him look more realistic, that would be really bad

fun fact: I completely, totally, utterly forgot / was unaware that Lady and the Tramp even HAD a remake

I decided to compare the donkey scenes from the remake and the original and what I found was the original was better in every way. The kid sounding older in the original gives more of a sense that he SHOULD know better. The younger voice doesn't give it any favor. The original is scarier as it shows a cartoony donkey with music that implies how horrific it is. The remake makes the donkey look real which losses some of the horror as its already hard to look at. The changing of hands into hooves was shown in the original which gives a sense of no return as the mama scream is haunting. The remake literally destroys all of this by showing it in shadows(Yes the original did it as well but not as much). One of the most iconic lines of the original was ruined by donkey sounds. A great way to show the disaster this film is as it completely ruined the moment.

Del Toro's is going to be the only good Pinocchio movie that will come out this year, I just know it. He's been working on it since 2008, and the trailer proves how much life he put into it. The blue fairy looks gorgeous, and Pinocchio acts like an actual child, mischievousness and all.

The fact that we can't even show kids smoking in movies anymore is so stupid. It's not like the message of "Smoking is bad" wouldn't come and punch you in the face with the fate of the kids. I guess Disney is too afraid to even risk anything at this point.

The blue fairy only being there to bring Pinocchio to life is a massive disservice to the character. In the original, she’s the one who sees an old man who’s given his entire life to making others happy with his clocks, & decides that he deserves to have his one wish granted. However, what’s important is that she doesn’t stop there. She keeps an eye on Pinocchio throughout his whole journey & helps steer him right. She does this b/c it is HER responsibility. SHE brought him to life. That means SHE is responsible for what happens to him & his father. It’s HER responsibility to help him try & become real, b/c, keep in mind, it’s HER who wants to fulfill Geppetto’s wish. She obviously thinks a lot about Geppetto & believes he deserves to be happy. She did this for him. This means, if Pinocchio fails, she fails him AND Geppetto. She fails to give this kind, loving man & his son the lives they deserve. Meanwhile, this fairy just comes to drastically alter both of their lives & dips. There is no care behind her actions at all. Now, instead of a wise, fair lady, she’s an irresponsible mischief maker. The Blue Fairy was always a highlight of whatever scene she was in. She was a being that radiated an aura of wisdom & wonder. She was as mysterious as she was loving, & she didn’t abandon those she deigned to grace with her favor.

There's something so beautiful about the entire internet coming together to agree that this movie isn't even just mediocre, it's BAD

Still find it absolutely hilarious that the fox was the only thing in this film animated well. Sure, he’s off-putting compared to the other CGI things, the design doesn’t fit in a “realistic” setting apposed to a cartoon one, and he’s arguably over animated, but there was clear talent there. Whoever animated him deserves a raise and work on a much much much better product.

once you have made yourself a name in the business, you can bring out as much garbage as you want and the people will still consume it. -disney or something

Pinocchio was already toned down in the original movie, here they made it so flawless that he wouldn't even need Jiminy Cricket. The blue fairy never appears again, Fabiana the puppeteer feels like a wasted character, Lampwick is such a contrast to Pinocchio that you almost feel satisfied instead of horrified during the transformation scene. Don't get me even started with the CGI. The cat and the fox segments were funny, the easter eggs were kinda cool and Geppetto's past was interesting but overall the movie felt like a big missed shot, which was quite expected, considering how most of recent Disney live action movies have been missed shots of a missed volley.

Honestly, the rebooted version of the Donkey scene didn’t hold the same type of “Oh shit” as the animated one. It felt kind of lackluster and I found some movements kind of odd (like the kid grabbing Pinocchio from a chair to then put him in the floor to then beg for help). The original tugged my heartstrings, the reboot did not

Since the point of pleasure island was to deter children from drinking/ smoking they could've updated it to warn against things that are currently dangerous/ appealing to kids like vaping or something. But Disney is too far gone down the "pristine" image to even think of that (although there's barely any thought behind these soulless remakes)

I knew the movie would be bad the moment I found out there was no "Father, when can I leave to be on my ooown? I have the whole worldussy!

What's more disgusting about this movie, is that the Zemeckis directed it. What makes it disgusting: Disney Shutdown Imagemovers studio, which was founded by Zemeckis, which was actually trying to push forward CGI tech and art. It's especially ugly when we remember the recent Disney's Rescue Rangers 2022, where the movie itself tried imitating Zemeckis' "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", then also reference Zemeckis' CGI Imagemovers, claiming it was crap, and thinking they are better. I suppose Zemeckis is either tied up with contract to work for Disney, or that he just came directing it for a paycheck, without any sense of self-respect or pride. Either way, that's very disappointing to see such director's fall who made awesome and experimental movies to this...

Imagine going through school and keeping your passion for art alive just to 3D render actual animal crap for Pinocchio to sniff

The thing about the Pleasure Island censoring is exactly why things like this shouldn't be remade & made live action. Also that ending... what the actual hell?

This may be a personal gripe with just me, but I gate how they remade Honest John and Gideon. In the original, both characters were both poor. They both wore rags, and both of them wanted to make money off Pinocchio. Not to mention Honest John actually cared for Gideon! In the scene with the coachman, he literally protects him from him. It's a subtle note but it shows off a more tender side to the character. In the remake, he abuses Gideon to the point of actual worry- not just slapstick. Not to mention Honest John is dressed fancifully while Gideon is in rags. Yet the remake is the one that gets the "G+HJ" emblem on the mallet. Pathetic.

In the original,the kids seem to have a full consciousness when they're donkeys,they just sell the ones that can't talk and do who knows what to the ones who can and are crying to go home. In the remake,they seem pretty much like regular donkeys once they've changed.

My mother told me that "Pinocchio" had a remake, and at that moment I screamed "NO"

Does Disney not realize that people loved Encanto and that they could make just as much money making original movies? Or are they just lazy AND greedy? And can we please talk about the lazy casting choices and how the race swapping is only done to seem woke and diverse?

I watched this with my dad and we were sort of making fun of it together and every time something really weird happened we both looked at each other trying to figure out what happened Good bonding moment tho 👍

Jiminy cricket looks like a sleep paralysis demon,change my mind.

The only reason they are doing these 'films' is to refresh their copy protection.

if this was a LIVE action movie why didn't they include the very real art of puppeteering? The female puppet freaked me out like it looks so fucking creepy when it moves or blinks. they tried to make her pretty and elegant... it back fired

This was a real conversation I had with my dad after watching this movie: Dad: Didnt he turn into a boy in the original? Me: In some stories, yes but in the actual story they hung him. Dad:.... *What?*

I cannot belive that the CGI in Pirates of the Caribbean 2, a movie that came out 16 YEARS ago, looks 200 times better than a movie that came out just a few weeks ago! How in hell did this happen.

Their advertising for this movie must’ve been pretty bad or either I just haven’t been paying attention because I literally had no idea this movie even existed until super recently

In a GOOD movie for the girl's puppet they'd have built a real one and hired a master puppeteer to operate it.

I also find that Geppetto trying to replace his son who passed, with a puppet, makes everything that happens to Pinocchio even more cruel. It means that Geppetto has to suffer with losing his son twice

What I hate most about live action remakes is the lack of expression. Like hear me out, they CANT HAVE VERY SADDENING DRAMATIC SCENES, I mean, they can but like… imagine their eyes opening wide and they have large balls of tears falling down and their pupils go smaller, they sometimes shake, you can’t get that with live action!.. plus more bouncy.. and movement..

Fun fact: Monstro in the original 1883 Pinocchio story wasn't a whale, he was a giant dogfish shark.

12:00 They probably CGI-d the root beer because Disney tries to work with unionized depts as least as possible. Props and costuming I believe are two that are unionized. CGI depts aren't, sadly. And they'd rather churn out faster made, sloppier movies than pay people to make it look good, albeit take longer. I despise Disney as a whole. I've seen better animation from Sony and Illumination. Hell, HOP is leaps and bounds better than this.

I like how it says it's live action, even though it's 80% CGI

Pinnochio smelling crap is a perfect representation for this film 👌

the replacement of beer with root beer is so dam stupid. root beer is a soda it doesn't have alcohol in it so a kid drinking that shouldn't qualify as being a delinquent. drinking too much of soda is bad for your health but thats just a personal bad choice that doesn't really affect anyone else.

The transformation scene was done so terribly in the remake, it looked like the donkey head was just copied and pasted onto Lampwick’s body.

I think one more small thing that contributed to the badness of this remake was the fact that the fairy looks more like Lord Voldemort with wings than a fairy.

I was honestly appalled that Robert Zemeckis directed this. Even though I personally think he's a hack, this is still the same guy who directed Roger Rabbit. What an embarrassment.

Going into the story my biggest issue is a subtle one that's easy to miss but vital to the story for children. Pinocchio doesn't make the bad decisions, he's put in that situation and framed as having no other choice. This changes the blame from on Pinocchio and the lesson being about fixing yourself and your own failings to blaming society and the world outwardly for the conditions of your life.

Companies completely abuse CGI at this point They are not implementing it to enhance the visuals of movies, but just to be lazy. I'm not even talking about not using animatronics anymore, they can't even be bothered to film a real cat or a child apparently😒

Disney: People are nostalgic for our classic stories! Disney Animation: I bet they're nostalgic for 2006 CGI too! 9 months later: Pinocchio

It's funny how they go out of the way to make the callous puppet Master pay for his crimes but the literal human trafficker gets away Scott free yet again

Isn't it ironic how Pinnochio was one of the highlights of Disney, a passionate work made with teaching kids an important lesson, while the new age Pinnochio is an uninteresting blant cash grab with barely any work put into it, and the lesson being 'maybe that happened or not, who knows'

>was listening to music while doing some computer work >ad for *New Live-action* Pinocchio movie comes up >gets distracted wondering “why does that need to exist” >skip ad and continue working

I won't lie, I actually like how Honest John was done. Granted, though, a lot of that did hinge on how much life Keegan-Michael Key gave the character. I think that the hyper-realism on him helped to outline the slimier side of his character and kinda helped him fit more into the more realistic world, but I wouldn't be opposed to a more stylized version of John and seeing that version play out too. Other than that, Savantics is spot on. Movie was mediocre at best for me, even when I first half-watched it while working on college classes. Another reason Honest John was the only thing I liked in this movie is because you can just *tell* that he got 99% of the CGI budget.

At least they didn't use a real marionette for Pinocchio, I wouldn't be able to sleep if so.

I could not bring myself to watch the full movie, but I did watch the pleasure island scene. One moment of this scene I found to be particularly concerning: the contempt corner. In this part of the island, cameras are pointed at the children, who are holding signs that say messages like “shut your mouth” while they yell things like “I hate you!” This seems like a clear reference to the concept of protesting, and the fact that speaking your mind and criticizing those in power who are doing wrong is painted as a bad thing says a LOT about what Disney values and what they want their audiences to believe

The sentence ‘He meets a cat and a fox who want to exploit him’ is so funny and idk why

In terms of human sentience: the animated classic movie shows that for the kids-turned-donkeys, both options are possible: it shows the villain sorting the donkeys depending on if they can still talk or not - the implication being if they are still sentient. If they are full donkey, they get sold to circuses or salt-mines. If they can still talk, they get pushed into a separate enclosure where they are abused and their future fate remains unknown.

These are the only two things that I liked about the live action remake: 1) They finally gave Jiminy Cricket antennae. I remember even as a small kid, I was so bothered by the fact that he had none when he took of his hat 😆 2) Whenever Jiminy jumps, he chirps, which I found absolutely adorable. So, in closing, improvements on Jiminy and…that…that’s about it…

I'm surprised that you didn't point out how offputting Geppetto's cat and goldfish were. I was very uncomfortable whenever they appeared on screen (not that I wasn't uncomfortable the entire movie anyway)

It's like Disney just doesn't understand why the original story worked. Changing it so Pinocchio goes to school but gets kicked out takes away his agency. He's SUPPOSED to make the wrong decision, otherwise he doesn't learn anything!

The writers really saw the jail escape in Shrek 2 and were like: "that's a great idea! Let's take it!"

This is no surprise. Every live-action remake is garbage. Cartoons and video games are _not_ meant to be real people, it defeats the purpose. You can do so much more with animation and it's much more entertaining.

When I got my braces, I was told by my orthodontist that I wasn’t allowed to drink any soda, but root beer was the only exception. I don’t know if they changed that or not but I was allowed to drink root beer when I had braces for a few years. I know that kids drinking beer and cigars is shunned upon today even for films, but both were portrayed as not cool for use, especially as children. If drinking root beer is a substitute to beer, it can easily be mistaken as being portrayed the same way as beer. And it’s the only soda I could drink with a teeth prison!

Tom Hanks was more wooden than Pinocchio, on top of that, this remake was a serious downgrade of what was made in 1940, ironically, the original movie was more human than this travesty. However, I will recommend watching Pinocchio 2019, which actually came from Italy, I feel it would be better to support the Italian film industry, rather than Disney.

It's painfully obvious that they wanted to sell more Pinocchio toys without a major redesign. He looks exactly like his 2D version, and the fact that we never see him turn into a real boy means Disney doesn't have to hire another child actor. Plus in a kids mind, Pinocchio is still a puppet therefore no need to build another toy for her real form.

Hearing about the new Pinocchio and SEEING how it looks compared to the original fully animated one just inspires me to watch the older one... and to maybe read the book again.

Disney clearly had to dump this into Disney+, imagine paying a ticket and snacks on a theater to watch this

I’m honestly surprised Joseph Gordon Levitt agreed to do this movie after what Disney did to Treasure Planet.

Now the question is... Is this worse than the "father when can I leave to be on my own! I have the whole world to see!"

They literally just took the original’s deleted ending scene and used it for the remake thinking they would redeem the writers back then from getting their work shafted. I hate when producers think they’re being clever trying to use whatever didn’t work or pass for the final result. (i.e. the “human zoo” for Mary Poppins)

Notice how when Pinocchio was retelling his experiences he says "and pleasure island was bad because I grew donkey ears" instead of it being bad because breaking stuff or... eating candy/drinking rootbeer...

Honestly, the adaptation of the Pleasure Island scene is most probably a victim of Disney's toothlessness and unwillingness to take risks, and this theme is not intentional. But if we take it at face value, the message is this: Going to a glitzy amusement park, drinking root beer, having too much candy, and enjoying attractions as directed (like yeah, breaking clocks is kinda fucked up, but the game is to literally do that!) are sinful enough to merit being turned into a donkey. Pinocchio is so mild-mannered in this adaptation that he is disgusted by it all to begin with, but starts turning into a donkey simply by being there and associating with the children actually having fun. This a grimly Puritan take on "good child" behavior.

Disney manages to disappoint us some more and more somehow.

Disney: _makes sure every member of the voice cast in the Lion King remake that will never be seen on screen is of African descent_ Also Disney: _can't even be bothered to get an Italian man to play Geppetto_ :/

I'd rather they just rerelease the originals at the cinema, imagine going with your family to watch those together on the big screen, and Pixar, I'll always remember when I first saw toy story 1 and the original lion king at the cinema, not to mention the adverts and the Macca's toys, those were the days

I feel like Disney live action remakes is basically: “You are no doubt the worst pirate I’ve ever heard of” “Ah, but you’ve heard of me” and it works somehow.

When Honest John is talking to Pinocchio outside of the school and walking around him and sliding along the gravel road, it's just so awful to look at. His cape stays rigid and just floats above the ground, there's no interaction between him and the road he's on. It's hypnotically awful to look at.

the real pinnochio was the friends we made along the way

Savantics is the perfect RU-vidr to watch while brushing teeth.

You guys remember that terrifying live action Pinocchio movie that came out in the 90s called The Adventures of Pinocchio? I do. Traumatizing shit

Me: I hated how we derived away from doing bad things will have consequences moral. He goes to school as Jiminy said but is kicked out for being a puppet when there are walking upright animal conartists in town. He's encouraged to lie to get out of the cage when he could have been set free by his new friend. He isn't a kid in the pleasure island scenes. He's a hostage that doesn't want to do bad things but then why go here in the first place? Oh right peer pressure from the kids. So the film encourages kids to 1.) forget about learning and focus on fame. 2.) Encourage kids to lie their way out of a problem 3.) Do whatever anyone pressures you into. 4.) Drinking soda is... bad???? The only thing that stays partially the same from the 1940's version is Pinocchio runs away from home, but for different motives.

I think they heard that Guillermo Del Toro was in discussion with Netflix over completing his long abandoned rendition of Pinocchio and they decided to push production of the film to try and capitalise on the discussion and be seen as the 'original'. It would explain how rushed it seems at every point, as if the writing team and planning was given fractional time, not to mention the art departments. Both projects were stalled but Diseys began production in 2021 whereas Del Toro's was picked up by Netflix in 2018. They were both bound to happen, it just seems like Disney decided to really push for its release and they had really so little time to make a movie with so much animation involved. For reference, Encanto took 5 years and the Aladdin remake took 2-3 years I think.

Can we also talk about how much more life-filled Fabiana's puppet eyes looked compared to Pinocchio in the live action movie?

I watched the orginal and new one back to back and wow the live action one hurt to watch I loved the orginal it was a really charming beautifully animated movie Going from that to the remake was like a punch in the face

I’m just realizing this is the very expensive and modern answer of when Walt Disney rereleased films into theaters for extra revenue or put them “in the Disney vault”. And this was with was done Pinocchio

I had a friend who was a big fan of Mulan and they didn't watch the live-action remake, didn't help that I told them that it was probably gonna be bad. 2-3 years later, Pinnochio remake comes out, I'm a big fan of the original movie, it is now my turn to get an awful live-action remake. Needless to say that I won't be watching.

Disney’s going to remake Lilo and Stitch… oh no.

I feel like Disney forgot the entire point of Pinocchio screwing up in the first place; it’s not that he was a bad kid in the original film, he was just naive and easily misled. He takes everything people tell him at face value when he’s first born, just like a kid who doesn’t know anything else, whether it’s Geppetto telling him he needs to go to school, or Honest John telling him he could be an actor with ease. What made it *better* was that he still consciously chose to go off acting, even when Jiminy stopped him and reminded him of the responsibilities to go to school- he made an impulsive mistake, and feels embarrassed about it later, but he learns from it. As a young kid WOULD do. Making Pinocchio always good-intended and never making him have any faults ruins the entire arc he’s meant to go through.

I like how they made the Blue Fairy black just to immediately forget about her after the first scene in the movie

The other thing I want to change about Pinocchio’s style is, can’t they just make him a little bit bigger? Cause in the end, how can a real boy be THAT small? and what about his gloves and WOODEN shoes?

The really weird part about the pinnochio remake was all the Fall Guys gameplay footage in between every scene.

I personally think that this live-action remake made the donkey transformation silly instead of as traumatic as it should have been, like in the original.

It's only a matter of time before they start doing live action remakes of classic Pixar movies like A Bugs Life, Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Cars and so on.

This remake doesn't just make me want to rewatch the original, it makes me want to pirate the original. You could've just released the original as an anniversary special, Disney, but no; you got greedy, flew too close to the sun, and now you're crashing back down to Earth.

And for some reason in the original the word “jackass” was mentioned multiple times, but here it’s just a quite censored because they think it’s a “swear word”

This movie definitely was made in the 2020s… Pinocchio did not earn any kind of a soul but he got a participant prize just for showing up.

I can agree. There were a lot of times when watching the movie that i had to pause and rethink the entire plot i also had to double take at the graphics sometimes sheesh

They probably didn't want to CGI a human with Pinocchio's face shape.

The original 1940 "Pinocchio" was the very first Disney animated movie I ever saw, so it holds a special place in my heart (that, and it's also my favorite). I'm so tired of these remakes.

This movie should have ended like the original fairytale. Look it up if you don't know, look it up.

This is what the current media culture gets involved with too much. Taking away elements that give the impact to the story

Can’t wait for the live action remake of the Lilo & Stitch movie with a terrifying cgi Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley… oh Gods a cgi Pleakley.

Does anyone remember a time when Disney’s live action remakes were rare? Believe it or not, yes, there was a time when one would go YEARS before one was even considered. They weren’t cash grabs and they did in fact change some things in the story. Most of the story beats were there but they would add a new point to the plot. One example was 101 Dalmatians. In the remake, Cruella was the head of a famous fashion company that Anita worked for. How Cruella got her inspiration for the spotted coat was Anita was making designs for outfits and had drawn one that was inspired by Perdy her dog. The image entranced Cruella so much that she made the iconic line: “It’s almost as if I’m wearing your dog. Woof! Woof!” then laughing hysterically. And yes, Disney used the fashionista version of Cruella for her prequel movie. Now, compare that too the most recent waves of truly uninspired IPs. They aren’t trying something new, some movies going so far as to be shot for shot remakes, if they do change the story veer off HARD into losing the entire point, or my absolute favorite adding more plot (padding) to the story that didn’t need any more. Not to even mention that they are shelling these out at a rapid pace. Let’s be very real here, most of these movies do not go on to be classics. They aren’t used as memes, no one can recite any quotes of new dialogue, and probably most stupid thing about these live action remakes is that they genuinely feel… lifeless. I will point out a scene from a movie to show what I am referring to: the scene and musical number “Be Our Guest”. The original was sung by Jerry Orbach (RIP). The entire sequence from start to finish had so much flair, life, from Lumiere singing about the wonderful meals that Belle will consume to telling her that even the dishes believe the same. You can see his facial expressions as he sings at her, the musical also includes Cogsworth trying IN VAIN to keep everyone quiet and stop the show. I didn’t really like the movie (burn out. My mom would watch it again and again FOR HOURS!) but I greatly enjoyed that musical number. Yes, even more so than “Beauty and the Beast” sung by Angela Lansbury. Now I haven’t seen the remake because I refuse to but I HAVE seen the “Be Our Guest” musical number and although, it appears to be the exact same musical number as the cartoon version… it didn’t FEEL the same. When they do a close up shot of Lumiere, he isn’t as expressive. Which to be fair, if memory serves of the images I had seen of the enchanted servants.. their faces were… painted on (?) therefore the expressions aren’t that easily conveyed. However, that’s where the live action remake of “Be Our Guest” fails. It’s… clearly not a project made from love, understanding, nor to truly move you. It’s like bringing a piece of junk to an auto show. They can give it a new coat of paint but you will still be able to spot all the rust, obvious mitch-match tires, the parts of the body that don’t belong to the original. The same can be said for “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” in the new The Lion King. The fact that they went so far into being realistic… the expressions of love between Simba and Nala appears… well… boring. Heck, the original scene was sooooo good all that they did for the music video was superimpose Elton John into the scene! In summary, live action remakes are cash grabs and as long as audiences go to see them… they won’t stop.

As someone with OCD, It makes me wonder if someone who is managing the films at Disney also has OCD. These remakes are not that popular anymore, and it might only take someone with OCD to completely remake the entire Disney classics until they finally call it a day.