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Ms. Fenris Watches "Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio"
2 years ago
So here's the thing about stop-motion animation movies. They take a LONG TIME to film.
Del Toro is also the kind of guy who'll just plug away at something for a long time, holding a passion project close to his heart for years and years and years.
Pinocchio, the Del Toro one, HAD to have taken a long time to film. I read somewhere that it was roughly two and a half years, and that doesn't include pre-production and the years of script-writing and trying to get that script approved. But the point is it was DEFINITELY in production since at least as far back as 2019.
So, even though Disney's new Pinocchio remake came out FIRST, there would, in theory, have been enough time for a conversation like THIS to happen at Disney:
"Fuck, Guillermo Del Toro is making a Pinocchio movie! That's OUR movie! We own Pinocchio!"
"Actually we don't."
"We may as well! Who the fuck knows about any Pinocchio except our 'wish upon a star' bullshit? We can't let this stand! Alright, let's put a rush job on the live action remake of Pinocchio! We didn't have it scheduled until after we re-made Robin Hood and Alice in Wonderland (again), but we need to beat this bastard and bury his movie! Heck, I've even seen his script, and I know a few things we can crib off of it. He doesn't stand a chance."
...Now, I don't know FOR SURE that's what happened. It's pure speculation.
But I would not be the least bit surprised.
In any case, Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio is a wonderfully dark and imaginative piece of art that goes fuckin' hard, and not in a "Look at me, I'm Tim Burton, I'm so goth and dark and tragic because I'm DIFFERENT than stuffy normies boo hoo" kind of way. Show it to your kids, but only if your kids are cool 80's kind of kids who loved all that dark fantasy we used to have. But you should definitely watch it, 'cause it's great.
Del Toro is also the kind of guy who'll just plug away at something for a long time, holding a passion project close to his heart for years and years and years.
Pinocchio, the Del Toro one, HAD to have taken a long time to film. I read somewhere that it was roughly two and a half years, and that doesn't include pre-production and the years of script-writing and trying to get that script approved. But the point is it was DEFINITELY in production since at least as far back as 2019.
So, even though Disney's new Pinocchio remake came out FIRST, there would, in theory, have been enough time for a conversation like THIS to happen at Disney:
"Fuck, Guillermo Del Toro is making a Pinocchio movie! That's OUR movie! We own Pinocchio!"
"Actually we don't."
"We may as well! Who the fuck knows about any Pinocchio except our 'wish upon a star' bullshit? We can't let this stand! Alright, let's put a rush job on the live action remake of Pinocchio! We didn't have it scheduled until after we re-made Robin Hood and Alice in Wonderland (again), but we need to beat this bastard and bury his movie! Heck, I've even seen his script, and I know a few things we can crib off of it. He doesn't stand a chance."
...Now, I don't know FOR SURE that's what happened. It's pure speculation.
But I would not be the least bit surprised.
In any case, Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio is a wonderfully dark and imaginative piece of art that goes fuckin' hard, and not in a "Look at me, I'm Tim Burton, I'm so goth and dark and tragic because I'm DIFFERENT than stuffy normies boo hoo" kind of way. Show it to your kids, but only if your kids are cool 80's kind of kids who loved all that dark fantasy we used to have. But you should definitely watch it, 'cause it's great.
But definitely the best Pinocchio movie to come out of 2022!
Beautiful work and knowing that all of it was done via stop-motion is just breathtaking. The spirit and sphynx are so obviously Del Toro it's perfect.