Netflix's Pinocchio is TERRIFYINGLY GOOD

This movie is actually the only exception to my rule of hating poop/fart jokes because it's self-aware and makes sense for the character. Pinocchio is a little kid; of course his 'genius plan' is going to be changing all the lyrics in the song to poop and farts and I thought it was kind of cute tbh

I love how it's implied, but never confirmed, that Pinocchio has Carlo's soul but he is not really "Carlo", like when he sings the song Gepetto used to sing to Carlo and how the sphinx death goddess says she feels like she have seen him before when she sees Pinnochio for the first time.

I actually enjoy the realistic reaction of everyone the moment they saw Pinocchio. Me repeatedly saying "THAT's how you should react to a talking pile of wood." every time they scream in horror.

Overlooked part: Candlewick starting to cry after Pinocchio talks about the complications of parental love, and you can tell Candlewick is crying because he can’t see that in his own pops

I love what they did with The Blue Fairy in this movie. She could have easily been a normal woman with a sparkling dress, wand, and wings, but that would have been far too predictable. She's a more biblical and angelic looking creature with multiple wings and eyes, making her more unique than other versions. She also has a dark counterpart who gave Pinocchio immortality as she gave him life.

Gepetto's son being named Carlo is probably a reference to Carlo Collodi (a.k.a. the author of the original Pinocchio)

Something I really liked was the "Carlo was a good boy, he obeyed me" when Carlo literally died because of not obeying him, he was still a child and Gepetto carries so mush grief and regret because he thinks he didn't discipline Carlo enough to listen when it was important. This movie really is good at exploring a grieving character

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

I think it’s easy for the father to forget his 1st son carlo had years to become a “good boy” but Pinocchio is literally a newborn being and is actively learning what it means to be a good person. His outward older appearance makes it hard to really see this.

It feels bizarre to see all these Pinocchios come out and the last one is actually the best.

Sure the songs are forgettable, but at least don’t forget Pinocchio's GOD TIER singing voice! It blew me away how good a singer Gregory Mann is, all the songs he sings are easily my favorite from the film

This movie hit all the right spots for me. The beginning was sad but not overdone, Geppetto creating Pinocchio while he was drunk af felt real, and even their relationship in the beginning felt even more real, with Geppetto learning to love this 'thing' that suddenly came to life. Pinocchio then wasn't a total cringefest like with Disney or the worst person ever like in Collodi's tale, it was a white sheet of paper that watched the world in an honest, even if sometimes disrespectful way. The ending when he didn't became a real kid but a mortal being really got me, it's so deep on so many levels that freaking hurts. This movie deserves all the praise it gets, truly one of the best things of this year.

I wonder if Gepetto is an unreliable narrator with how well behaved Carlo is, and Pinocchio reminds him of the bad times he had while raising his son and would rather remember him in an illusion of what he thinks his son was rather than how he actually acted.

It was emotional. It was dark. It was silly. It made you think. It was a work of art. Not just a hastily made cash grab. I miss when major picture movies tried to be art more.

Spoilers love candle wick so much. As a person who struggles to find acceptance from the people around me I really connected with this character. I wish candle wick could have lived in the end, but I see how his story arc served it’s purpose in the main storyline. It’s so heart breaking seeing these kids struggle. Guillermo did an amazing job. I hope to see more movies like this in the future.

The fact we never got Del Toro's The Hobbit is honestly a crime against humanity. Still holding out for his In the Mountains of Madness! Also, I love how Del Toro mixes absolutely brutal parts of history with fairy tale elements in both Pan's Labyrinth and Pinocchio, the man's a genius.

I have seen so many Pinochio adaptation, this is legitimately the first one that broke me. When Sebastian protested to the wood spirit/blue fairy that Pinochio's death was not fair and that he was definitely a good boy, it felt so real and raw.

Okay, but I love how they integrated the design of biblicallly accurate angels into the Blue Fairy's design. Like, look at all of them peepers she has.

I liked that Pinocchio’s lives kinda represented what I think life would have been for a kid during the war. A normal kid loving under the gasística rule. A performer or a kid that works for money during the war. And the kids that got drafted and were sent to war. Three great perspectives

Del Toro's use of a youth boot camp is rather appropriate, as it accomplishes the same idea of Pleasure Island being a space for kids to mimic adult behavior. I also consider this my favorite interpretation of Pinocchio. Having Gepetto and the cricket go through their own character growth in addition to Pinocchio was a refreshing take on the story.