An average movie

While we are all waiting for Guillermo Del Toro’s version to finally come out (seriously, I think it has been added more than 10 years ago on this website), I thought I might as well watch Robert Zemeckis’s version in the meantime l since it was already available on Disney+. Of course, like most of Disney’s recent live action adaptations of their classic animated features, the damned thing felt really misguided from the start. Especially in this case, it felt even more pointless since they followed so faithfully the animated version. Sure, they did tweak a few details here and there but these details had so very little added value, you wonder if a shot-by-shot remake wouldn’t have been more efficient. At least, it was visually not bad, even though I wasn’t so sure about the approach they chose  for the main character. Sure, Pinocchio is supposed to be a wooden puppet but it felt as if the puppet was not completely finished yet, as if the wood was still raw, and it gave him a rather creepy look. Concerning the story, it has always been one of the weirdest and even more unsettling tales delivered by Disney, something you will never see anytime soon again coming from these guys. Here, with this modern adaptation, they tried to smooth out some of the dark edges somehow but the end-result was rather unsatisfying since they never settled for a specific tone. And, yet, it is still a fascinating tale and I just loved the relationship between Pinocchio and Geppetto, even in this really misguided new version. Anyway, to conclude, I’m pretty sure I was really too generous with my rating here but I guess I might still be worth a look but you should definitely lower your expectations before watching the damned thing.