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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 347215" data-attributes="member: 8">[ATTACH=full]41964[/ATTACH]As a kid I watched the Pinocchio animated TV series (Japanese, probably) but apart from the Disney version I had never watched a full length Pinocchio movie.I was a little disappointed to find out that Prime only offered the dubbed version but luckily it didn&#039;t have a negative impact on the viewing experience. It was very well done, actually.Visually it looks a little unusual for a children&#039;s movie and it&#039;s a pity that they&#039;ve opted for that fashionable &quot;doesn&#039;t it look realistic?&quot; bleak colour palette.It appears that this version is closer to the original story and the Pinocchio world looks much more Alice In Wonderland. The only human/animal characters in the Disney movie are Jiminy, Honest John and Gideon (ironically, in this&nbsp; movie Mr. Fox and Mr. Cat aren&#039;t&nbsp; the human/animal hybrid).Despite the eerie make-up I found the wooden boy surprisingly adorable, also because he&#039;s very nasty and selfish, which makes the character development all the more satisfying.There&#039;s one minor character who acts annoyingly contemporary (e.g. using hands to emphasize speech) and the Stromboli plot drags a little bit - he isn&#039;t even a villain - but overall I think this is an entertaining movie. And also very funny, that was the biggest surprise.[ATTACH=full]41970[/ATTACH]I thought this was a rewatch but there wasn&#039;t anything in it that looked familiar, which is not a bad thing at all.It&#039;s mesmerizing, simultaneously relatable and disturbing, and as with so many of these great seventies movies it looks kinda effortless which allows me to be completely absorbed in it.The concept is timeless but Travis Bickle&#039;s point of view seems to be anchored in this particular zeitgeist and American culture, which makes it more than just a time capsule. Not that I have a problem with time capsule movies.I was a little taken aback by the final twist because....because....I don&#039;t know, I had not expected it. Is it because I no longer expect a twist to be an actual surprising twist?Robert De Niro looks quite attractive in that dark and brooding, Italian kind of way. Cybill Shepherd, I&#039;m sure she was born&nbsp; glamorous.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 347215, member: 8"] [ATTACH type="full"]41964[/ATTACH] As a kid I watched the Pinocchio animated TV series (Japanese, probably) but apart from the Disney version I had never watched a full length Pinocchio movie. I was a little disappointed to find out that Prime only offered the dubbed version but luckily it didn't have a negative impact on the viewing experience. It was very well done, actually. Visually it looks a little unusual for a children's movie and it's a pity that they've opted for that fashionable "doesn't it look realistic?" bleak colour palette. It appears that this version is closer to the original story and the Pinocchio world looks much more Alice In Wonderland. The only human/animal characters in the Disney movie are Jiminy, Honest John and Gideon (ironically, in [I]this[/I] movie Mr. Fox and Mr. Cat [I]aren't[/I] the human/animal hybrid). Despite the eerie make-up I found the wooden boy surprisingly adorable, also because he's very nasty and selfish, which makes the character development all the more satisfying. There's one minor character who acts annoyingly contemporary (e.g. using hands to emphasize speech) and the Stromboli plot drags a little bit - he isn't even a villain - but overall I think this is an entertaining movie. And also very funny, that was the biggest surprise. [ATTACH type="full"]41970[/ATTACH] I thought this was a rewatch but there wasn't anything in it that looked familiar, which is not a bad thing at all. It's mesmerizing, simultaneously relatable and disturbing, and as with so many of these great seventies movies it looks kinda effortless which allows me to be completely absorbed in it. The concept is timeless but Travis Bickle's point of view seems to be anchored in this particular zeitgeist and American culture, which makes it more than just a time capsule. Not that I have a problem with time capsule movies. I was a little taken aback by the final twist because....because....I don't know, I had not expected it. Is it because I no longer expect a twist to be an actual surprising twist? Robert De Niro looks quite attractive in that dark and brooding, Italian kind of way. Cybill Shepherd, I'm sure she was [I]born[/I] glamorous. [/QUOTE]

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