#pinoccio

[waokevale]

I think I can see the pattern in 2022 animated films.

Also the amazing self-awareness of these movies, not caring about bending over to popular media demand and actually addressing heavy topics instead of censoring or down playing them. 👏

[sunnyanddumb98]

so far so good

Over the weekend I watched Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio— and honestly, I didn’t get it.

I even gave it an awful review on Letterboxd, like “it’s fine, whatever.”

But then YouTube decided to prove me wrong. Maybe it’s just the algorithm spying on my phone, but I’m actually glad

because if Fellini, Kubrick, del Toro, and Coppola all saw something in this story, maybe I’m the one who’s dumb, not on the same wavelength or discourse as them.

So far I’ve learned the main themes are lies, obedience, fascism, and art. And it’s been talked about so much that it’s practically its own study field— Pinocchiology.

Now I see it differently, and I like how it connects to the other videos I’ve been watching lately about nuance in popular media and Naruto’s whole talk-no-jutsu against the cycle of violence— even Onibaba, another film I saw over the weekend that also touches on themes of lies, dependency, control, and war.

And now I have to reexamine my whole life.

By the end of watching Jacob’s video I realized this movie really is about what I thought it was all along: parenthood.

My opinion remains unchanged— it’s fine, whatever.

As Chidi put it: What we owe to each other is the question. And what we value in this world—what makes us proud, happy, and joyful— is the only moral compass we truly own.

Lies or not lies, obedience and disobedience, parents and children, government and people— all of it has to be evaluated case by case. Because as hard as Carreño, Voltaire, Kant, or Aristotle tried, there’s no manual, no universal rule.

Nuance, critical thinking, and compassion are the only tools we have.

[wondrous-art]

Did I watch the Pinocchio movie just for this funny little bug man? Yeah.

[white-trash-apollo]

lou saying "go give the mule one last gift" is such fabian seacaster energy

[kookies2000]

Just found out Pinocchio won the award yesterday!!! And people are complaining that Turning Red should've won. Welp! Fans will be fans. Pinocchio 100% deserved it. Even if Pinocchio didn't come out this year or if straight to streaming didn't count (Which a lot of Turning Red fans are saying shouldn't. That streaming films shouldn't count for the award.) You think Turning Red would have a chance against Puss in Boots The Last Wish? Turning Red is good and all but not exceeding Pinocchio or The Last Wish. Sea Beast maybe?

[letsstopfightingit]

I do wonder if the thing pulling Pinocchio’s string in the book, that demanded something happen, will be him getting donkey fever

[phonydiaries]

first draft of my next P x reader fic is done!! Final draft should be finished and ready to post sometime tomorrow :D

[pesadillaconqueso]

Pinoccio, de Guillermo del Toro (2022)