tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759137971748822612.post6936431325829018749..comments2024-03-09T16:26:15.033-06:00Comments on Waking Snow White: “A Very Lovely Thought, but Not at All Practical”Breannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03231587539814108744noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759137971748822612.post-54213107216317384172011-02-17T19:04:38.628-06:002011-02-17T19:04:38.628-06:00I always wondered why Gepetto was out at sea seeki...I always wondered why Gepetto was out at sea seeking Pinocchio, how he got there...etc...<br /><br />The Pleasure Island sequence runs through with a subtle thread of foreboding. It's like you can't watch these boys acting like idiots without feeling like something sinister is afoot. To this day, I get chills watching Lampwick's thoroughly disturbing (though admittedly deserved) transformation, and Alexander's cries for his mother are absolutely haunting! Besides, that Coachman looks like the kind of guy you'd warn your kids about...if I saw a guy like him on the subway, I'd change cars quick. If I remember correctly, he's got an expanded role in the original Italian book--when one of the little donkey-boys tries to warn Pinocchio of the danger he faces, the Coachman actually bites off the donkey's ears! CREEPY! If this isn't a scene to scare a troublemaking kid straight, I don't know what is!<br /><br />I really enjoyed the puppet show scene. Stromboli may be a money-hungry villain, but he's a talented showman as well! His whole little show is so entertaining, so kitschy and adorable that I can't help but smile as Pinocchio hams it up onstage alongside the multicultural puppets seemingly pulled from "It's A Small World".La Belle Evangelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653512250386404065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759137971748822612.post-47857255586458202492010-10-28T13:05:37.133-05:002010-10-28T13:05:37.133-05:00Since I'm following your lead and watching all...Since I'm following your lead and watching all of the animated features, I actually just finished Pinocchio last night a little before you posted the review. I haven't seen it in years so this was a major refresher. I totally have to agree with you that the most disturbing scene was when Lampwick changed. He's a jerk and I don't like him, but that part seriously creeped me out.<br />I gotta agree with jon TK about Gepetto looking for him out at see. When Jimminy read the letter and said he was in a whale, my first thought's were, "Wait, how in the world did he get there?" Still Pinocchio was a blast to watch and the music stunning!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759137971748822612.post-89201369909157003692010-10-28T08:42:37.663-05:002010-10-28T08:42:37.663-05:00Pinocchio is brilliant (and disturbing), even surp...Pinocchio is brilliant (and disturbing), even surpassing Snow White at almost every level. I don't feel too bad for Lampwick because he was a jerk, but little Alexander! As to the Hitchcock connection, that might be a bit of hyperbole, since Hitch had been making films before there was even a Mickey Mouse. However, it's nice to point out that Disney and Hitchcock connect in one film, when the Disney short "Who Killed Cock Robin?" was used in Sabotage. My only complaint about Pinocchio is that the story seems to really jump when it gets to the ocean. Why did Gepetto seek him at sea? Where did he get the boat? How long had he been out there? And he went back home to get the cat and the fish first?And the deus ex machina of a magical letter from the sky explaining the whole situation... that's a bit much. But I forgive the movie these things because on the whole it's just wonderful. Indeed, it's hard to imagine a Disney without "When You Wish Upon a Star". And the rest of the musical score! It has such a great (Oscar winning) score!jon TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04738915806502002447noreply@blogger.com