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Other-Marketing-6167 t1_j6ipzyb wrote

That last line has gotta be one of the most succinctly sad and true things I’ve heard in a movie.

As a whole I really dug the flick. I think the biggest problem was that despite all the changes, Del Toro was still stuck with telling a story we’ve all seen a million times, and for the most part the story beats remain the same. Not much he could’ve done, just what happens when adapting something so popular. The songs were also pretty weak for the most part.

But hey, I’d still give it 4/5, so these are nit picks. I’d also hot take (?) and say it’s the third best Del Toro movie.

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AlanMorlock t1_j6iw54r wrote

Had the problem a lot of thr live action Disney remakes have where it doesn't really commit to being a musical so the songs it does have just feel out of place.

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yawgmoft t1_j6jpgrv wrote

I said it to my wife and I'll say it here: it is literally impossible to write a Pinocchio musical score now that Disney wrote "There Are No Strings On Me". That's it, that is the most succinct way of singing the concept of Pinocchio. Everything else is doomed to break the less is more rule.

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speerme t1_j6lp2wz wrote

Honestly it might be my 2nd favorite (and 2nd best) Del Toro film after Pan’s Labyrinth

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