Disney reveal first look at Pinocchio live-action remake

Really bored of Tom Hanks in everything now.
It feels like every 2nd film on Netflix is staring TH.

All of the Disney live-action remakes have been soulless cash-grabs banking on a generation's nostalgia, remaking films designed for the animated medium almost 1 to 1 with superficial changes resulting in inherently inferior films because they're trying to awkwardly jam these stories into a medium they weren't built for (The Lion King may be the worst offender in this regard which is ironic since it's technically not live-action!).

They also all feature these pointless and annoying "fixes" to things from the originals that pedantic nit-pickers couldn't suspend their disbelief for despite the movies being animated, fantastical, children's films. Not to mention the completely shallow insertion of these "girlboss" moments that have totally no impact on the story and seem like an attempt to respond to largely mild critiques of the original films' depiction of femininity so that Disney get to pat themselves on the back for doing a feminism or whatever (Belle and Jasmine suffer in this regard especially). They're all just terrible films and besides, Disney are a terrible company who don't deserve financial support especially not for something as artistically bankrupt as these films.

I've seen speculation that it's somehow about refreshing the ownership or copyright or whatever as the films start to come into public domain, though other sites saying no, so... 

Adaptations and remakes have been around since the dawn of cinema and TV. I don't see the issue myself personally.

Yeah and I have no problem with remakes in theory. Del Toro's Nightmare Alley was a clear recent example of a remake made with passion, craft and intention (I mean, obviously it was not made based on its bankability as a popular property), but these Disney remakes are not made with art as the motivation and it shows. I'm not saying something artistically worthwhile can't be brought out of a project made with purely economic motivations, but it's certainly a lot less likely.

I agree, although I thought the first teaser trailer released a few months ago was a bit more spine tingling with wywuas playing in background.

I personally have found the direct to Disney plus live action remakes (lady and the tramp, chip n dale rescue rangers) have been far better than the cinema releases so I have high hopes for this too. It seems to have a real disney magic feel to it and capture some of what made the original such an incredible movie

Why can't I see films in the cinema any more? I don't get it, still haven't seen Soul and would love to have seen Turning Red on the big screen too.

I love the Disney Studio Chorus, and don't think I like the new ones as much without them... They give a particular sound to the older Disney films.

With all the ho-ha about the Tammy Faye musical, the new Prime Minister, the Masked Dancer, the war in the Ukraine and the cost of living crisis lets not forget that this gets released on Thursday on Disney +

LOL I had forgotten this was being released this week until I saw someone had posted in this thread, and was getting excited about watching when I get home until I actually read it. I am giving serious thought to cancelling Disney Plus to save a few quid and looking at the score on IMDB I think that might be a good choice (there are a few other things on there I have either given up on or have no interest in seeing)

I just watched this movie and it is terrible. Just terrible.

The whole message of the original story is that beautiful opening "When you wish upon a star" and that with perseverance, character and hard work your dreams can come true. Well, that's all removed. During the 4 second Disney studio's opening Jiminy Cricket comes hanging in and says 1 line and the film starts. No more beautiful song, no more atmosphere.

Then we see all of Gepetto's clocks, just like the original, but this time all of the clocks contain other Disney classics (Sleeping beauty, etc) and everything has turned politically correct. We see the clock where a mom slaps her naughty child on the ass, just like the original, but this time a police officer is added, who points a finger at the mother.

Then the blue fairy comes in. Extremely bad acting and singing. This is supposed to be a dream-like figure, like a mesmerizing sort of conscience. Cynthia Erivo looked like a sassy hairdresser that came straight out of hell. One hand in her side. Saying her lines with her eyes rolling, in a manner as if she was gossiping at the local hairdressers. Because every theme in the film has changed and is now supposed to be politically correct, she held a very confusing monologue that basically takes away all enthusiasm to even watch any further. She tells Jiminy Cricket to be Pinocchio's conscience to learn about right from wrong, only that is not necessary anymore, because she decides to make Pinocchio very clever and all-knowing from the start. So basically his role can disappear, it has no point anymore. Pinocchio does not lie anymore either, because he is already more clever and sincere than anyone else, he only lies to manipulate, for example to deliberately grow his nose in a scene to let Jiminy cricket walk on his nose to enter the cage, ad then says, haha I got you, I lied deliberately to grow my nose so I could save Jiminy. So it's some kind of strange lesson in how to manipulate. Very weird. After a lot more of this drivel, she flies away with very bad CGI and sings the most terrible reprise of "When you wish upon a star" that you have ever heard. Dry, flat, forced, damaged, she slides up towards all her notes but then does not reach the actual note. I mean, she actually does not reach it. Her casting and "singing" just completely failed. I feel that basically every other actress would have been better in this role.

The rest of the film is jarring, Pinocchio knowing things happening in advance because he is so clever, and at the end of course he is NOT turning into a real boy, because that would not be politically correct, to change your body for others, or whatever drivel was behind it. What on earth is happening.