Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

Directed by Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson 

Story by Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale

Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins

Based on the book by Carlo Collodi

Featuring voices by Gregory Mann, David Bradley, Ewan McGregor, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman, John Turturro, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson, Christoph Waltz, and Tilda Swinton

Did you know that there have been four Pinocchio films that have been released in the past five years? I did. I have only seen the original film and this movie. My final verdict is that I think I don't think I like the story of Pinocchio.

Cricket (McGregor) recounts the story of Gepetto (Bradley) who mourns the loss of his "son," Carlo in WWI. Gepetto was devastated by the loss and goes through bottles of booze. One day, he makes a wooden boy named Pinocchio (Mann), a rambunctious being. You know the story.

I understood that del Toro wanted to make his version of the story different from the Disney version or any other version that has been released. Cool. It was nice to see a different storyline with the character. My main problem was the character of Pinocchio. He is very absent-minded and annoying that I wanted him to die. Seriously. The storyline with the fascists was weird.

The only redeeming thing about the movie was the end.

Rating: 6/10

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Screenplay by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Based on the epic poem, "The Odyssey" by Homer

Stars: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Holly Hunter, Charles Durning, Michael Badalucco, Chris Thomas King and John Goodman

It has been a couple of years since I last saw O Brother, Where Art Thou? I never heard of the movie until I saw that soundtrack of the movie winning beaucoup amounts of Grammy that next year. Seeing the movie at the time, the music is the probably the best part of the movie. The movie was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and Cinematography. That has to say something, right?

Picture it, Mississippi 1937. A chain gang. Running through a vast field. Ulysses Everett McGill (Clooney), Delmar O'Donnell (Nelson) and Pete Hogwallop (Turturro) embark on a grand journey to find hidden treasure that Everett hid for an epic robbery. On their journey, the trio meets a blind seer that tells them that they would find a different kind of treasure. Will it be national stardom as they record "A Man of Constant Sorrow" as the Soggy Bottom Boys? Changing the tide of a gubernatorial race? Being infamous for hanging with notorious gangster "Babyface" Nelson (Badalucco).

As I stated before, the music of the film is the best thing about the movie. I don't like listen to Southern bluesy country music. I was so into it. You know, my feelings about the Coens. Their filmography is sketchy. It seems like that they have no success with their dramas then their comedies. This is one of the comedies I liked more their other ones.

My Rating