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DavidMerrick from Ottawa, ON Since: Jun, 2018
#126: Dec 12th 2022 at 4:07:09 PM

There's something Sondheim-esque about Pinocchio's first song, namely the back-and-forth patter between him and Geppetto.

And on that note, David Bradley RULES in this. Absolutely my favourite take on Geppetto.

Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#127: Dec 12th 2022 at 4:08:34 PM

Something that I'm confused on is Pinocchio being wished back to life. Death told him that he'd become mortal if he decided to leave his weight in the afterlife early, does him being resurrected undo that or has he just become more cautious this time around?

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#128: Dec 12th 2022 at 6:50:26 PM

I honestly don't think that the Youth Camp scenes should be removed because they actually wrap up the plot line for The Podesta and his son Candlewick and honestly, I loved how that scene played out although I wished that they showed us what happened to Candlewick after his father got blown up.

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AyyItsMidnight Look, just be decent to one another ok? Since: Oct, 2018
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#129: Dec 12th 2022 at 9:44:34 PM

Oh my days, that was fantastic. I feel pretty comfortable calling this the best animated film of the year. It just...gets almost everything right and it looks incredible. This was years and years in the making and it shows and it payed off handsomely. Also, uh, Tom Kenny as Mussolini. That certainly threw me. Also goddamn was this good at making me hate Volpe and Podesta. Assholes.

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#130: Jan 10th 2023 at 6:48:34 PM

Congrats to the film's Golden Globes win!

Taking home the Golden Globe for best animated feature film, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” just made Netflix the first streamer ever to win the category. Del Toro made history for himself, too, as the first Latino winner. (Note: there have previously been co-directors on films that have won, such as Charise Castro Smith from “Encanto,” but co-directors are typically not official nominees or winners.)

Accepting the Golden Globe, del Toro proclaimed that “animation is cinema,” continuing, “Animation is not a genre for kids, it’s a medium.”

Since the category’s inception in 2006, only four winners of the Globes’ animation category have failed to win at the Oscars: “Cars” (2006), “The Adventures of Tintin” (2011), “How to Train Your Dragon 2” (2014) and “Missing Link” (2019). They lost to fellow Globe-nominees “Happy Feet,” “Rango,” “Big Hero 6” and “Toy Story 4,” respectively. Steven Spielberg’s “Tintin” is the only film to win the Globe and not receive an Oscar nom.

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#132: Jan 12th 2023 at 10:57:48 AM

A very deserved win!

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TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#134: Feb 26th 2023 at 10:19:35 AM

The GDT's Pinocchio Sweep is still going strong because at the 50th Annie Awards, the movie won in five categories!

  • Best Feature
  • Best Character Animation - Feature
  • Best Direction - Feature
  • Best Music - Feature
  • Best Production Design - Feature!

It also won Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures at the Producers Guild of America Awards 2022!

Very cathartic when you take into account the development hell it went through! grin

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#135: Feb 26th 2023 at 12:42:01 PM

Very cool! I'm glad it's doing so well.

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#136: Feb 26th 2023 at 2:44:31 PM

Guillermo getting all these Ws after his project was on Development Hell for so long is satisfactory

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#137: Mar 12th 2023 at 5:19:47 PM

Pinocchio just won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#138: Mar 12th 2023 at 5:21:39 PM

[up] You beat me to it!

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#139: Mar 12th 2023 at 5:25:30 PM

> Pinocchio just won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

-your nose just grew longer-

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#140: Mar 12th 2023 at 5:26:42 PM

Ahhhh. Sorry, Pi B: TLW fans, that really could've stood to take it. But you know what, this one was actually really great and creative too, plus at least it's not another Disney/Pixar win.

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TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#141: Mar 12th 2023 at 6:02:28 PM

> plus at least it's not another Disney/Pixar win.

Plus, fun fact! It's the first non-Disney movie to win the Oscar for Best Animated Film since Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse!

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#142: Mar 12th 2023 at 6:12:17 PM

I'm very glad it won the Oscar for best animated film! I think this one and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish would have both been very deserving of the Oscar win.

I first saw GDT's Pinocchio back in January this year, and enjoyed it a lot. I was a huge fan of stop motion (mostly the films of Laika) when I was around 12-14, and this film really reminded me of why it was one of my favorite mediums.

Now I want to watch it again - my mom expressed interest in it, so I'll likely show it to her then.

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#143: Mar 12th 2023 at 7:28:39 PM

I hope this win makes these things happen.

  • 1-Netflix will learn to respect animation and make MORE actual quality movies and shows. No more cancellations
  • 2-Disney will start making better movies and the animation industry will become more ambitious and innovative.
  • 3-Everybody knows the 2 movies that could have possibly won were Puss in Boots and Pinocchio. I think this would have resulted even if Puss in Boots won but this shows Animation is an art (Not that Puss In Boots is not art.)
Dont get me wrong I really want to watch Puss in Boots and I dont even plan on watching Pinocchio Too depressing But this is what the Oscars are supposed to do Elevate the art of cinema

Edited by AegisP on Mar 12th 2023 at 7:28:55 AM

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#144: Mar 12th 2023 at 7:30:16 PM

Del Toro's been killing it accolades-wise on his last two films and I hope he can parlay that into finally getting his Mountains of Madness. [tup]

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#145: Mar 12th 2023 at 7:53:21 PM

Honestly, while I haven't seen this yet, it's very well-earned. At least all the Pinocchio adaptations have given us one really solid one.

The legend has returned.
HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#146: Mar 12th 2023 at 7:54:52 PM

What was with all the Pinocchios this year anyway? Just a weird coincidence?

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#147: Mar 12th 2023 at 8:18:38 PM

Everybody knows the 2 movies that could have possibly won were Puss in Boots and Pinocchio.

Wait, really? Part of me honestly thought it would end up going to Turning Red because it was from Pixar. (Yeah, I might still be sore about Klaus and The Mitchells vs. The Machines getting snubbed by Toy Story 4 and Encanto, what's up?)

Not to say Puss in Boots wasn't magnificent (it is, and it made me care about Shrek again), but the favoritism towards Disney just got me a bit cynical.

[up] Yeah, I think it's pure coincidence. The Pauly Shore one was from 2021 and GDT's Pinocchio was in development hell for years until Netflix popped in to save it.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Mar 12th 2023 at 11:39:49 AM

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#148: Mar 12th 2023 at 8:21:43 PM

I like to think the Academy, as much as they dont show much respect for animation, DO have standards and those were the better movies at least in my opinion.

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TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#149: Mar 12th 2023 at 8:43:58 PM

[up] I admit that of the nominated movies, I only saw those exact two, but I do recall being considerably interested in seeing Turning Red.

Too bad it wasn't in theaters and my mind at the time was just glued to The Batman. (*death glares at Bob Chapek and his D+ exclusivity and Premier Access BS*)

VengefulBale Bishie Gijinka Meta Knight from Nowhere Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: It's complicated
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#150: Mar 12th 2023 at 8:47:07 PM

Another common Guillermo W.

Good to see him speak up on how badly animation projects are traeted by recognition awards

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