![]() ![]() ![]() However, this is as far as she goes before laying the burden on Pinocchio to prove himself before being made of flesh and blood. She decides that Gepetto deserves to have his wish granted, and gives Pinocchio the gift of life. The wish is granted by none other than our basic deus ex machina, the Blue Fairy. He wishes that his puppet would come to life. But the man who lives alone with his cat and goldfish has the craziest wish ever. ![]() ![]() This creation is a puppet he names Pinocchio. When the movie starts, it begins with the famous When you Wish Upon a Star sequence and skip to Gepetto finishing his latest wooden creation. To see this, every last truth, lie, lesson, virtue and villain Pinocchio has to offer must be examined. In Pinocchio, the truth does hurt and partly because its messages are not implicit at all. The truth hurts, especially when it is implicit. That movie, for its lesson, tells a whole pack of truths to an extent it hurts. What is the first thing that comes to mind about Pinocchio? ‘Don’t lie’ or something along those lines, perhaps his status as a puppet, and it is a shame because there is so much more to that movie. Pinocchio is known, far and wide as the puppet who strived to become a boy, who learned to live up to the qualities required of a real boy: to be ‘brave, truthful and unselfish.’ His quest is the primary plot with deviations and digressions, telling the story so realistically it puts modern kids to shame. Pinocchio is probably the darkest of all Disney films. No Disney movie dared to attempt what Pinocchio did. It took enough liberties with their storytelling to an extent that even the artists behind the Hunchback of Notre Dame did not dare to attempt. However, one Disney movie sets itself apart from the rest. Some of them were darker than others with Hunchback of Notre Dame usually taking the cake, some even putting Black Cauldron and Sleeping Beauty up on that special pedestal. Usually, there is something to be seen in many Disney movies ranging from the 1930’s to the 1990’s. Walt Disney is known for making high-grossing animated movies before and after the death of its founder Walt Disney himself. The Darker Corners of Pinocchio Not as welcoming as it looks ![]()
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