Pinocchio (1940)

[Plain Old Tele]

Discuss.

Edited August 27, 2013 by Impact

[Jack Nevada]

I love Pinocchio. Actually I just love Disney in general. Soooooo many great movies, and this is one of their most memorable.

 

5/5

[lab276]

Discuss.

Just being pedantic for a bit, Pinocchio is from 1940. Edited April 22, 2013 by lab276

[IndustriousAngel]

This was actually my first theatrical experience, and frightened me quite a lot

[Jack Nevada]

The island of earthly pleasures or whatever and the donkeys are a classic scary moment of my childhood

Edited April 22, 2013 by Jack Nevada

[luna]

it's hard to know what to think of delightful animated whimsy when combined with trite disney cliches and themes dripping with home-town conservatism, much of which is morally questionable to say the least. ah well...

 

C-

[IndustriousAngel]

it's hard to know what to think of delightful animated whimsy when combined with trite disney cliches and themes dripping with home-town conservatism, much of which is morally questionable to say the least. ah well...

 

C-

I tend to agree that, to a grown-up, the themes and morale seem awfully conservative - however, as a kid, I liked the book and completely overlooked the heavyhanded educative tone.

 

A similar (if older) book was the (in)famous german "Struwwelpeter", translated into english by Mark Twain as "Slovenly Peter" (there's also a movie adaption). It's about children suffering death or horrible fates following their misbehaviour (like palying with fire, not combing their hair or cutting their nails, not eating their soup ...). Today's jaded parents usually pass out or have epileptic fits when confronted with the funny rhymes and colourful pictures but I've yet to meet a kid that doesn't like them (as I did, too).

[RobinHood26]

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Edited May 9, 2018 by Jay Hollywood

[Impact]

1940 ;)Anyway A+

[DAR]

This is the golden age film I point to when they talk about Disney. Wonderful characters superb animation. A

[DAR]

it's hard to know what to think of delightful animated whimsy when combined with trite disney cliches and themes dripping with home-town conservatism, much of which is morally questionable to say the least. ah well...

 

C-

 

 

Could you expand on that?  I don't think a lesson like do not tell lies is a conservative or liberal theme.

[luna]

Could you expand on that?  I don't think a lesson like do not tell lies is a conservative or liberal theme.

 

don't tell lies is hardly the only message, and even that is presented in a conservative way, i.e. an authority tells you not to lie so you shouldn't.

 

but it's much more than that. most obvious in its absurd preaching is pleasure island, where there's all sorts of sinful behaviour that is severely punished. i think it's pretty clear that disney produces christian-conservative animation, certainly in the 1940s.

[DAR]

I don't see that at all

[cannastop]

A.

 

Rated solely on watching it on VHS once when I was 7. So many vividly exciting and frightening moments. Pleasure Island is genuinely terrifying.