He stops short of elaborating what the item is used for, and the bit of dialogue will likely go right over the heads of kids who might not have ever realized indoor plumbing wasn't always a thing. Pinocchio began making up a story to tell the Blue fairy. A kind fairy, dressed in blue, set Pinocchio free. Pinocchio asks what it is, and Geppetto awkwardly answers that it's his chamber pot. The cat and fox tied Pinocchio to the tree, took the coins and ran away. They ring like bells, those tiny words." Later, he continues, "They dance in my mind like a chorus line, those silly words of mine." So he doesn't know what anything in Geppetto's home is, but he's aware of bells and chorus lines without any life experience? It doesn't make much sense, but it's best not to think too hard about it and simply enjoy the song.įurthermore, in his unending questions about anything and everything he sets his eyes upon, Pinocchio stumbles upon an object that looks like a cauldron inside Geppetto's house. He sings, "The world is rich with funny words. Here are elements of the film that only adults might notice.ĭespite this lack of common knowledge, elsewhere in the song Pinocchio seems to know quite a bit about the world, or at least enough to insert logical similes into his tune. "Pinocchio" adds a level of maturity and sophistication to its narrative and presentation that give it not just a tolerable sense of enjoyment for adults, but does so in a way that only older viewers can fully appreciate. Streaming on Netflix, "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" is clearly intended to be watched and enjoyed by all ages, but not in the way that the phrase has perhaps come to mean for other films.
Also like "Nightmare," it's been made using stop-motion animation. Like "Nightmare," "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" hopes that recognition of its visionary's style of filmmaking will attract a prospective audience, even and perhaps especially if they've written off giving another "Pinocchio" film a chance. But then along comes 2022's "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio," a film which takes a cue from the playbook of "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" to include its creative leader's name prominently in its official title.
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