The Worst Film Ever

i must have seen a different film!!

As Good As It Gets

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

lovely if you adore the book and you are child. nice because it represents new meet with Nicoletta Braschi and Roberto Benigni. because Benigni deserves his Pinocchio . and this is the most important trait of film. a nice film. for the memories, for the flavor of childhood, for the invitation to rediscover the masterpiece of Collodi. many critics are justified about this movie. but it has its special charm. and this saves it from the unfair status of bad film. because it preserves the magic of original story. and this is not small thing. so, an adaptation. or only the Pinocchio of master Benigni.

Film is no stranger to having a multitude of adaptations based on popular literature and Pinocchio is no exception. So lets begin by understanding that Pinocchio is played by an obnoxious 50 year old man and has the inability to shut his mouth for even one second. Ones hopes for a "so bad its good" experience is quickly slapped across the face after the first 5 minutes once you realize that this "character" is going to be stuck with us for next 2 odd hours or so. In all seriousness however, this film is an endurance round. No movie I have ever seen has made me want to burn down an orphanage and perform a lobotomy on my own self so that neither myself or the orphans will ever have to suffer through the atrocity I have just witnessed. Its films like these that back up the argument made by idiots who have never seen a film before that film is not art and just another medium for humanity to blindly indulge in.Now lets actually talk about what is in the movie shall we? Once again this film casts a 50 year old man as Pinocchio. This is also the most energetic man in existence as he leaps on tables and runs around shouting about every bloody thing he sees. The film proceeds to have Pinocchio run around doing what all middle aged puppets do: causing mischief. Then the movie just seems to go on and on. One moments he is running around like man who has escaped from the mental ward, to becoming somebody's literal guard dog and saying bow wow (I am not even fricking joking), all the way to turning into disturbing looking donkey furry with ears longer than Mark Wahlberg's schlong in Boogie Nights. He eventually turns into a "boy", even though you would have nails in your eyes not to see that he is clearly a 50 year old man on cocaine. We then get to see a glorious shot of his puppet self sitting on a chair that looks more baked than a potato as Pinocchio and his chubby father gaze at it, which was the only funny part of the whole movie. When the movie FINALLY ended I was left wondering if I should jump off the balcony of my house or hang myself from it. But instead I grabbed it and put it in my film collection and realized I had tainted my film collection for eternity and that 2 hours of my life have literally been stolen from me...Overall this movie is awful as you may have already guessed, but the only reason I have not given a 1/10 is the decent art direction and decent cinematography (neither of which should ever save a movie). This movie has left me realizing how good I had it with the 'Twilight' "films" and The Green Lantern. So do yourself a favor and watch a better 2 hour film like Seven or something.

It stays much closer to the book than the Disney movie, but it doesn't capture the magic of either. The Disney movie's story was different from the book, but it stood as its own version of the story. That version was classic. This film fails to capture any of the charm of the book or movie. All charm and magic is replaced by annoyance, and stupidity. The dubbing is the worst I have ever seen, and the voice actors of the dubbing do a horrendous job. The children are played by adults, and it feels so strange and awkward. I like strange things, but this the kind of strange that makes you scratch your head. The feel is all wrong. If your a big fan of the Disney film like me you will feel hurt watching this movie.0 stars out of 4

I viewed the Italian version with my wife and 12 year old son. We enjoyed it. My wife and child don't know Benigni; hence, they found no reason to criticize him. And me, I'm used to watching Paul Reubens play Pee Wee Herman. To address criticism of Pinocchio being played by an adult: have any of these critics been to a live stage play of a children's story, ever? How about the ballet, "Cinderella" or "The Nutcracker?" Oh, yes, and imagine "Petrushka" being danced by a child. Adults have been playing children, and puppets, for a long time. There is absolutely no reason Benigni shouldn't play a puppet. You have to be willing to accept the convention is all.All of that aside, what we really appreciated about the film is Benigni's very good choice to tell the story from the child's point of view--meaning he tells the story without the good/bad dichotomy that would result from being talked down to by an adult. Pinocchio is never "punished" for being who he is: an impulsive, easily distracted infant. He has to start from the beginning, make mistakes, suffer consequences, and learn. He is never judged, approved or disapproved. He grows to maturity, becomes a "boy;" this status is not conferred or granted him, but earned through his own trials. The arc of the story, the journey from puppet to boy is a metaphor for the trajectory from infantile willfulness to industrious boyhood. Yeah, that sounds analytical and preachy, but the strings are well hidden. The effect is that this film isn't made phony to suit American audiences who need a simplistic moral universe of approval/disapproval to understand a story.The large budget for the film is evident in it's special effects and beautiful sets and costumes. I hope many will come to discover and enjoy this movie