Topic: Movie thread.

@Sunsy MASH is so re-watchable, "there's a little Tuttle left in all of us".

@Sunsy
Just saw the new Pinocchio as well. It was... fine.
Certainly didn't hate it, and I actually loved the first 15 minutes before Pinocchio goes off to school, but I prefer Disney's animated classic by a long shot. Pretty much everything was done better in the original I think.
Still, it was good enough for a one-time watch.

@Rambler Bravo!

@Rambler exactly, its quite interesting the connections

@Mioaionios That's fine. Speaking of the beginning. I thought it was interesting they went into how Geppetto had a son he missed. Which was something I did not expect to be mentioned, he practically had a photo of a boy dressed similarly to Pinocchio, and he was talking how he missed him. So I'm guessing Geppetto's original son passed away from something.

@Sunsy
Yup, I liked that extra backstory of Geppetto.
The new ending puzzled me to be honest. It's like they forgot the point of the story. Oh well.

@Mioaionios That's the one downside I have, you have to look really carefully at Pinocchio as he walks away. He does turn into a real boy, it's just not as clear as I'd like to see it. Give the extra for the original 1940 a watch, it's two minutes long, and shows similar storyboards.

@Sunsy
Just saw that alternate ending on Disney+. Thanks for pointing me towards it. Surprising they went with that angle in the remake. Though, as you said, Pinocchio's transformation really should have been clearer in the remake. Not going to lie, I missed it.

At least it wasn't this

Yes, I know my Disney deep cuts

@Mioaionios You're welcome, now you see why I was surprised by that ending being used. I agree, it would have been nice to see it. I had to rewind twice to make sure I didn't miss anything.

@Kermit1 Fun fact about that adaptation, the boy who plays Pinocchio in that, actually is the voice of Pinocchio in the Kingdom Hearts games, as in the original Disney Pinocchio.

@Sunsy Shh, I found this. There's this one and one with the ads. (most of the Disney deep cut stuff is on YouTube)

Morbius (Netflix) - I actually thought this was pretty okay. It's certainly not the most unique CBM out there & pretty derivative, but it's also not the trainwreck I was expecting based on the memes. I think it may have been a bit more enjoyable had they been able to go a bit harder on the gruesome vampire stuff with an R-rating, but as a Spider-Man adjacent property there's no way that was ever going to happen.

Pinocchio (Disney+) - The new one that everyone else is talking about. It certainly has the look & seems to carry the kind of polish you'd expect from a Disney production, but it just doesn't feel like it has any passion to it. Kinda started to tune out by the end (& did they need to change Monstro from a whale to a literal sea monster). My favorite part of it was probably all the little cuckoo clock cameos in the beginning of the film.

movies Im watching this weekend

Tonight
-House III aka Horror Show on Tubi. Its pretty much the same as Destroyer and Shocker

Saturday/Sunday
-Glass
-the last Shaft sequel reboot
-Heavy Metal

Well... Okay

Hmm, could be neat and the other promo pic is cool (pun intended)

This looks great. Those arts are getting me hyped lol

The poster looks cool... Um not much more to say.

Saw Free Guy, with Ryan Reynolds. I was surprised it's decent. Just my opinion.

@WoomyNNYes I saw it in theaters and I thought it was a pretty good Lego Movie "spoof".

Disney needs to cool it with the live action remakes.

I'm looking forward to Peter Pan & Wendy because it's being directed by David Lowery who did the remake of Pete's Dragon and I love that film. He also made The Green Knight and A Ghost Story, among others, and I think he's a great director.

The Lion King prequel Mufasa sounds rather dumb. Apparently he grew up an orphan... Ok, so what about Scar? Not sure about that one.

The Little Mermaid looks nice, I'll give it that, but I hope they make some major changes to that story because frankly, Ariel has no character growth at all in the original and I never cared much for it.

Disney Animation Studio's Wish is one I'm looking forward to. Love most Disney animated musicals so this could be another winner.

Pixar's Elio has me interested because it has to do with aliens and I love that subject matter. Can't wait to learn more about it.

Inside Out 2 on the other hand has me worried. I love the original a ton. In fact, it's one of the most important movies of my life because it made me realize I needed help. But Pixar's track record for sequels is a bit iffy and it's not being made by Pete Docter, so... I don't know. Hope they surprise me.

Wow. I missed most of these Disney announcements. They all seem pretty exciting, but there are a few I’m worried about.

Look Mickey in the eyes and say that... He's too big to be stopped, we are too late.