Product: Pinocchio
Rating: 5.0
Masterpiece Pinocchio by Luske Hamilton and Ben Sharpsteen
"When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who youare, anything you heart desires will come to you."You've heard this song on the Disneyland and Superbowl commercials, but do you remember where it came from?It came from this cartoon, Pinocchio, Walt Disney's second feature to "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in 1940.I repeat 1940!! Wow and to this day ,Pinocchio still stands out as one of the greatest movies of all time.This opinion is about the 60th anniversay VHS of Pinocchio with THX sound and Remastered visual footage. It even has a bonus at the end about the making of Pinocchio!!! Wow.This was a Christmas gift for my best friend and she loved it, and I can see why.Pinocchio is filled with dazzling animation,music and filled with so much fun and happyness that at the end of the movie , you will feel like wishing upon a star youreself.Pinocchio is about a wooden puppet made by toymaker Geppeto (Christian Rub) who wants his own son.Geppeto makes one wish, to have his own son. Geppeto gets his wish when the Blue Fairy brings Pinocchio to life!!!It took nearly 700 animators and technicians to bring Pinocchio to life and the hard work definitely shows!!!People can say whatever they want about Disney current movies, true they lack a certain magic unlike their cherish cartoon like Pinocchio, but Disney is one of a few companies that has a SOLID record of making Cartoon Classics that are loved by everyone.The fairy brings Pinocchio to life and promises to Pinoccho (voice of Dickie Jones) that he will remain a real boy if he follows the basic principles that every boy should have.He has to be loyal, truthful and above fair. She assigns Jiminy Cricket (Cliff Edwards) to be Pinocchio's conscience.Well it sounds easy at first, but living up to these values is the real challenge here and Pinocchio tries his best to follow them,but since he has just being turned into a boy he doesnt yet know right from wrong.This is where we meet characters like ,J. Worthington Foulfellow, Stromboli and Barker who take advantage of the young boy.Jiminy Cricket and the fairy save Pinocchio from his judgement calls ,but yet Pinocchio doesnt learn to tell the truth and when he lies his nose starts to grow like a Christmas tree. :-)Meanwhile Geppeto is looking for Pinocchio and ends up being captured by a giant whale Monstro!!!Pinocchio saves Geppeto in a brillian animation sequence and Pinocchio by displaying bravery ends up being a real boy permanently.It's a classic, I can say more but I dont want to spoil it for anyoneIn an age, where moral, brilliant, wholesome cartoons are scarce you look back to the classics and Pinocchio will forever stand out as one of the greatest classics ever made by Walt Disney who has left his print in the world and in children's hearts.Go out and buy this for youre children