Clownfish.TV talked about it a little bit covering the reviews (but not having seen it themselves).
From the sound of it, they changed almost the entire story from beginning to end. Geppetto makes Pinocchio as a replacement to his dead son (instead of just being a puppet maker who wished he had a son), they changed the opening music from "Wish upon a Star" to an new, original track, they followed a very different arch for the story with some new characters that didnt exist in the original story, Geppetto dies but Pinocchio cries him back to life, and it ends with it being ambiguous of it Pinocchio ever becomes a real boy.
So its entirely possible the critics would have wanted to give it a good review because "diversity". But the entire movie is such a fiery train wreck that they went "Its not worth it."
Honestly? The whole movie was probably Disney doing Disney things to make sure they didnt lose the copyright. Doesnt matter if its good, or even follows super close. It just has to have the name "Pinocchio" on it, and Disney gets another few decades of having exclusive rights to it.
Clownfish.TV talked about it a little bit covering the reviews (but not having seen it themselves).
From the sound of it, they changed almost the entire story from beginning to end. Geppetto makes Pinocchio as a replacement to his dead son (instead of just being a puppet maker who wished he had a son), they changed the opening music from "Wish upon a Star" to an new, original track, they followed a very different arch for the story with some new characters that didnt exist in the original story, Geppetto dies but Pinocchio cries him back to life, and it ends with it being ambiguous of it Pinocchio ever becomes a real boy.
So its entirely possible the critics would have wanted to give it a good review because "diversity". But the entire movie is such a fiery train wreck that they went "Its not worth it."
Jesus. Why not just call it something else at that point? How is it even Pinocchio aside from there being a marionette?
Honestly? The whole movie was probably Disney doing Disney things to make sure they didnt lose the copyright. Doesnt matter if its good, or even follows super close. It just has to have the name "Pinocchio" on it, and Disney gets another few decades of having exclusive rights to it.