Sunday, November 9, 2003

FOURTEEN DAYS OF SOLIPSISM - WEEKEND EDITION: I can't let this feature pass without returning your attention to "the ass in the blue suit" -- Roberto Benigni's misguided remake of Pinocchio. As one reviewer asked:
Yes, Mommy, I know why "Pinocchio's" nose is growing. But why is he going bald? The beloved Roberto Benigni pushes his fortuna too far with a live-action adaptation likely to disperse his American following as quickly as "Life is Beautiful" recruited it. It's not pretty to see a grown man cry, and whimper and whine and simper, even if he's playing a madcap puppet idiotically described by everyone as resembling a little boy. And especially not a sallow, balding, desiccated fellow inching into late-middle age. . . . Maybe there's an unreported Italian tradition of employing long-in-the-tooth comedians as Pinocchio, akin to casting small, dynamic women as Peter Pan. If there is no such tradition, this movie won't start one.

Oh, that's just the start. Preserved for your amusement are all the negative reviews this blog compiled back in December: here, here, here and, finally, Brett Favre's review here. Enjoy.

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