The adaptations of ‘Pinocchio’ are going to come out of our ears. From Matteo Garrone’s movie last year to the next version of Guillermo Del Toro for Netflix and passing, of course, through the Disney remake of his animated classic at the hands of a Robert Zemeckis already increasingly devoured by the technological toys of the.
The fact is that the wooden doll that comes to life opens the door for us to remember some great movies where they also played to give movement and consciousness to the dolls. Here we have three more than recommended examples, of different suits and all easy to find on the different streaming platforms.
‘Devilish doll’ (‘Child’s Play’, 1988)
Address: Tom Holland. Distribution: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff.
Seeing your toys come to life sounds good on paper if you’re a kid, but it’s also it can be a nightmare that turns against you. Especially if the consciousness they take on is that of a bloodthirsty killer, as in Tom Holland’s horror classic that has led to countless sequels and reboots of all kinds.
Not all have managed to live up to the sinister craftsmanship that this original jewel hasunderpinned by a clever use of practical effects, macabre ideas around the doll, its iconic design and the memorable vocal performance of Brad Dourif.
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Toy Story (1995)
Address: John Lasseter. Distribution: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Don Rickles.
In another league, the essential and foundational saga of Pixar studios plays, which makes a friendlier portrait of dolls with a conscience. Not only that, but it also has its social functioning, hierarchies and even human behavior of all kindseven the most pernicious.
All this told in a prodigy of computer animation, which forever changed the animated medium and its industry, and structured through a perfect adventure of less than an hour and a half. ‘Toy Story’ creates some of cinema’s most iconic characters, forges wonderful relationships between them, and brings them into action with briskness and a sense of wonder.
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‘Small warriors’ (‘Small Soldiers’, 1998)
Address: JoeDante. Distribution: Gregory Smith, Kirsten Dunst, Jay Mohr, Phil Hartman, Kevin Dunn, Denis Leary.
Between the two films is this little gem by Joe Dante, with more hooliganism and flirting with terror but unquestionable playful spirit to make it a small children’s classic. Although it really is focused on all audiences, since Dante’s films always offer interesting insights into our social behavior and culture. Here he does it through the military’s influence on entertainment and the commercialization of violence, accessible to children through “action.”
With that characteristic bad slime well used and a highly estimable craftsmanship in the effects, Dante creates entertainment for everyone with little to envy his ‘Gremlins’. Family films as well thought out as this one are no longer made, although it is true that their weak success was one of the touchstones that led Hollywood to start dismissing them.
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