Which is better? Differences between Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” and the Disney version

Last November the version of ‘Pinocchio’ by Guillermo del Toro, a film that gained international recognition by showing a version of this story that is far from the Disney production made in the 1940s, so there are many important differences between these titles.

It is worth mentioning that in 2022 Disney launched the live action version of ‘Pinocchio’, which is practically the same as the animated title of the forties, so only the production of Guillermo del Toro is the one that shows great differences from the animated title of this story made by the mouse company, and here we show you what the most important changes are.

Different approaches to Carlo Collodi’s story

The story of ‘Pinocchio’ was created by Carlo Collodi, and both the Netflix production of Guillermo del Toro and the Disney version are inspired by this story, however, the animated production of the mouse is the one that has taken the greatest creative liberties, showing a different approach, as the Mexican director focuses on the fact that the puppet must learn to be human, facing the flaws and the evil that exists in the world.

son of Geppetto

another god important differences between ‘Pinocchio’ from Disney and Netflix’s version of Guillermo del Toro, is that in the title of the mouse company we see how the carpenter who makes this puppet had no children, so there is no drama about it, on the other hand, the streaming production shows the creator of this puppet losing a child, who died far away and caused him great pain.

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Jiminy Cricket change

Both versions feature a trigger as a sort of ‘Pinocchio’ guide, a kind of conscience that advises the puppet, and in the Netflix’s Guillermo del Toro version is called Sebastián, while the Disney animated film released in the 1940s is remembered as Jiminy Cricket.

The fairy and the spirit of the forest

If you remember the version of ‘Pinocchio’ from DisneyWhat turns this puppet into a real boy is the Blue Fairy, a character very much in the style of the Mouse Company, on the other hand, based more on the original book, ‘Pinocchio’ by Guillermo del Toro from Netflix shows a magical character called the spirit of the forest.

The place of history

While it is true that the Disney version does not reveal where this story is, but it can be seen that it is a small town with characters represented by animals, instead the version of the famous Mexican director takes place in Mussolini’s Fascist Italy, so is a narrative with darker touches, another of notable differences that exist in the versions of ‘Pinocchio’.