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FromtheSound t1_j6j5v2u wrote

I enjoyed this movie as it's gorgeous and I love Guillermo Del Toro as a director, but I was pretty hung up on the ending especially.

Did anyone else feel like themes of mortality were weakened considerably by the handling of Pinocchio's >!immortality!<?

>!Especially when it's revealed that he's able to become mortal whenever he wants. And when he becomes mortal to sacrifice himself, he's brought back to life and made immortal again. And it seems to be implied he can also choose when to die as well?!<

>!After eternal life being brought up as eternal pain, the brevity of human life's importance to being human, and the threat of being alive until the end of time, I was extremely disappointed and slightly bothered this was all just written away by the ending.!<

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Huevos___Rancheros OP t1_j6j8c8n wrote

Pinocchio doesn’t become immortal again after Sebastian uses his wish on him, if he were to get shot he’d be dead for good but for him to die naturally it will take a while since he’s made of wood.

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FromtheSound t1_j6jf1jg wrote

Ahhh okay, that does make the ending a bit better for me if that's the case.

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Huevos___Rancheros OP t1_j6l25jv wrote

Ya I think it’s a rather beautiful ending if I’m being completely honest. He doesn’t become a “real boy” physically but he experiences the joys of what it’s like to have a family, friends, as well as the pain that comes when those friends and family are no longer there with us and that’s about as “real” as you can get.

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marvinv1 t1_j6ltguc wrote

> and made immortal again.

I don't think so. He's mortal at the end of the movie.

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