Pinocchio.

 

                                                   Pinocchio. 

This is one of the most well written and well made movies Disney has 

ever made. The story fits the animation perfectly. It has drama, comedy, 

and adventure that the whole family can enjoy. I'm sure by now 

everyone has seen it but just in case you haven't I implore you to see it, 

it is one of the best movies ever made. So, with that, lets get to the story 

shall we:

Jiminy Cricket explains to the audience that he is going to tell a story of 

a wish coming true. His story begins in the Italian workshop of a 

woodworker named Geppetto. Jiminy watches as Geppetto finishes work 

on a wooden marionette whom he names Pinocchio. Before falling 

asleep, Geppetto wishes on a star that Pinocchio will be a real boy. 

During the night, a Blue Fairy visits the workshop and brings Pinocchio 

to life, although he remains a puppet. She informs him that if he proves 

himself brave, truthful, and unselfish, he will become a real boy and 

assigns Jiminy to be his conscience.

Geppetto is shocked but ecstatic to discover his puppet is alive. The next 

day, on his way to school, Pinocchio is led astray by Honest John the Fox 

and his companion, Gideon the Cat, who convinces him to 

join Stromboli's puppet show, despite Jiminy's objections. Pinocchio 

becomes Stromboli's star attraction as a marionette who can sing and 

dance without strings. However, when Pinocchio wants to go home for 

the night, Stromboli locks him in a birdcage. Jiminy sneaks into 

Stromboli's cart but is unable to free his friend. The Blue Fairy appears 

and asks Pinocchio why he was not at school. Jiminy urges Pinocchio to 

tell the truth, but instead, he starts telling lies, which causes his nose to 

grow longer and longer. Pinocchio vows to be good from now on, and the 

Blue Fairy returns his nose to its original form and sets him free while warning him that this will be the last time she can help him.

Across town, Honest John and Gideon meet a coachman who promises to 

pay them money if they can find naughty little boys for him to take 

to Pleasure Island. Encountering Pinocchio on his way home, they 

convince him that he needs to take a vacation there. On the way to 

Pleasure Island, he befriends Lampwick, a delinquent boy. Without rules 

or authority to enforce their activity, Pinocchio and the other boys soon 

engage in smoking cigars and cigarettes, gambling, vandalism, and 

getting drunk, much to Jiminy's dismay. Later, while trying to get home, 

Jiminy discovers that the island hides a horrible curse: the boys brought 

to Pleasure Island transform into donkeys for their misbehavior and are 

sold to slave labor in the salt mines and circus. Jiminy runs back to warn 

Pinocchio, only to witness Lampwick transform into a donkey. With 

Jiminy's help, Pinocchio narrowly escapes the island with only donkey 

ears and a tail.

Upon returning home, Pinocchio and Jiminy find the workshop vacant. 

They soon get a letter from the Blue Fairy as a dove, stating that 

Geppetto had ventured out to sea to save Pinocchio from Pleasure Island 

but was swallowed by Monstro, a terrible giant whale, and is now living 

in the belly of the beast. Determined to rescue his father, Pinocchio 

jumps into the sea, accompanied by Jiminy. Pinocchio is soon swallowed 

by Monstro as well, where he finds Geppetto. Pinocchio devises a scheme 

to make Monstro sneeze, giving them a chance to escape. The scheme 

works, but the enraged whale chases them and smashes their raft. 

Pinocchio pulls Geppetto to safety in a cave before Monstro crashes into 

it. Geppetto, Figaro, Cleo, and Jiminy are washed up safely on a beach, 

but Pinocchio is apparently killed.

Back home, Geppetto, Jiminy, and the pets are inconsolable and mourn 

the loss of Pinocchio. However, the Blue Fairy decides that Pinocchio has 

proven himself brave, truthful, and unselfish; to reward him, she 

reverses the Pleasure Island curse and turns him into a real human boy 

reviving him in the process. Pinocchio awakens, much to everyone's joy, 

when they find out he's now a real boy. As the group celebrates, Jiminy 

steps outside to thank the Fairy and is rewarded with a solid gold badge 

that certifies him as an official conscience as the film ends.