10 Movies That Embarrassed Other Movies Released At The Same Time
5. Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio EMBARRASSED Robert Zemeckis' Pinocchio
Last September, Disney released their live-action remake of their animated classic Pinocchio direct to Disney+, with Robert Zemeckis directing and Tom Hanks starring as Geppetto.
Critics and audiences alike didn't have much kind to say about it, lambasting the unnecessary changes made to the source material and expressing a general feeling that it failed to justify its existence.
Almost exactly three months later, Guillermo del Toro's stop-motion take on Pinocchio was released on Netflix - a deeply affecting, beautifully shot, and startlingly original take on the timeless story.
The gulf of quality between the two Pinocchio films is staggering - Zemeckis' film feels like a soulless, perfunctory exercise for the most part, while del Toro's feels the result of an artist at the peak of their powers telling something with every earnest fiber of their being.
Unsurprisingly, most of the many rave reviews for del Toro's version couldn't help but take pot shots at Zemeckis' vastly inferior predecessor.
While del Toro's Pinocchio is likely to win the Best Animated Film Oscar and endure as a sure-fire classic, Zemeckis' effort seems destined to disappear into the streaming ether.