While I won\'t deny this version of the story is terrible, I would like to point out calling Pierre a Love Interest for Esmeralda is a HUUUUUUGE stretch. I mean, in the book she basically married him just so he wouldn\'t get hanged, grabbed a knife when he tried flirting with her and made it clear she wasn\'t in love with him.
Lol Theokal 3 I agree, actually in the book he was an ass but I was referring to the disney version and a couple other adaptions I\'ve seen where Esmeralda and Pierre end up together. But at least she didn\'t end up with the \"ugly\", and I use that word as a huge stretch, Quasimodo.
... I think you are confusing Pierre and Phoebus^^' they weren't the same character in the book. But I see your point.
I don't need an inferior version to 'defend' the Disney version. It's still one of the deepest and darkest movies Disney has ever made with gorgeous music. If it weren't for the gargoyles it'd be perfect.
uncannybeetle I\'m glad you think that, some don\'t, which is why I put that title. I love the disney version too.
The gargoyles are better than the instruments. Golden Films has done some decent films (that company was too weak in budget to produce masterpieces), but this film was terrible. This is their worst work.
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And this is why I will defend the Disney Version forever!
This is such a kick in the balls to the original source material that the author was seething in heaven when he saw it made. This "film" is very, very loosely, based on the novel, Hunchback of Notre Dame. This obvious cash grab mockbuster against Disney goes past dumb and more towards insulting. I think all the writers did was stare at the title, skim through the book, and then make stuff up. You want to see a movie where Quasimodo isn't hideous, Esmeralda is a witch, Pierre isn't a love interest but instead a lackey, and Frollo, named Jean-Claude looks like Gaston? Well, you can see it in this pile of crap! Yeah, folks, this exists and it's as bad as you think it is.
In this version, Quasimodo isn't ugly at all, quite the contrary, in here he only has Peek-A-Bangs, no hearing issues, and a slight hunch from working at the cathedral all day. Hell, his hunch could have been mistaken for bulging muscles, yet we're supposed to be scared of him because... he looks like an animated version of Arnold Schizenegger.
Esmeralda isn't Esmeralda either. She's Melody, a gypsy witch! Why, because she can bring inanimate objects to life by touching them without any explanation whatsoever. And she has about as much personality as Bella Swan. But guess what? Melody and Quasi are the love birds that'll marry at the end of this story! What? Did you not know that? Yeah, that part was removed from the original book because the author had common sense. I'll give them this, their relationship was more believable then Edward and Bella's, but that isn't saying much. But what about Pierre, the love interest for Esmeralda? Don't worry, he doesn't like her and is a three-foot lackey to Gaston's twin brother Jean-Claude, the big villain of this movie and boy is he bad at it. He's also brothers with Quasi, because that's a thing in this version. Did I mention he's not ugly in this one? Sorry for repeating it, it's just when you see a classic story get more butchered than a hickory ham you tend to repeat yourself!
This "film" also has tactless musical numbers, poor voice acting, pointless scenes, and bad animation. Not only that, it manages to screw up the message. The message for Hunchback of Notre Dame is to not to judge others by their appearance and that beauty is skin deep. Here, Quasi has no deformities and isn't ugly! Oh, they really gave the original source material a middle finger by having Quasi actually end up even more handsome by the end and get the girl with some dumbass message that he was beautiful all along! No, really who would've guessed?
This completely destroys the message and every interpretation of this story! Even the one where he sprouts wings at the end. There's an issue when I say that the Secret of the Hunchback of Notre Dam delivered a better message! The Disney version is a freaking masterpiece compared to this and I have reason to defend it even more now! You still don't believe me? Watch Phelous review this stinker!