01-21-11
Originally Posted by GluttonMonster
I actually like this film over other Disney films. To me, Quasimodo being the main character and yet not getting the girl in the end is a step out of the Disney cliche. While it opens the whole 'being accepted by soiety thing' FilmFreak brought up, it is at least a tad different. And with the acceptance thing, I always felt it was more of an achievement of Quasi now gaining the confidence to go out in the world, meet other people, and live life rather than just be socially accepted.
Agreed. The film poses the interesting question: "Who is the monster and who is the man?" True, Frollo is portrayed as evil instead of being consumed and tortured by lust, but the film does at least introduce the idea that Esmerelda and Phoebus have an "adult" relationship.
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