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Well, first and foremost, this is not a Disney movie!
The title is a misnomer. The original French title is Notre Dame de Paris and the cathedral itself is the star of this show. The unfortunate hunchback is only in maybe a third of the scenes.
I actually wept at the end of Hugo's Les Misérables ...the book not the musical...so I was expecting the same level of brilliance and connection. It didn't happen. This story was sad and violent and just so terribly unfair, but the characters did not touch ...more
The title is a misnomer. The original French title is Notre Dame de Paris and the cathedral itself is the star of this show. The unfortunate hunchback is only in maybe a third of the scenes.
I actually wept at the end of Hugo's Les Misérables ...the book not the musical...so I was expecting the same level of brilliance and connection. It didn't happen. This story was sad and violent and just so terribly unfair, but the characters did not touch ...more
I'm giving this 3 stars, because the story totally sucked me in and of course the writing was amazing. However, I didn't love it. It was way too tragic for me, and the whole time I found myself kind of shocked that Disney would even make a movie of this. I have always hated the Disney movie and refuse to let my kids watch it. There is so much death and darkness that permeates this book. Also, I found myself hating Phoebus far more than Frollo. Time to go read something with sunshine and rainbows
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