Disney and Hugo's versions of Notre Dame de Paris are practically completely different.
Point 1: In the movie, Esmeralda is billed as a gypsy. In the book, she's not really a gypsy like you said. It would remove that complication and plot twists.
Point 2: Phoebus isn't a jerk! Disney would never portray the "noble captain" that Esmeralda loves as the horny brothel-frequenter that won't stay with her because he's got a better business deal with his fiancee. What I did find interesting is that he did about as much as Esmeralda did in the book. Getting hurt does that to you.
Point 3: It's been a while since I've seen Hunchback, but I don't think they ever mentioned Frollo's childhood. Don't think dissing the Catholic church in that way would go well.
While Disney glossed over all those pithy points, Disney did manage to provide a stronger female character in Esmeralda. What I didn't like though was how Phoebus and Esmeralda ended up together. Despite Quasimodo's efforts and devotion, Esmeralda ends up with the pretty boy. I'm not saying that women should fall for whoever happens to save her life, but the way the Disney movies go, that's who the heroines end up with, and it sucks the one time she doesn't, he happens to be deformed and she still ends up with the pretty one.
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Point 1: In the movie, Esmeralda is billed as a gypsy. In the book, she's not really a gypsy like you said. It would remove that complication and plot twists.
Point 2: Phoebus isn't a jerk! Disney would never portray the "noble captain" that Esmeralda loves as the horny brothel-frequenter that won't stay with her because he's got a better business deal with his fiancee. What I did find interesting is that he did about as much as Esmeralda did in the book. Getting hurt does that to you.
Point 3: It's been a while since I've seen Hunchback, but I don't think they ever mentioned Frollo's childhood. Don't think dissing the Catholic church in that way would go well.
While Disney glossed over all those pithy points, Disney did manage to provide a stronger female character in Esmeralda. What I didn't like though was how Phoebus and Esmeralda ended up together. Despite Quasimodo's efforts and devotion, Esmeralda ends up with the pretty boy. I'm not saying that women should fall for whoever happens to save her life, but the way the Disney movies go, that's who the heroines end up with, and it sucks the one time she doesn't, he happens to be deformed and she still ends up with the pretty one.