The Hunchback Of Notre Dame :: essays research papers

     A gem that has some(prenominal) very visible flaws yet, with these flaws, "TheHunchback of Notre hoot" shines as the best from the Disney pulverization yet.For, at first, the company name and movie title didnt quite come out of the closet to sitwell together. You dont marry the king of novel Gothic moroseness (Mr. VictorHugo) with one of the worlds most beloved (if not larger-than-lifegest) keepcompanies and channel the usual world population to be at the reception stillexpect even Mr. Walt Disney to pat himself on the shoulder blade (or whats left(p) of it) for allowing a hideous hunchback to be transformed into a cistronKelly-Incredible Hulk combo type of hero.     This "hero" is Quasimodo (Tom Hulce), which by the way message half-formed.Its about his distorted education (who of all time teaches the alphabet usingabomination, blasphemy, condemnation, damnation and unfading damnation ?),his humiliation ( macr ocosm crowned the king of fools), his first love and hisbig, big heart. Its about how our outward appearances should not matter(sounds familiar?). Its about accept in yourself but not beingself-righteous. And its about reliving the dissembling of Oscar-nominated"Beauty and the Beast", directed by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale (both,incidentally, were also amenable for "Hunchback".)     Wise and Trousdale obviously had a vision that didnt exactly aline toyour usual "and they lived happily ever after" type of fairy tale. They assiduous a lot of artistic license when rewriting the plot. It was, afterall, a cartoon but they didnt allow it to become an excuse to dissolve the ruth and tragedy into nothingness. Quasimodo did not get the girl.Nobody exactly lived "happily ever after". There was an amazing amount ofimplicit blood and violence. every last(predicate) that with Quasimodos unrestrainedoutburst near the end and the best anim ated semisynthetic representation of thekiss contribute to the real emotions that flowed from the characters.      Talking about being real, the drawings in "Hunchback" were simplybreathtaking. The two directors and chief artists actually make their wayto the famed Notre Dame cathedral in Paris to accept first hand themagnificence and beauty of it. For ten whole days, they walked through,looked from, sit on, literally lived and breathed Notre Dame. The artistseven "swatched" some dirt just to fit in the colour The result was suchartistry that even George Lucas and Steven Spielberg would have treasured tocall their own. The scenes in the market place, the panoramic view of thesteps of Notre Dame and beyond all left me gaping in wonder and perfectexcitement that such representation could be possible through animationits all thanks to computer animation.