The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is probably my favorite Disney movie. It’s a complete bastardization of the Hugo novel, but they do get a lot of it right: the darkness and injustice of the times, Frollo’s sexual obsession with Esmeralda, even some of Hugo’s humor comes through. Also, I think the musical score is probably in the top 3 as far as Disney films go. I mean, look at the juxtaposition of "Heaven's Light" and "Hellfire" -- chills, I get:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r9xNKHOekM
Here are my typings:
Quasimodo: EII
Esmeralda: ESI
Phoebus: SEE
Frollo: No clue. He doesn’t seem like an ethical type. Or really extroverted… not sure. The man was just pure unadulterated corruption. Much less nuanced and complex than in the novel.
Clopin: EIE
In the novels, though, I think Esmeralda is EII and Phoebus is a stereotypical SLE. Quasimodo in the novel is untypeable because he’s basically mentally handicapped. Frollo is… a really intense and interesting character in the novel. Not sure about his type. Similar to Javert in
Les Miserables, but much more intuitive > sensory. If Javert was LSI, Claude Frollo might be LII? Or even an EII turned bad? He really sacrificed himself for his brother Jehan (probably SLE) and took in Quasimodo out of a compassion and duty to God to make up for his brother’s lasciviousness. Yeah, I’m actually liking the evil EII for Frollo, lol. (BTW, if anyone is interested in reading the novel, I highly recommend Alban Krailheimer’s translation. It’s amazing.)
Originally Posted by Baby
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is probably my favorite Disney movie. It’s a complete bastardization of the Hugo novel, but they do get a lot of it right: the darkness and injustice of the times, Frollo’s sexual obsession with Esmeralda, even some of Hugo’s humor comes through. Also, I think the musical score is probably in the top 3 as far as Disney films go. I mean, look at the juxtaposition of "Heaven's Light" and "Hellfire" -- chills, I get:
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