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| Quasimodo |
Quasimodo looks a lot like Mr. Magoo at certain angles, which is really strange. Like the Dingo Pictures film, Quasimodo's speech is slurred and at times incomprehensible. It's never is perplexing here as it was in that thing, you can usually get the gist of what he's saying, but it's still difficult to understand. Quasimodo here is portrayed as dimwitted and brutish. This does not gel with the musical numbers, which say that Quasimodo's "heart was as big as the sky." He's just not very likable. I don't feel for him at all.
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| Esmeralda |
It's pretty cringe worthy to watch Esmeralda dance in this version. Because the animation is so limited and awkward, the fluidity and movement is clumsy. I have no idea why, in this version, she falls in love with Quasimodo. It just comes out of nowhere, and it's not very convincing. It is clear that this was meant to satisfy the kids who were disappointed
by this pair not happening in the Disney movie, which this is derivative of. Esmeralda is uninteresting here, but because of that she is the most tolerable.
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| Claude Frollo |
Frollo has a patented "bad guy voice." It's hoarse, cunning, and would seem right at home coming out of an evil wizard. His appearance speaks to this, he has a ring of messy black hair around his head, and a giant nose. The filmakers make a few vague references to his practice of alchemy and religious confusion, but nothing really comes of it.
There's not much point in examining the other characters. They're fairly similar to their book versions, but they are given so little screen time that they don't ultimately matter. The only interesting detail is that, instead of Clopin, the Duke of Egypt is the prominent figure in the court. He looks more like a goblin than a romani person, but that's the least of this film's problems.
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