God help the outcasts, or nobody will

[andrewducker]

So, it turned out that Julie hadn't seen Mulan or The Hunchback of Notre Dame, so we watched the two of them over the last couple of days, in an attempt to fill the gaps in her Disney knowledge.

I'd forgotten that Hunchback had actual reference to God in it, although it was rather obvious that with a massive cathedral playing a major role in the plot it would be tricky to avoid. Very nicely handled too. Julie spent the fifteen minutes afterwards reading about the original novel and being amused at the number of awful things that hadn't happened in the Disney version :->

Comments

[skington.livejournal.com]

I read the Hunchback of Notre Dame and was completely enthralled by the Thieves Guild; then a few years later I started reading it and stopped part-way though, so I don't know if my first experience is that useful.

The Little Mermaid is by far the worst recent Disney atrocity (Lilo & Stich's misreading of the Ugly Duckling notwithstanding, which you and I have disagreed in the comments of this journal in the past). In the original: the little mermaid goes through a series of travails in an attempt to become human, but when she finally manages to get to her prince, she has legs but no voice, so he ignores her and decides that some other random floozy is his long-lost love, and in the end the mermaid casts herself on the waters and dies, her eternal soul lost forever. In the Disney film: end-of-level boss octopus woman shows and is defeated, and everyone lives happily ever after.

Yuck.

[lpetrazickis.livejournal.com]

I read the Hunchback as a kid. All I remember is the Inquisition's steel boot vise foot torture.

[despotliz.livejournal.com]

I love The Hunchback of Notre Dame - I think it's one of the most overlooked of the recent Disney films, and it's obviously a Disneyfied version, but they still manage to get in a song like Hellfire all about sexual desire. *goes to put the soundtrack on*

[andrewducker]

Yeah, the bit where the fire turns into red robes sitting over him in judgement sends shivers down my spine.