Esmeralda and Gringoire
The Jetlag version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Next Version up for Review – It’s a secret. I’m also going to take a brief hiatus from my Hunchback movie reviews till January 8th. I’ll still post everyday but fewer articles.
Luck Mervil as Clopin from Notre Dame de Paris
It’s been a well while since I made a Notre Dame de Paris lens so I made another Notre Dame de Paris actor lens on all the actors who have played Clopin in Notre Dame de Paris. I still need to make Phoebus actor lens and I have few more ideas in the pipeline.
Quasimodo as a woman. Call her Quasiralda.
Quasiralda
He looks like that cross-dressing gremlin from Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Today’s Fan-Art Friday is a inspired by the Belle
Notre Dame de paris Belle scene using Game of Thrones Scene Marker from Azalea Doll Game
Johnny Depp
With the rumors of Tim Burton involvement on the 2013 version people started to ask “Well,What character is Johnny Depp going to play?” Since Burton more often than now casts Depp for his movies? But it is a an interesting question, Who should Johnny Depp play if he were casted in a Hunchback movie?
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp is a very versatile actor. He could play a few characters in a Hunchback version. He could play Gringoire, Clopin or Frollo. Though personally I think he would do the best as Clopin. The role of Clopin can be made into a bigger role pending on the writing. With Gringoire I feel a younger and more naive actor would be better and with Frollo, Depp doesn’t have an cold, austere look to him so I think he better suited to Clopin.
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow from The Pirates of the Caribbean
I could see Depp giving Clopin like a Jack Sparrow vibe where he can be a chaotic neutral. But I think he could do something different for him as an actor and give Clopin a new bent and he could make his own.
Johnny Depp
This adorable picture is of a Disney Clopin Onesie. It unclear if it official but isn’t a adorable. If it’s not official Disney should produce it and if it is official they Disney needs to make more of them.
Disney Clopin Onesie
This was actually on e-bay so if you really want it keep a look out for it.
There one big major glaring plot-hole in the Jetlag version of the Hunhcback of Notre Dame
Frollo attack while Esmeralda and Phoebus embrace, Jetlag version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
During the ill-fate meeting of Esmeralda and Phoebus, after Phoebus is stab by Frollo, Frollo rips Esmeralda’s necklace off and throws it in the river where it drift down to Quasimodo who seems to be in the general area during the stabbing.
Quasimodo holding Esmeralda’s Necklace, Jetlag Hunchback of Notre Dame
Why was he there? The film makes no indication of him following either Esmeralda or Frollo. Was he out taking a midnight scroll? In the words of the Nostalia Critc “Explain Movie, Explain.”
Esmeralda tells Quasimodo about Frollo
Now when Esmeralda realizes that Frollo is the one who stabbed Phoebus she runs to tell Quasimodo who doesn’t believe her. But When Quasimodo confronts Frollo at the end on bridge he says that he saw him stab the captain.
Frollo threatening Esmeralda, Jetlag Hunchback of Notre Dame
So Quasimodo saw Frollo stab Phoebus but didn’t believe it? Or he saw it but didn’t know it was Frollo but we never see him come to the realization that Frollo did it? In fact, we never see Quasimodo realize that Frollo is no longer a nice person and inflicting pain on Esmeralda, the woman he loves.
Quasimodo throws Frollo off a bridge
In the book Quasimodo sees Frollo laughing at a dying Esmeralda and throws him off Notre Dame but he does it in a fit of rage but never quite understood why he did it. In the Jetlag version he sees Frollo trying to kill Esmeralda and he all like ‘yeah I saw you stab that guy even though I never really thought about it or seemed to even care about that incident, so you’re bad guy now it’s time to get wet and inconvenienced’ and over the bridge he goes. Got to wonder how high that bridge was, I mean Frollo’s comeuppance is getting wet whereas Quasimodo and Esmeralda may get to live happy ever after but they are chased out Paris and are basically criminals. But then again searching for logic or a deeper meaning to things in the Jetlag version is pointless as it was rushed, not thought out and lazy.
Quasimodo and Esmeralda embrace Esmeralda in Sanctuary
Next Jetlag Article – The Epic Conclusion
Gringoire balancing a chair Jetlag version Hunchback of Notre Dame
Today’s Horoscope was prophesied by the magical and mystical English version of Notre Dame de Paris, now playing in Wuhan till the 16th.
“Ave maria, please pardon me.
If in your house I come stealing.”
Alessandra Ferrari as Esmeralda, World Tour Cast Notre Dame de Paris, Crocus City
The prediction is clear, you shall have an unexpected visitor today who may will want a favor. Beware!
Original Cast of Notre Dame de Paris wearing Silly Hats
Fun Fact- The hat Julie Zenatti is wearing is a Notre Dame hat and Helene Segara is wearing the My Fair Lady hat
