Henry Cavill
After watching The Tudors
Henry Cavill as Charles Brandon from The Tudors
Plus he was born in Jersey which is where Victor Hugo himself lived from 1852-1855. yeah it’s like providential and what not.
Henry Cavill
What do you think? Would Cavill make a good Phoebus?
Henry Cavill as Superman, Man of Steel
Streets In Front of Notre Dame, 1956 Hunchback of Notre Dame
Unlike other versions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame I can tell I’m looking at a set in the 1956 version
The upper Set of Notre Dame, 1956 Hunchback of Notre Dame
Notre Dame itself looks fine. It has a nice sense of age and weathering on it. But you never see the full grandeur of it. You get hints of it in shots of the city but nothing expansive.
Esmeralda’s room set, 1956 Hunchback of Notre Dame
You do get a sense of the narrow poky streets of medieval Paris but with the flat angles of the direction of this movie the sets really just sit in the background and do not get a sense of feeling like I have been transported back in time I feel like I’m looking at decent looking sets.
Esmeralda (Gina Lollobrigida) in the bell tower, 1956 Hunchback of Notre Dame
I had there been more style to way this film was shot maybe the sets would have stood out more and felt less fake. I feel like the sets were designed for Disney’s Epcot Medieval Paris Experience*” and not a movie.
Interior Set, 1956 Hunchback of Notre Dame
Next Time – The style of this movie i.e. The Direction
The Famous Sanctuary scene at a flat angle, 1956 Hunchback of Notre dame
(*) This totally should exist
A special version of Belle sung for Helene Segara. It was sung by her friends, family, fans and former cast members of Notre Dame de Paris. There are some very cute and silly lines that even my meager french skills picked up though subtitles helped ^_~.
It’s a very sweet video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7GwN8YVUuc
(on a way side note the person who posted this video has Little My from Moomins
as a avatar and that made me so happy ^^)
Two new products by the Hunchstore. (remember you can change the style on any Zazzle product to suit you taste and wallet)
This one is inspired by disney’s Esmeralda. My thought behind this is that it’s the perfect bag for people cosplaying Esmeralda to incorporate into their costumes and it’s not too out there for everyday use for those who want Esmeralda’s style infused into their wardrobe.
This one is just a fun little mug for those who like Quasimodo
Roger Ebert
On April 4th 2013, Roger Ebert passed away. He was the one of the most famous movie critics in world. And whether you agreed or disagree with him, people always wanted to know his opinions on a movie. So What did Roger Ebert think of Disney’s Hunchback? He really liked it. He gave it four stars. He liked it better than Aladdin and Pocahontas. He thought it was Disney’s best since Beauty and the Beast. He said “It blends Menken’s songs, glorious animation, boundless energy and the real substance of the story into a movie of heart and joy.”
I, for my part am jaded. When I look at a hunchback movie I judge it on how it compares to the novel and the Disney version falls short as it’s not like the novel at all but from someone who is looking at the movie as stand alone story, I agree with him. It’s an enjoyable movie that does have heart and substance and most of animation still looks really good after 17 years.
You can read this review here; http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19960621/REVIEWS/606210302/1023
Or you can watch his review with Gene Siskel;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv31cvSsJ_E
Warning – This is an off-the-Cuff Rant
Elicia MacKenzie as Fleur de Lys, Matt Laurent as Quasimodo & Alessandra Ferrari as Esmeralda, Notre Dame de Paris World Tour Cast
Have you been looking forward to World Tour cast of Notre Dame de Paris coming to location relatively close to you? Too bad, it’s over. Their last performance was April 7th in Japan. Apparently the “World” is Asia. And not even all of Asia only Moscow, China, Taipei and Japan. Now had I read this,
“29 septembre 2012
Matt will be on the new Notre-Dame de Paris Tour!
Matt will join the new 2012-2013 tour of Notre-Dame de Paris and will go to Moscow, China, Taiwan and Japan. It’s gonna he english version just like last year.
After more than 550 shows playing Quasimodo, the Huntchback and since 1999, Matt is always very excited to be part of this great musical and is ready to rock it again!
The tour will be held from end of october 2012 until early april 2013.” http://www.mattlaurent.ca/nouvelles.php
back in September I would have been angry sooner and would have ranted about it then. I just thought this Tour was just a little disorganized since there was no website or even announcement of dates except for Elicia MacKenzie’s site. I thought tour dates were being delayed as her site because it only went up to the Japan perfomance dates (of which was wrong on the length the production was in Tokyo). I was wrong in my assumption but then again I thought this tour WAS TOURING THE WORLD, not a portion of a Continent.
The fact is after the Asian Tour they turned around and went to more or less the same places. How can they call it a World Tour when they pretty much only went 4645.96 miles/7476.74 KM? Why did they bother at all when they only really added was Moscow and Japan to the mix? And Russia has been getting the Original troupe concerts since 2010, so they are not hurting to Notre Dame de Paris attention.
I find it odd that for both the Asian Tour and the World Tour rehearsed in Paris but no performances occurred or even was planned there. But I also find it insulting that most of the principle cast is Canadian and yet there hasn’t been a performance in Canada (or North American) since 2005.
Quite honestly why would you have two Tour Casts less than a year apart tour in same relative locations and one under a name that denotes more places? I mean, did they try for performances in more locations and fail? I admit, I have no idea how musical tours operate.
Wait I’m going to find out……………one sec………. Ok, so whoever the tour manger and the booking agents were are to blame. I have to guess that in utter laziness they just went to same places in China and Taipei. Moscow is easy since they already love the show the only risk was Japan.
The time between the Asian Tour and “World Tour” was so on top of each other that I didn’t even know they were separate tours. Originally, I thought the Asian Tour was the World Tour, and it confused me. And now I know I was not really wrong the World Tour was just the Asian Tour 2.0.
I just wish they had called a spade a spade and didn’t call it a “World Tour” when they never left a continent. Perhaps there will be another tour cast that will leave the Asian Continent. Or maybe I should start my own tour cast of the show with sock puppets.
Sock Puppet Frollo from Notre Dame de Paris
