Anyone think that, if done right, DIsney could do a Phantom of the Opera movie. After such tales like Hunchback of Notre Dame and Beauty and the Beast, if done right, would anyone like to see a Disney version of it?
shareNo. I'm not sure I like the idea of a Phantom of the Opera cartoon, actually, and they would probably water down a lot of things. After all, Frollo in the Disney version isn't half as complex as he is in the book.
sharePluse, to edit to jennyrose-73863 reply, the phantom is a bit of a villian. The 2004 movie actually was in my opinion enough.
For Disney I think it was enough with the situation like we have in THOND to let the "deformed" character be accepted and not always get the girl. The same thing also hapends in TPOTO 2004 version, well sort of.
The 2004 movie was an abortion.
Personally, the ALW version has never resonated with me; I pretty much hate everyone in it; especially Christine (And the emotionless cardboard cutout that played her in the 2004 film especially)
If Disney did a version...I'd much prefer something in the vein of the Yeston and Kopit version.
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Have you ever seen the actual theatrical production of Phantom of the Opera and not just the 2004 movie version (that's a guilty pleasure for me). I love POTO.
sharesmatterings of it and the soundtrack once.
While I like some of it, I feel like ALW is a bit more "presentation" and "pop" than I like.
I still feel no major attachment to the characters - however, years before I saw the entire Y&K version, seeing numbers of scenes from its productions had me much more interested and connected to the characters - and the exploration of Erik's past was something I loved dearly (especially in the Takarazuka version)
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shareThe 2004 movie was an abortion.
That was taxiderming the abortion and raising it as your own.
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I am trying to think how they can do it, I mean one the story is not really for children. And even up until the last decade or so, Disney didn't make a lot of movies that went past 90 minutes, and now a days their movies are going past 1 hour and 40 minutes. I don't know how they could do it to jeep it at a less then 2 hour running time.
shareNot really for children? The majority of Disney films are based on stories that were pretty dark. Some of the original stories were even disturbing and sadistic (Little Mermaid, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Pinocchio to name a few).
shareAnd they always find a way to make it more kid friendly for the kids even through the original is not, and I believe the Hunchback of Notre Dame is also the same as the original story is not kid friendly, but the Disney team found a way to make it kid friendly. All the movies that you mentioned expect the Little Mermaid are movies done by Walt Disney and his staff, so it must be interesting to learn how he and his staff took stories that are not kid friendly, or dark and then make them kid friendly.
shareI personally think if Disney could do Hunchback of Notre Dame, they could do Les Miserables.
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shareI would prefer the original Gaston Leroux novel being adapted. The writers would have to flesh out some scenes to give historical context like the building of the Opera House. The Persian or Daroga is rarely given the credit he deserves and it would be good to see his and Erik's life in Persia before settling in Paris.
I have to agree with the others that doing another story where the antihero doesn't get the girl falls flat.
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