Why ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ is the Best Animated Disney Movie Ever Made
With such a raw look at the 15th century, it seems that Disney was really trying to step outside of its element with this motion picture.

A total laughriot that centers around the day Thoibi decides to not marry Manibabu, a lunactic brat who makes her life a living hell by eloping with her college boyfriend, Mani. Thoibi and Mani's elopement plan goes sideways and causes a chaotic roller coaster when Manibabu comes after them and Mani's two bestfriends stumble upon a scooter with a bomb in it.
With such a raw look at the 15th century, it seems that Disney was really trying to step outside of its element with this motion picture.
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The plot could’ve really been interesting if the elements of lycanthropy was integrated with perhaps the struggle of identity of being LGBTQ+. It's an experience for so many that as they’re starting to realizing their true selves, they feel like a monster, especially if they come from unsupportive homes or communities. Instead, the horror and transformation elements seem thrown in without contemplation of how this could deepen the narrative.
At 2:17 a.m., every child in a third-grade class wakes up, leaves their home, and disappears into the darkness—except one. The next day, teacher Justine Gandy discovers that Alex Lily is the only student left, while the rest have vanished without a trace. Did Justine have something to do with it, or is a far more sinister force stalking the town, targeting not just children, but anyone in its path?
Disclosure Day asks us to question humanity's role in the universe but falls victim to the same assumptions of centrality.