History YMMV / TheHunchbackOfNotreDameGoldenFilms

* EpilepticTrees[=/=]{{Fanon}}: Pierre is theorized to not really be Pierre Gringoire, but instead an original character given a stereotypically French name that happens to match the character name from the book.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The background music tracks are decent, {{public domain|Soundtrack}} classical music.

* TheScrappy:
** The baron is disliked for being a boring one note character whose only joke in the film is that he's a fat BigEater.
** All four of the bats are widely disliked for their constant, annoying laughter at their own jokes, terrible puns, poor lip syncing, StockFootageFailure, and lack of contributing to the plot. They all have the same personality and are more or less the same character.

* EvilIsSexy: Jean Claude. He's rather handsome.

* TheScrappy:
** The baron is disliked for being a boring one note character whose only joke in the film is that he's fat and a BigEater.
** All four of the bats are widely disliked for their constant, annoying laughter at their own jokes, terrible puns, poor lip syncing, StockFootageFailure, and lack of contributing to the plot. They all have the same personality and are more or less the same character.

* SoBadItsGood: One of the better-known Golden Films for this reason.

* UnfortunateImplications: Coded Lock Films’s [[https://youtu.be/reqI6W9yL4c?si=LKR22VoJ0PY9ncq7 review of the film]] points out the ablest subtext of Quasimodo becoming loved, handsome and gaining his happy ending by losing his hunchback.

** The scene of some gypsies dancing near a fire pit and Melody shaking her arms is repeated several times, even when that scene doesn't fit, which worsens the already present confusion between day and night.

* StrangledByTheRedString: Quasimodo and Melody have barely known themselves and then they're singing a song about love, and even more, they get married a few days after having known each other.

* StockFootageFailure: The scene of some gypsies dancing near a fire pit and Melody shaking her arms is repeated several times, even when that scene doesn't fit, which worsens the already present confusion between day and night.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The background music tracks are decent, but only because they're {{public domain|Soundtrack}} classical music.

* HumorDissonance: The bats' jokes.
* IdiotPlot:
** When Jean Claude discovers the gypsy camp, one gypsy tells Melody that she will be safe in Notre Dame...so why not the others?
** Why would Quasimodo make decorative bells for Melody when he didn't want to see her again?
** When Melody is going to be executed, she doesn't even try to escape, even though she isn't tied up or anything.
** When Quasimodo doesn't ring the bell, in real life that wouldn't change the fact that it's still time for Melody to be executed. Jean Claude refuses to execute her until the bell rings, instead waiting for Quasimodo to ring the bell and allowing Quasimodo to save Melody.
** Melody's mother is placed in a barn she could very easily leave of her own volition. She doesn't and remains there, requiring Melody to save her, which leads to Melody being captured.

* TheUntwist: Pierre reveals pretty early on in the movie that Quasimodo and Jean Claude are half-brothers. The climax of the movie reveals the same thing, but with less exposition and is done as a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Even moreso than other derivative works from Creator/VictorHugo, since the plot is barely recognizable as "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", Quasimodo is not ugly nor a hunchback at all and the ending is too happy for a film based on a tragedy. If the Disney version has some detractors for being a {{Disneyfication}} despite [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids having themes too dark for a children's movie]], Victor Hugo's fans were less than pleased with this film.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Imagine, a screen version of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' in which Quasimodo is handsome and it ends with Esmeralda marrying him. No, it's not the Golden Films version. It's the now-lost 1917 silent film ''The Darling of Paris''.

* InformedWrongness: Jean Claude is supposed to be seen as evil just because he worries about taxes. Without taxes, a city can't work. Celebrations and "free spirits" cannot run a city.