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Disney's take on this historical confrontation between European settlers and Native Americans follows the paths of two future lovers. One is British adventurer John Smith, who travels the Atlantic with the Virginia Company to establish Jamestown. On the shore is Pocahontas, a typical Disney heroine: bright, beautiful, mischievous, and motherless. The two meet in the untamed wilds of America (the first meeting is quite divine), fall in love, and try to ward off the warring factions. It's Disney's version of a Native American West Side Story. Two Disney trademarks do not quite muster up: the villain isn't hissable and the score's only high point is the Oscar-winning "Colors of the Wind." Calling it "historical" is a stretch, but Disney created a very natural look at the two cultures. The Native American characters are handled especially well, and kids should be intrigued by their world; the movie is a far different lesson from the one their parents and grandparents learned. Disney has discovered a few things, though: you don't have to kill to solve your problems, and you can end the film without a happily-ever-after, illustrated by a touching final visual. (Ages 5 and older) --Doug Thomas
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disney's best! (2005-01-21)  This is by far Disney's best animated film. The historical innacuracy is irrelevant, as no where in the movie does it claim to be true. It is simply loosely based on an infamous occurence that happened when settlers first arrived on the shores of Virginia. No one would have wanted to watch a cartoon version of what really happened, so the just Dinseyed it up a bit. Although it is a movie better suited for an older audience than Disney's usual, it is an excellent movie to teach kids about racism and the environment. It teaches that if wisdom and acceptance are present, groups of any races can live in harmony. The famous song "Colors of the Wind" summarizes the other moral of the story: treat animals and the natural world with respect and you will "learn things you never knew you never knew." The music is good enough to give you goosebumps, and the characterization is amazing. And to that person who criticized the movie because they used beautiful heroes: nobody would want to watch it if they were fat or ugly. It simply ruins the appeal, people want to watch good looking people by nature.
Politically-correct racism (2004-07-18)  I wish my children had never seen this movie, but since I made the mistake of trusting Disney and since it reappears on TV frequently, I've used it as an opportunity to talk about the blatant (but politically-correct) racism woven through it. My point to my children: racism is wrong, no matter who it's directed at (a point that goes directly against the main theme of the movie). In this movie, there is one and only one exception to the rule that all Native Americans are good and all English are bad. John Smith is the exception that proves the rule - other than him, all British are evil (and crude, dirty, greedy, etc.). The Native Americans aren't all quite perfect but all come around in the end, while the English are clearly rotten to the core, and the world would be a better place if they were all gone. Get this movie for your children IF you want to teach them to use skin color as a way of predicting good versus evil. And don't worry, they won't get the wrong, racist lesson that dark skin is bad - they'll get the politically-correct lesson, that people with white skin are bad.
Disney produces yet another inaccurate cartoon... (2004-07-11) As always, Disney provides us with an hour-glass shaped, beautifully dashing, ever accomodating heroine, and a strong, handsome, brave, conquering hero; a romance story that is historically inaccurate, romanticized, racist, and sexist. "Pocahontas" was not her real name, and she was about ten years old. According to LEGEND, she saved John Smith's life - the woman of color saves the white man, while falling in love with him. According to REAL history, he was brought in to the village, well-fed and well-treated. Most likely, she simply talked with him while he was in her village. There was NO romantic relationship. She was actually kidnapped a few years later and held for ransom in Jamestown. She died of a White Man's disease. Disney has created a cartoon "Romeo & Juliet" story for children, and what hurts my heart the most is that people really believe that the Disney version is true. There are so many un-truths in the world, especially in our Media, and "Pocahontas" is one of them.
I Love this movie so much (2004-07-03) I just watched it again after awhile while goin down memory lane... and was looking it up on the computer and read all these comments on how its is so wrong and not correct.... but its disney... its not supposed to be right and thought out.... i mean animals cant talk like in alot of disney movies.... u know... really this is one of the most realistic disney movies.... and very touching... made me cry.... but... u know its disney... dont think it out and how that never happened jsut enjoy the story
Love Story with a touch of History (2004-06-04) In reality Pocahontas was the wife of another white settler named John Rolfe. She later became Lady Rebecca. We can say she fell in love with John Smith but their love story didn't workout.The story of Pocahontas repesents us all Americans. That no matter how you look like, Black or White we are all foreigners on this land.The original Americans are the American Indians, cause they are already here when Columbus discovered America.As for this movie itself, I love it especially the music.
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