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Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Not so bad but not so good either
Review: Basically the movie wasn't so good as I espected it to be .I mean the first movie was way much better I could say the Pocahontas 2 discussed me .The hole thing of the movie was that she stays with John Smith and finally she ends up running with another guy that was much more uglier than John Smith .
The cartoon is pretty well realizes the characters looked somehow the same as the ones in the first movie but the context is very poor .So if you really want to enjoy you're Fridays don't choose Pocahontas 2 because it will leave you with a sour taste in you're mouth .

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A much needed sequel
Review: After the first film was left a little unfinished although moving me to tears I was desperate to know the future of pocahontas and whether or not it would be true to history. Now i know that all turns out well for my favourite disney heroine. At first I thought the conflict between the two Johns (smith and Rolfe) may ruin not only this film but any enjoyment of the original feature. Imagine then how delighted I was to find that John Smith was replaced with feeling compassion and with a character so easy to like in his short comings. Side characters such as meeko and the loveable tea lady mrs Jenkins added the comical relief and the good people at disney kept Pocahontas true to her disney roots even though the film was a little sugar coated to be historically accurate. The best disney sequel I've ever seen!! ***

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Not a very good movie
Review: After watching the first Pocahontas movie I was excited about seeing the second. But, it was awful, almost depressing. my kids didn't make it through the first 15 min. before they were bored. Too bad you can't return movies after you've opened them because this one would have gone back!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Very Good Movie... Considering It's A Sequel
Review: Audiences seem to be split concerning this movie, they hate it or love it. Personnally, I loved it much more than the original which I don't own. The animation is exceptional for straight-to-video release and the songs are as wonderful, if not more than those of the 1995 flick (I have a soft spot for "Where Do I Go From Here"). This is also one of the first Disney movies I actually rented before buying it. This story, although still historically unaccurate (Pocahontas is supposed to die a few days after they go on the boat *There won't be another sequel*), is very cute and has hilarious moments. In my mind, it would have been a hit in theatres.

This movie is remarkable and well done compared to many Disney sequels. Let's go over them with my ratings:

The Return of Jafar: I hated it 0/5

Aladdin & The King of Thieves: Not too bad 3/5

102 Dalmatians: Same story as the remake, wasn't it enough!! 0/5

Little Mermaid II: Same story as the original except Melody (Ariel's daughter) wants to go the sea (Roles exchaged). 1/5

Lady And The Tramp II: Same story with Scamp (son of Lady & Tamp) agian with roles exchanged. Very poor animation! 0/5

Fantasia 2000: Lives up to the original although I didn't really like the pieces that were chosen, but for wonderful animation 4/5

The Rescuers Down Under: Good, I loved it when I was young. 3/5

Beauty & The Beast Xmas: Great holiday movie and wonderful songs 4/5

More Beauty & The Beast videos that weren't hits 0/5

Coming Soon (Ooh, lucky us!!):

Dumbo II

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame II

101 Dalmations: The Animated Sequel (We have enough already!)

Peter Pan II: Return To Neverland

Why keep messing with our memories, anyway, we know now that Disney is just a company that's losing money and taking the most they can out of their classics by making sometimes-absurd sequels! And there will be more coming, I'm sure, so much for Happily Ever After! As long as they don't mess with my favorite, Sleeping Beauty, a masterpiece in animation that doesn't want a sequel.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: BORING is all this is.
Review: BBBBBBBAAAAADDDDDD MOVIEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: THIS MOVIE IS WONDERFUL
Review: DISNEY HAS DONE IT AGAIN I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS MOVIE IF YOU LOVE DISNEY MOVIES THIS IS A MUST HAVE

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A waste of time
Review: Do not buy this disc! I loved Pocahontas so much and was terribly afraid when I heard of a sequal. There was no way to get around the historical accuracy issue since her life after John Smith wasn't fun or happy at all. Disney had to bastardize history just to make it. Then they went and gave it unlistenable songs, cheap jokes and Don Bluth-like animation. Gross! This is true not only of Pocahontas II, but ALL the direct to viedo sequals! Disney has to stop making these cheap knock off's of their features! If there's really a story to tell after the feature then they should take the time to develop it and make it as grand as the first. Like PIXAR did with Toy Story 2.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Oh man...
Review: First off, I loved the first Pocahontas. That is, until I saw this one. Now I can never really enjoy it to the same level again, at least not until a few years from now when I've forgotten about this awful thing.

While it's wonderful that Disney attempted to set things right, they couldn't have done it in any worse way. I hated Rolfe from the beginning; he never develops once. That's pretty tough considering that he's the "romantic hero"... and pretty much having a romance is an easy way to develop someone. Not this guy, though, he's about as endearing as a steel pole.

I hate the tea chick, which is what I'm going to call her for lack of knowing her name. The woman, to whose charge Pocahontas is placed, seems like a feeble attempt to make me like John Rolfe: "Oh, he and this sweet if blundering old lady have an affectionate relationship! He's a good guy after all! Oh Pocahontas, soon you'll see that!" BLECH, it was so painfully obvious that she was just an attempt at character development that didn't quite work. The only thing she was good for was actually inspiring what was close to laughter... although that was only twice. Wiggins in the first movie, however, puts the tea chick to shame.

I'm going to admit that I HATE the ending. Who the heck cares if it's more historically accurate? The point is that if you're going to be historically inaccurate, go all the way! I absolutely loved the Smith/Pocahontas thing in the first movie because both were passionate, lived for danger and excitement, and had as much chemistry as people in animated movies can have. Their relationship is well-developed, as are both people as they kind of come to terms with each other's culture.

John Rolfe, though? He is pompous from the beginning until the horribly forced ending. I'm not sure if it was just me, but it really seemed like he only liked Pocahontas after she had become "civilized." John Smith liked her for who she was, not because she was dolled up in a painful musically-challenged sequence that made me think of "You'll Bring Honor to Us All" from Mulan with sheer longing. Speaking of which, I don't understand what John Rolfe was on--she looked HIDEOUS in that getup.

The animals also seemed to be an attempt to make John Rolfe more likable, because we're supposed to think "Hey, the animals want them together, and they want what's best for Pocahontas so that must be what's best for her!" Pfff, that just made me hate Meeko and Flit.

Actually, the whole London song made me think of a bad attempt to mime Bonjour from Beauty and the Beast. I really think that Pocahontas would have found the city intrusive and smelly, because think of the change she would have went through.

And yes, I agree that John Smith was 100% percent, unadulterated, pure Out-of-Character. I saw and agree with a previous review that stated that they seemed to want to make him a jerk so we wouldn't feel bad about Pocahontas ditching who had once been "the love of her life." Disney, however, seems to have forgotten that they spent an entire movie making him likable and a worthy match for their almost overly-glorified heroine. To just throw that away almost makes me sick; why bother watching the first movie with "She's going to eventually screw him over" hanging over your head.

Actually, I didn't like Pocahontas either. She seemed OOC as well; certainly the Pocahontas in movie one would not have accepted a man who seemed to ring more of Radcliffe than anything. And that Pocahontas would not have let John Smith go. Then again, that wasn't really John Smith and it wasn't really Pocahontas either. I don't know who these two were, but I certainly didn't like them. I liked them more, though, than I liked Rolfe. Which says a lot.

Oh, they needed some cameos. Thomas, Wiggins (he would have made this movie worthwhile), etc.

I agree that Radcliffe was totally demonized. I actually had some sympathy for him in the first one, since it was made clear that he was just trying to succeed at something and prove the others at court, who hated him, wrong. Although he was villainized a lot in the first, it pales in comparison to the second. I also agree that it was crazy that James believed him. James, too, was a cartoony 2d character. Poor guy, the movie insults him more than anyone.

And yeah, I also found it weird that Pocahontas knew about John Smith's death.

Basically, I'm just saying that you should either not watch this movie, forget about it, and/or just plain pretend that it doesn't exist. I can't wait until I forget about this awful thing and can enjoy the first one and I used to be able to do.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The BEST Disney movie since The Little Mermaid
Review: Great movie. PocahontasII IS much better than PocahontasI (though Mel Gibson was excellent as John Smith). Irene Berard IS Pocahontas and Billy Zane ( my favorite actor) IS John Rolfe. Mr. Zane did a teeeeerific job as John Rolfe. Walt Disney Pictures, you've outdone yourself. Magnificent romantic score by Lennie Niehaus. Makes me want to dance with my girlfriend every time I watch this timeless Disney classic. Hey, that review from that anonymous reviewer from DK is the most stupid and idiotic and profane review I've ever read in my life! Believe me, Billy Zane and Catherine Zeta-Jones( my favorite actress and my baby) ARE a Terrific team. Provides Excellent family viewing. Rated G. The BEST of the Pocahontas movies. Darn him!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: I CAN'T TAKE THESE SONGS ANYMORE !
Review: He history in this follow-up is cleverly written. But the trouble is when Pocahontas sings (what happens all the time ! ): it breaks the action completely, it seems more like Mariah Carey screaming, it's a total waste of the plot.


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