Pocahontas (Disney)

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Summary: Inaccurate and an unabashed vehicle for environmentalism
Review: This movie is all right. My kids are entertained by it. there is some violence--of course, we as a society seem to have no problem with that--but ont as bad as some. It is inaccurate, but at least Pocohantas is portrayed as intelligent, caring, and knowledgeable about the value of the environment. There are worse things they could have done, I suppose. Not especially a film you just MUST have. You can do without this one. But, there are worse films to expose your kids to as well. It's a toss up, really.

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Summary: Not accurate
Review: This was a cute story but hardly accurate!

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Summary: Is The pochahantas move the truth or not??
Review: Pocahontas Movie Review

In the summer of 1995 a Disney director named Roy Disney released an animated movie of a Native American girl named Pocahontas. Pocahontas belonged to an Indian tribe called the Powhattan tribe who wanted to live peacefully with the English settlers, but the Indians and the settlers continuously fought for land. This movie shows the love between Pocahontas and John Smith. This tells me that Disney didn¡¯t do much research , and therefore did not show a historically correct motion picture. Disney exaggerated to the extent that they even change her name which was originally Matoka. I personally liked it as a kid, but when I found out the true facts, I felt cheated that Disney could teach kids the opposite of history. In this report I will show you how Disney could have made Pocahontas a better movie.

I now think Disney would have made a better movie by showing people the true facts, for instance in the second movie they showed Pocahontas marrying John Smith¡­now I know this is not true. The movie indicates that John Smith and Pocahontas had a good relationship but in real life Smith took advantage of her fame after her death and they were not friends during her life time. The movie is entitled Pocahontas so it should depict more of her true life rather than that of the perfect life.

Quite honestly more parents would buy into a movies with real facts presented well by Disney. These are some of the reasons why I think Disney should make another motion picture (Pocahontas-THE TRUE STORY!).

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Summary: An Enchanting Classic!
Review: This movie is the must have movie for your collection! The music is Academy-Award winning, the animation is beautiful, and the story is timeless!! Although some of the facts aren't true and I didn't particularly like the "spirit worship" (Grandmother Willow), I like this movie a lot! The ending is sad, but once you watch the 2nd edition, it isn't so sad. The characters are cute, and the singing is magnificent!! It gives a good picture of what life was like with the Indians and Englishmen, and how Pocahontas brought peace. Buy it today!

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Summary: one of the best cartoon feature-lenght; adult-oriented theme
Review: To me, "Pocahontas" is one of the best cartoon feature-lenght movies ever. Pocahontas, essentially caters mainly to the adults than to the children as it tackles a more mature theme ,like primarily, the early native americans ways of life. It is also primarily, a love story between Pocahontas and her male counterpart.

The movie, apparently, has a high production value as can be seen by it's detailed animations, lush colors, & meticulous story & script. The movie probably were never hailed as much by both critics & more especially, the public, because the movie prerogatively is suitable to a certain audience. They are between l6-40 yrs. old, both male & female, but more on female side, a cartoon watcher, has an inclination to appreciate love story.

Pocahontas, aside from it's mature setting & story is really purely A ROMANTIC LOVE STORY between the 2 leads. And the movie as a whole, is very touching, moving, dark, serious in tone and most importantly, A DRAMA GENRE.

I do appreciate this movie. In fact I love this movie a lot as it is a very good movie, memorable, meaningful, & emotional.And of course, an animation movie for adult and romantic at heart.

Pocahontas deserves a higher accolades than it ever receives, that's the reason I sincerely recommend to the highest degree to movie watcher who will like this film just described above.

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Summary: An enjoyable movie but not real!!
Review: I have always enjoyed this movie because of it's pretty songs,superior animation,and it's cute animal scenes.However,this is not real history!!Heres the gist.If you like a movie featuring sugary sweet love between a European and an Indian,along with cute animals,than Pocahantus is for you.But if you're expecting a historically accurate Pocahantus story,I suggest you get some history videos or read a book about it.

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Summary: not the best Disney film, but not bad either
Review: Pocahontas is a Disnified film about the American Indian maiden who befriended John Smith, an English explorer in the New World. As usual, the heroine has animal friends and sings pretty songs against beautiful animated backdrops. Our family thought this was an entertaining film but it did not immediately capture us as other animated family features have done.

Spoken languages available are English, French and Spanish; closed captioning is the only subtitle option. DVD extra features are: trailers; a read-along story; a trivia game; and two music videos from the film.

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Summary: Okay...
Review: I was a very precocious child; when this movie first came out I was in elementary school and would rant to anyone who'd listen about the historical inaccuracies. Even after seeing the movie in theater I carried that opinion, and it wasn't until recently that it changed. So, for those of you who complain that your kids won't know any better... give them more credit. Even if you do tell them, they probably won't care. Why? Because kids don't nitpick; if they like it, they like it. I wish that I had been that way, it's a part of childhood that I never had a chance in which to partake.

Anyway, two weeks ago or so my AP US History teacher showed a clip of the movie in his class while we were learning about the London Company and so forth. Before you have a chance to gasp over the horror that this abomination to history was actually shown in a history class, let me just say that my teacher told us that it was exaggerated but there was some truth to it (it was the Dig song)

In my opinion, that statement holds true for the entire movie.

First off, I can tell that Disney did take time to do research. They didn't just make it up entirely. I was most impressed with the references: King James, the Virginia Company, the idealism that the settlers carried, especially "the white man's burden" were all pretty true to history whether or not we can accept that. The Indians were pretty much portrayed as every Indian is portrayed in these kinds of movies, but like everyone else in the movie were exaggerated.

As someone who absolutely abhors Hercules this may be hypocritical, but I think that we should look past the historical inaccuracy in Pocahontas, because the greater messages are true. And I think that if you view it as a separate tale, one that didn't really occur, you'll like it a lot more.

I do not understand how people can criticize the music. It's absolutely beautiful, and the constant background music adds so much to the effects of the gorgeous animation. And as a huge Judy Kuhn fan, the singing was lovely. The only thing with which I had a problem was Powhaten's singing voice (he was so much better as Rasputin's in Anastasia)... but you can't win them all, I suppose.

I used to hate the talking tree, now I don't mind her. The animals are used in quite an interesting manner; almost as an allegory for what happens between the Powhatens and the settlers. Of course there is a lot of slapstick humor between them for the kiddies' amusement, but older people should be able to look past that.

Seriously, though, I don't see anyone complain about how Aladdin butchered the Muslim tale on which it was based. Probably because it was so well-done. Well, I believe that Pocahontas was so well-done that people need to get off of their high horse and just enjoy a beautifully-told story for once.

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Summary: And the sentient tree will show them the way.
Review: We rank this 34 out of 41 Disney animated movies that we own. The most interesting thing about this movie and the smartest character was the sentient willow tree. According to Amazon Sales Rank only 13 of the 41 movies rank higher than Pocahontas and 28 lower. Our family clearly liked this movie less than most. We felt it was a below average effort by Disney except for the artwork and inking.

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Summary: Return of the native
Review: A technically brilliant piece of animation, Disney's POCAHONTAS recounts the familiar, historically-based tale of selfless love between a young American Indian girl and an English settler.

Overall, POCAHONTAS is a triumph as a visual experience (though the music is unusually bland), but a disappointment as a film.

To young John Smith (voice of Mel Gibson) and his shipmates, the New World will be a rich, exciting place. At the same time, it will hold many dangers, including bands of unwashed, bloodthirsty redskins. Despite his youth, John Smith is already widely known for his courage and his deadly skill when fighting savages.

Governor Ratcliffe (David Ogden Stiers), who's leading the voyage to New England, is glad to have a man like Smith aboard; he intends to claim the New World's unmined treasure for himself and is sure Smith will make certain that no savages will spoil his plans.

Meanwhile, native American Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) senses that soon her world will be forever changed. Though her father (Russell Means) has recently arranged Pocahontas's marriage to kind, brave and decent warrior Kocum (James Fall), the young man is far too serious for the high-spirited Pocahontas. She instead falls in love with John Smith, but their blossoming relationship could lead to out-and-out war between the English and the Native Americans. Pocahontas risks her own life to save Smith's, and her courage brings peace to the land.

POCAHONTAS breaks the Disney mold in several small but significant ways; unlike generations of animated princesses, the capable Pocahontas wastes little time waiting for her prince. It's also the first Disney film based on the life of a real person - though it takes considerable liberties - and doesn't have a doggedly happy ending.

The chaste lovers part at the end, returning to their own people rather than running off together to seek improbable bliss. That said, it also embodies the technically polished and gently preachy model generations of Disney lovers have come to expect.