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Summary: Forced Previews on DVD Version
Review: The "Pocohantas" movie is OK, but my biggest beef with this product is that Disney is now using forced previews at the beginning of all their DVDs. These are over 5 minutes of dull Disney previews that you are FORCED to watch. You can't skip over them or fast forward through them, and you can't start the movie after them. If you want to watch the movie, you HAVE to watch the previews.This might not be such a big deal if you're only watching the movie once, but if you're like most families your kids will watch this movie over and over again. Then its really annoying. Disney should be ashamed for being so greedy that they have to put this defect in all their DVDs.
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Summary: Disney's Pocahontas Gold Collection DVD
Review: Pocahontas is a good tale that deserves to have the Disney name. While far from the most entertaining in the Disney library, this one does have some of the most spectacular animation and imagery then any of them! The film is definatley not for the very young, there is much war violence (superficial, yes, but it's still there), including some blood-free shot wounds. The story is much more mature oriented, with Pocahontas trying to end the war between her people and the white-men for the sake of her love for John Smith. The film has many songs, but only a few stand out - -Oscar Award Winner "Colors Of The Wind" is one of them, "Around the River Bend", and "If I Never Knew You" is the other - - the rest are catchy, but unmemorable numbers. The "Gold Classic Collection" DVD edition of the 1995 film, has a mediocre picture. There is constant grain, and it is rarely perfectly clear. On the plus side, the animation is still able to be appreciated and the Dolby Digital 5.1 mix is good. Again, this is NOT the Disney movie to show little kids (it would probably be a complete fly-by for them), but it does have much appeal to an older audience who can appreciate the animation, and the Oscar- winning music. A true modern masterpiece.
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Summary: The movie is great, and so is the DVD
Review: I know there are some bad reviews about this DVD, which worried me at first, but since I wanted that wonderful movie to be part of my Disney DVD collection I took that risk - and I was NOT disappointed. The sound is very good - but I don't have a Home Cinema Set, so I may not be able to enjoy the DVDs full potential. The video is done very well too. I did not encounter any of the mentioned defects, such as grainy frames or bad colors. There's just one thing about the video that I don't fully understand. They claim to have put the movie in it's original theater ratio, but on my tv the black lines on top and bottom of the screen are not as big as on other Disney DVDs such as Hunchback of Notre Dame or The Lion King. So either they produced Pocahontas slightly differently or they changed the format to some extent. Anyway, there's not even one frame where you think they cut something off, so I guess it's alright the way it is.
I am no expert, but the movie was great pleasure to watch. Another plus about this DVD is the bonus material. There are two music videos (Colors of the Wind - by Vanessa Williams and If I never knew you by Jon Secada and Shanice). I had never seen them before so I was pleased they put them on there.
In addition to that there's the original trailer and a small quiz about the movie - this is not even worth mentioning, since they put such -dare I say silly- games on EVERY single one of their DVDs. However, a very charming extra is an animated story book where the story of the movie is read to you. Sure, it doesn't have to be on the DVD since you could watch as well the movie instead. Fact is, that the narrator (a woman, I'm not sure if it's supposed to be Pocahontas' voice) has such a lovely way of reading that you can't stop listening to her. I really enjoyed that! I hope my review helped clear up some of the things that have been said in other reviews. According to my experience, the DVD itself is absolutely alright. Maybe some players are having troubles with it, but it worked fine for me.
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Summary: Not as bad as I thought it would be
Review: Because of my interest in history, it's taken me this many years to force myself to watch this movie. I knew that Disney would twist this important historical event all out of shape, and they did. But after watching it I realized that it is good enough for children, and it might even inspire older children (and adults) to learn more about the real history. I also realized that it would be impossible to make a popular children's animated musical about Pocahontas and the complex interactions, motivations, and tragic outcomes between the English and the Native Americans without simplifying and distorting the story, and I forgive Disney for that. This movie does instill a sense of respect for Native Americans and awe for the glorious land that became America (for better or worse).
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Summary: 5 for the film, 3 for the DVD
Review: Sadly, people expect Pocahontas to be another Lion King, which it is not. It's a much more quiet, serious, magical, more adult love story and of the recent Disney films, the one that touches me the most. Unfortunately, the DVD transfer is terrible. At least it's presented in widescreen, but on all other counts the DVD is sub-par. The image is washed out, grainy and the colors seem to bleed a bit. Plus the sound is a bit distant sounding at times. I have the deluxe laserdic edition wich was a perfect transfer. Why they didn't just use that for the DVD I'll never know. There are a few extras included like the stroy book mode which lets you read or have the story read to you, 2 music videos, a short and simple trivia game and the obligatory trailer. Reading through these reviews I don't understand why people expect this film to be historically accurate. First of all this is Disney. They even revise all their stories so they are more to their liking. Secondly, it was said again and again in all of the offical information for Pocahontas that it was based on the LEGEND of Pocahontas. Besides, it could never be historically accurate because historians themselves disagree on the actual events. Does all this mean that we should be deprived of experiencing a marvolous film that teaches compassion and the evils of bigotry? I think not. This film is Disney's first serious attempt at growing up and presenting deeper, more realistic emotions into it's films. It was a courageous step taken in the most beautiful way. The songs are wonderful and moving. You're sure to be singing them long after the film has ended. My girpes with the film are it should have been longer, even more adult and the touching love song, If I Never Knew You should never have been cut. But these quibbles are just that, taken as a whole, Pocahontas is an astonishing achievement for the new Disney, topped (posssibly) only by The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Disney needs to grow to survive and this was an excellent frist step. Do not let the naysayyers or the bad DVD transfer stop you from enjoying the greatest love story ever animated. Get it on VHS if not DVD, but don't miss this film. Enjoy!
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Summary: Simply MAGNIFICENT!!!
Review: This movie has to be one of the best Disney movies out right now. Disney goes for a more adult approach and puts a Romeo and Juliet type romance. And as for historical and geographical accuracy, sure the surroundings down in that area are very flat and don't have cliffs and such, the overall feeling of Virginia is maintained. (This is coming from an ACTUAL Virginian.) Plus, yes..Pocahontas was between 10-12 when she met John Smith, but... I honestly don't mind that they changed the facts around. It gives room to play with the story a bit..I mean, historians can't figure out what really happened anyways! There are 3 theories about Pocahontas saving John:
1. Chief Powhatan was really going to kill John and Pocahontas saved him
2. It was a ritual of the indians
3. It never happened because John was known for writing stories about leading ladies saving him.
So Disney took the most popular conclusion and the rest is in the movie I guess. So for those angry historians out there, stop being so literal and take a look at the movie to actually see the magic it holds.
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Summary: A Good followup to Lion King and Beauty and the Beast.
Review: After the phenomenal successes of Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and the awesome The Lion King, the Disney animators brought us Pocahontas. The film was good and is a definate Disney must. It may not have instant fame or that classic appeal like the past films have, but it will be remembered. The film has music, and beautiful artwork, and the voice talents are good too. All in all it is a Disney movie worth seeing. I definately reccomend this.
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Summary: POCAHONTAS DVD REVIEW: What happened to the video???
Review: I suppose this movie has a more meaning for me due to a past romance and the this to be the movie we shared, so I enjoyed it. Sure, Disney knows how to take some part of history and make it so fictional but one of the things I like about this movie is the detail they put into Pocahontas facial expressions. That feature always caught me. Anyway, you either like the animation or you don't. The audio is very well done. No major sound effects but the music and the dialogue is the main things for this film. What about the video? The video is a shock. Where Tarzan bursts with a radiance of colors, not Pocahontas. What happened during the transfer? It's like a transfer from a video tape seen 10 times before. Not acceptable with a DVD! I can't believe the colors aren't superb. Extras...well, I guess after the fans were upset that Disney didn't include any extras in their previous releases, now they are with their "Gold Collections". I like how the DVD has the two music videos especially "Colors of the Wind" by Vanessa Williams. There are a lot of trailers before the movies which you can fortunately skip over, a trivia game and DVD storybook like the Tarzan DVD and a fun with nature booklet which they should of added to the DVD. Otherwise it's better than what we got before from older Disney DVD's. So, we have the movie at above average, the special features in the C to C- range and the DVD Overall probably a B-/C+. Otherwise, for a DVD from Disney, this movie deserved better. A better video transfer and they could at least added the making of Pocahontas or something. (sigh)... Anyway, if you want to watch Pocahontas, get the DVD version. Even those it's VHS quality, you get those extras and good sound. If you don't care about the extras and just want to see the movie, then the VHS might be your thing.
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Summary: Love Story with a touch of History
Review: 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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Summary: Judy Khun
Review: The only reason I like this flick is cause Judy Kuhn
has a brilliant sinigng voice....and Mel Gibson-never knew
it was him doing the voice for Jhon Smith untill I read the credits....
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