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Summary: A great Disney DVD to own
Review: Pocahontas is a good DVD to own, with a decent amount of bonus material on the DVD. The DVD has decent picture and sound quality.
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Summary: the people
Review: The only problem I have with this film really, is the way they portrayed the native peoples. Being a Native American myself, I felt the film to be in-accurate in that respect. So it's not so much the historical in-accuracy that bothers me but the way the people of the story were portrayed. If Disney is going to do a story about history I understand there are bound to be mistakes but these were just rediculous, and if they film is going to involve Native Americans, why not do the people justice? Instead of making Native Americans look peaceful they come off savage and "blood thirsty" if you will. That is the only thing about the movie that really really gets me upset. Granted the romance they made up was cute, and the music is wonderful, it would have been nice to see a true portrayl of the Powahatan people.
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Summary: Not historically accurate...but
Review: Ok..so this movie isn't at all historically accurate. As the "outraged" Navajo woman stated, there was a HUGE age difference between the real Pocahontas and John Smith. If you read the biography of Pocahontas, you can find out the truths and untruths behind this Disney movie. The fact is, knowing Disney was going to do this movie should have let people know that it would be sugar coated and somewhat stereotypical. Explaining to a young child why a 40 year old would even be attracted to a 12 year old would be difficult. The basis of the story: John Smith and company arriving in Virginia in 1607 to find gold and then meeting with the Powhatan tribe, is there. Children can learn the disturbing treatment the Native Americans recieved later on in junior high and high school. Disney does however let children know the value of talking out differences and seeing beyond color and outward differences to find what life and love are truly about. Not to be completely cliche, but, if nothing else, this movie does show children that it's what's inside that counts.
If you want to see a historically correct portrayal of Pocahontas and John Smith...don't watch a Disney movie.
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Summary: an outraged Navajo woman
Review: This movie is so disgustingly historically in-accurate it's rediculous. Pocahontas was about 12 when John Smith came over and he was about 40. She didn't save him from any kind of death by Powahatan and she certainly did NOT fall in love with him! Also Native American people are very poorly portrayed in this film, the warriors and villages elders are perceived as evil, war like people, ready to kill any white man they saw. I would like to know where Disney got their information from because they certainly were not there in 1607 to see it for themselves.
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Summary: good movie
Review: although this is not considered by me to be a classic (didnt come out till a bit later), it is a wonderfully put together movie. this movie has great animation and a good story line. wonderful singing by vanessa willams.
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Summary: A Classic...why the low average rating?!
Review: I have to say that "Pocahontas" is my favorite Disney cartoon film...and I just don't get the bad reviews for it! Yes it might not be historically & politically correct (note: even the term "native american" is not politically correct...because "native americans" came from Asia!) accurate but neither were previous disney films that were considered "masterpieces" (those include "Aladdin", "Peter Pan", "The Lion King" may I go on??) The point is, you shouldn't be completely focused on what's "politically correct" or not. The animation is the most interesting animation Disney has done (Eat your heart out, Tarzan!!) and the music is one word: SPECTACULAR! "Colors of the Wind" definatly deserved a Grammy. Anyways, this story depicts (not historically accurate of course) the tale of Brittish settlers first coming to soon-to-be Jamestown in 1607. The opening is just fantastic and really gets you excited. I can't help but watching this movie again again...I saw it 3 times in theatres!! It has your typical cooky and crazy disney characters (Cute & playful Meeko the Racoon and Pursey the Pug, Mean and angry Captain Radcliffe & his funny and somewhat dumb assistant *the animals thankfully dont talk) and your typical disney love story (this time with Pocahontas and Brittish explorer John Smith *no relation to me, hehe*...and also portrayed by brillant actor Mel Gibson). I really reccomend this to families who haven't seen it, for everyone will enjoy it. I saw it when I was in 6th grade so it's good for all age levels. And I'd be suprised if you don't get the soundtrack to it when you're finished seieng it, for the music will leave you singing along with it! Overall, Pochahontas is my favorite disney cartoon and definatly did not deserve a 3 1/2 Star rating...rather I think it deserves 5 1/2 and my grade for it is an A++. I also reccomend the full Soundtrack to adults and the kids sing along sountrack for families with little children. Thanks for reading! Eric
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Summary: Maybe it's just me, but...
Review: ... since I'm one of those rare people who actually loved this movie, I'd absolutely give the DVD five stars.
As for the movie itself: a lot of people complain that it's very different from what sketchy historical information we have about Pocahontas herself, but if you really expect a Disney film to be a history lesson, then you've got a whole other set of problems that you should be dealing with.
The character animation, backgrounds, and coloring are all gorgeous. The voices are excellent, and even if you don't like musical numbers as a rule (I sure don't) these are at least well-performed. You certainly don't get the sense that they were written so that Disney could make a few extra bucks with a pop song. The characters are wonderfully done; particularly the extras (Thomas and Nakoma in particular, as well as Kocoum, Ben, and Lon), who usually get the short end of the stick as far as development goes. Not in this movie, though. And while there *is* a talking tree, the requisite cute animal sidekicks don't talk, thank goodness.
As for the DVD: the transfer is good. The extras are also fun to play with, even if there aren't many to choose from. It's definitely worth spending the extra money to get the DVD version of this movie, rather than the VHS.
And for crying out loud, stop expecting "Pocahontas" to be like a documentary. This film is no worse a bastardization of the real story than "The Little Mermaid" is of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale or "Hunchback of Notre Dame" is of Hugo's novel. Enjoy it for the well-animated, romantic movie that it is.
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Summary: pochohantas is bad
Review: this movie is okay but some of the stuff in it just plain stupid. native women did not wear skirts. and thier dresses did not go above thier knees. and even if it the dress did come up high the woman would wear leggings. talking animals are just stupid if disney wanted this movie to be a good one then they should have researched native americans better. we did not talk to animals. oh yeah another thing is that native women are not tom boys and that is what pochohantas basicly is.
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Summary: Pocahontas. Enough said.
Review: If Disney wanted to do a good deed, in preaching the children of today to look around the riverbend, then they failed dreadfully. Pocahontas is the spirit of good, the body of health and the mind of insanity. Although her sermons are well-meant, she cannot help but provoke the viewer into throwing their TV out the window.
Here are a few comments on some of the main points in the movie: 1. If someone thought they could provide a thrilling story, they were wrong. The story of the native-american tomboy (Pocahontas) is totally predictable and very much less than thrilling, i.e. young rebelous girl is to marry according to tradition (Kocoum), she decides she must go against her tribe and her father (the chief) to be true to herself and falls in love with someone bound to bring an end to her people. All in all, a completely irratating (at least when seen on tape) story, which one should rent if one ever wanted to be guaranteed sickness. 2. As for the music: From the fast-forwarded lines of "Just around the Riverbend" to the highly preachy, idealistic messages of "Colors of the Wind", although some of the words were quite nicely put together, the music, which in most Disney films is outstanding, was annoying and came to be like the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard. More to "Colors of the Wind": If you really do walk in the footsteps of a stranger and do learn things you never knew you never knew, I'd hope you'd learn something useful,like how to harvest some yellow corn, instead of hearing the wolf cry to the blue corn moon. 3. The animals are also incompetent [pitiful] creatures. Maybe I could have liked the racoon and bird, but then I noticed that they liked Pocahontas, and that turned me off. 4. The only thing I liked in the whole movie (the reason it got
1 star), was the talking tree. Although it was very story-ish and obviously trying to bring the native-american beliefs to light, it was such an absurd idea that it was actually appealing (tree=grandmother). Conclusion: Try again, Disney!
(Hercules was a wonderful recovery!) Writers ages are 10 and 14
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Summary: DVD quality poor
Review: This is one of Disney's best animated films, but the DVD does not do our favorite little Native American any justice. Pocahontas is beautifully animated, but something is really wrong with the transfer here to the disc. Colors are all messed up...John Smith looks like he has bugs crawling all over him in every scene because he appears "snowy." I don't really know the best way to describe it. As for the sound, it's an OK Dolby 5.1 mix...the songs and score are wonderful. But what took me aback from this movie when I saw it in the theater was the glorious animation. The DVD has ruined this aspect of the film and Disney really needs to hurry up and re-release a newly transferred version (I've heard rumors that the Mouse House does have a new 2-disc SE of Pocahontas ready to go...when they decide to release it, who knows.) If you want to buy this disc, I would strongly recommend waiting.
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