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Pocahontas (10th Anniversary Edition, 2-Disc Set)

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Pocahontas is a great movie for kids. It has advenature, good vs. evil, love and friendship. It would be a good movie for both a girl or boy.

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.

I bought this movie for my 3 year old and she LOVES it. We have watched it at least 2x a day since she first saw it. She knows all of the songs and all of the characters. Well worth my money!

Story: A band of english sailors have been sent to explore new lands in search of gold. What they discover is a peaceful world where native people live in harmony with nature and where the meaning of richness and education is very different than from the "civilized" world. Soon the two cultures clash in a violent way when the chief's daughter Pocahontas falls in love with one of the sailors, John Smith.
There are plenty of themes explored troughout, the main one being the power of love, prejudice, ignorance and greed.

Animation: Animation is well executed. They introduced some cgi aspects as well but they were kept to a minimum. This version has an extra song "If I never knew you" that was originally deleted which is just as touching as all the songs. It is a beautiful love song. An extra star for Judy Kuhn (Pocahontas - singing) for an amazing voice.

I am gonna miss all the animation made in traditional style. There is a certain warmth that no 3-d animation can deliver today. This is one of those classics that I cherish for exactly those reasons. Animation is beautiful especially in conveying the human emotions, the intensity that grows between characters. Storywise, it is another Disney packaged story in these case inspired by historical characters. I see many negative reviews that revolve around the story presentation but many people forget that Disney animation is mostly for children so story needs to be simple and a bit sugar-coated ( in this case story was a bit more dramatic that usual in Disney's movies). I love all about it!

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.

For those of you who criticize Pocahontas because it does not protray her actual life correctly, you must remember that this movie was not supposed to be a documentation. Disney movies are aimed toward the kid audience and they have to be appealing to them. Pocahontas is a great movie, Disney did very well with it, and although the facts are not all necessarily correct, you should try and realize that they weren't supposed to be.

Okay, so here we are, with Disney "spinning" the story of Pocahontas. Unfortunately,they have made this film to be something which it isn't. This is a legend of their own making, and it has nothing to do with history as it is written.

I have researched this "true" story of Pocahontos, and there are many "holes" in this wonderful cartoon depiction. And let me say that it is a wonderful little picture, with the animals - sort of a Native American "Cinderella" story, but it stops right there.

Pocahontas did not have a love interest in Captain John Smith, nor did Captain Smith have the voice of Mel Gibson or look as handsome as was depicted in the animated film. Secondly, this little girl was about 14 years of age when she begged to have Smith spared, and not some raving beauty which the cartoon shows. Then there's the matter of John Rolfe, her real husband, and the one she married. And the fact that she "converted" to Christianity is never mentioned in this cartoon, but maybe the story tellers missed this, which is hard to do, because it was a major factor in her life.

She also died and had one son - Thomas Rolfe, but unfortunately, the sequel of Pocahontas shows her coming back to the New World, which she never did.

If you like entertainment, this isn't bad, but if you want the real history, get a good book, or visit some of the historic sights in Virginia - there you will find the real, honest to goodness story. Disney doesn't have the goods on this one!!

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

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.

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....