Pocahontas Review Celebrating 30 years of this film.

 

My review of Pocahontas.

Celebrating 30 years of this classic film, which is now very problematic. 

Here is my review of Pocahontas, a film from my childhood that I liked. I loved the songs, and the animation was great. Nowadays, this film is considered problematic because it's historically inaccurate. The real story of Pocahontas is far more tragic. John Smith and her were never lovers. She was actually ten years old, and he was twenty-seven. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EPY1CKFecs&ab_channel=Dropout

Here is a link to the real story of Pocahontas.

Now, the film itself is primarily about Pocahontas, a girl who seeks to discover what life has to offer her, and it focuses on John Smith, who travels to the New World with a British group of settlers in search of gold. However, there is no gold it's full of corn. 

It's a sweet love story but sadly it never happened in real life.

The film boasts impressive animation, and its voice cast is also exceptional, to be honest. Irene Bedard voiced Pocahontas, and she did a great job; I hope she's doing better now. I've heard some sad stories about her. Mel Gibson does the voice of John Smith, and he's excellent. Additionally, he stated that he made this movie for his kids. The late David Ogden Stiers does the voice of Raddclife, and Raddclife was just a greedy villain. He wasn't that good as a villain because he was just a greedy villain. Russell Means plays Pocahontas's father, Powhatan, and he does a great job. There is also the character of Thomas, a young sailor who looks up to John and sees the new world. The funniest thing is that Christian Bale is the voice of Thomas, and no one knew that for a long time. 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nTZDwfeNtbY Here's a link to it.

Pocahontas features some great music, including "Colors of the Wind," which won the Oscar for Best Original Song, and it's a truly outstanding song overall. Except Savages is now considered problematic. 

Also the animal characters are fun characters and originally they were suppose to speak but they change that because they wanted it to be more realistic. 

Also, there was supposed to be a wise-cracking turkey named Red Feather, and he was going to be voiced by the late great John Candy, but after his death, they didn't use the character. 

Now, the film overall, despite being considered problematic, is still good, and Pocahontas is a written female lead. Now, to those who fear a remake of this Disney film, it won't happen. Even a Disney writer has said he will never see a Pocahontas remake anytime because it is risky. 

Additionally, despite criticism of the film, the character Pocahontas remains beloved by Disney fans. So yeah, despite this film's issues, it's still a fun film to watch. 

Overall, I still have a soft spot for this film, 

 I give it a 6 out of 10.