Pocahontas - Made Me Cry Way Too Much - Movie Reaction
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Bursting with all the "Colors Of The Wind," Pocahontas tells the story of a free-spirited girl who wonders what adventures await "Just Around The Riverbend." Pocahontas -- along with her playful pals Meeko and Flit -- relies on the guidance of her loving and wise Grandmother Willow when English settlers arrive on the shores of their village. Her chance meeting with the courageous Captain John Smith leads to a beautiful friendship that bridges the gap between two cultures, and changes history.
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As a Native American, I enjoyed this movie as a child. I too would run around the rocks and playing with my makeshift bow and stick for arrows. I loved it! I love the songs and the message it was trying to give.
Later in life I did learn the actual history. It is important to know what actually happened but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t enjoy a Disney movie. 🙂😇 it gave me fun memories as a child.
they just wanted to do a romance movie way too much. They could have toned down the story for children while still having things be accurate but they just decided to ignore the real story pretty much. Like you said still just a pretty good disney movie that people can enjoy.
You really look like Pocahontas 😮
@@kayden2119 they also could’ve changed the names lol, but instead they kept the exact same names…
they could’ve separated the original story from the disney story a lot better if they had just given them different identities.
@@mariagalvez03 yeah if they just made a original story lol
Absolutely agree! Thank you for this point of view!
I'm Native in Canada and loved this movie as a kid. I didn't understand the historical inaccuracies. I only knew that for once there was a cartoon character that looked like me and she was beautiful and strong. I even had a Pocahontas barbie doll and I loved her! Growing up in a small town I used to love playing in the woods. I remember I used to run between moss mounds, wade through ponds, and climb rocks and trees. Pocahontas seemed to do the same and she made me feel understood. I met the voice actress at a convention a few years ago and I almost cried meeting her. I can't re-watch the movies now knowing the true history, but neither can I condemn the movie, especially since she made me feel proud to be me.
you should, is awful what those people do to native americans, they just kill them like if they were animals, I know that times are different,
I'm latinamerican and My teacher tell me, that here they were more lucky cuz they just made the native "chistians" but not kill them (maybe kill them but no too many)
Made me so mad when some people from USA discriminate us for being Mixed.
@@rowanjoy419 how can you be so egocentric to tell her: "wElL, yOu ShOuLd" just because you feel morally superior about this movie
she just shared how she felt as a native being represented in a movie, how good it made her feel as herself, she never had a cartoon that looked like her so this character just made her feel represented.
i'm latina too, peruvian, and i know the history about the conquest of america, it's awful and sad, but we need to understand that this movie is an reinterpretation, just like anastasia 1997 by fox, both movies are based on real stories, but they twisted it to make it a fairy tale targeted towards kids to send a message of love, a message where every individual is the same and it doesn't matter the color of our skin or where we are from, this is disney, they make fairy tales not documentaries, every movie they made was reinterpreted, twisted, changed to appeal children and teach them something, is basically it's own thing. This movie is to teach kid about respect, how we should not discriminate others just because of how they look or act, that's the message of the movie, is not that a good thing? ._.
@@rowanjoy419 Cortez murdered hundreds of thousands of indigenous people in what is today Latin America. Wherever you step in this world a group of people has oppressed another. None of us have the right to be self-righteous. Because at some point in our history our ancestors oppressed someone else. There is no high horse here.
I cannot watch the new space jam
Its a f@#king cartoon get a grip its a good movie regardless of the backstory the songs are great too this movie is stunning
I love that you came into it as just a Disney movie. As a native this movie is really special to me, regardless of the history. Cause in the end, this is a cartoon~ I appreciate it
🙏I trully respect people like you!
I’m part native too and although when I learned the true history and I was shocked, I still love this movie as it’s just a cartoon
"Colors of the Wind" is still my favorite Disney song. It's so beautiful and its meaning is so powerful, love it!
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Live performance with original singer
i think it's best to try and separate the movie from the real life events, think of the movie as its own story, fully fictional. because yeah, it's not historically accurate as far as the real life events it's inspired by. the real story it was based on was much more grim and ugly, which is where some of the controversy comes from. but the movie itself is really good imo, the songs are iconic, and the message is important. pocahontas will always be one of my favorite disney princesses!
Agreed. On its own it's a great movie
Of course. Also, it’s a kids movie and it should be adapted to kids. They don’t need to know every single detail and aspect of her complicated life.
YES! There's a historical fiction/fantasy genre for a reason, giving creators a chance to tell their own stories in a historical setting, but not necessarily through a historical lens. Also, at the time, Disney was filling in the blanks at the time of making Pocahontas, we didn't know who exactly Pocahontas was, or even what age she was at the time. Plus, history was not common knowledge the same way it is now with the internet, so the majority of people were not as familiar with historical encounters/instances/figures as we are now.
To be fair almost no Disney movie is accurate from it's source material but since this was a real story from history it's worse then when they change stories from other fictional stories or myths. I personally still love this movie and simply see it for entertainment instead of seeing it from a historical point of view since it's not accurate at all. Still a good movie with some of my favorite songs and messages. ❤
Indeed, Pocahontas was probably my favourite princess growing up despite me being Scandinavian. As an adult I think a better choice would've been to purely use fictional characters, since the story is so far from actual history :)
Thank you
I agree. Also applies to Anastasia in a way. I’ve heard people be very critical of that film and comparing it to what really happened to the Romanov family. That doesn’t change that it’s one of the most beautiful animated films ever made imo 🥰
@@grawxxor2820 exactly! And then they wanted to go with the smallest hint of historical accuracy in having her end up with John Rolfe in the sequel instead of John Smith and I HATED that 😂 that movie doesn’t exist to me
exactly! It’s a kids fantasy movie so people have no business worrying about accuracy
Despite the controversy… it’s a beautifully animated movie with a score that brings me to tears EVERY time. It was a favourite of mine as a child but as an adult it tugs on the heartstrings!
This is one of my all time favorite disney movies. And it never fails to make me sad. I think it's one of the only Disney films that doesn't actually have a true happy ending. Anytime people fall in love, they end up together. Happily ever after. But we don't get that in this and I think it always makes it hard for me to watch because of that. But it's really good and I've always loved it, and really love Colors of The Wind.
Exactly.
Colors of the wind is a song that is still relevant today
@@gdesiree29 it really is! It has a wonderful message
@@gdesiree29 Savages is also really relevant as well. Pocahontas had some really great songs.
The wind in this movie was Pocahontas' mother's spirit. She's not super in touch with the elements. And she doesn't just talk to any tree. Grandmother Willow is special.
I always watched this purely as entertainment. I loved the story and the messages, the songs and the score in general.
then again, apparently, the movie has pecularly an inconsistent tone, like mat brunet said best
Every clitoris is special.
Ancient tree clits are very special.
As a native child watching the movie, I loved it and enjoyed seeing myself represented, and today I know what it wrong with it but I can still appreciate a beautiful movie as innacurate as it is. People can learn to change from past mistakes
"Are these guys the bad guys? I know that guy definitely is." 🤣
While the historic inaccuracy was why it was controversial, the reason the controversy blew sky-high was because Disney was in the process of buying a historic civil war battle site, in order to make a history theme park. People pointed out that Disney's 'educational' history track record was pretty lousy, and this was a prime example. Pocahontas's Barbie-doll figure also annoyed feminists. BTW, it's believed that Pocahontas did not actually 'rescue' John Smith. The event he described was a common ritual to invite someone into the tribe. John Smith apparently described the same thing happening a couple of other times, with other 'princesses' rescuing him from other chiefs. But it isn't like European historians went to ask natives their version of the story.
John Smith was either a narcissist or really THAT dude… I’m going with narcissist.
Yeah, Matoaka (Pocahontas was a nickname) didn't save John Smith, she was like 10 or 12 when the colonizers arrived. She married Kocoum when she got older and had a baby with him before being basically forced to go to Europe, so the way they paint him as some jealous, possessive guy she had no interest in grinds my gears too
advice: don’t bother watching pocahontas 2. very disappointing, ruins the entire storyline, not fulfilling, and the animation quality went down. just read the plot summary for that one 😔
Thank You
I actually enjoyed the second one, but I can understand your point of view.
Yeah I get what you mean, although in real life she married the other John from the second film
Second one fixes the controversy by being more true to real life, though.
@@frenchbreadstupidity7054 it doesn’t rlly “fix” the controversy. it shows pocahontas kind of liking the English way, and appreciating their way of life. when in reality, she was forced to dress and speak this way and it was technically genocide.
Colours of the wind is one of my favourite Disney songs such an important message behind it. Gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it. 💜
Growing up a tomboy I refused to play with dolls except for this one pocahontas barbie doll my mom bought me. It felt like the only doll I could relate to as someone who enjoyed playing outside and sitting by the creek.
I haven't heard the phrase "tomboy" in quite some time.. Damn, I'm getting old lol
Lol I had the Mulan doll and my bff had Pocahontas. I played with all my dolls, though. We went camping, had car accidents and waged civil war.
@@DeathWish92 yeah... it's because they turned all the tomboys into "nonbinary" or "trans boys". I know for a fact that had I been born in the Gen Z era, I would've been led down the path of medical mutilation. Girls aren't allowed to be tomboys anymore. It's so heartbreaking. I highly recommend the book, 'Irreversible Damage'. It's incredibly well researched. Another book from all the way back in 2005, called 'Female Chauvinist Pigs' not only predicted where we are today as girls and women, but showed how we got here. Both are amazing reads.
This movie is honestly perfect. The chemistry between Pocahontas and John Smith is amazing. If Disney one day do the live action of this movie, I truly hope that they don’t do the same shit that they did to Mulan’s live action, cause I want my John Smith and Pocahontas on the screen
There is a movie version to this under the name, "The New World"
Avatar was blasted as "blue Pocahontas" when it came out, so it's funny you mention it, lol. As for me, I love this movie, even while acknowledging its faults. The writing is just so good, and the double meanings are my fav (the usage of Earth as "the whole world" and also "just dirt" and Mine as "mining for gold" and also "I own it all, so it's mine.")
I absolutely love Pocahontas. the story it derives from is horrible but so are the other stories of princesses. no one makes a ruckus about that (most likely because unlike this it's not historical) but the original story of Sleeping Beauty is being put to sleep, raped by her father and then she wakes up due to the birthing pains, no prince, no true love kiss and all that..... Rapunzel is similarly dark and so is Beauty and the Beast.... and don't let me start on Little mermaid..... I saw the Andersen version live-action movie as a kid and still have a vivid picture of the bloody footsteps in the sand in my head....no one (at least in America) would let their kid watch those original stories, just like no one would let their kid watch the original story of Pocahontas....
btw I never really thought about it before but damn, Europe has such depressing and dark stories 😂😂😂 I still remember when I watched Grimms' and Andersen's fairytales as a kid.....there was only one I think that had a sort of "happy ending" but the princess killed like a thousand guys before...
Hey just to let you know the story of Sleeping beauty has never had her raped by her father! You're thinking of Perceforest(from the 1330's or 40's) or Sun, Moon, and Talia where the princess is assaulted in her sleep by a king/prince, not her father, and she wakeS up after her child pulls the flax from her finger. And you can ignore the rest of this comment if you want bc it's just going to be me talking about the different versions of the Sleeping Beauty Folklore bc I'm very into folktales!
Sleeping Beauty is technically an umbrella term for these types of stories as there are so many different folktales that play into the origin of what we know as the story of Sleeping Beauty today one of which was Perceforest.
There are three main stories that are considered to actually be the story of Sleeping Beauty. They are by Giambattista Basile, Charles Perrault, and the Grimm Brothers. In Basile's "Sun, Moon, and Talia" Talia is the daughter of a Lord. Astronomers and Wise Men predict that a splinter from flax would endanger her life and sure enough she pricks her finger and falls into a deep sleep. Her father ends up shutting up the house and leaving to mourn and a king who passes by finds her and assaults her leaving her pregnant with twins. After the twins are born one of them sucks on her finger and ends up removing the flax that was keeping her asleep. The King returns to see her one day and finds her with the twins. And the story then follows the King's wife as she attempts to kill the twins and Talia.
Perrault's version is what Disney pulled much of it's story from so I won't go into as much detail and will just give the major differences. The King and queen host a party and invite seven of the eight fairies of their kingdom to the banquet. They forgot the last fairy because she was old and never left her home so they thought she was dead. The eigth fairy, upset she was forgotten curses the princess to prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die. And like with Disney the last good fairy attempts to use her blessing to counteract this and makes it so the Princess(who is unnamed the whole time lol) will sleep for a hundred years and be awoken by a kings son. The King burns the spinning wheels and fifteen or so years later the princess finds an old woman spinning at one and pricks her finger and falls asleep. One of the fairies puts the whole castle to sleep so the Princess won't be lonely and a wall of thorns is out up around the castle. Anyways one hundred years pass and a prince and his envoy find the castle and his attendants tell him the story of the Princess. The prince goes into the castle and once he sees her he's so in awe of her beauty that he drops to his knees and the enchantments breaks. This is also where that sultry look Aurora gives Phillip in Disney comes from because Perrault says she gives him a look “more tender than a first glance might seem to warrant”. They end up talking and the castle wakes up and they are married by the chaplain. There's also a part two with the Prince's mother who turned out to be an Ogress but we don't have time to unpack all that. Disney got the name Aurora from here as the princess named one of her children Aurore.
In the Grimm Fairytale the king only invites 12/13 fairies because he only has twelve golden plates. The fairy who was left out curses the princess blah blah. After the castle falls asleep and the wall of thorns appears many princes try to get through and end up being trapped in the hedges and die. Then one prince decides to try and the hedges grow flowers and split. He finds her, kisses her and they get married. Naturally this is why Disney uses the name Briar Rose.
There's a few other versions I want to mentions but this comment is very long.
Thanks to anyone who read my nerding out!
@@unclewiley1986 interesting comment! Though....the version of Sleeping Beauty I know from my childhood is none like those 😂 the princess is named Rose for having rosy cheeks and her own aunt curses her because she was supposed to be the king's wife but he chose her sister. The curse makes Rose prick her finger on a rose bush, which is why the king desperately tries to get rid of them all (of course the aunt secretly has one) also they try to marry her off before she turns 16 (the year she supposedly falls asleep) to whisk her away from the evil aunt and her influence. A prince arrives (total tool) and Rose falls in love with his younger brother, refuses to marry the heir and thus stays and falls under the curse and the whole kingdom falls asleep with her and gets overgrown with rose bushes. The younger prince comes back, cuts through the bushes and saves the kingdom with a true love kiss. 😁
We know about those stories. No one makes a ruckus for them because it didn’t involve a continent of white supremacists and their missionaries, occupying and pillaging the world while committing mas genocide... still being occupied till this day, that’s why it’s so controversial!
@@Terezie96 That's interesting! Ive never seen an interaction like that. Was it a story told among family or was it in a book? I know some areas have their own versions of old fairytales that changed over time.
@@unclewiley1986 I know I had a version of this story on a tape....like an older version of audiobook 😁 and it's also a movie so definitely not a family story...but I don't think I've seen a book...then again, most of the stories I listen to as a kid were either told by my grandpa, audio books on a tape or movies....my parents weren't so big on the storytelling or reading books to me so I didn't have many story books as a kid...
Pocahontas is one of my favorite Disney movies. I love how the movie addresses the themes of othering and xenophobia and emphasizes the value of nature, mostly with the songs "Colors of the wind" and "Savages".
Her real name was Matoaka but never had a romantic relationship with John.
She was about twelve or thirteen when she first met John Smith, who, according to historical records, is believed to have been in his late twenties, early thirties when they first met.
In real life, John Smith was considered a womanizer by many Englishmen, besides that he had affairs with other women, his claim that Pocahontas saved his life is proven false by historians.
This movie is just one of many Disney's romanticized, totally inaccurate stories.
I understand as a kid, one just cares for the movie and not how accurate it is. So I don't shame anyone for enjoys watching it including myself.
Shout out to Alan Menken’s amazing score in this film. Brilliant! 🎼
I REALLY love Pocahontas. This is in my top 2 favorite Disney movies, with Mulan lol.
Those are my favorites too. And Cinderella.
Pocahontas and john smith first interaction with each other is the best one . So captivating and beautiful.
One of my favourites. Even if I was too young to understand the reality, I know it made me feel something powerful. Now I'm an adult, I understand much more and it breaks my heart. I know this is not the real story and I know what impact it may have, but let us not forget Walt Disney's words: "That's what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again." The past should not be forgotten, but we still have to keep believing something good will happen at the end. Like all Disney movies, this one especially, want us to understand that love and respect can change everything. We must have respect for everyone and not judge by differences, because we are all humans. It hurts to know that still in 2021 this seems to be so difficult...
Here’s what I do know: The real Pocahontas was 12 and I think John Smith was in his 30s? No romance. But she did save his life - I believe in a very similar way she did here - to bring some peace between the settlers and her people. Fun fact too, that rock she peeks over to look at the men as they ride the boat on the river is real; I got to see it in Jamestown. 😄❤️
She didnt save his life. It was part of a ritual.
Actually…they robbed her and raped her and forced her to marry a man older than her while she was a young girl..her real name is Matoaka, and she is considered the first kidnapped native woman in history.
@@setofreakinkaiba8553 if it happened at all. Smith was known for making up stories. Many historians believe he made it all up.
@@NileyLove23 they also murdered her husband and seperated her from her newborn who was left behind in America. She never saw her daughter again.
@@setofreakinkaiba8553 it likely wasn't even a ritual. It's completely possible that John Smith made it all up, especially since he said "a princess saved him" on like every adventure he went on. It was so easy to make up stories about your travels back then, as no one back in England could exactly fact-check lol
That being said, I absolutely LOVE this movie haha, I just separate it from the real history
The song, “colors of the wind” is in my weekly rotation. It’s very deep and oh so true. I was never a fan of the movie growing up but I have always like the song.
Inaccuracies aside, I love this movie. It is beautifully animated and the songs are amazing. I watch it strictly as entertainment although I am aware of the true story. I love that so many people in the comments are able to separate fictional entertainment from real history.
Same. As a completely fictional love story it's powerful. And Pocahontas is such a three dimensional character who makes difficult choices.
it's a wonderful film, underrated in my opinion, perhaps the only one without a classic happy ending - and it's perfect! I personally don't care if it's not historically accurate, that's why there are history books, documentaries, countless sources to draw from... this is a top quality Disney film, with profound messages, an incredible soundtrack, I'm sorry it may not be as popular as others, but that doesn't make it any less beautiful.
Disney's Pocahontas is amazing storytelling, with a great score and fantastic animation. Documentaries are for history. Movies are for storytelling. Yes, studying history accurately is important, but great storytelling is a priceless treasure.
Absolutely LOVE when the father sings in the beginning!!!
Now I Can tell everyone that i'm not the only one who cried in front of Pocahontas. This IS so moving 😭🥺 thanks for you video by the way.
I live in Australia and we barely learn any American history. I watched and adored Pocahontas when I was little, and it remains one of those movies that I think helped define my morals as a kid - it's message about fear and racism is extremely powerful.
Knowing the film eventually lead me to learning the real, and pretty horrific, events it was based on. But I wouldn't have watched a documentary about that as a kid, instead Disney's Pocahontas was a sort of gateway into the conversation, and I think that's a really good thing.
On it's own meanwhile, amazing moral - Colours of the Wind and Savages give me goosebumps. Colours of the Wind is so powerful and moving, and Savages is just such an ugly truth into the way we humans used to (and sometimes still do) react to people that are different than the majority. Important things to learn from.
I like to view the events of this movie as like an alternate universe where things played out differently.
Pocahontas is my favorite Princess movie, I love the storie and the songs! So happy someone else understand the beauty of this hide movie
My paternal grandmother cried when she finally saw animated characters that looked exactly like her. She was Kiowa and after so many years of seeing Native Americans being portrayed in a stereotypical light in media, it felt refreshing to finally see indigenous animated characters drawn right.
“It’s how we say hello.”
“Not anymore…”
**cries in 2020** 😂😂
I love this movie. It was one of my favorites growing up. I watched a video a few months ago with a Native American woman explaining it's problems and I can't seem to find it, but if I do I'll post it here.
A few things I remember from that are: 1. Pocahontas is hyper-sexualized in her clothing and design, which is part of the inaccurate media portrayal of women of color. 2. She was a child when all of this began and was kidnapped, not in a consentual loving relationship. 3. John Smith's portrayal was far more romantic and heroic than the actual John Smith. 4. Pocahontas was happily married to Kocoum, but was taken from him and her tribe and eventually died in the UK from disease.
All in all, it's hard to not associate this with the reality now that I'm more aware of it. For me, this movie was impactful because it spoke to my connection with nature in a way I hadn't seen or heard before and that was so valuable.
It’s also a very spiritual movie. Every time those leaves in the wind start up, my heart swells watching this film. The song Grandmother Willow says “listen with your heart” she’s talking about intuition
@@adrianaavila8853 Totally agree. 🙏🏻
You know what? The comic relief pug had a surprisingly decent character arc. :P
Hold on...you have never seen The Lion King? Dude you are in for a ride! One of my favorites!
This is the most beautiful reaction I've ever seen to my favorite movie. Thank you for it.
There are Historical Movies that try and give you a retelling of the events that took place, those tend to have the most accuracy. Then there are Historical Movies that are just meant more to give you the meaning and symbolism behind what took place. Those focus less on accuracy that's true, but accuracy is not the point to those films. The meaning and message of the events is the point. People tend to think just because the story is based on real events that it has to be accurate to a T to do the story justice and I disagree. Yes, you want to be respectful and make sure the importance of the history is not lost and yes, the story of Pocahontas in this movie is very inaccurate, BUT the power, conviction, heart, and soul in the message and meaning behind it are very real and legitimate and moving. I think the messages behind this story are incredibly powerful and this movie is one of my top favorites because of it.
I found your Chanel fairly recently and I’ve already watched every single one of your Disney/Pixar animation reactions! I’ve saved your dream works/other ones in a playlist and I’m slowly catching up when I have time! I’m not a huge movie person but I find your reactions so entertaining, genuine and endearing.! You are awesome and I wish you and your family the best!
This is such a colorful, beautiful movie!
This is one of my favorites. It's beautiful and the music is wonderful, and the message is for everyone.
I loved this reaction, Pocahontas is another one of my favorites. As far as historical inaccuracies go, I like that you went into this just taking it as a Disney movie and not a history lesson. Anyone who wants historical accuracy really shouldn't be turning to Disney anyway, there are books and classes for that kind of thing. XD We as humans are allowed to dream a little, aren't we? I still love this movie as a stand alone. Bravo on this, I'm glad you got to experience it!
Kudos to you. This is the first reaction video that approached Pocahontas as a Disney movie, which it is, amd didn't get hung up on whether it was 100% historically accurate. I love Pocahontas. It is my favorite Disney movie. I have said it before, if you want a historically accurate telling watch a documentary. If not, enjoy the beautiful music/score and storytelling.
Actually, John and Ratcliffe were the only ones that left, the rest stayed. And I wish people pointed this out, for some time, there was peace but then something went wrong (It ranges from the Powhatans wanting the guns, John Smith leaving, John Radcliffe getting murdered) but of course there are conflicting stories. I still love this movie, the ending is an ending Disney has failed countless times to recreate.
In reference to his comment about kids thinking it's real, I think kids are a lot smarter than we give them credit for. This is a topic that is discussed in length in school even in the younger grades. I highly doubt any kid took this movie as pure fact.
I think that a story doesn't have to be historically accurate to be valid. This movie has a very important message. The song "Savages" has a really dark lyrics what you can only understand as an adult.
I've been waiting for you to watch this movie and you understood the meaning of it :)
The music of Alan Menken is just beautiful and heartbreaking. Pocahontas is one of the best of disney princesses. You'll adore the Lion King!
He hasn’t seen that yet? Can’t wait
Pocahontas was a Native American woman, belonging to the Powhatan people, She died March 1617 (aged 20-21) Her only son Thomas Rolfe
Her real name was Matoaka. Pocahontas ("Playful one") was a nickname.
Like... I get why Americans dislike this movie but we who watched it in slavic countries and didn't know that Pocahontas was a real person, we just saw this movie as trying to teach us some good universal lessons via good story, wonderful music and visuals. Colors of the Wind always makes me so moved I start to cry.
I know Pocahontas isn’t considered among the best of Disney animated movies, but it’s soundtrack is second to none…
Okay the mulan movie was not "wrong" if anyone can remember the very first telling of mulan came from an old poem. And from there sprouted into various didlfferent story telling of her.
Now pocahontas on the other hand, yeaaa......
I really loved this movie as a child 😭, same with Mulan, my two favorite stories
So this is not historically accurate because is based on books John Smit wrote himself to boost his ego, but he was never involved with Pocahontas romantically, she was 10 when he arrived, and even if she was older when he leaved, they where really never involved other than his people taking advantage of the kindness of chief Powhatan
It's Kocoum,not Coco!😅"Coco"is another movie.😉
26:32 - 26:36 *WE WISH!!!!!!* 😭😭😭💘💘💘
"Avatar"is literally"Pocahontas"in space,except the one who dies is her father and not her wannabe boyfriend.
I remember when the movie came out that there was issues about Disney sexualizing and romanticizing a 12 year old girl, which Pocahontas was in reality, for profit. Also the fact that there was no fairytale ending.
To be honest, the lyrics of “Colors of the Wind” song and the environmental impact really made me fall in love with this movie. In the reviews, this was called Disney’s Tree Hugger attempt.
Who cared, you like what you like..
Pocahontas was a real person! She was 12 when she meant John Smith!
I find it funny that ratcliffe is supposed to be british but he definitely looks more spanish.
This is such an underrated Disney film..the introduction,the music the sings the art style is just fantastic..people should give it more of a chance and not judge it and just acually view it for what it is. So glad you cose to view it and not care if its historically accurate or not. This film was a favourite of mine as a child.. i remember when it came out and def in my Disney top five list.
I’m not a Native American but this was one of my fave movies as a kid!! I had Pocahontas everything!! And yes, Pocahontas was a real person but the real story is pretty dark. She was a little girl when she meant John Smith and I believe she was a “trade” or something. I don’t remember details. Just that it definitely wasn’t a love story. Sad but I’ll just ignore the truth while watching cause it’s a good story!
When i was a kid i actuelly thought that Mulan and Pocahontas was the same cartoon movie 😅
I know it’s not Disney, but who else needs a Prince of Egypt reaction🙋🏻♀️
I love this movie. But whatever you do. Do not watch the second movie. The second movie is disappointed and shame
Me too. But, I don’t mind the second movie, since I was a kid. Also, I watched both movies as an adult.
Absolutely hate the second one
Pocahontas is my favorite Disney Princess. She is so beautiful and she's dedicated to her land and people. I don't know why the film doesn't get the respect it deserves. It's a perfect Disney film with magic, great music and fun characters. Too much politics from people who just want to create controversy for no reason.
Please "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Spirit: Stallion of The Cimarron" and "Prince of Egypt" 💙
Hey new sub here. Just wanna say you seem like a cool dude. I've watched a lot of your animated movie commentaries and I like your energy. Keep it up!
Ok, but seriously
YOU AND NICKFLIX NEED TO DO A COLLAB REACTION 💯❤️🥲
Happy Holidays from my family to yours I'm excited for Christmas Adventures on the channels lol
The colours in this movie are so so stunning😍
My mother side of the family are Natives and so am I :) I'm proud to be a Native American.
It’s crazy right...to think of this profound message of acceptance and love we should show toward others. The English came to the America’s and killed so many Natives, and that was terrible, but the Natives themselves were doing the same to each other...even at the beginning of this movie, we see Pocahontas’ tribe coming home from completely obliterating another tribe, killing them all, their women and children/babies included. The message of talking and trying to working things out peacefully, and sharing resources instead of fighting and warring and killing...that is what I took from this movie as a child. Too bad it isn’t something human beings seem to be capable of. Gorgeous animation 💜
When you're done with all the Disney princess movies can you make a video ranking them in order of your favorites?
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Fun fact: the composer/lyricist is Stephen Schwartz also did the music for the musical Wicked. There's some overlap in very different people learning to understand one another.
i never thought of the end wind scene as it helping the ship sail faster thats interesting
I used to love this film, before I learned the real history. This film is based upon romanticized and biased versions of a tragic event back in the time when European settlers were committing atrocities against the Indigenous people.
In truth, Pocahontas was a 12 year old girl, daughter of the Chief, who supposedly defended John Smith and saved him... And he repayed her by kidnapping her, holding her hostage, allowing other colonists to "use" her, converting her to Christianity, renaming her, and eventually marrying her to John Rolfe. Rolfe believed he was "saving her soul" by marrying her. It's also debated on whether her betrothed Kocoum ever actually existed.
It's a beautiful film that does portray one of the colonists as a villain, but it's ruined by the fact that it's using a falsefied version of real events.
I love this movie and don’t relate it at all to the real story that it’s based on. It’s Disney for crying out loud.
If you read the original books on the other movies are based on (Little Mermaid, Cinderella, etc) they are very dark and Disney changed a lot and made them happier and more kid friendly (yes, even when Disney goes ‘dark’ it’s normally not as bad as the original source material).
Yes, this one is different in that its based on a historical figure and not a fairy tale. But it’s not a documentary folks. It’s a Disney movie. Lighten up. If you’re looking to Disney for historical accuracy on anything, you’re looking in the wrong place, so spare me your criticisms of this beautiful masterpiece. It’s a Disney animated classic. Period.
@@nowthatisawesome5431 It's not a documentary, but you don't take a real life person's, a child at that, fucked up story of being kidnapped, raped, ect and romanticize it. In Pocahantas' case, it's not only a slap to her, but her people and the fucked up horrors they faced. You can't just say "It's Disney", as if that's what makes it okay. It'd be different if they just created a new story without using real life people...
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You’re taking a movie waaaaay too seriously.
Again, this is a cartoon that has a talking tree in it. It’s fictional. The only thing it has in common with “real life” is the name of a few people, the time period and setting. Nothing else.
Hate the movie all you want. I love it for what it is and it’s a beautiful classic. Nothing will ever change that.
@@AshLee92490 Disney DIDNT make this movie to represent a real person. It’s based on a folk tale which is hundreds of years old. Every folk tale, legend, myth ETC is based on SOMETHING or SOMEONE. They never once advertised this movie as a historical piece. The advertisement for this film is, and I QUOTE, “AN AMERICAN LEGEND COMES TO LIFE”. Hence, LEGEND….. are you slow? I don’t give a fuck where the origin of the folk tale is from. It’s still a folk tale, point blank period. The only thing this movie has in common with actual history is using the same names as a few historical figures that lived like 450 years ago. Who gives a fuck? No one is watching this movie thinking “ah yes, time to get my history lesson in for the day!”
Also, pretty much every historian disagrees with the idea that Amonute/Matoaka was ever raped. It would be directly in conflict with what the English were attempting to accomplish with her ransom in the first damn place. Secondly, there is no proof she was ever married to anyone by the name of Kokoum. The only historical document that mentions anyone by the name of Kokoum is a letter describing a great Powhatan warrior. In this same letter, it also mentions Matoaka and her husband, but he isn’t named. This letter was written after Matoaka married John Rolfe, hence why it seems extremely likely that whomever recorded this information was simply confused about who the letter was referring to in regards to matoakas husband.
Lastly, Disney could never in a million years create a “historically accurate” movie about native Americans, period. If you’re going to complain about the historical inaccuracy of this film, you must also complain about Governor Ratcliffe not being shown to have been brutally skinned alive and burned at the stake despite begging chief Powhatan for peace. You must also complain about the fact that they don’t show that chief Powhatan had over 100 wives and DOZENS of children, or that his empire slaughtered all Native American tribes that appeared rivals to his great empire in Virginia. They were conquering land and stealing resources and raping native women long, LONG before the English ever set foot on this soil. Spare me your SJW brainwashed history takes. This is real unbiased history, and if you can’t cope with that and don’t want those aspects shown in a historically accurate version of this movie, then sit down and cope and seethe.
@@blackcatbrewz You said all of that, puffing up your chest, for nothing. You missed the entire point of what I said, just to be condescending and accuse me of SJW. Nowhere did I even paint the Natives as completely innocent? So what are you jumping up with your chest all puffed for? Just to pull some disgiused "OtHeR rAcEs DiD eViL tHiNgS tOoOoOo". You missed the point...
This is like if Disney made some Elizabeth Smart movie where they made Elizabeth and one of her kidnappers fall in love or some shit, with whole romantic montages and everything. Only difference is that a story about Elizabeth Smart doesn't affect a whole race of people that went through genocide from the race that made the Disney romantic story of a historic tragedy. Because God forbid Native American be offended at the romanticizing of a teenage girl of their culture and almost completely fictionalize of what happened to their culture...
The point is, they shouldn't have used POCAHONTAS' tragic story, only to wash just about everything of her story including the horrors of which they take place, then try to romanticize her tragedy (including aging her up in order to romantically place her with a fully grown man, who has been caught lying on his interactions with Pocahontas). If the wanted to create a Native American/Colonizers "what if" story, fine. They could have done so. Hell, they could have made one completely up with all made up people. But they didn't. They romanticize a child's tragic story (a romanticized story that was based on a grown man's lie about a child) and tried to pass it off as history (and yes they did until they were called out)...
Thank you for taking the time to react. ❤❤ sending love to you and yours from Orlando Florida. I remember seeing this in theaters. I’m sure you’ve gotten the Intel by now. As a child, it was a great way to tell small town kids about Native American ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Brother Bear is a good animated movie with indigenous cultures
Fun facts
In actual history
Pocohantus was a real person but " Pocohantus" was just a nickname that translated to " playful 1" her real name was matoaka & the English Christians called her Rebecca & was 10 or 11 when the English dudes arrived
the mayflower English dudes came to America to make their own version of Christianity, they called the natives " Indians" because they thought they were in india & to top it off, they 1st arrived there during winter so it's no wonder only half of the guys survived
When the mayflower English dudes 1st met the natives (understandably) both sides were suspicious of each other so they exganged hostages to prove there were no tricks & they had peace for a while but eventually, the American natives asked for better weapons & the English dudes asked for gold, when neither of them got what they wanted, a war started
The native Americans called north America ( turtle Island) because they believed the continent was on the back of a giant turtle
Please take care of yourself, no need to push yourself so hard when you're sick!
Don't worry about historical accuracy or relevance. Most sensible people don't look for such things in an animated, musical Disney flick. Xx
You should look into one of the songs that was already recorded and even animated but was cut from the movie - A ballad called “If I Never Knew You.” It’s a gorgeous song.
Apparently it was cut because small children got antsy during the song while testing for audiences. Too bad really, considering how good of a song it is.
Second! This movie is controversial for a good reason. Pocahontas was only like 11 or something when she met John Smith. Pocahontas was also kidnapped from her homeland, raped and forced into marriage because of John Smith. There was also no love between Pocahontas and John Smith. John Smith’s story of which the movie is based off of has been proven to be false and racist.
same can be said for every single disney movie out there. especially those based on fairy tales by H.C. Andersen.
@@scar445 the difference is that those are fairy tales, not a real human beings horrible life story being romanticized
@@eyarnon306 have you actually read them?? the originals that is...
and if you wanna ban everything that relates to a horrible life story, might as well remove most of our entertainment media.
its fuunny how people seem to forget that walt Disney was a full blown nazi sympathiser with a massive hatred of jews. and then they are surprised his film are the way they are
Great reaction!
this, along with robin hood were my favourite disney movies as a kid. funny enough, both have something to do with history (robin hood more so on the mythical side), and now i'm working on being a medievalist. that being said, i view pocahontas just like the way i do with sofia coppola's marie antoinette, showtime's the borgias and the tudors, the animated anastasia and the elizabeth film that had cate blanchett in it. it's very much historical fiction or fantasy at its finest, nuance is important in media consuming especially if you try to differentiate or compare fact vs fiction and i'm able to enjoy it as it is, and i still love it as an adult.
I did an entire college term paper about the "true story" behind Pocahontas. Long story short: there isn't a true version of her story. There are lots of documentaries out there that still sugar-coat the actually brutal life she lived. Starting with she was kidnapped by the English colonists after she had just given birth to her baby boy that was Kocoum's child. Kocoum was killed shortly after Pochantus was kidnapped. She was taken to act as a ransom so her father would pay the Colonists "tribute". She was kept onboard an English ship for almost a year. She was rapped while she was on the ship by the crew members many times (unfortunately). She was rapped by John Rolfe who would later become her husband. Pochantus (shocker) got pregnant from this experience. So, John Rolfe married her and took her back to England after she became pregnant with what was probably not his baby. She was kept in England for a few years after she gave birth and was renamed, Rebecca. She had another baby boy named Thomas that John Rolfe named his heir. She finally was taken back to her homeland after 3 or 4 years (I forget how long she was kept there). BUT she never made it back to America with her "husband" and her baby. She fell ill on the way there and died from "the flu"... (I kinda wonder if John Rolfe may have killed her). The other sad thing was that Thomas and his older half-brother, her baby with Kocoum, never knew about each other. Thomas even lived in America and looked after John Rolfe's plantation. Despite how the movie has nothing to do with her life, I still love the movie as it is.
Her story is very interesting, her grave is a few towns over from where I live. I’ve visited it a few times there’s a statue of Amonute (Pocahontas) in the cemetery
@@ajandrianjafymusic That's really cool. I remember how much it bothered me last year when I was doing research for my term paper, was that even channels like Biography and Smithsonian sugar-coated her story. They changed the brutal life that she led into something that was "family-friendly". In my mind, that makes them no better than Disney, because they're both telling and selling false stories of her life.
I had read the older baby was a girl.
Gold’s value is to keep us from killing each other mindlessly for gain.
Ironic, don’t you think?
That is a long story when it comes to the truth of Pocahontas. It's not for the faint of heart and it's a sad tale truly.
The film was correct in portraying Smith as a well-traveled explorer and soldier and the Colonial Williamsburg Journal confirmed that he traveled to Virginia around 1606/1607 and did work with a man named John Ratcliffe. Despite what many people believe due to longstanding and inaccurate accounts in history books and movies such as Disney’s Pocahontas, the true story of Pocahontas is not one of a young Native Powhatan woman with a raccoon friend who dove off of mountain-like cliffs off the coasts of Virginia. (Note: there are no cliffs on the coast of Virginia.)
The true story of Pocahontas is a tale of tragedy and heartbreak
In real life Pocahontas married an English settler by the name of John Rolfe but John Smith was a real English settler that helped establish Jamestown but he was also kinda like real life Gilderoy Lockheart to my understanding
Colors of the wind is so deep. So underrated.
enjoy it for the disney entertainment it is, thats a good approach for any of the disney movies you watch; saying the writers took creative liberties with the true story would be an understatement... for starters the real Pocahontas was like 12 when the story took place, she was not a willing participant in her relationship, and she was forcibly taken back to england where she lived in squalor and died of disease at the age of like 20.... so yeah, just enjoy it for the entertainment it is and dont think about the historical accuracy of them lol
There's people from the Caribbean Islands that have indigenous blood such as Taino. My tribes are from the southeast US and we have stories about earlier times in the islands.
About Pocahontas, my dad and godfather were involved with the movies. Russell Means, the Chief, is my Godfather and gave me my name. My dad was a consultant during pre-production to make sure it wasn't blatantly racist and to see what he thought of it.
Disney flew us out to Disneyland with VIP passes, and I got to see the Imaginarium. I remember they had a drinking fountain that told yo mama jokes when you pressed the button.
For the story, Pocahontas, which means little hellraiser, was nine years old when she encountered John Smith and was eventually married to John Rolfe, and had a child. That bloodline from what I understand still exists. There were a lot of times when negotiations happened but ultimately what drove conflict was the intent to colonize. No matter the peaceful agreements it went away when more land was needed. Land is still the primary conflict between modern Indian nations and the US.
For what it is I like the movie. Mostly its the animation and music. It was the biggest premiere in US history with a giant screen projected in Central Park. Terrence Malicks The New World is an interesting take if you want to watch a live action retelling. Oh, and my mom is friends with Irene Bedard, the voice of Pocahontas. Glad I found your channel. Its nice to see a positive perspective.
the real story behind this made it hard for me to finish it. But i mean i get its a fairytale, love that u had that disclaimer before watching it so open and im here for it!
The real Pocahontas was around 12 when she met John Smith, he was her adopted brother, she married a man named John Rolf, she died around 21 or 22 years old.
This movie teaches to hug bear cubs rather than to run for your life lol
As someone who has Native American AND European ancestry (yes, I'm considered mixed blood), this movie has resonated with me so much, ever since it came out when I was a little girl. For me, Pocahontas was the harbinger of peace and unity between two different people from two completely different cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs. It instilled in me at a young age that regardless of how you think, what you believe, how you dress or speak, how you live your life, so long as you're respectful of other people's thoughts, beliefs, and the way they live their lives, and your ways don't infringe on their rights to live the way they want, there should be no reason to have conflict. Conflict happens due to unresolved misunderstandings that turn into misinformation that turns into fear, anger, apathy, even greed, selfishness, and pride, which all turns into people fighting each other, verbally, physically, or both.
I never understand why stories that teach good principles, values, and morals seem so controversial on the basis of it not being historically accurate. That's not the point of the story they're trying to tell. Is this a documentary? No. Is this supposed to be historical nonfiction? No. It's like saying stories about time travel to the 1800s (or some other time line) is historically inaccurate. Well, yeah, that's kind of the point, isn't it? It is historical fiction/fantasy after all. It just makes me laugh when some people make such a big deal about movies like Pocahontas, Anastasia, even Disney's version of the Brother's Grimm's fairy tales being "historically inaccurate," LOL!
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If I remember the lyrics of " Virginia Compagnie " (the first song)in french, the story takes place in 1607.
Native believed in a lot of spirits in the nature and Grandmother Willow is one of them. I'm pretty sure, the wing with leaves is the spirit of Pocahontas' mother.
Honestly, we can't blame Thomas because, like Nakoma, he thought doing the good things. But, Kocoum is responsible of his own death because marrying Pocahontas was a chance to be the next chief and he could see them like a way to make peace but instead he decided to attacked them because of jealousy.
You're right, there's some Disney we can understand only when we're adults. This one learn us a lot of things about the life herself and our choices. Like Grandmother Willow says : sometimes the right path isn't the easy one.
i’m so late but… i beg to differ- i’m not sure if i’ve ever heard any significant wave of dislike or controversy tied to Milan or Pocahontas - because regardless of how historically Inaccurate they might be… both of the movies were extremely well executed. Something that obviously can’t be said about the live action counterparts of disney moves that we’re seeing lately 🙃