The more I watch this movie, the more I like it.

The first time I saw it was when it first came out and I, being a typical 3rd grade girl, loved it. Then, suddenly, when I hit 10, it became the most frowned upon and dorkiest movie ever made and I was quick to drop it. In fact, I made the mistake of wearing a Pocahontas matching outfit to my first day of school in FB and I recently got caught with the soundtrack in my possession, and I will never live the incidents down. But, when I rediscovered animation, I gave it another go.

I don't understand why this is any dorkier in the eyes of most typical teenagers than any other Disney movie. I can think of several that far outweigh Poc in the dorkiness category. Maybe it's the moral, the whole point of "Colors of the Wind" and "Savages", that they find threatening. But I have wandered off topic yet again.

As in the cases of most movies, the legend was slaughtered, but the product was far more entertaining than the original would have been. The plot with Poc and John Smith was a little sappy for my blood, but if you concentrate on the underlying message promoting peace and Thomas, then the lovey dovey stuff can kind of be ignored.

The animation was some of Disney's finest. It was simply breathtaking. The colors, the settings, the characters... And Kekata's smoke was really neat.

As for the soundtrack, it is one of the four that I own (the other three being TRtED, TLK, and Aladdin). The score was magnificent, and there was so much flute! I especially liked "Ship at Sea". It really makes you feel like you're in a storm. The lyrics to most of the songs are very moving, and I could listen to "Steady as the Beating Drum (Reprise)" all day. ::sigh:: JC's voice is so soothing. And Judy Kuhn has a beautiful voice, as well.

I didn't realize how addicted I was to this movie until after the movers took it. Now I won't be able to see it until at least October.

Pocahontas was directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg, produced by James Pentecost, and written by Carl Binder, Susannah Grant, and Philip LaZebnik. The songs were written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.

Thanks to Kevin Teter's Disney Clip Art Page for the picture.

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Created July 14, 2000.
Pictures added July 6, 2003.