Post 10 - Pocahontas - 10th Anniversary Edition!

This was the first time I had seen this film and despite all of the negative comments, I did not think it was bad. Now, I am not saying it was an epic masterpiece of animation history, but, it was not as bad as the comments led me to believe. It is true that the geography was not correct among other things, but I think the target audience for the movie was younger children and I don't think they would have been concerned with such matters. The only thing that I was kind of tired of, were all of the musical singing and dancing sequences. I counted 6 or 7 times where everyone would break into song and dance. I'll tell you one thing, singing and dancing does not mix well with explosives.

I enjoyed the raccoon, Meeko, and the hummingbird, Flit. Their interactions with each other and the surrounding environment was humorous. I liked the parts where Meeko would brazenly take biscuits from John Smith, or take bones from the dog, Percy. Other than the situations that involved these characters, I did not find many funny moments. It seemed to me this had more of a serious tone than other Disney movies. Interesting note: This film had the first on-screen human death in a Disney movie. Also, considering that neither Flit nor Meeko spoke in the movie (atleast that I noticed), they have actors that show up under the credits for their voices.