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acroyear...and saw Disney's Pocohantas.
Its not bad. Ranks with Mulan and Hunchback, but I think Tarzan and Atlantis are better. And of course none of them quite reach Beauty and Aladdin.
note that i'm a history stickler, and i also know the terrain extremely well. they got the fort right, the ship right (though there were 2 others), many aspects of the powatans right (except their size: they numbered in the thousands, in 100-200+ person villages throughout the area).
but there isn't a cliff or a waterfall within 150 miles of Jamestowne. except the artificial one built at the (former) cascades hotel/restaurant outside colonial williamsburg. :)
musically, it has some of Menken's best work, particularly the lead-in to the climax.
basically, I had to suspend my history in much the way one suspends their knowledge of "the book" when viewing a movie (like, say, The Two Towers) where there are significant deviations to make the film work on screen.
oh, and kids need to get over their ability to be easily bored at romantic moments. the song that was cut originally but restored in the 10th anniversary dvd is one of the best in the film. and that rendition (gibson and kuhn) is FAR better than the pop-song version in the closing credits.
Its not bad. Ranks with Mulan and Hunchback, but I think Tarzan and Atlantis are better. And of course none of them quite reach Beauty and Aladdin.
note that i'm a history stickler, and i also know the terrain extremely well. they got the fort right, the ship right (though there were 2 others), many aspects of the powatans right (except their size: they numbered in the thousands, in 100-200+ person villages throughout the area).
but there isn't a cliff or a waterfall within 150 miles of Jamestowne. except the artificial one built at the (former) cascades hotel/restaurant outside colonial williamsburg. :)
musically, it has some of Menken's best work, particularly the lead-in to the climax.
basically, I had to suspend my history in much the way one suspends their knowledge of "the book" when viewing a movie (like, say, The Two Towers) where there are significant deviations to make the film work on screen.
oh, and kids need to get over their ability to be easily bored at romantic moments. the song that was cut originally but restored in the 10th anniversary dvd is one of the best in the film. and that rendition (gibson and kuhn) is FAR better than the pop-song version in the closing credits.
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Date: 2006-03-06 03:44 pm (UTC)Heh. That bothered me too. More than the historical inaccuracies, which I knew, for a 90-minute G-rated film, would have to be many.
the song that was cut originally but restored in the 10th anniversary dvd is one of the best in the film. and that rendition (gibson and kuhn) is FAR better than the pop-song version in the closing credits.
Ooh, thanks for the info -- I thought that was a lovely song when I heard it in the credits, and I was disappointed it wasn't actually in the film. Plus, I <3 Judy Kuhn.
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Date: 2006-03-06 08:09 pm (UTC)Lilo and Stitch is still one of my favorites.
i actually don't like L&S that much
Date: 2006-03-06 08:25 pm (UTC)i don't know why, but it bugs me in ways that no other mainline disney movie has bugged me.