Why did I wait so long?

Rating: Null/10 (4 March 2003)

I knew I would love "All the colors of the wind". That was ecstatic animation and compelling song. That song rules the movie. But why did I wait so long? Someone told me she was a Barbie Doll. I heard nothing good about it. Face it, in Japan you can miss things. What struck me when I watched this hidden mystery, is that we were reminded that we could listen to our heart as a practical guide, we saw the obscene focus on getting gold as compared to a world of spirit and name and relationship. It may not be history, but it is true parable.
The kids loved the animals and they watched it through. It has to be OK, doesn't it. I think back to Mulan and Lion King and agree, those films had breathtaking scenes and high drama, more than in this film. But I won't concede: it was gripping and passionate. The young love story may have had nothing to do with history, but knew quite a bit about flesh and blood. Maybe it was too naive and now that I see what everyone else says, maybe the characters are flat. But she is solemn and connected. Her opening dive was thrilling. This animation does what animation is supposed to do: exaggerate to the summit.
What would really happen if a person of vision and spirit among us lived like Pocahontas, an eye on the essential, an ear to the spirit? Suppose we could take such participatory living as our own prerogative?

It was much better than I expected it to be.