The Most Beautiful Animated Movie

Rating: 10/10 (28 July 2019)

Hating this movie just because it isn't historically accurate is pretty sad. If you watch it with an open mind, remembering that it IS a Disney movie, I think you'll see just how beautiful it really is. It bugs me when people say it's racist towards Native Americans, because if anything, it shows them in a much better light than it does the White settlers. The song Savages is one of the most powerful songs to ever come out of the Disney Studios, as it demonstrates the pure hatred that the English and the Native Americans have for each other as well as Pocahontas being the middle person, the peacemaker, who wants to stop both sides from fighting. Colours of the Wind is the hymn of humanity, as it teaches us to respect the Earth and everything that lives in and on it. The romance between Pocahontas and John Smith is one of the most meaningful that Disney has ever created - their meeting scene is absolutely gorgeous, their chemistry is real and believable, and Pocahontas is able to open up the initially arrogant and shallow John's mind to see things in ways he had never seen them before. And in If I Never Knew You, they express their love and gratitude for one another in a song filled with so much emotion.
The animation is stunning, the songs are stunning, and the score is (in my opinion) the best Disney score. The ending of the movie adds so much more meaning to the overall message of the film, as it shows us that Pocahontas knows where her priorities lie and she remains forever loyal to her people because they need her - and the music that accompanies that whole finale scene does so absolutely perfectly.
This truly is my favourite animated movie of all time.