Hard core hate from a true Disney fan

Rating: 1/10 (30 January 2019)

Yes, hate is a strong word but to whatever extent hate can apply to a film I hate Disney's Pocahontas. I like a lot of Disney including quite a few that seem to get complained about more than raved over. But there are 2 that stand out to me as truly terrible films, films bad enough to begrudge the time spent watching them, and this was the first in that sad little category.
First let me say that I'm a history lover and I've always really loved the true story of Pocahontas as I've known it since I was a very young child. And I'm happy learning corrections to that story sometimes as new evidence is presented over time. Those who want to blow that off and pretend that movies (or children's movies or Disney movies) can't portray history and be good movies or that people who want to see history not turned into a sewage by Disney have something wrong with them and need to just get over it are not helping matters with their strawmen and their useless and foolish insults.
This is not about a few mild inconsistencies or poetic license. This film is so wrong in so many ways that to say that they pirated the names of historical figures and made up bald face lies about them while diligently working to not accidentally say much of anything true about them would seem closer to the reality of the movie than any other description I can think of. There is truly no justification or rational that can work for how hard Disney worked to cover over the history with falseness.
And although they really try to portray Pocahontas and her people as better and the "white people" as wrong and bigoted they still manage to portray mostly only lies about Pocahantas and her people thus robbing them of their dignity and the related beauty that exists and is easily conveyed in the true history. Historically there were flaws and virtues in all the real characters. They were all humans. And they could have all been treated respectfully by any storyteller who saw at least a small part of the real value in this little episode of history.
This movie was abysmal when my kids were young. Now that I have rewatched it just once from being a somewhat mellowed out grandma who thought maybe it's not as bad as I remember ...well it just reignited the heat of my initial anger at Disney for robbing the real Pocahontas. Her true story is both beautiful and tragic. It deserves to be told. I hope all those cursed with having seen this steaming pile of lies later get the chance to experience some of the essence of the real Pocahontas from more worthy storytellers.