WHAT A SORRY WASTE OF MY TIME!!!!!!

Rating: 1/10 (31 August 2018)

The only reason I watched this movie was because it was for a class. I never would've watched it otherwise and I'll probably never watch it again.
The movie is supposed to be about Captain John Smith meeting Pocahontas in the new world. The movie starts out with a few of the Natural women swimming wearing nothing. John Smith is a prisoner on the boat, I think. I'm not quite sure. When the boat gets to the shore John Smith is released from his chains and sent to go explore the island. The boat then leaves again to go back to England to get supplies. During the exploration of the island John Smith and the people that were exploring with him are attacked by the Naturals and John is taken prisoner. The others are killed, I think. On the day of his execution, Pocahontas puts her head on him and saves his life. He lives among them for a while and promises the chief that the white settlers will leave in the spring. John doesn't know that the settlers intend to stay. While he's with the Naturals, he and Pocahontas get very close. Then he goes back to Jamestown and is met by utter chaos. The leader guy yells at John Smith for staying with the Naturals for so long, because they're starving and he was well fed. Then Pocahontas comes along to bring them food and John Smith, for lack of a better term, breaks up with Pocahontas. She appears to be completely crushed and leaves looking very depressed. As she leaves the settlers bow down to her. She just saved all their lives. As time goes on, the Naturals and the settlers start fighting. At some point John Smith had been elected as the settlement's new leader. During the fighting his leadership is taken from him and he's treated as an outcast. When Pocahontas' father, who happens to be the chief, finds out about her relationship with John Smith and what she did with the food, he disowns her and tries to sell her. The people in Jamestown are all for it but John Smith refuses to let them buy her. They do anyway and Pocahontas is taught how to behave like a white person. The boat comes back with supplies and John Smith is sent away on an expedition. He tells someone to tell Pocahontas that he's dead after he's been away for two months. She's told, has major depression, then meets and marries John Rolfe. She has a kid. They go to England to meet with the King and Queen. Before the go back to Jamestown, Pocahontas gets sick and dies. The movie ends with scenes of a river and a shot of the forest that lasts forever.
I think the editor was having a heart attack and wanted to make sure the movie was all edited before he died. It was so hard to follow. The editing was lousy and made the movie near impossible to understand. I'd much rather watch the Disney version.
I did a little research about when Pocahontas saved John Smith's life. According to the records John Smith made of the event that actually happened. But historians question the accuracy of the account because it was written well after it actually happened and Pocahontas was like ten at the time. John Smith made it seem like she was fourteen or fifteen. There wasn't actually any romance between John Smith and Pocahontas. Thanks a lot Disney.
The Disney movie makes a lot more sense, even if it has no historical accuracy whatsoever. The story is a lot easier to follow and doesn't cut off the scenes in weird places. It's a lot more smooth flowing.
I liked the scenery. And the music. I thought it was funny how often Pocahontas was in a tree.
I hated most of the movie. My biggest problem was how depressed they made Pocahontas after she was told that John Smith was dead. It drove me nuts.
This movie made me so mad. I almost fell asleep more than once, but I couldn't because I was watching the movie in a history through film class. What sorry waste of my time. 150 minutes of my life that I wish I could take back. I don't have the words to express how much I hated that movie. If I could give it a zero, I would. It was boring and near impossible to follow. Never watching that movie again unless I'm having a really hard time sleeping.