Was this poll posted a few days ago or not? I think there was a poll similar to this or something.. Sorry if it was.

^^ Lol, I don't remember. Um, Poca has only ever made it up to number five on my list because of the "historical" thing. I have the same problem with TPATF, too.

Yeah, that's the thing. People often accuse this movie of being "boring", but i'd like it but the historical bit really throws me off...

It's kinda the same thing with Anastasia, the historical elements bother me but I also sorta like the film...And yet for some reason I think I like the film more than Pocahontas. Perhaps because it doesn't take itself too seriously? iDK...

I honestly don't give a crap about the historical inaccuracies. If people think that this movie is supposed to be historically accurate and that it's ruining history, than they need a reality check. It's not Disney's job to teach kids history. I learned the real story about Pocahontas when I was in first grade. It's really stupid to not like it because of it's historically inaccuracies. It's an adaptation, it's not trying to be like the actual story, so people need to stop hating on the movie just because of historical inaccuracies because it's stupid. If they don't like the movie than they need to find better reasons than that.

Oh my goodness, if anyone is going to complain about how this movie don't go by the book and ruins the whole movie, need to take a look at the other stories. Aurora was raped. Ariel was rejected and turned into sea foam. And yet, I see very little people complaining about the even more immense historical inaccuracies of Anastasia! /:

It´s not supposed to be accurate, so why would you judge it on that?
Not a single one of the other DP movies are "correct", so i don´t get why only Pocahontas is judged for that. It´s rather stupid in my opinion.

Not when I was younger, but the older I get the more disturbed I feel by Americans white-washing history, perpetuating lies (as "evidence" of the story of the historical Pocahontas saving the life of John Smith is dubious at best), and especially pushing comfortable lies onto children.

I wouldn't really mind if this was just a story or a legend, but Pocahontas was a REAL PERSON. John Smith was a real person. We have verified historical documentation on their lives, interactions with Virginia colonists and English citizens, whereabouts through most of their lives, etc.

Most kids are introduced to the story of Pocahontas from this movie, and adding magic spirits and talking trees doesn't really change the fact that they don't portray her, her life, her relationship to John Smith, or her people or the colonists faithfully at all. Do you know how awkward it feels for kids to learn that Pocahontas was 12 when the colonists landed, she and John never got involved romantically, John Smith was a racist ego-maniacal nutball anyway, she converted to Christianity and married John Ralph, and she died from the pollution shortly after arriving in England?

That said, I don't hate the movie. I don't hate Pocahontas or the characters in it for historical inaccuracies per se. I still think it has a very great and much-needed message about racial acceptance and environmentalism, etc.

I just... also can't condone it because I feel very uncomfortable about our contemporary culture feeling it's okay to perpetuate romantic lies and to push comfortable lies onto children.

avatar_tla_fan- Yeah it has but I can tell you that 97% of the "recent" polls are questions that have already been asked in the past so don't sweat it, there are always new users.

Anywhom, it doesn't bother me, I separate the movie from its history. Although I can understand why it would bother someone, the inaccuracies are rather insulting.

I think of Disney's Pocahontas as a completely different story and treat it like one.
I think it's a beautiful movie.
I know, I'm a person who likes when movies at least somewhat follow the source material, (or in this case, history) but this movie is an exception.

i always loved the movie, but after learning her real story i started to like it less. i still adore some of the characters and the soundtrack, and i do love the movie, it just isn't one of my favorites anymore.

I adore the movie and no the histrorical accuracy has nor will it ever bother me i watch it for fun not to learn