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(rating: 1.63 stars / 4 reviews)
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Reviews for Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
posted: Nov 26, 2007
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Does anyone else feel that Disney artiscaly raped and sterotyped Native American Culture with this movie. It also ruins English history by taking the Mickey out of the English monarchy making them seem like bafoons.

The animation is your typical direct to video fare(cheap and nasty looking). The charectors just dont look right compared to the original.

The songs are stupid and grating.

The two Johns act like two cockerels strutting which spoils the romance of the first movie and Pocahontas being the typical Disney strumpet goes for the new bloke on the street.

Radcliff is less sinster this time round and the animal sidekicks and Mrs Jenkins are just annoying instead of funny.

posted: Dec 31, 2006
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What really makes me angry about this film, is that whenever I try to explain the original to my friends, like when I tell them that it was based off of the legend, not real life, they tell me 'Then why was the sequel based off what really happened?' This movie seriously makes me angry in a way.

Pretty much everything is awful! Animation, Story...etc. I now hate Pocahontas and John Smith is just plain stupid. And Radcliffe is now completely evil! Its terrible. But, there is one exception with the music, which wasn't good, but there was one song that I found kind of catchy. But thats me being nice.

Just good for small children, but nothing else, really.

posted: Sep 02, 2004
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Seems a few of my reviews start like this, but "I remember working in the shop, when..."

When, in this case, Pocahontas II came out. What I thought was kinda weird, was that we already got 'Pocahontas III' in the week before. I never did watch that movie, but it certainly exists. It was only when I noticed at least three other cartoons all called 'Balto' that I realised you can't copyright the name of a historical figure.

But anyway... I thought Pocahontas II was ok. Nothing special, nothing awful. I must admit it's one of those ones that I've watched about 5 times without really paying attention to, but the production qualities seemed adequate.

At least that's what I thought at the time. Having just re-watched the first Pocahnotas, and realising how poor it was, and knowing that I found this one even poorer, I'm downgrading its rating to 1.5 stars.

For die-hard fans and babysitters. Could have been worse, but probably not much.

posted: Nov 29, 2003
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I think the biggest problem I have with this film is that Disney had the poor taste to tell this part of the story at all. The same thing could probably be said about he first "Pocahontas" movie but I think the point should be further emphasized with "Pocahontas II." It is my understanding that the real Pocahontas--who was in actuality a twelve year old girl--was taken back to England, put on display as a savage-freak and ended up dying of some England-bound disease. If even part of what I know of the real tale is true, this film is essentially glossing over a tragic event and I think that's very wrong. As a storyteller, Disney needs to be more responsible than that. Anyways, just my opinion on the subject...

As for the actual movie, even without the historical baggage, it has problems all its own. For one, when we left Pocahontas in this first movie she and John Smith were bidding each other sad good-byes and providing a poignant end to a larger-than-life love-story. Fine. Good. But then in "Pocohantas II," our heroine essentially ditches John and hooks up with a new guy, John Rolfe. I appreciate these things do happen, but what it does is cheapen the epic romance of the first movie.

The film did also contain a couple good points in the form of new characters introduced to the story including the Pocohantas' stoic Native Indian companion and the short-sighted old lady, Mrs. Jenkins.