Where Do I Go From Here - Reprise (English)

One of the better songs from Pocahontas II.

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• Pocahontas
• II
• Disney
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• Reprise

[Nearsightedvideos]

She must have borrowed some of Mulan's easy to remove make up...

[Lexigiggles]

That's cool John Smith. I just sacrificed the honour of my tribe and nearly got killed for you. But you know.

[9crescentave]

brown skin is always the most beautiful

[Kikora21]

@hinasakukimi Only he WASN'T being a selfish douche. He didn't know how to say what he had to to Pocahontas, who assumed he was dead and moved on with her life. He, knowing she was there, continued to live with the same idea of the future that he had when they parted. Essentially Pocahontas matured and Smith did not, and it showed.

I'll be honest. I think most people who "think this movie was badly handled" believe so out of nostalgia. Nothing is as good as the original, ect, ect.

[Kikora21]

@hinasakukimi Also the movie showed a coming of age for Pocahontas, who reached a crossroads between both childishness and maturity, as well as the way of life she was raised in and a very different way one people had to adapt to. She isn't a mid anymore in the sequel, and had to reconcile that within herself. The audience gets to see this journey, as well as come to the realization that growing up doesn't mean surrendering parts of our youth.

[Kikora21]

@hinasakukimi In the original movie the only reason Pocahontas would have went would be to be with Smith, while in the sequel it was for political reasons. Someone HAD to go to communicate the needs of the Native Americans, and she was the most familiar with the English.

[Kikora21]

@hinasakukimi Reported by who? Because Smith described her as ten when they met, but other historical sources put her anywhere between that and fifteen. Also might I add that thirteen was a relatively normal age for women to marry back then, so she might well have been considered old enough for a grown man to romance. Boosting her age to suit more modern morals isn't completely unreasonable.

[hinasakukimi]

@Kikora21 Plus I hate that they had to turn John into a jerk as if to justify why Rolfe is the better choice for her. They resorted to turning one of the heroes of the previous movies into a selfish douche in this one to make way for the new love interest, and it irks me. There's just no need for historical accuracy when they've already diverged so much from it. I don't hate this movie, it just ticks me off a little.

[hinasakukimi]

@Kikora21 She was reported to be about eleven or twelve.

And I think that's a great lesson for kids, it's realistic. I just don't like how they handled it. With everything they went through... this sequel made everything seem utterly pointless. I mean, in the first movie Pocahontas couldn't go to back to London with John, but it's ~fine to stay in this movie? It's already so far from reality and what ~actually happened, I just don't see the point in churning out this sequel.

[Kikora21]

@hinasakukimi She could have been eight, or sixteen, no one really knows.

Also, from the first movie the writers were following somewhat closely with at least some historical events, which is why John Smith went back to England, and Pocahontas did not. Besides, people break up and grow apart, I think that it was a wonderful lesson for kids to see that first love doesn't always grow into marriage. She and Smith just went different ways in life, and nothing is wrong with that.

[fleurke18]

i dont like the way they drawn this one

[hinasakukimi]

@Kikora21 ... TBH I found that Pocahontas actually being 12 more confusing, but whatever. I can definitely see why their ~relationship is what will forever confuse children. ¬_¬'