Talk:Pocahontas (film)/@comment-27504195-20160122223421/@comment-4487748-20160122224906

Because it sanitizes history without an ounce of shame. The oppression of the Natives is a particularly raw point for many of us, because it hasn't truly been resolved. Jesus Christ, the Pocahontas story is an incredible one. Well, instead of a romance between John Smith (who was a fat, middle aged coward not a young blond, brave Mel Gibson) and Pocahontas (who was frigging twelve), they could have made a young kid/older adult bond of friendship. Sorta like Ralph and Vanellope or Oliver Twist and Mr. Brownlow. Then they could have had a jump in years where she fell in love with John Rolfe. Not everything has to have a bad guy, the struggle could have been the cultural differences and the fact that Smith was there to do something he probably did not want to do, namely taking the Powhatan land in the name of the King and if he'd refuse, he would be hanged for insubordination. But no, they went with the cliched "Who is the real savage?" story with all the tropes.