Pessimism makes the World go Round
Maybe I was just in a bad mood when I watched the movie, but I really didn't enjoy it. It was what my mum would call a broken novel. It followed the story of Pocohantas well, depicting the story of her doomed love with John Rofle, the banashment from her father and village, and how the colonies first suffered that year.
However, you have to be in the mood to watch a movie about doomed love, ignorance, and betrayl. I kept thinking of Romeo and Juliet, throughout the entire movie. Pocohantas falls in love with John Smith, they get secretly married, and then he leaves her without telling her. She's told he's dead, so she agrees to marry John Rolfe, even though she knows she doesn't love him. He informs her that in time she'll grow to love him, so they tie the knot. She finds out that John Smith is actually alive, she freaks out, tells Rofle they can't be together, meets with Smith, realizes she actually really does love Rolfe, and then she dies, roll credits.
As far as historical films go, they did a good job capturing the story of Pocohantas. As far as the story itself goes, I didn't enjoy it as much. Life has enough sadness in it, that watching a two and a half long movie about how doomed life is just really doesn't appeal to me.
However, you have to be in the mood to watch a movie about doomed love, ignorance, and betrayl. I kept thinking of Romeo and Juliet, throughout the entire movie. Pocohantas falls in love with John Smith, they get secretly married, and then he leaves her without telling her. She's told he's dead, so she agrees to marry John Rolfe, even though she knows she doesn't love him. He informs her that in time she'll grow to love him, so they tie the knot. She finds out that John Smith is actually alive, she freaks out, tells Rofle they can't be together, meets with Smith, realizes she actually really does love Rolfe, and then she dies, roll credits.
As far as historical films go, they did a good job capturing the story of Pocohantas. As far as the story itself goes, I didn't enjoy it as much. Life has enough sadness in it, that watching a two and a half long movie about how doomed life is just really doesn't appeal to me.
posted by Louface at 7:37 AM
2 Comments:
The comparison with Romeo and Juliet is a good one--fate, and all. Didn't you think the movie made it look as though Pocohantas was, if not incredibly happy with the way things turned out, at least at peace about it? I actually wondered if the movie was too optimistic--showing her dying peacefully after resolving her issues with Rolfe and Smith. But she was a way from her land, and her people, and wearing incredibly uncomfortable corsets and tight leather shoes after a life time of soft deerskin moccasins. . . . Perhaps I'm the biggest pessimist of all!
I really like stories where people start a relationship thinking they don't love eachother, and then over the years things change and they all of a sudden realize they do love eachother.
Because I really do think that time is the most important factor in a relationship. Spending time with eachother, and also having a dependence on eachother is basically all you need, and i get kind of tired of people acting like love is a big bang sort of thing. because i've never seen that happen and work.
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