Yeah, I enjoy watching Pocahontas, despite all of the flaws in its logic, completely rewriting unhappy history to become a tragic kind of love story and having Native American stereotypes, but I don't recall a lot of people considering it to be better than the Lion King. I think I read somewhere else that Disney thought that Pocahontas would be more successful than it actually turned out to be and they were hoping that they could use it to ride on the success of the Lion King.



I would actually be surprised if a large majority of people felt that way though. Not to be disrespectful to people who do feel that way about these movies, but I think that the Lion King has a better storyline, better character development, more catchy music, more touching emotional scenes and a more interesting villain. Pocahontas does have some nice songs, mainly "Just Around the Riverbed" and "Colors of the Wind," but it still has the problems of altering a pretty unhappy bit of history and using Native American stereotypes, such as the whole talking to trees and animal bit, that gives an odd feeling when you watch it now. I didn't really mind it too much when I first saw the movie, which was at about nine or ten, but after learning more about that history and writing a paper on those historical errors in the seventh grade, it doesn't feel the same to watch it now. The designs for Pocahontas and John Smith don't really help either.