Dances with Wolves and The Last Samurai and Avatar are white soldiers who integrate themselves into some “exotic” (that is, non European) culture and slowly adopt their ways and renounce their previous military loyalties. Then they are called upon to take up arms and coordinate tactics against their former side.
Pocahontas as told in the movie is more of a woman who learns to play peacemaker. There’s not that much cultural exchange, and nobody switches sides to fight against their former team.
Pocahontas as actually happened, historically, is more the story of a native teenager kidnapped, forcibly converted to Christianity and married off to bear a child, and paraded around England as a novelty, until she died far away from her home at the age of 20, maybe 21.
Oh, i see. I was focusing more of the father and chief of the clan wants to kill the alien man, but somehow his daughter saves him and they fell in love. In the end having the man save the clan. But yeah Last Samurai fits way better.
Mesophar@pawb.social 2 months ago
But it’s more Avatar is Dances With Wolves, or Fern Gully. The story is backwards to be Pocahontas
nuko147@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I agree, but what you mean with story is backwards?
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Dances with Wolves and The Last Samurai and Avatar are white soldiers who integrate themselves into some “exotic” (that is, non European) culture and slowly adopt their ways and renounce their previous military loyalties. Then they are called upon to take up arms and coordinate tactics against their former side.
Pocahontas as told in the movie is more of a woman who learns to play peacemaker. There’s not that much cultural exchange, and nobody switches sides to fight against their former team.
Pocahontas as actually happened, historically, is more the story of a native teenager kidnapped, forcibly converted to Christianity and married off to bear a child, and paraded around England as a novelty, until she died far away from her home at the age of 20, maybe 21.
nuko147@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oh, i see. I was focusing more of the father and chief of the clan wants to kill the alien man, but somehow his daughter saves him and they fell in love. In the end having the man save the clan. But yeah Last Samurai fits way better.