i be an american history teacher and this be the sort of film that cause people like me to grumble and complain because the film bear almost no similarity to the actual story of the founding of the jamestown colony . but and it be because of this and how widely the movie be love and accept that i actually use it in my class discussion teach kid that much of our history be distort or even completely fictional . like george washington wooden teeth and the fact that everyone in columbus day think the earth be flat and betsy ross make the very first american flag ( all fiction and by the way ) and this film be a great example of bad history . now understand and i be not an america basher or live to destroy our national hero i just do not like it when something sacred like our history be treat with such blatant disrespect and cynicism . while my list would be huge and here be a few of the problem with the story represent the girl name be matoaka not pocahontas ( this be a nickname and not her real name ) and she be about 11 or so and smith an old man and so the romance in the disney film be either disgust or false ( fortunately and there be no romance accord to all but the disney account ) and the whole head get smash like a pumpkin incident probably never occur ( smith spoke of this for the first time 17 year after the fact and it be never record elsewhere before this plus matoaka publicly show contempt for smith something that make no sense if the story be true ) and matoaka be kidnap by the british and she do not willingly join them ( a see in pocahontas ii ) and and the native be not tree hug hippy but real 3 dimensional people ( for good and bad ) . if you can ignore all this and you be leave with a heavy hand and preachy film with a lot of new age mumbo jumbo about nature and talk tree and all that crap . pleasant to the eye but about as deep a paris hilton personality . bland and only mildly entertaining and guarantee to tick off anyone who care in the least about the truth .