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The interesting parallels between this and Pocahontas


Both are major 90s animated films based loosely on actual historical events and personages. However, while 'Pocahontas' was the less well received of the two at the time of its release, 'Anastasia' seems to be the one more disliked nowadays among a lot of internet circles.

Maybe because Disney has given 'Pocahontas' more of an afterlife compared to 'Anastasia', maybe it's the former having the more famous soundtrack (Colors of The Wind is still one of the most well known Disney songs from the Renaissance), maybe it's down to how much faster Bluth went downhill than Disney, and maybe it's due to 'Anastasia's history being more recent than, well, the colonization of America.

Anyone care to chime in with their own thoughts?

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Really? My indication is that "Anastasia" is more liked than "Pocahontas" and these ratings shows it. I'm not denying that "Anastasia" isn't slammed, but not as much as "Pocahontas".

I consider Menken's score to be superior to David Newman's score, although the songs on both movies are equally good.

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I think its because the disney princess franchise which is being so milked in by disney. dont get me wronged, i love disney movies and i love the princesses, but i think Anastasia is great too
Disney princess franchise is such a hyp, once there's new princess in the line up, people start on praising the princess over and over again, then, the old princess such as Mulan, Pocahontas, Belle etc come to attention once more and ppl keep rewatching them.

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