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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The New World (2006)
Should I see it?
No.


Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line, Days of Heaven) is considered by many to be a brilliant director. I'm not one with this group. This film about the conflicts between the English settlers and Native Americans is much like Malick's other works. It is a beautifully shot but wholly self-indulgent bore. Colin Ferrell as John Smith who would seemed to be a mismatch with this material does well. Opposite Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher portrays Pocahontas. Kilcher likewise adds to the beauty on the screen and out performs Farrell. The problem is that the piece is so poorly paced that the performances are drowned in the amount of footage the audience is asked to endure. Overall, this could have been a great piece if handled by a less ponderous writer/director. As it stands, it is too long and too meandering to recommend.


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posted by Scott Nehring at 5:40 PM










1 Comments:

Blogger pgepps said...

John Smith, 40.
Pocahantas, 12.

And Pocahantas later married John Rolfe, converted to Christianity, and lived out her days in London.

So, er, yeah.
PGE

3/26/2008 8:05 PM  

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