Colin Farrell’s tattoos, earring and eyeliner say everything we need to know about how seriously this film takes its characters and subject matter. It’s also just obnoxiously slow, melodramatic and often quite lazy. Pocahontas starts speaking English around the 54 minute mark. But then she mostly switches back to speaking in gestures and occasional native words, so I guess she forgot again? It’ ok though, most of the movie is her and John Smith staring deeply into each other's eyes, these star-crossed lovers, while some generic tribal or colonial activity happens in the background or offscreen.

It's long and very boring at times. I couldn't imagine watching this movie in the theater. The repeatative staring and loud music gets old. No wild animals in the film except mentioning fish. Disappointing. Focusing on the love story took away from the best parts of the movie.

I thought it was pretty good. It went fast for a 2 and a half hour movie.

Not amazing but not terrible.

I really want her to do something that it is all wrong. She fell in love but still she must go back where she was from. She must choose forest over men she fell in love.

Somehow I can watch this movie over and over, upwards of ten times. It’s deep and thoughtful, the acting and the film work are so beautiful. It is so easy to fall in love with Q’orianka Kilcher.

The cinematography was nice. However, this is a long, slow, love story. Not what I was expecting.

a film that is not for everyone…. very artsy super slow but great camera angles and cinematography and great acting only worth watching once but a good experience. good terrance malik film compared to his other ones.

"It was a dream, now I am awake" Un explorador inglés se enamora de una joven nativa americana qye termina por ser colonizada. Lenta. Pretenciosa. Eterea. Narrada desde los pensamientos de los personajes, pocas palabras y muchas expresiones, gestos lentos con música clásica, tomas cortadas, que fluyen como el aire, propio del estilo del director. No hay una gran química entre los actores, y a pesar de la producción tan dedicada con espacios naturales, todo es muy artificial. Desconozco la fidelidad histórica, pero parece cumplir con lo esencial, aunque los personajes tienen un espíritu muy contemporáneo. Destacan algunas tomas de l fotografia, con una armónica combinación de comores naturlaes, de diferentes cielos, amaneceres y atardeceres. El choque de culturas. La corrupción del hombre blanco, y su influencia sobre los nativos americanos. Ofrece una versión distinta de la clásica historia, al estilo de terrence malick. No creo que haya sido una película necesaria. Te muestra la influencia que tuvo la colonización, con una dudosa recreación de los hechos. Me desespera y fastidia muchísimo terrence malick. ¿Poesía? El amor es universal. Técnica: 7.6 Expresión: 6.6 Efecto: 4.2 Experiencia: 3.9 Calificación: 5.6/10

Slowly paced love-story told predominantly thru cinematic visuals and voice overs. Much like the relationship of Smith & Pocahontas, this film felt like it had so much unrealized potential.

It had some stunning cinematography and good acting with a decent storyline. It was awfully long they could have trimmed a few of the scenes. watch if there's nothing else on.

It's alright. Good acting all around, and stellar set design. But on the other hand, it feels a bit pretentious and isn't terribly well written. The main romance (which is agreed by historians to never have happened) consists mainly of the two leads frolicking about and staring at each other without actually talking. The whole movie just drags on.

I saw The New World when it first came out in 2005 as a teenager. I have now seen it twice since and the Extended Version (which is the Director's preferred cut) is even a little bit superior to the theatrical cut, as it explores some of the relationships in a little bit more depth. I had remembered the movie having a couple of flaws which I didn't find to be as prevalent this time around. The New World is a mesmerizingly gorgeous film which I really like. There are times where I feel as though Malick would have benefitted from having a writer involved who could help him keep the story concise along the central plot, but it still works well. Still a really good movie.

The perfect story for Malick as all of his trademark stylistic and narrative choices only enhance your immersion in this world.

La pelicula es muy buena graficamente hablando (para su epoca) pero hay que darle muchas vueltas para encontrar la gracia en una pelicula que el 90% de la misma es ver gente caminar con musica de fondo aunque tenga su mensaje no compensa de ser una pelicula aburrida al menos para mi.

It's beautiful but it's problematic AF.

Beautiful film. Showing the contrast and clash of change, nature and how beautiful and crumby people can be.

I liked this film for the mix of plot and its pensiveness, as is typical of Terrence Malick's work. Colin Farrell is good at being facially expressive, showing fear and wonder in his eyes. It's relatively atmospheric, certainly. There are some particularly nicely shot scenes, such as those of fire breaking through the fog and smoke, with the crackling clear to hear and also the creaking of the ship. I also like hearing the insects and wildlife in the background of many scenes. It is, of course, really quite slow, plot pace wise, with somewhat little dialogue, again as is typical of Malick's work. If anything, this film may have slightly more dialogue than the other films of his that I've seen, perhaps. I felt there were some rather poetic verses spoken. The story is sad and sobering, not in an urban, gritty way, of course, given its a period drama from the 1600s but its certainly a thoughtful watch. I believe its based on a true story, which also interested me and was one of the reasons I wanted to give it a go. As well as being thoughtful, it also seemed somewhat philosophical and indeed one of the main characters has a clear curiosity for their surroundings and the situation their in. I thought the actress playing Pocahontas did particularly well, clearly portraying a shy yet curious native American. Also present, cast wise, is Christian Bale, who does (in my opinion) tend to appear in pretty decent, well scripted, films. The romantic element, I felt, had a sense of hope and quiet optimism about it, which I appreciated. I'd say it is, in part, about hope, faith and, of course (for a Malick film) wonder. I would recommend this film to others, yes. I'd say its a little more accessible and perhaps even engrossing than some of the directors other work.

Shoutout to that one guy who brought a hurdy-gurdy to a battle at Jamestown. Hope it served him well. Only the second film that Terrence Malick made in the nearly 30 years since his incredible, distinctive Days of Heaven, The New World is a sumptuous visual feast and the first of what seems to be Malick's modern period in terms of cinematography; intimate camera angles, intense realism, vivid colors, and an intense focus on naturalism. The film is defined as much by its characters intimate relationships with the world around them, both the social constraints and particularly the less tangible but silently powerful connections to the environment, as it is by the historical context that it uses as a framework. While the plot itself may be somewhat languid, it fits with the more laconic, simple, and pure existence that the 'new world' promises (and let's be honest, how exciting can slowly dying from hunger and disease really be?). Lyrical and vivid, this has to be among the best of the director's work in this century. While I'm less of a fan of Malick's increasingly grandiose thematic ambitions in films like The Tree of Life (which come across as more pretentious than insightful), the balance between the director's incredible eye for color and framing in comparison to the narrative and thematic material seems like a bespoke suit in The New World. (4/5)

If I walk out of a movie....it gets 1 star..... This one was rough. I was not able to sit through the full feature.