Title: A HISTORY LESSON ON FILM
Product review: One can't deny the visual beauty of Terrence Malick's films. His camera captures glorious vistas, and beautiful lighting. I found THE NEW WORLD, however, ultimately a dull, laborious history lesson. Too much use of visuals, stilted dialogue, long unnecessary scenes, repetitive in nature, and even the action scenes seemed lethargic and unimaginative.Q'oriana Kilcher's performance as Pocahontas is the strongest one in the film; she has a stunning presence and uses her silences effectively. Colin Farrell seems lost in his role as John Smith and Christian Bales and Christopher Plummer are lost in their brief roles.The movie is too long and tedious, and not one of my favorite recent films at all.
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