By Ryan Parsons | Image property of New Line Cinema
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Though I dug Terrence Malick's Thin Red Line, I do admit that his films always seem to hit some very slow moments for me. However, I still can't help feeling a bit excited for his latest pic-- The
New World; even though I already have a feeling of what's coming.
That being said, the good people over at AICN claim that the film is pretty sweet with or without the action and dialogue.
The New World Review
The good people over at AICN have posted the first early review that we have seen for The New World. The person who reviews the film admits that he loves Terrence Malick and considers The New World to be yet another awesome pic from the director.
I'll come right out and say it: I LOVED IT. You'll have to wait a moment about why I loved it. I have to give a bit of exposition first.
The film follows Pocahontas (Q'orianka Kilcher) through the time that the Jamestown settlers arrived in Virginia in 1607 to the time she moves to England in 1615 (or there abouts)
It is through voice over that most of the film's dialog is heard. Otherwise it could have almost been a silent film with a music track. Pocahontas, whom is never referred to by that name, narrates most of the time as does Captain John Smith (Colin Farrel) and John Rolfe (Christian Bale) the two other staples of the film.
There isn't much of a story in the sense of traditional Hollywood fare. Yes, events happen, things develop, but it is in the realm of a visual poem. The film moves along well enough, but as are all of Malick's films, it is in a meditative state. Thus some audiences might feel bored.
To read the entire review for The New World, head over to AICN.
The New World is an epic adventure set
amid the encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding
of the Jamestown Settlement in 1607. Inspired by the legend of John Smith
(Farrell) and Pocahontas, acclaimed filmmaker Terrence Malick transforms
this classic story into a sweeping exploration of love, loss and discovery,
both a celebration and an elegy of the America that was…and the America
that was yet to come. Against a historically accurate Virginia backdrop,
Malick has set a dramatized tale of two strong-willed characters-a passionate
and noble young native woman and an ambitious soldier of fortune-torn between
the undeniable requirements of their civic duty and the inescapable demands
of the human heart.
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