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The New World (2005)
"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 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. (read more)
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The New World Movie Review by AJ  (6/30/2006) |
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A beautiful, detailed, and richly-textured account of the establishment of Jamestown in 1607, and primarily the relationship between Captain John Smith and Pocahontas. Luckily, this has much more going for it than Disney's horrid 1995 Pocahontas cartoon. Director Terrence Malick has done a truly splendid job of recreating...
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| The New World Movie Review by Max (2/24/2006) |
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Like Ang Lee, Terrence Malick, who last directed The Thine Red Line back in '98, is one of those directors who goes into hiding for a while, not directing any films, and then comes out of nowhere with gold. Though in his new film, that is exactly what some of the characters are searching for in the film... but in real...
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| The New World Movie Review by Matthew (1/3/2006) |
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English settlers land in what will become Virginia, meeting the "Naturals", the Indian tribe who lives in the area. Captain Newport (Christopher Plummer) stops the planned hanging of Captain John Smith (Colin Farrell), asking him to lead an expedition to the north, to meet the indigenous tribe's leader. Smith soon meets...
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| The New World Movie Review by Thom (11/21/2007) |
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Holy crap.
At best, A New World could be described as a niche art-house film with its over abundance of lengthy tone poems, lack of dialogue, and absence of action, story push, or character development. Instead the audience is subjected to landscapes of untouched wilderness set to yet another James Horner lay-up score,...
(complete The New World review by Thom)
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