The New World 2005

Gorgeous cinematography, as usual with Mallick. The length, and unconventional narrative may keep some people away, but the characters, events and locations envelop you in this world and keep you invested. Seems very accurate too.

This film as with most Malick is pure meditation.

Seriously ? 33% for the best story of Pocahontas ever told ?

The picture is magnificent, the attention to details is astonishing and acting is great from start to end.

But, yes, it's a Mallick movie. So it's slow, poetic and will bore people who wants to see talking trees and songs with animals.

The New World was good. The first hour was incredibly beautiful in a slow, natural, wordless way, but unfortunately the movie never really returns to that. Instead, that's followed by an extended visual treatise on how man am become death, the destroyer of The New World, before spending the final third following a far less interesting romance. This is definitely the worst role I've ever seen Christian Bale play. The very authentic production and set design were great, as was the score and Chivo's cinematography. I suspect I would have preferred the much shorter regular version rather than the extended cut I watched.

I can understand why someone rates this movie a 10. I can as easily understand why someone rates it 1.

It is a love-or-hate one. Not the kind of movie you watch casualy over a beer and chips. I felt like watching a mix of Dances with Wolves, 2001: A Space Odyssee and some David Attenborough BBC nature documentary. It isn´t a movie for me, at least not at the moment but I refuse to give it a bad rating because I see what the director wanted to achieve. And technically this is really well made. So I gave it a kind of neutral 5.

After finishing "The New World", I was lost with words. Not because the film is bad or anything. But, well...oh damn.

It's been awhile since a movie moved me like this did. With gorgeous landscapes and the undiscovered country had a sense of adventure to it. Visually captivating and a emotionally rich film. This is Terrence Malick at his best. The only director out there that knows and understands the human soul. And Lubezki is the man that presents his vision in the most unique way. Seriously, those two are dynamite.

"The New World" has some many things going on that you can't keep up with it. Not to mention it's 3 hours long and I only found that out after it was over. And quite honestly, I didn't care.

I saw the extended cut (172 min) for the first time. What an experience. An absolute instant masterpiece. Initially I saw the Theatrical Cut on DVD few years ago and while I was floored by the visuals and the music, I was troubled by the editing. To a degree that I wasn't even sure if the story was in sequence.

I had no such problem with this extended cut. The story flowed so much better and everything was clear to me. It was so easy to watch and not once I got bored.

Another beautiful movie by Malick

Mallick is a brilliant filmmaker. It is a shame that more people don't have the patience to see his amazing vision and cinematic experience.