Beautiful sweeping movie

Rating: 7/10 (8 May 2011)

Like watching a poem, it's poetic, artful and as stunning as a moving painting. Terrance Malick's films are an acquired taste. There is very little dialogue but the film doesn't need it, it's story is told through expressions, music and cinematography. Each word is meant to be meaningful and not wasted.
The settings are authentic and real, you feel as if you are transported to the 17th century. It makes you appreciate the trials the early settlers had to go through. The New World is not my favorite movie of all time, but I have an appreciation for the way Malick brings this movie to life. It makes you think and feel each frame of the film is given much thought