Vague, confused mess

Rating: 5/10 (18 August 2006)

It's bad enough we slaughtered them, riddled them with disease and scattered their tribes. Mr. Malich has now exploited them with this impressionistic music-video in the guise of a feature epic. Colin Farrell seems truly intoxicated throughout. Christian Bale is an uncharacteristic drip. Christopher Plummer seems to be gliding around like St. Peter on a winged chariot. David Thewlis wastes his talents on a cheesy cameo. But the nature pictures and the soundtrack were so very, very pretty. They garnered my 5 vote. Why, after all these decades, can't a decent historical film be made from good solid research and decent scripting?