Slow, inaudible, and unwatchable

Rating: 1/10 (26 April 2008)

I really had a lot of patience for this movie to get going. I sat there for over 20 minutes, in between the bad and displaced classical music, to see the plot between the characters. And nothing. The sound quality was just awful throughout and that was only the first of the major annoyances.
Sure, the fort of Jamestown was accurate, but I hardly think those peoples spoke in parables and poems the entire time. The dialogue was about as misplaced as the latest Australian version of "MacBeth", with Shakespearan language and modern scenery and weapons. Getting to the point, the dialogue was unreal in a bad way.
I don't remember ever reading about Captain Smith having such a fancy sword for such an average man at the time. I wish it was more straight forward with real dialogue so the audience could get into it. The director did a much better job in Saving Private Ryan. But this was a waste of time. Thin Red Line wasn't too much better than this, but at least it was better.
Overall, its unfortunate that this is the only movie with historical Jamestown shown in it. "F"