Really Slow! 3/10

Rating: 3/10 (15 September 2013)

Review: Man, this film was boring! Maybe that was because it was over 2 hours long with hardly any dialogue. The whole film relied on the vision and emotions from the characters which does get tedious after a while. I liked the beginning when Farrell had to learn how to live with the natives, but after that the whole film goes all over the place and the lady character gets pushed into uncomfortable situations. The pace of the film is REALLY slow and I struggled to stay awake. The ending is rushed without much consideration for the audience who has spent 2 hours following the characters journey. I personally thought that the film captured the time period well, but it cold have easily been shorter because the director wasted a lot of time showing the characters walking through grass stroking each other. Disappointing!
Round-Up: The film shows Collin Farrell and Christian Bale earlier on in the career they became household names. Christopher Plummer is only in a couple of scenes and Christian Bale only comes I near the end. You don't get to see Bale & Farrell together on screen, but they both put in average performances, due to the pace of the whole movie. If you liked the Tree Of Life, which I personally couldn't stand, then you will enjoy this film because it is made by the same director who also made the Thin Red Line. In all, it is what you expect from this director and I'm sure that I missed the whole moral of the story like I did in that awful Tree Of Life.
Budget: $30million Worldwide Gross: $30.5million
I recommend this movie to people who are into there deep period drama's movies that are set in 1607 when the Americans were fighting for land with the natives. 3/10