a cinematic Visionary

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 2006)

Terrence Malick has put together a cinematic Visionary, yet Big Mammas House 2 rakes in 12 million over the weekend. It is a shame that many people will not see The New World. I don't know if it is the fact that New Line Cinema did a pathetic job at marketing it, or we as Europeans are too guilty to see what we have stolen from the true Americans. Once again we have swept it under the rug like we have been doing for so many decades. Terrence Malick has put together a work of art that many will unfortunately not see. First let me start off by saying that once again like The Thin Red Line,the cinematography is extraordinary. I felt as if I could touch the nature surrounding me. This film is more like a mode of transport in every sense of a masterpiece, because Malick is so effective with his use of the photography, sound, and minimal dialog. The soundtrack is such a great combination of nature , and an epic score done by James Horner. This is his best work since TITANIC. In all sense , this is a romance. Not only Smith and Pocahontas' love of each other, but the Romance of America. I have never had a film effect me emotionally in so many ways. I cried in sadness, and in joy, as well as feel anger and disgust.I fell in love with Q'orianka Kilcher's Pocahantas. Why she is not nominated for best actress is a crime. And when we first see Pocahontas wearing European clothes and trying to adjust to walking in shoes, It was a true feeling of disgust and sadness. It was like a symbolic breaking point of European take-over, and we as viewers have to decide if Pocahantas has lost a sense of who she is. Bottom line this story celebrates the life of Pocahontas, and is told and filmed very much like a poem. Many people are going to skip this movie because of the very thought of a 2 and a half hour poem, but for me, I was sad when it ended because I did not want to leave The New World.