One of my favorites...

Rating: Null/10 (25 December 2009)

I watch this movie at least twice a year. I get so bored and annoyed with the high-tech, action-packed, modern-themed or future-themed nonsense that is produced today that watching The New World brings me back to the pleasure that a movie CAN be.
Anyone interested in cultural anthropology or American history will love this movie. I'm sure that certain liberties were taken in the story, but that is to be expected since very little was documented about this initial contact in Virginia.
The music plus the cinematography is so soothing and beautiful. Imagine yourself in 1607 coming upon a new land. Or imagine yourself being one of the "naturals" seeing these floating houses arrive in your area.
It's fascinating to see the culture clash here. Although it's sad that European disease and greed wiped out the happy, thriving indigenous culture that was already established here, it is still a fascinating story.