did the job for me

Rating: 8/10 (26 June 2008)

i know it's cool to hate a film that colin farrell stars in, but i had to like the new world. for one, it's malick, and you can hate all you want, but he makes his owns movies and, if you don't like them, then you're just not patient enough. the bottom line is that movies need to do a couple of things for an audience. they need to entertain--i thought the storyline was fine here. they need to take you to another place--it did. never did it talk down to me, never did it look pitiful, never did it insult my intelligence. history buffs, puh-leeze, it's a movie with some peruvian fifteen-year-old playing pocahontas. deal with it. i hope my four-year old son will appreciate the storytelling of malick, who, despite people on the message boards, peaked with days of heaven, but still has some tricks up his sleeve. this movie did poorly at the box office, but i think it deserves a chance.