I prefer the Disney version but this wasn't bad

Rating: 6/10 (30 August 2018)

I watched The new world for my history through film class. We watched this movie to get the understanding of the life of Pocahontas(Rebecca) and when John Smith and the English settlers came to Jamestown,Virginia.

This movie is about how everything changed for the Natives when the English settlers came to Jamestown,Virginia. When the English came to Jamestown they started doing expeditions of the terrain. During an expedition Captain John Smith lead some troops around some terrain and that's when the Natives attacked the group and took John Smith as captive. John Smith was about to be killed and then Pocahontas saved his life by taking her head and putting it on her chest and so now she has to teach him the ways of the Naturals.

I thought this movie was well made because in 2005 they actually had tech and effects that would look good. By the way the actors/actresses were dressed I could tell that the time period they were basing the time period in the 1600's. The effects were good, the war and everything else they showed in this film were good. I thought that the acting was good, the actors did a good job - Christian Bale.
I would question the historical accuracy on the dialect that was used for the English settlers.Colin Farrell spoke more towards his Irish accent than an English accent . With the dialect I also thought the language of the English settlers would have been more of older type of talk than what was used like a modern language. But besides the dialect I would say the historical accuracy was good.
I have seen connections made between Disney's Pocahontas and The new world .The movie Pocahontas also shows when she saves John Smith's life and etc...
I liked the actors in this movie.
I liked how this movie showed how life was like for the Naturals and the English settlers.
I liked the different soundtracks used in this movie.
The only thing I didn't like was how there was limited talking because it made the film seem longer than what it was.
Overall I liked this film.I thought this movie was good and I liked how it showed the history for how it was like when the English settlers came to Jamestown,Virginia and I liked how it showed how both sides saw this event occur. I would like to see more movies with some of the same actors ,such as Christian Bale and Colin Farrell. I think I might want to watch another film directed by Terrance Malick.