About The New World

Rating: 5/10 (30 August 2018)

I watched this movie because of a History Through Film class. In this movie, the filmmaker is telling the story of Pocahontas and John Smith. It shows us how they met and how they went about their journey. I noticed that because this film was made in 2005, there were not much special effects. I also noticed that the technology used was not as high tech as movies are now. This movie made me question its historical accuracy because the English accent was not the same as it was in the past. Also, Pocahontas's age in the movie is portrayed to be older when in reality she was only 10. This movie reminded me of Hunger Games because of the way the filmmaker cut to scenes of nature. I liked how the filmmaker let the actors do their own thing in the movie. It makes the movie more authentic. I also liked how John Smith was Portrayed as a quiet hero because it brings a sense of mystery. One thing I didn't like was the fact John didn't fight very hard to be with Pocahontas. Overall, I think the movie is ok, but not very action packed. It was a little hard to sit through without dozing off. I would watch other movies by this director because I like the nature scenes. It was certainly an interesting movie.