Malicks shame.

Rating: 6/10 (30 November 2007)

Now, just to get one thing totally clear before you read the rest. I love Terrence Malick, he's one of my favorite directors who sadly only have made 4 films. OK, perhaps I had high expectations to it seeing how both The Thin Red Line and Badlands are in my top 50 but this film where just a major mistake. My main problem with it where partly, "It where boring", and coming from me most average movie goers probably died. I prefer it to move slow, I even prefer anti-climaxes over climaxes, but I was almost bored to tears with this one. I where so surprised that Malick where unable to create beauty or excitement into this. The frames where basically dead and the cinematography what you would expect from your average nobody for not to mention the poor editing. Now this is mostly not Malicks fault but he should at least have worked with talented people. The acting where very wooden to and Jesus Christ that screenplay lacked any sense of true dept. I'm sad to say this fellow Malick fans but I think the man failed delivering what he could have made and although it wasn't much to start with he could have made it into a great film, sadly he didn't. I'm looking forward to his next film though, seeing how soon after this it actually comes I hope its a sign on that he knows what crappy job he did and that he's now trying to make it OK again. I just have to say this: The New World bored me and I'm the guy who's at the end of his seat watching Stalker and 2001, two movies generally bashed for being slow. This film where lacking all qualities of Malicks previous work and I'm extremely sad to say I can't go higher that a 6/10, and thats being extremely nice.