Thoughtful and Beautiful

Rating: 7/10 (4 June 2006)

Along with my brother and my nephew, I watched "The New World" late into the night. It was visually stunning in so many ways. For me a big part of the beauty of the film was the screen presence and artful performance of Q'Orianka Kilcher (How do you pronounce her first name anyway?)
Many here say the movie is slow. Perhaps it is. But this film is very subtle, it may not be possible to speed this up and still tell the story the same way. The movie held my attention all through. Other movies considered slow have almost bored me to insanity. In the case of this film, the performances held my interest, and the pacing was right for the story being told.
Was it accurate? We only have the European's letters and notes to go by. There is no documentation from the natives who were there, obviously. History will never know Matoaka's (aka Pocahontas) real thoughts about her life. I think that would make a hell of a movie.