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Posted at May 28, 2013, 1:10 pm:

I’m not going to give The New World the full review treatment as I’m hoping the discussion will lead us into new areas as it develops. That’s the plan anyway.

The thread is going to be a spoiler-tag free zone as I’m assuming that everyone who wants to contribute has already seen the movie. If not, read on at your peril!

I thought The New World was an exquisitely crafted, lyrical piece of cinema. I loved the languid pace, long silences and lingering shots though admit they mightn’t be everyone’s cup of tea.

Farrell does his job as the brooding Smith, accent wavering at times but always coming across as the reluctant conquistador. Christian Bale was fine at portraying a fundamentally decent man, marrying Pocahontas dutifully though suspecting her heart may lay elsewhere. I was also pleased in an, albeit brief, appearance by one of my favourite character actors, David Thewlis, as the spiteful and spineless Wingfield.

Which leads us on to Q’Orianka Kilcher’s Pocahontas. The young lady has a wonderful presence on screen, free-spirited and almost ethereal in places.

The historical aspect to The New World is probably best described as ‘wilful’ and hopefully we’ll get into the whys and wherefors later.

All in all, I liked The New World a lot. From a visual standpoint I’ve seen very little recently that can hold a candle to it and the sound on 5.1 is wonderfully subtle.

Quite how many more times I’ll want to watch it I’m not so sure…

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