Fox News got to see an advance screening last week of Terrence Malick's new movie, "The New World" and his written up the first official reaction to the much-anticipated Colin Farrell-led release. Here's a glimpse:
""The New World" is surreal, slow, confusing, choppy and just plain weird. I mean this in the best way -- it's really interesting filmmaking. But it's also psychedelic and kooky. Farrell... has a lot of inner monologues -- there is very little dialogue in the movie at all. Then there is the matter of nothing happening for a long time. It's only at the 90 minute mark that there's a real bloody skirmish between the Indians and the Brits.
It doesn't last long, however. About 35 minutes or so later, the movie finally picks up unexpected speed when Rolfe takes Pocahontas to England. Malick's eye is so keen that putting Pocahontas in this setting suddenly enlivens the entire film. It may be too late, though. At that point, we've spent too much time in the Virginia woods.
You will find much brilliance in "The New World." Sometimes I felt like Malick made the dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History come alive. The scenes on the ships are enough to keep you captivated. But I worry that "The New World" won't find a mass audience. I wish it didn't have to. Malick is a superior filmmaker. This film may turn out to have critical legs, but it's almost too much to digest in the face of other more, shall we say, coherent productions."
For the full review, click here.
Thanks to 'Dust Bunny'.
