Past the marvels of the opening shots, one must admit that the performance of Farrell is the core of the failure of this movie. The storyline is predictable until it ends abruptly, thanks to the new cut I guess, the dialogs are scarce which certainly does not help the actors, but in Farrell's case... maybe it does. The director did not manage to pull a hero out of him, nor a anti hero, nor a baddie, nothing but a dull performance. The music is nice but repetitive, 2 pieces are looped and played over and over again for over 2 hours. The settings are nice but do not vary except for a welcome trip to England which deserved a less superficial treatment. Come on. Pocahontas visits the Queen. This should have been a mythical sequence. It's hardly on screen. The desperation of the settlers deserved to be explored a bit more, to make them interesting rather than plain bad guys saying they are hungry. That is how deep the movie goes...
Review of The New World
