After watching "THE NEW WORLD"

Xzavier 2022-10-15 10:15:43

Recently, there are more and more movies with more than 2 hours, and they are getting bigger and bigger. The "New World" recently launched by New Line Company is also more than two hours. The director's personal idea is said to be to shoot the collision between European colonists and the American continent, and the distributor directly said that "New World" is the real version of "Pocahontas" in order to increase the box office.

It gave me a very deep feeling from the beginning - the soundtrack should be pulled out and killed. The music at the beginning of the 5-minute long, heard the last person is close to collapse. If you don't believe it, try it.

The male protagonist plays very well, and basically it can be seen that he is a World of Warcraft fan. From beginning to end, he maintained the trance state of a necromancer. I think there is a big difference between being melancholy and being dazed and like a wandering soul. Compared with the second lieutenant Dunbar played by Costner, it is not a little bit worse.

In the description of the Indians, a lot of voiceovers are used. But when it comes to real performance, apart from the so-called vitality and simplicity in slow motion, I really don't see any good means.

The story is very, very slow. In fact, you can go to sleep several times during the whole process, and it doesn't matter if you wake up and continue watching. Blessed are those who suffer from insomnia. A super mediocre blockbuster like "New World" is worth putting on your pillow.

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The New World quotes

  • [last lines]

    Pocahontas: Mother, now I know where you live.

    John Rolfe: [reading letter] "13th of April, 1616. Dear son, I write this so that someday in the future you might understand a circumstance which shall be but a far memory to you. Your dear mother, Rebecca, fell ill in our outward passage at Gravesend. She gently reminded me that all must die. 'Tis enough, she said, that you our child, should live.'"

  • Mary: He's left you, Princess. He told you a pack of lies. Forget about him.