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I saw a movie on the shelf at the rental place and checked it out. The New World, starring Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer, and Christian Bale. With a cast like that I was surprised that I had never even heard of the movie before, which I think came out late 2005. The story is about the founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia in the early 17th Century. Much of the story deals with the struggles of the colony as well as John Smith's relationship with Pocohontas. After reading some comments on it at IMDB.com I found that some people loved it while others thought it was incredibly boring. The director for this movie also directed The Thin Red Line, so you can kind of tell how it would take a surreal, slow pace.I have mixed feelings about the movie….interesting to watch, but I agree it was perhaps a bit too “spacey” for me. Perhaps if I were to watch it a second time I'd appreciate it much more. Anyone seen it?
I've seen it. I thought the costumes and sets were dead on but the movie in my opinion focused too much on Smith and Pocahontus.
I admit I never saw the Disney Pocohontas, but….wasn't John Smith banished from Jamestown at some point, only to go away and establish some other town? And did Pocohontas end up marrying the other guy in the end (can't recall his name at the moment)?
I admit I never saw the Disney Pocohontas, but….wasn't John Smith banished from Jamestown at some point, only to go away and establish some other town? And did Pocohontas end up marrying the other guy in the end (can't recall his name at the moment)?
Spot on, she married John Rolfe, he of tobacco fame. She was far too young for Smith (she about 11[,] he about 27) and likely only saved him from a mock execution (initiation as a brave friend of the tribe). souce: Unsolved Mysteries of American History by Paul Aron.
