The New World

"…in the beginning all the World was America, and more so than it is now.”
- John Locke, Second Treatise on government (1690)

If you want to get lost in America as it was at the beginning of the 17th century, it's time to rush to the movie theater and to get lost amid this visually superb presentation of an epic adventure set amid the encounter of European and Native American cultures during the founding of the Jamestown Settlement in 1607.

The story is inspired by the legend of John Smith (Farrell) and Pocahontas. The acclaimed filmmaker Terrence Malick (Director of The Thin Red Line-1998, Days of Heaven-1973) has proved his mantle again by transforming this classic story into a sweeping exploration of love, loss and discovery. The film is set against a historically accurate Virginia backdrop and it tells a dramatized tale of two strong-willed characters-a passionate and noble young native woman and an ambitious soldier of fortune-torn between the undeniable requirements of their civic duty and the inescapable demands of the human heart. The leading casts include Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale, August Schellenberg.

We feel one must experience this film in theater and not in home by clicking the remote control, even if you have the best home theater set of the newest world. The film is rated PG-13 for some intense battle sequences. Here is the official site of the film: thenewworldmovie.com