The New World
This weekend we saw The New World, a film by Terrence Mallick. I really liked it. We went to see it at an "arty" theater that is usually filled with an older crowd that often seems out of place. (There's nothing quite like watching the lesbian scenes in Mulholland Drive with men older than your grandfather shifting uncomfortably in their seats behind you.) So maybe they haven't heard of Terrence Malick. Maybe they didn't see The Thin Red Line, and weren't aware that the pace of his movies is sleepily surreal. At the end of the movie there was a lot of grumbing from the people around us about how boring it was and how it was a waste of two hours. Anyway - my point is that I LOVED IT. Four of us went to see it and we all liked it. It had a leisurely pace to it, but the story was really great. It's basically an interpretation of the life of Pocahontas and her interactions with the colonists and John Smith. If you don't mind movies with a slow pace and lots of romance, then I'd say go see it. It was awesome. I don't even really like Collin Ferrel that much, but he was good and Christian Bale was in it. Collin Ferrel AND Christian Bale. And they actually had accents. How could those other people in the theater be bored?
By the way, the husband has started upudating his blog again. You can go check it out and pressure him not to let another year lapse between entries.
Posted by jen at January 22, 2006 07:38 PM
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I *love* Christian Bale. Love him. Have you seen the Machinist? He's not very cute in it, but great movie.
Posted by: Carrie at January 23, 2006 09:00 AM
Colin Farrel is nasty. And that is why I adore him. My man has a boy-crush on Christian Bale, so I am sure we will be going to see this movie.
Posted by: Sarah at January 23, 2006 09:44 AM
I really wanna see this movie... I love CB but not as big a fan of CF.
Can't wait!
Machinist is a seriously serious movie though... not for the faint of heart.
Posted by: frecklegirl at January 31, 2006 12:54 AM
