Absolutely amazing.. It is movies like this one that makes me proud of Hollywood. Film making is supposed to be art, and this movie represents that. I am sorry, but whoever trash talks this movie, is sort of immature in my eyes.
i think its very artistic movie and has great effect from true love and the fact of life this movie theached me that reality of life is so different from dream and what is true love without sex pelationship
Beautiful peice of art he touches her and looks at her the way every man should to a woman, he doesn't fall in love with her body but her and her soul!!! Its sad that they grew apart and in the end she chooses as different path but sometimes a beautiful picture is painted not for you to enjoy it but for you to move on to the next one and only by looking at the first can you fully appreicate, understand, and love the second!!!!! If you can't understand that then your missing the entire aspect of life and its meaning! Beautiful music and a tender story (I've watched it millions of times!!!!) Always the same butterflies in my stomach completley and utterly stunning!!!
omg Exile89 you hit it on the head.
there was no dialogue, and what there was i didnt understand! you had to rely on the cinematrography to know what was going on and with all the arty shots of nothing even that was hard to follow.
and you had no idea about how much time had passed i mean come on, shots to distinguish that its a different time are easy to through in!
and not ending up with john smith in the end is was just icing on the cake.
disneys the best, it had awesome songs (even if in pocahontas 2 she got a new love interest)
i can understand why people like this film. i can apreciate the shot compostion, it was really beautiful, but it was boring as hell! it was soo slow, if it was me i would cut about an hour off it, cause all the arty shots were just boring! and i appreciate arty films, i like things that are artistcally challenging (i study media i have to look at that sorta thing all the time, hey were making an arthouse short film now) but this was just badly done, and from a director with that many years under his belt id expect a lot more!
after the whole extended bit of him living with the indians, i just ended up amusing my self by comparing the movie to Pocahontus, and finding reasons why the disney one was better. i was watching it with my dad and he were doing the same thing. by the time they got to engliand we was like "where's all the songs? and the talking tree? raccon?' but then hey they landed and their was a dog, and their was the racoon in a cage! the movie was just a bad Pochontus.
Don't you think the reason why this movie rebukes (apparently) so many viewers is because they expect an epic tale of clashing civilizations, a romance of star-crossed lovers or a novel about the first European settlements in America, and get instead a poem about trees, organic growth and the discovery and acceptance of the self and of one's place in the universe (which is very different from "resignation")? It might be judicious to see it that way before debunking it on criteria (slow, contemplative pace, few direct dialogues and such) which do not apply to it.
I can appreciate all comments on the daring aspect of the film. Its bold in its scope and accurate representation of fact. However when watching it the only thing i have seen before that i can liken it too is a 2hour long perfume commercial; Well not the entire film of course but there were these points throughout the film when he was learning the ways of the indians, when the sun is shooting through the trees and he is holding the indian women in his arms yadda yadda and i just expected it to go "Calvin Klein" or something. Don't get me wrong i appreciate the effort, and liked the contrast between the settlers and the natives, but it prob is the worst film i've seen in along time...and i've seen american dreamz another terrible film so thats saying something
how come Q'Orianka Kilcher is not on the actors list? she was amazing in this film especially seeing as she was only 14 when they started filming it!!!
THIS IS THE WORST MOVIE I'LL EVER SEE IN MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE!!! TOTAL WASTE OF TIME!!! STARE AT THE CELLING IS BETTER THAN THAT!!! MY GOD!! I WANTED TO KILL MYSELF WHEN I WAS WATCHING THIS F***** MOVIE!!!
DON'T WATCH IT!!!
Oh my god!! i am so dissapointed!! i mean i know it's Colin Farrell but it was a lousy movie.. didn't even watched it till the end! i really regret watching it!!
And at the end, when Pocahontas goes back to England, it is leading you to believe that she will end up with John Smith, yet she chooses the other guy?
I hope you die, you inconsiderate little fucker.
Next time you ruin the ending to a film I'm desperate to see, I'll bury your name.
way to "educational" for me.. and it was totally boring..
you would think colin farrell would make a better movie then this..then again..
This movie...was so bad.
It tried to do way too many things. And it suffered from HORRIBLE dialogue and a very weak plotline. Much of the dialogue (especially during parts where John Smith or Pocahontas were narrating) wasn't even understandable! Then again, I don't know how I should expect to understand a movie where 50% of it was silent without ANY dialogue at all!
I'm guessing this movie showed a timespan of at least like 20 years or something, but you weren't even able to realize it because it jumped around so much. And at the end, when Pocahontas goes back to England, it is leading you to believe that she will end up with John Smith, yet she chooses the other guy?
The ONLY good parts about this film were that the filming and scenery were amazing...whoever was the cameraman really knew what he was doing. And the acting was...eh, decent.
But this is a classic example of why a movie can utterly fail with a weak plotline and horrendous dialogue. Disney's version is better.
This is a very beautiful film. Visually stunning, and with a poetic feel for the soulfulness of a tribal culture. While the narration is not always as good as the visuals and the onscreen acting from the leads, this film is a rare achievement that will be remembered when many a crowd-pleasing popcorn epic has been forgotten. This is a hearty meal, not junk food cinema.
the disney version of pocahontas is a lot better. this was an okay movie but not the best. it was boring for half the movie and the end was sad. the disney one will always be the best.
I prefer the disney version. This was a great movie, but they marketed it as a love story between john smith and pocahontas and then it drug out passed that and was more like a story of her life. I liked it, but I think it's just one of those movies you can say you've seen and then from then on not watch it. It was good, but I can't see myself actually being in the mood to see it again.
Absulutely amazing, I consider it the best American film of 2005 and my favorite Malick film thus far.
Well it was a little slow at times, but enjoyable. I think Christian Bale should have played John Smith (or they should of given him a bigger part at least), because he was a much more versatile actor than Collin Farrel (who looks constipated throughtout the movie) Kilcher (sp?) was AMAZING as Pocahontas!! The scenery was beautiful, and some of the quotes gorgeous.
I thought it was good but I didn't get to finish it all..it was just to long and they barely talked..it was long but was good scenery I would think....not to sure to recommend though
