Beautiful movie with excellent cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki and a star-making performance by Q'Orianka Kilcher.

My only problem was that it could have been edited a bit better.

I finally managed to see this in the cinema last weekend in the UK. It was the 150 minute cut.

I liked the cinematography and the soundtrack more than the actual content, but it definitely had its moments. I would still buy it as it looked beautiful and the hour long doc sounds ok too.

i'll buy this, I fell to sleep near the end sadly and I loving it

i might give this a watch but it would probably bore me but it's got colin farrell and I love him<3 whoa that girl is as old as me and she got to make out w/ colin! NOW that is luck, you wouldnt have to pay me!!

I heartily enjoyed the film, and Malick's approach to the material. I thought it was absorbing, methodical, and uniquely beautiful. At the same time I don't blame those who didn't care for the film. I've actually never really cared for Malick before, but this is one effort that really worked for me (I was distracted by the never-ending cameo parade of A-listers in "The Thin Red Line."
I'm interested in seeing the longer version (I caught the film on it's wide theatrical release so I didn't get to see the original cut.) I've heard this shorter version is actually more accesible and has a better flow. Any word on multiple versions?

Actually, Malick himself decided to further edit the film for pacing reasons. I was able to see the longer version in NY before I saw the current one here in Jersey. I thought the shorter one was actually better because Malick seemingly on cut small, unimportant bits out of scenes. It just felt smoother and was a great film. I hope they release both versions for archival purposes, but I'd still rather watch the 135 min version.

Looks super boring and Colin still owes me for the time and money I spent sitting through the piece of c**p that was Alexander.  But I'll rent it solely on Colin's presence.

Jersey Jedi wrote: Actually, Malick himself decided to further edit the film for pacing reasons. I was able to see the longer version in NY before I saw the current one here in Jersey. I thought the shorter one was actually better because Malick seemingly on cut small, unimportant bits out of scenes. It just felt smoother and was a great film. I hope they release both versions for archival purposes, but I'd still rather watch the 135 min version.

Intresting, for the first bit. Great idea, for the seond.

This is one of the most beautifully shot movies I've ever seen. I was very pleasantly surprised with this one for some reason, even though I loved all the other Malick movies I've seen, I guess it was the fact that he wanted to re-edit it after it was released....

It dragged on.  It felt longer than King Kong

SUCH A GREAT MOVIE. Screamingly underrated, I hope this makes it's money on dvd. Awesome editing, unconventional, beautiful cinematography & a return to form with the score by James Horner.

Excellent. I heard this was great.

Erm David Blackwell wrote: It is  shame we don't get deleted scenes since this is the 135 minute cut of The New World.
We'll get a 3-4 hour long EXTENDED CUT of The New World, surprised the good folks who run this site didn't mention this...

"But, more importantly, she said New Line has agreed to release an extended cut of the film, even longer than the 155 minute cut, to DVD. Again, this was info straight from Producer Sarah Green."

"Green: Terry cut it immediately for DVD and was pleased with the extended version."

I thought this film was stunning. I kind of found it to be a counterpart to Thin Red Line. This being a film about celebrating humanity, while Thin Red Line examined the dark nature of it. I also wish Hans Zimmer composed it instead of Horner, he did his best work on Thin Red Line with Malick.

The first and last 45 minutes were great. But the middle (also 45 minutes long) just dragged on and on... Still, a good movie well worth seeing, especially if you're a history buff or fan of Malick.