Eventually, Smith is befriended by Pocahontas, the daughter of the local native king, and the two fall for each other. The movie later works a subplot of Pocahontas' transformation into a Lady of England until her untimely demise.

The picture was pretty in spots, but that was only during the points I saw where I wasn't in a coma.

The was very little need for acting in this picture. Most of the performances came from looks and voice overs. Of course, director Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line), who also scripted the picture, has the images littered with voice overs from Smith and Pocahontas, which are so muttled, it's like trying to understand someone with marbles in his or her mouth.

The movie runs 2 hours, 10 minutes, so it moves faster than Malick's last movie (Line), but it moves through the plot quickly and comes to a screeching halt many times over with lengthy shots of Smith and Pocahontas staring at each other or touching each other. It was aggravating. It's enough to put you to sleep for sure.

Malick's shot selection was confusing at many times. The man seems to LOVE worm's eye views on people for no apparent reason. Also, the picture was edited with this style of jump cutting which again bears no reason, so the style wasn't worth seeing the movie for.

I thought newcomer Q'Orianka Kilcher did well as Pocahontas in spots, but overall, the role, like many others in the film, only consisted of staring. I can stare. Put me in the movie.

Overall, this movie doesn't need to be seen on the big screen. If you're THAT interested in seeing it, I'd wait until it's released on DVD. The only reason I didn't give this movie my worst rating is because it was bearable, even though some sequences were painful. When compared to Malick's "The Thin Red Line," at least "The New World" had a resemblance of a plot.