Overrated and overhyped

Overrated

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Seriously, the acting is not bad, I have seen worse. The fact that there are anachronisms aplenty and a serious dumbing down of history for UK audiences is tolerable. That the misogyny among the British is shown, but the even deeper misogyny among the native Americans is not, is OK to. That the British are seen as stealing land, but the native tribes there, who were recent arrivals after killing proceeding native tribes is not mentioned? OK as well.That the three lead women are dressed as they are, in clean clothes and clean personal hygiene is ridiculous, OK there too. The premise of the three women, especially the absurd outright conniving of the lead blonde is hilariously shallow. But, sure why not.That the really bad guy, is the guy with scars is the straw that breaks the camels back. it is ironic how such hamfisted and acrobatic political correctness makes the person with disability or disfigurement the bad guy over and over.

A colony of men are on land to work on or purchase their own land. Ran by higher anarchy of men, who regulate laws and oversee the "town". Certain men have their chance to purchase a wife, as they do so, the women are sent to the town, by ship, to serve the men as their wives. At first, when the women arrive, men are smitten, forceful, and aggressive over the women they would like to marry. Along the way, The women stick up for themselves and help their husbands through their troubles. Some, however, fall in love with men who are not their husbands. There was a ship full of women but we only see the main three and two others: The red head, the brunette, the blonde, the governor's wife and mistress castell's maid (supplied by her husband.) Where are the other women??? Only three men were able to purchase women??? A poor man whose worked hard for his money and saved to send for a wife (OK). An older drunk man, who drinks all of the time...(not sure how he was able to purchase a wife)...and a man of high statue (this one makes the most sense). The women arrive and they begin to figure out misfortunes in the town. I thought this would be a "we women should stick together" type of story but no. They barely talk to each other. Silus and Alice hold each other all the time. Too many times. There's a lot of kissing but no sex. Not that it matters but it will play up the point of purchasing a wife for that time period. I'm sure the men didn't buy wives for a working partner. The women are, for the most part, clean yet the men are always filthy. How are the women bathing but the men aren't? Except for the doctor and the men of high stature. Even the poor men's wives are clean.

Why are the accents modern day English? The English accent was equivalent to the modern Northern American. In other words, in 1607 even the British SOUNDED American. When will TV and movies get this straight? If British actors are imported for the appearance of "authentic", when is the UK going to get with it? The massive shift to the "modern" accent was not complete before at least 1750, and most of it occurred between 1700-1750.

Not sure how this passed the pre screenings. Poorly done, over acted,real nasty depiction of early settlers, but at least their clothes are clean and they always self clean, even after wolf attacks. Wait a minute, wolf attacks! When did that ever happen? Not sure any of the writers ever did more than open an encyclopedia and look up Jamestown. Not sure how they think they can get a large 17th century cargo vessel deep in the mouth of a river and moored at a 20 foot dock either. So I suspect no one on the writing staff has ever been near a large ship or out on the water. Really cannot believe people are being paid real money to produce erroneous cliché ridden nonsense like this, but I guess they are. Snore.