[Western Cinema] Leonardo DiCaprio & Tom Hardy in Alejandro G. Iñárritu's 'The Revenant'

Everything was great but the story was a bit boring to me. Way too many coincidences, completely took me out of the movie and just watching the insane cinematography, sound design, and a lot of times the acting was tremendous. Inarritu is changing the landscape right now, only going to get bigger and better.

Average Leo movie IMO. He's been better in his career, and he wasn't the best even just in this movie. He didn't pull off the father angle very well. His character didn't get me to care about him and that's more a writing problem. In fact I was kind of rooting for even more things to happen to him because the cinematography was executed so well.

I don't regret watching it, but wouldn't watch it again except in highlights form.

 

if you like the way movies "look" you should never miss a Lubezki film

 

especially on the big screen, right? I will probably go see it again while it's out. Just incredible to look at every frame. No opportunity or shot is wasted. It's like a 3-our art gallery.

 

Me and my friend saw it, we both felt somewhat let down in a way. I think Cooper and Murph ruined it for future movies by how amazing their father-child relationship was.

I felt nothing with him and his son, there was too many flashbacks with them two shoving it down our throats.

The scenery was amazing but no theatre amc or otherwise had any imax showing....?? That was disappointing.

The story in itself didnt hit any cords, just another revenge story where everything was predictible. There was no surprises at all!

I was really excited about it and wished there was more fighting instead of just discovery channel survival, dragged a bit...

Couldn't understand Hardy much either..

 

Didn't realize how many of his movies I'd already watched. Fantastic. Tree of Life is an insane piece of cinematography.

Even this ad:

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You know it's essentially a true story, right?

 

It would've been a lot better if they used the story from the book but with the movies ending.

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way too many flashback/dream sequences. He didn't even have a son or wife in the book. Also the French weren't enemy and no Indians following to find a girl

 

These awards are dumb, 86 people vote in the Golden Globes, it's a tiny sample which is why you get strange winners. Who cares what 86 strangers think about anything?

Fell asleep after 15 minutes of Revenant so can't speak to it beyond that.

 

Wow, what an incredible and brutal movie!

I don't see why everyone is trying to pit Leo vs Tom in this and who acted better. I thought they both did great in this.

Acting isn't just about having lines in English lol. In this movie
Leo displays so many emotions, you see the despair, the anger, sadness, vengeance, happiness. I am not sure who else will be up for best actor but this is as good a shot as any for Leo to win it.

I had no idea the movie was almost 3 hours and it sure did not feel like 3 hours to me. The movie moved along quite well. As others have said the cinematography in this was incredible and really needs to be seen on the big screen.

 

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I saw this yesterday.

I would give it about a 7 out of 10. Obviously, the cinematography, stunts, and acting were top notch. The story is also compelling...but in the end it's just a very grim story that drags at times. Of course, the gorgeous scenery helps carry through these slow moments in the movie but it felt like much more could have been fleshed out with the characters before moving into the main story.

Also, much of the story is complete fiction. There is no evidence he had a "son" murdered by Fitzgerald. There was no Indian band killing trappers to find an indian chief's daughter Powaqa. It's been disputed whether Jim Bridger actually was one of the people who abandoned Hugh Glass. And lastly, when Glass finally did stumble upon Fitzgerald, it occurred at a fort in Nebraska, not the wilderness and Glass spared Fitzgerald's life because of the penalty for killing a US Soldier at the time (which Fitzgerald reportedly was).

I get movie "license" to liven up the story. But all things considered, these were some pretty large changes to a story purportedly "based on a true story".

Nevertheless, I enjoyed the film (if enjoyed is the right word). It certainly felt raw and real and showed me real life legends (Glass, Bridger) who are famous here in Montana where I live. Would recommend.

 

Saw it last night, and was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Saw a lot of people being a little underwhelmed so my expectations were lowered, but I really thought it was great. Acting, directing, and camerawork were amazing.

Only issue I have is that it absolutely ran way too long by at least 30 minutes or so. By the end I kinda found myself just ready for it to be over rather than excited for the finish. Other than that...really great movie.

8.5/10 for me.

 

Kind of hated it. Boring movie.

 

As a man, I loved this movie...

 

Exactly. And as a man who loves long back-packing trips, I doubly loved this movie.

And as a man who loves long back-packing trips with puncture wounds from native arrows, I triply loved this movie.

 

Agreed. They gave an Oscar to a guy who didn't speak much last year. Leo's expressions were fantastic.