Lanscape, scenery, atmosphere: A+.
Acting - can't comment, don't like DiCaprio. Sufficient job for a part with little actual acting. He lost me though, towards the end, when I saw his hands and fingers hacking and handling a stick. Those hands look like boys hands, never saw a hard day. Didn't fit the character. I'm not being picky here -> I wasn't looking for it -> It just kind of ended the believability of the character - not a conscious decision. B+.
Story ... Too much disney with the repeat of what the Indian said earlier as the movie's final philisophical statement. B.
It's worth watching just for the landscapes, cool first battle scene. For a while I thought it was a great movie, but by the end - I'd say - pretty good movie with great great beautiful scenes, filming, Dicaprio not being a part of that, although he didn't detract, and if I wasn't biased against him I would say he did a really good job. Except ... they should have had him chop a cord of wood to get his hands in shape. He has the hands of a 17 year old office worker, not a guy who just survived death 47 times.
I agree. You could have put others in that roll, although Dicaprio has a certain screen presence. Hard to take your eyes off of him.
I think the problem is in the scene selection and editing. I’m sure they tossed some scenes that were more with some interaction of the Indians and with Glass. They kept way too many minutes on other things.
For example, I still don’t understand the significance of the burnt out Indian village Did the French do that.
And he did fire his pistol twice while riding.