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Version viewed: Imax 2hr 16min Rate R (Violence, gore, language, rape, brief nudity)
I never thought I would ever say anything positive about a film with Leo DiCaprio, but The Revenant is definitely his best movie and he deserves to win the Oscar for it. Emmanuel Lubezki will win the Oscar for the best cinematography. The scenery is beautiful, with breathtaking wide angle shots, shot in the Canadian Rockies. This is a movie you should see in the theatre. DiCaprio plays Hugh Glass, a member of fur trading company with his trusty Pennsylvanian-Kentucky rifle. Another member John Fitzgerald, played by Thomas Hardy, views Glass a threat to his livelihood and there is a lot of animosity between the two of them. After Glass is mauled by a Grizzly, he is left for dead. However Glass survives, hence ‘the Revenant’.
This movie has the ethos of the Clint Eastwood westerns of the seventies. Hard, serious, violent, and gory. It is not perfect - It drags a bit in the beginning but picks up, carrying the audience through the almost impossible task of survival for Glass to the inevitable confrontation with Fitzgerald. This is the kind of movie I wish Hollywood would make on a regular bases. A simple story, beautiful scenery, haunting music by Ryûichi Sakamoto, and yes good acting.
This movie maybe signal the re-birth of the western with ‘Jane Got a Gun’ with Natalie Portman (try not to laugh) and Matthew McConaughey in “the Free State of Jonesâ€.
Three-stars
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There are few films with him that aren’t great.
He’s been in a lot of good films. He has pretty good taste in material and doesn’t make junk.
Going to see it tomorrow. Haven’t been to a movie theater since King Kong in 2005.
With every ticket you buy, several dollars go to causes that are totally antithetical to FR causes.
Please consider that before you glorify the Beast that is liberal globalist Hollywood.
Say what you want about DiCaprio - he’s a leftist and eco-freak - but the man can ACT. In my opinion, Inception, Shutter Island, and Gangs of New York (where you can clearly see he was transitioning into an adult) were some of his finest works and among my favorite films.
I’ll be going Saturday and my choice is “Revenant” or “The Big Short”.
Which would you recommend?
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I like a lot of the movies DiCaprio is in but The Revenant was so far fetched it was almost comical. I walked out of the movie wondering what the point of the movie was and questioning if it was worth the carbon footprint it took to make it.
A remake of this...which was a damn good movie.
I agree eventhough I have not seen the movie yet. I have no doubt that Leo Dicaprio happens to be one hell of an actor of his generation.
I first saw him on the TV Show Growing Pains but what really impressed me was the first movie “This Boy’s Life” with Robert De Niro but his really impressive role was his character he played Arnie Grape in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”. I like that he like to play intense roles.
Yes he is a liberal, but no one can’t take away his abilities of being a hell of an actor. I hope and pray he gets the Oscars that he deserved.
I saw it tonight and was not all that impressed. Way over the top in terms of man v. nature and a little short on credibility. One minute, Leo is inside a horse for survival, next he is in a coat that looks like it came off the rack from LL Bean. I also thought Tom Hardy gave Leo a run for his money in the acting department. A Man Called Horse, Jeremiah Johnson are (were) worthy competitors in the mountain man genre.
I downloaded it from the Internet and watched it at home. At the end it was okay but I was glad I didn’t pay a movie theaters price to see it. They took a LOT of liberties with the real story. I also liked another movie based on a real story, Bridge of Spies, much better than The Revenant.
Another good movie that I saw recently was Hateful Eight.
