Fear Factor + One. Perfect. Shot. ≠ Tarkovsky

If Leonard DiCaprio doesn't win The Oscar; I will be more done than a white girl that went to Starbuck just to find out that they were all out of triple espresso mochaccino lattes.

At first I thought Iñárritu was simply doing a parody of Malick and Peckinpah. Then I realised that this was meant to be taken seriously.

My brain is struggling to process complete sentences after this film, but I'll give it a try...

I really don't wanna oversell this, but "The Revenant" is one of the most stunning, visceral moviegoing experiences I've ever had. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is working on another level as a storyteller, channeling his pure, auteur-driven vision onto the screen. It's visually astounding (Emmanuel Lubezki is a force of nature behind the camera), intense, and emotionally fulfilling. Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy also turn in some of the best work of their careers.

Beautiful

This movie scared me off at first. Guess I was looking for something that didn't make me feel like an empty void in the first 30-ish minutes.

I'm not one to leave a film unfinished so I went on ahead and continued. Damn. It's really good. I regret taking my time.

Beautiful.

“He's afraid. He knows how far I came to find him.”

Best: Acting, direction, cinematography, costume design
Worst: Dream sequences, pacing
Notable Bit: Due to production being behind schedule, the snow melted during the location shoot in Canada before filming was complete. With summer rapidly approaching, there was no choice but to relocate the entire production to southern Argentina, where there were similar wintry conditions.

8.3/10

one of those movies you appreciate more for its scope and ambition in terms of filmmaking than you appreciate from a story perspective

Can breathtaking cinematography save an inert, generic plot? Unfortunately, it can't, and "The Revenant" comes off as underwhelming and lightweight.

Some good: the bear scene, the vast nature, the sense of history.
Some bad: Failed attemp to weave in mysticism, failed attempt to weave in stolen daughter thread, overlong, overwrought. In the end, I had lost interest. There was definitely a five star film in there somewhere.

Tom Hardy's illegible John Fitzgerald is more interesting than DiCaprio's Hugh Glass, change my mind. Great visuals as well though

This movie is more than just a guy staying warm by getting into a dead bear, but it's also just exactly that. I sort of hate this is the movie Leo won an academy award for. I too can go into a harsh weather ridden place and make a movie, does that mean I'm gonna get an academy award especially if the movie is only good for it's cinematography (which it would be if I made it)?

We can only imagine, or maybe someday find out...