Saw "The Revenant"......

[FAST FRED]

..... and found the scenery, the cinematography and the battles were awesome and worth seeing on a big screen.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663202/

However, it was a half hour too long, IMHO, and the dialog was hard to understand without subtitles.

But, the story was simple and visual enough to easily follow along.

I recall 1971’s “Man in the Wilderness” starring Richard Harris, based on the very same true story.

And I’m not sure a reimagined remake was needed, but whatever.

Anyway, Leonardo DiCaprio and director Alejandro G. Inarritu got it done and I applaud their cinematic effort.



I, myself, could have enjoyed it well enough at home.

Your thoughts?

 

[LonghornCatholic]

On a scale from one to ten, where would you put it?
I'm thinking of going to watch this one.

Thx

 

[FAST FRED]

Beautiful scenery, great cinematography, awesome battles, a 10.

Length and redundancy, not able to understand some dialog, a 5.

Overall, a 7.

If you have genuine interest, a well-mannered theater audience and don't need to pee, that could easily elevate to an 8 or even higher.

Thanks for asking and good luck.

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

[Seattle Husker]

I'd give it an 8 for cinematography alone. It's the type of movie that can best be appreciated on the big screen. It has the same director and cinematographer as Birdman, last years Oscar winners I believe.

Tom Hardy deserves an Oscar for best supporting actor.

 

[huisache]

the music is understated and very good

the photography is spectacular; Lubezki won the Oscar last year for Birdman and did the same the year before for Gravity. He has done the best work in that field for a while, including Burn After Reading, To the Wonder, The New Land, Lemony Snickett

 

[OldHippie]

The cinematography was good and the feeling of being cold for the whole movie was well done. They seem to have taken only a couple of significant Hollywood liberties with the true story. It may have been a bit too gruesome for an old hippie with delicate sensibilities like me. I'll give it seven thumb-ups.