The Revenant
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While I thought that Leo did a great acting job in The Revenant...the story just came off as a little to unbelievable for me. Any human would have died 1000 times over from hypothermia alone. I can believe surviving the bear attack but the exposure was a bit over the top.
I mean, the kid honestly should have won an oscar for his first ******* major motion picture role. His performance as Arnie was ******* amazing. Made tom hanks' attempt at playing someone with mental challenges a year later look like jessica simpson's acting career.
Creed was a decent pic. It played all the familiar notes and used every cliche in the book. It's Hollywood. I liked the way Coogler shot it; had a grittiness reminiscent of the original Rocky. Outside of the look and Stallone, I thought it was a rather pedestrian effort. Didn't make my top ten.
I thought The Revenant was a solid movie. Great cinematography and very good acting. The bear sequence was pretty intense.
There are way worse "Oscar bait" POS than Crash. The King's Speech, The Artist and Slumdog Millionaire come to mind. The Academy falls for a lot of the same crap over and over again.
Seems there are a lot of mixed reviews for the Revenant. Some of you loved it, some hated it. Glad to hear the Hateful 8 was solid, love Tarantino flicks.
Crash is the worst best picture winner of my lifetime. One of the all time best picture robberies.
Hustle and Flow or brokeback should have one.
Also, Phoenix should have won for Cash.
Crash was terrible. They just weren't giving it to the others.
Hot take: kings speech was really good.
Brokeback was my pick that year. Phoenix was great, but it was a toss up for me because I love PSH. Phoenix will get his eventually. He is just too good not to eventually win.
The bear attack was exceptionally well done, would love to know how they set that sequence up technically. Cinematography was great with the exception of a couple of situations where the slow pan could have been handled better (IMO) but that's OK. The return to the fort was purposely tedious just it would have been for Glass IRL, gotta laugh at the simpletons for griping about that part of the movie.
Loved the film, would watch it again in a heartbeat - DiCaprio is one of the great actors of our time.
Loved the film, would watch it again in a heartbeat - DiCaprio is one of the great actors of our time.
So was, as movie-making craftsmanship, A History of VIolence. In fact, the only two movies from that year I'll watch again if given a chance because they hold up as entertainment are Capote and Violence.
Anyone remember Man in the Wilderness starring Richard Harris. It was also about Hugh Glass.
What always happens is Hollywood takes a true story that in itself incredible and screws it up. Just look at the location were it actually happened, Not Colorado. Hugh Glass was a true tough SOB and Mountain mana
Who is his ally? Did you mean alley? That would make more sense. Simple minds have trouble with simple words. Don't they, ape?
http://www.onlinecollegecourses.com/2012/01/24/15-famous-thinkers-who-couldnt-spell/
Faulkner couldn't spell a lic.
Faulkner couldn't spell a lic.
Shutter island was the most predictable movie ever. Not even 15 minutes in it was easy to know he was in the asylum. Wolf was amazing as was his performance in Django, considering the scene where he cut his hand on the skull was all a complete accident that he ad libbed through.
This movie is good, not his best..but he did eat do some nasty ish for it. The bear attack scene was gruesome.
Btw, Tom is in it alot too.
The brutal frontier saga "The Revenant" leads the 88th annual Academy Awards with 12 nominations.
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/academy-award-nominations-could-see-060811256.html
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/academy-award-nominations-could-see-060811256.html
the revenant came out in perfect dvd quality like a month before it was in theaters. same with hateful 8 and every other oscar hopeful trying to squeeze into 2015
Leaked screeners. Movies like The Revenant and Hateful 8 need to be watched in theaters. Especially when one of them is offered in 70mm format. Watching a Chivo shot film on bluray isn't the same as seeing it on the big screen. Go to the theater people!
LOS ANGELES—Asked for his thoughts on his Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, Leonardo DiCaprio told reporters Thursday that he really hopes he screamed and cried good enough in The Revenant to win the Oscar. “I yelled really loud in this movie when I was angry and I started crying hard after I got upset, so hopefully the guys who choose the winners saw all that and liked it,” said DiCaprio, who expressed optimism that his chances will be further bolstered by the fact that, in addition to stumbling and falling a bunch of times in the snow, there were some scenes where he shouted so loud it made his throat hurt, and sometimes spittle even came out of his mouth and got trapped in the big, gross beard he grew. “I bet my chances are good because this is the most I’ve ever screamed and cried—way more than I did in Revolutionary Road or Gangs Of New York. Plus my nose was dripping a lot but I didn’t even wipe it; I just left it there.” DiCaprio then admitted that he is still somewhat nervous that he did a bad job during the parts where he sits quietly and looks at something far away.
http://www.theonion.com/article/leonardo-dicaprio-hopes-he-screamed-and-cried-good-52170
http://www.theonion.com/article/leonardo-dicaprio-hopes-he-screamed-and-cried-good-52170
Just watched The Revenant. Really don't know where to start. It's a master work by a master at the peak of his powers. It's a film that will be revisited by cinephiles for years and years to come. I can't wrap my mind around some of the shots pulled off by Lubezki and Innaritu. I've come to the conclusion that they are wizards and the rest of us are mere mortals. Cameras aren't supposed to move like that. I hope Innaritu uses Chivo for every film he makes from now on. The acting from top to bottom is top notch. Not one weak performance. Dicaprio should win best actor and Hardy should win best supporting. I think Innaritu will and should win best director and The Revenant should but probably won't be awarded best picture. Ex Machina is still my favorite film of the year, but The Revenant is a strong second.
I really liked the movie. I think DiCaprio will win, but I wouldn't put this in his top three performances. There just wasn't that much range on display. He's just a mountain man doing what he has to do to survive. There was so much more depth to his characters in The Departed (my favorite), Wolf of Wall Street and Catch Me If You Can.
The cinematography in The Revenant was incredible. Supreme Lord Z nailed it. I came out thinking that this film did to westerns what Saving Private Ryan did to war movies....rendered all others before it obsolete.
The cinematography in The Revenant was incredible. Supreme Lord Z nailed it. I came out thinking that this film did to westerns what Saving Private Ryan did to war movies....rendered all others before it obsolete.
It's not a nuanced performance. Visceral would be my best word to describe it. Different parts call for different techniques and tactics. You can't play this role subtle.
The dynamic between Leo and the guy from Friday Night Lights in Wolf of Wall Street, and between Leo and Jack Nicholson in The Departed, and between Leo and Hanks in Catch Me, were all much more interesting to me than between he and Hardy in this movie.
Agree with most others here. The cinematography is ridiculous, it's a new achievement in film. The story is meh, and Hardy steals the show. It's about 20 minutes too long all of which can be attributed to hallucination sequences of characters that no one cares about.
I agree with your first part, but disagree with the rest. I loved Hardy's performance. I thought it was his best outside of maybe Bronson and Locke. I still wouldn't say he stole the show. Did he have more lines? Sure. More lines does not a better performance make. Leo's performance was the more challenging performance and he pulled it off brilliantly. I also disagree about the dream sequences. I felt they were essential to the story. Almost all of them (some probably could have been left on the editing room floor) were expository. It was a convenient way to SHOW us back story without wordy exposition dumps.
Pretty much sums up the whole movie. It's a gorgeous movie; that's about it.
I thought Hardy was better than Leo. The onion summed it up perfectly.
Tom Hardy was superb, in a film that is full of superb performances but this one is all about DiCaprio.
I'll tell you who surprised me more than anyone - Will Poulter. Kid put in a hell of a performance.
I'll tell you who surprised me more than anyone - Will Poulter. Kid put in a hell of a performance.
