The murder of a potential masterpiece

Rating: 4/10 (26 March 2016)

The Danish Girl's main character's story is nothing but exceptional, and it's a shame that it was treated so poorly in the movie. The screenplay was completely neglected in favour of the film's visual aspect, and this - in my opinion - made any kind of connection between characters and viewers impossible.
Alicia Vikander gave a laudable (but still academic) performance, stealing the whole attention from Redmayne (also good, but understandably uncertain due to the difficult role); other than that, I can't find anything else I liked about the movie - apart from the amazing soundtrack composed by Alexandre Desplat.
This movie had a great potential: it could have been provocative, emotional, powerful. So how is it that 'The Revenant' - whose plot is common and even predictable - still amazed me and made me feel a lot more than such a tragic and extraordinary story as Lili's?