Amazing scenery, weak story.

Rating: 7/10 (30 October 2017)

People have a lot of mixed feelings about this movie and so do i. On one hand it is beautifully made and has absolutely amazing scenery and use of sound, but on the other hand it feels very drawn out and boring at times.
This is the kind of movie you will never want to watch twice, the plot is easily remember-able and there is not anything interesting or deep about it, just a guy left for dead surviving the seemingly impossible and seeking revenge right after. You can call this movie visual poetry, since it is really outstanding when it comes to calm, extremely beautiful scenes of nature, also i think Leonardo Di Caprio really deserved his Oscar for this, after waiting for so many years he finally clinged his hands on it with this beautiful performance. Leo was absolutely amazing, even though the plot was bad and the film tried to attract more with its amazing scenery and poetic calming vibe than action or interesting conversations.
I was amazed about Tom Hardy receiving an Oscar nomination for his role here, he did an absolutely awful job trying to fake a Texan accent, he was almost inaudible and simply annoying, it was extremely hard to understand what he is saying and it made the conversations even less engaging, as if they already were not in this movie.
In my opinion people are giving this film too much negative reviews only because it is quite long and might seem boring for some people, i can agree it is not the most exciting or fun movie to watch, but people have to understand not every movie should be the same action packed thriller people enjoy. I can guarantee there are a bunch of people who absolutely loved it for its outstanding shots of the mountains and nature in general. Not to say it is the greatest film ever, but it certainly does not deserve the 1 out of 10 star ratings, that is just simple hate for something you do not like, some aspects of the film are amazing and that is something i can not take away from it, even though it the plot was kind of shallow.