Two amazing moments in a very good movie

Rating: 9/10 (16 July 2016)

"The Revenant" opens with two absolutely jaw dropping scenes, the second arguably topping the first. They alone are worth the price of admission.
The first is an extraordinary battle scene that feels like it was filmed in one take. The camera puts you there, on the spot, in the midst of the carnage. It makes you feel as though what it is allowing you to see is really going on all around you, not around it.
The second scene is impossible to speak of without using hyperbole. It is unlike anything I have seen before. Yes, I am talking about the bear attack scene, easily the greatest film moment of 2015, and one of the greatest scenes of any film made in the new millennium so far. This will surely top the list of "how the HELL did they do THAT?" moments in movie history.
The rest of the movie is solid, but not quite up to that standard, but that standard is so high, this shouldn't be taken as a negative.
The performances by DiCaprio, Hardy and Gleason and also top notch, and ensure that the movie is never just about its set-pieces.