Really

Rating: 7/10 (14 January 2016)

OK. Let me first say that I'm a huge fan of Leo's. He definitely deserves an Oscar, but honestly not for this. The following is semi spoiler.... The majority of his performance is him grunting, crawling, screaming. I understand there have been performances that have won for not really saying a word, however, there presence was more abundant than Leo's. **Spoiler**After he is attacked, he is almost non existent. Honestly, I got more from Tom Hardy's performance than Leo. I understand that Leo endured a lot in this film, But so did Tom Hanks for Cast Away. or Gabourey Sidibe for Precious. This is IMO a consolation prize.
The movie itself, I will say, is really boring. Aside from the bear attack and the ending of the film nothing else happens except a betrayal, left for dead, then OMG he's alive :-O, and a scene of Native Americans trying to kill him, but it was literally one scene of that. The cinematography, I will say, was really good. Maybe its trailer suggested that there was to be more going on. But honestly there wasn't.
It really doesn't deserve Best Picture. Personally Mad Max or the Martian were better movies.