Breathtaking!

Rating: 10/10 (22 January 2016)

What a movie! I give it 10 stars. I couldn't wait to go see it, so I went the day it started showing at my local theater. It was one of the best movies I've ever seen. The storyline was good, but that isn't what made it such an amazing cinematic experience.
The movie plot is loosely based on the life of a real life fur trapper named Hugh Glass, around 1820. Hugh Glass is played by Leonardo DiCaprio. He is seriously injured from being attacked by a large grizzly bear, while game hunting alone. The men he's with hear his cries for help , and take care of his wounds. John Fitzgerald, played by Tom Hardy is really great, but his mumbling is hard to understand at times.
Hugh Glass is abandoned, because he becomes a burden to carry in the frozen, remote wilderness, according to one of the men. Now it's a fight for survival in the unforgiving freezing wilderness. He is driven to survive to seek revenge for betrayal and the cold- blooded murder of a loved one. The freezing cold isn't his only obstacle.
It definitely isn't your run of the mill revenge and survival story. Alejandro Inarritu's awesome directing and Emmanuel Lubezki's beautiful cinematography are what makes the movie so awesome for me. Lubezki's cinematography of the beautiful freezing wilderness, and the dreamlike imagery drew me into the movie. Only natural light is used, which enhances the beautiful scenery even more. I was so drawn into the movie that I often felt cold. So realistic.Now that has to be good movie making if you have that kind of effect on your viewers.
Leonardo DiCaprio does deserve the Oscar and likewise for Alejandro Inarritu. Lubezki should receive an Oscar for his gorgeous cinematography.I recommend you to go see this movie at a movie theater. The bigger the screen the better. Also, there were some gory scenes, but I've seen worse. A very intense, gripping beautiful movie. Breathtaking in so many ways. If you're looking for a movie with a lot of profanity and like movies you've seen before, then you might not enjoy "The Revenant." Also, it's got some tear jerking scenes. Best movie of 2015 in my opinion.