Great!

Rating: 8/10 (10 January 2016)

So, where to start?
The beauty of the shots: basically every scene was stunningly beautiful. The nature had such a raw and rough and wild atmosphere. In contrast to the wide shots of nature there where a lot of close-ups to the characters. You felt like you were standing right in front of them. In the action sequences you were so close to everything that happened: you see the perspective of one character and only his. You don't get an overview what's happening. You're close to some very graphic scenes (contrast: beautiful shot composition - brutal scenes the shots show). A lot of long takes (hello birdman) were used and it helps to stay in one scene (I hate scenes with 15 cuts in 10 seconds). Inarritu also lets the camera stay with the actors. You see their faces when they learn new things, how they react to it.
I loved the spare use of music. There was some much tension in a lot of scenes, adding music would have ruined it. But when the (great) music was used it underlined the moments perfectly.
The actors were great, Hardy's performance especially. Also it seems like you just have to add Gleeson to your movie and it will become great.
So all in all a great film. It sometimes feels long, but never boring. I expect it to only grow with more viewings.