Close but no cigar.

Rating: 7/10 (30 January 2016)

In my opinion this movie its good but its not perfect. Its good for obvious reasons, it has Leo DiCaprio on it, It has has Tom Hardy on it, its directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and and it has scenes surrounded by beautiful scenery and captured all in a spectacular lens hold by no other than Emmanuel Lubezki which might just earn the movie an Oscar for best cinematography although the competition its pretty hard. I mean come on, Sicario and Mad Max had phenomenal cinematography, well just have to see. Beside that and now talking about Leo's performance I thought (for those of you who has already watched the movie) that the real bear for Leonardo was Tom Hardy. I thought that if Leonardo Dicaprio could make me want to see his scenes even more that the ones with Hardy then DiCaprio could actually win an Oscar for the first time. If Leonardo DiCaprio proves himself acting better than Tom Hardy then he could actually do it, he could actually win the Oscar. But I still doubt it. Hardy as expected for me acted so superior compared to Leonardo and Im not saying Leonardo DiCaprio isn't a good actor, i just think that when it comes to acting Leonardo DiCaprio still can't escape or ovecome himself. At the end he can't leave his trail and become something else, something different, something new. Tom Hardy in the other hand its so versatile and can actually leave no trail of himself when most needed. Proof of this is Bronson, Dark Knight Rises and now this. A well deserved nomination at best supporting actor. Now lets talk about the director. What happened to Alejandro. For a minute I thought I was watching a Terrence Malick movie not because of the narrative but because of the amazing cinematogrphy used many time in his movies. Also at times i felt i was seeing something from the Coen Brothers, Tarantino and even Arronofsky. ¿No more Multilinear Hyperlink Spatial Cinema? Anyway, if the story had been a little more interesting maybe and just maybe i could've accept that the movie wins the Oscar for best picture, but the story falls short and ends up resting on the cinematography and the performances of Tom Hardy and some of the performances by Leonardo DiCaprio (just some, the bear scene for example). Well, this was my honest opinion. I hope it helps somehow. Please excuse my English. Thank you very much.