Disappointng..

Rating: 5/10 (30 December 2015)

So yes the cinematography is excellent. Lubezki (the main camera man) has drawn on all his experience from his work with director Terence Malik - not a static shot to be noticed.
However, and it is a big HOWEVER, the actual screenplay itself I feel is where the movie is let down big time. I just frankly feel that the story asks too much of the viewer. As per Blake Snyders "double mumbo jumbo" rule (viewers can only accept one piece of magic per film) Iñárritu expects us to believe three:
1. Glass survives a bear mauling (fair enough)
2. Glass survives a bear mauling AND a post-icy river swim in sub zero temperatures with no pneumonia
3. Glass survives a bear mauling AND a post-icy river swim in sub zero temperatures with no pneumonia AND a serious jump off a cliff on horse back
I'm sorry but I find this absolute nonsense. Why go to such great lengths in a film to try to show grit and realism with your cinematography and characters etc, only to spoil it by adding in some balls that the Hollywood exec thought "I think they'll buy it..." ?
Poor show me thinks.