What a monstrous movie!

Rating: 8/10 (3 January 2016)

I could not ask for a better way of beginning 2016 that is for sure. So, my review will begin by quoting an expression of my own, which was said when the screenplay turned black and the lights tuned off: "What a monstrous movie!" Monstrous in every sense, since the story, the action, the scenarios, the actors' interpretation, until the directing.
The story about The Revenant is quite simple to tell, once all the juices rely on the scenarios and even more on the Actors' performance. It is about an American, named Hugh Glass, that was on an expedition throughout Native American territory searching for fur when he was attacked by a bear. This animal almost killed him, so the group where Glass was inserted considered him only a burden and left him behind to face his own fate. What happens next is something amazing that show us what the human being is capable of surviving whether the energy that propel you is love or revenge.
The scenario that serves The Revenant is absolutely astonishing and creates in the spectator the desire of being there. The snow, the rivers, the falls, even the storms are incredibly beautiful. All their beauty is well capture in the screen and only raised the magnificence of the movie. On top of that, all the scenes with the animals are also incredible. Even if you know that they might be virtual, because some scenes tend to be brutal and violent.
But what transforms The Revenant in something of another level are the actors. By seeing the cast we understand that this could be a good movie, however, sometimes good casts generated poor movies, so I usually do not deposit all my hopes on that. Of course that when you have in the same movie Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy, only good things could happen. And let me tell you that in this movie only incredible things happened! The performance of Leonardo DiCaprio (Hugh Glass) was absolutely incredible. I have already heard that 2015 could be the year for DiCaprio, and I have to beef up that idea because he has a role that is out of this world. The evolution in the screen is incredible since he passes from a relatively calm guy with a dark past to a vengeful man with fire in his eyes. And the spectator will share with him all the anger and desire for blood. But in the end we learned a lesson, and in my opinion that is all what matters when you see a movie: what you take home. There are particular scenes that enhance the spectacular performance of DiCaprio but in the end I have to say that all the picture is set to finally Leonardo DiCaprio become an Oscar winner. And what could I say about Tom Hardy? Oh my god! If Hugh Glass become only alive because of an incredible Leonardo DiCaprio, John Fitzgerald only make sense with Tom Hardy. If you will love Glass, you will hate Fitzgerald. And all the love and hate are only possible because not just DiCaprio is astonishing, Tom Hardy blew up in this movie and features one of the best performances that I have already seen from him. At the beginning Fitzgerald is only a mere pawn but as the action developed, you understand is role on the movie that culminates with an astonishing class with Glass.
Therefore, I truly recommend The Revenant and I have scored it with an 8/10. You will not regret the 180 minutes of the movie, because it has the ability of capturing your attention the entire time. It is an awesome movie, incredibly directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Is beauty relies in every aspect, every detail, so do not detour your attention from the big or small screen.