I love Tom Hardy! The movie is beautiful, strange, almost amazing, but ultimately a boring failure

Rating: 3/10 (12 January 2016)

Okay, I liked Birdman, a simple story told complexly and imaginatively. But something was off here, no matter how well shot or how well acted, again, (Tom Hardy is world class). I get the idea of the biblical Revenant, a ghost, the unkillable, the undead, but it almost got funny, like a cartoon character who is constantly beaten up, stabbed, shot, mauled by a bear, and still doesn't die, or maybe dies but comes back as an avenging spirit, maybe doesn't know he's dead or? It was just too much and suffers in comparison with movies such as Jerimiah Johnson, Aguirre - the wrath of God, McCabe and Mrs. Miller. And the whole revenge thing is confused, the son getting killed after his wife is killed and he is mauled by a bear after they all escaped from a major attack!?!? And it was way too long, like Oscar contender long, no matter how beautiful the cinematography. And boy, his healing powers....or did he even need them if he wasn't alive, spooky/sloppy.