Couldn't take my eyes off the screen even when it made for uncomfortable viewing. Riveting

Rating: 9/10 (17 January 2016)

I must be one of the few who watched Man in the Wilderness a 1971 film starring a proper hard-man in the form of actor Richard Harris (some might recall a film A Man called Horse), loosely based on the life of Hugh Glass, the same character of The Revenant, main contender for several Oscars 2016, starring pretty-boy, ... okay it's now more pretty-man Leonardo di Caprio. Curious to see how Signore Di Caprio would handle being a truly believable frontier man, have to compliment him with a huge "Bravo Signore" - a job well and truly well done. If he doesn't nail the Oscar for best actor this time around, don't know what other role will ever do it for him. Kudos to the Director and the Cinematography, some of the best I've ever seen. It's at times an uncomfortable viewing but never for one second did I find myself not riveted by what was on the screen. Now all that is left to fully appreciate The Revenant, I will just need to watch it when it's released on Blu-Ray/DVD so I can press the sub-titles button so as to finally get understand at least one word of Mr Edward Thomas Hardy's dialogue and performance.