Brilliant, exhausting, beautiful, dark, mystical and emotional

Rating: 10/10 (6 January 2016)

This film was no doubt my most anticipated of the year. Even if it trumped my expectations by a mile it wouldn't have been far off from a masterpiece. After viewing the multiple trailers several times each for maximum analyzing, I knew it would be something incredibly special and groundbreaking.
It never ceases to amaze throughout. Scene after scene I was in awe of the directors taught vision, the cinematographers beautiful eye, and the casts brilliant immersion into their characters; which each and every one breathed life into an already energized movie. Leonardo DiCaprio does some fine work here, not his best because i think he's already given his all to another role (The Wolf of Wall Street) but nonetheless immerses himself completely in a role which you have never seen him in before.
It's quite a spectacle, all of it. And tom hardy will likely receive an Oscar nod if not snagging one outright. Though I believe the real winner here is the director; Alejandro Gonzalez Iniarritu, and cinematographer Emanuel Lubezki. Both of which work together to bring to life a living breathing painting which takes your breath away in every sense of the word. I couldn't help but keep asking myself how someone could make a film look so much better than anything I've ever seen.
Each shot is carefully choreographed and each sweeping camera angle toggles between close and personal face shots and sweeping landscapes that make you feel both elevated, and smothered. It blends very well and makes for an experience I've never encountered.
I just loved this movie and hope as many people can encounter it and come to their own conclusions on it as I have. 10/10