The Revenant: epic visuals in this fight for survival

Rating: 10/10 (13 January 2016)

Alexander Gonzales Iñaritu is one of the best film directors of the last past years. I always knew that the Birdman director will one day make a masterpiece, that will go down in film history as one of the finest movies ever made. It seems like this day has come.
The Revenant is approximately two and a half hours long, yet no single second is boring. The plot is about a group of trappers, led by Andrew Henry (played by Domhnall Gleeson), hunting for fur. On one day, famous trapper Hugh Glass (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) is attacked and almost killed by a Bear. One of the hunters, John Fitzgerald (played by Tom Hardy), betrays and him buries him alive. However, Glass survives. I don't want to spoil more about the plot.
The acting in the Revenant is incredible. Leonardo DiCaprio just has to win an Oscar for this. His commitment to this film goes so far, that, for example, he even ate real raw buffalo liver, among other extreme actions he did for his role. Tom Hardy always was an OK actor, in my opinion. He is neither one of the best nor worst, just a normal good actor. But in this movie is performance was absolutely brilliant. Definitely his best performance to date. I like Domhnall Gleeson since I saw Ex Machina, last year. His performance in the Revenant was also very good.
But the best part of the Revenant aren't the actors, but the visuals. Emmanuel Lubeski is the mastermind behind the amazing camera in this film. Sometimes the movie shows breathtaking scenery, other times shocking brutality. The shots are sometimes two minutes long (or maybe even longer) without a single cut. The soundtrack is very fitting, but not memorable outside the film.
To sum it up, the Revenant is an epic masterpiece with great acting, fitting music, and one of the best visuals I have even seen in movie history. It should at least win the Oscars for Best Actor in a lead role, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction and maybe even Best Actor in a supporting role and Best Picture. 10/10