the Long Crawl of Hugh Glass.

Rating: 10/10 (28 May 2016)

In 1823 a mountain man Named Hugh Glass was attacked by a bear. Glass was near death when the party he had been scouting for abandoned him. Glass did not die and spent six hard weeks crawling to fort Kiowa. Glass had been attacked in the middle of summer by the time he reached the fort it had turned to Fall. Glass survived and found the men that had left him and forgave them.
That is the real Story of Hugh Glass. That being said. Hollywood adapted the wonderfully written novel by Michael Punke and turned Hugh Glass into a 1800's version of Rambo. The Revenant Takes the Story of Hugh Glass and shakes it up a lot. By giving him a son and a Indian wife that is killed by a ruthless Army officer. And his son is murdered by a cowardly trapper. Glass did not have a family.
The film is beautifully shot. And the story is very engaging and pulls you in from the first shot. Leo finally got his Oscar for this movie and he deserved it as his was the best performance I've seen this year. It's a story basically of love loss revenge and redemption and it's beautifully told. The Story flows at a even pace and never falters. And for that it helps the film immensely. The question is Can this movie hold up under repeated viewings ? that is left to the person . Me personally I think it might hold up years from now But will it hold up to be called a classic ? the same way Casablanca and the Searchers are I think so. After all the film does show the harshness of life back then And the Mentality of the settlers and the Indians And it does so in such a stark brutal way that it's almost impossible to look away.
A movie that is Very beautifully made and well written that deserves to be seen at least once.