Not bad...but read the book

Rating: 6/10 (18 January 2017)

This is a good film. Its not great but it is good and i would recommend it. It isn't a patch on the book though. The film has very little similiarity to be honest. Apart from him being a trapper and getting mauled and seeking revenge thats it. There are far too many liberties taken with the plot details and back story in my opinion. The worst of these is his son. Typical Hollywood thinking we need to have our emotions tampered with. Also, he doesn't kill fitzgerald and the relationship with bridger is better explored. Reading the book gave me a much better sense of the scope of his injuries and his struggle to overcome them. Also the treatment he received was much better explained. The film gives the impression that all he had to stay in bed a bit. The book was much more of a struggle and his crawl to redemption was far more arduous.
All in all its a decent film but a bit of a disappointment. Like the title says, read the book!