(spoilers) A Reminder of a great adventure movie decades ago.....

Rating: 9/10 (1 March 2016)

(Spoilers) This was a great adventure, a story of survival. With a tremendous mood setting soundtrack and beautiful, very intelligent scenery. I was immersed for the first time in years. I found myself getting anxious and tense along with the characters, that does not happen often anymore. This truly is a gem. Story aside, it brought me way back to the first time I saw Dances With Wolves. A very long movie but, you just get pulled in. I only gave it a 9/10 because some supporting cast members annoyed me. Hugh's boy almost felt like they were too close in age, the boy just seemed older than he should have been. I like Will Poulter, however, I cant look at him without hearing him sing "Waterfalls", from We Are the Millers.
Leonardo may have won best actor, but without Tom Hardy, the movie doesn't have nearly the same effect. He was perfect, "Tom Hardy disappeared into his character so well that for half the movie I thought he was Christian Bale. You really see and believe his inner struggle between doing what was right and what was easy or selfish. It was hard to hate him completely. A very interesting character.
Domhnall Gleeson was another pleasant surprise. Not at all the Cardboard General he was in Star Wars.
Definitely a great movie to snuggle up for a long cozy night on the couch with a special someone.