Boring film with good cinematography.

Rating: 3/10 (1 March 2016)

I had high hopes for this film given fuss about it and Leonardo's turn. I was not impressed by either especially the film. The film is BORING and if one enjoys seeing Leonardo grunting and crawling from one scene to another than that is another matter. There was almost zero development of the characters and much style and good cinematography to hide this. Style and cinematography which we have seen before - think True Grit, some Tarantino films The director tried to elevate it to something spiritual at some point by superimposing some Indian chants, wisdom over a flickering night sky and some goings on. It was so derivative and predictable especially if one had seen the film Gladiator, a much superior film which was truly about the journey of a tortured soul physically, mentally and spiritually that managed to be engaging on all fronts. This film tries hard to be that but fails. The Revenant tried to be 'factual' and real (laughable) and showing the horrors of hunt or be hunted by being in the midst of action without being engaging. In doing this it impinges one of the worst horrors on the viewer - Boredom.