Stunning locations and incredible aesthetics

Rating: 9/10 (6 February 2016)

DiCaprio plays Hugh Glass, for roughly 30 minutes, then allows the viewer to not have to hear his voice for the remaining 2 hours of the film. And I'm sorry to say that his attempt to illicit my emotions with just his expressions was a failure and only made me wish the bear had finished him off...sorry. Nothing about this performance screams Oscar, and none of his previous performances do either, which is why he doesn't have one!
Tom Hardy plays Fitzgerald, your standard ruthless, racist, Texas d-bag, which he completely pulls off, with the exception of his voice. If he had hit his mark, then perhaps this was award worthy but instead, as with most of his other roles, he struggled with the accent and he succumbed to mumbling and incoherent speech. A shame really, so close to a perfect performance.
Forrest Goodluck is perfect as Hawk, and honestly he could have pulled off main character status had the film been centered around him! He was flawless!!! I felt what he felt and all I wanted was more of all of it. This kid will have no problem getting work in the future.
If anything the DP deserves an Oscar for the stunning locations and incredible aesthetics in this film but that unfortunately is all it deserves. Cinematography was definitely the 12th man that brought this film to its peak.