This movie is incredible.... but is the true story behind it better?

Rating: 10/10 (6 January 2016)

So I've watched many many movies, probably over 150 alone last year (2015). And this movie... made me speechless! The only things my mouth could spit our were "What the F***?" and "Oh my God!" during some of it's moments! (Caution Interstellar Spoiler: Skip to the next paragraph) I was drawn deeper into this movie than Matthew McConaughey into a black hole! (Yeah right? "What a bad pun!")
I knew this film would be full of blood and probably gore but WOW! That was intense! You know these moments when movies cut away from the gory part? Well this movie didn't let out sh***! Game of Thrones seems like Spongebob Squarepants next to this one! The best comparison for the brutality in it I could think about is probably The Raid 2! Feel free to tell me if you got another one (well yeah except movies like Saw)! So if you still want to watch this movie make sure to prepare yourself (if necessary) so you don't end up in the cinema, puking all over your neighbor's front seat! If you like gore (like I do) then you will probably love this film even more! Alejandro González Iñárritu didn't let out any violence, which is good, since this movie describes a survival(!) story and all the insane difficulties Hugh Glass faced!
So it's also important to know that this movie doesn't tell a true story! But it was strongly inspired by one! The Story of Hugh Glass! You will sit in the cinema, on your couch, your chair or wherever, and not believe what this man has gone through!
CAUTION: Now comes the SPOILER PART: The writers took themselves some freedom, which is acceptable. They obviously wanted the movie to send out a different message! So let's find out what the movie got wrong and if it was a good or bad decision to change it! First of Hugh Glass didn't kill the bear himself. The Grizzly was shot down by his comrades who came for his aid. (But we'll let him be the hero) He also did not have a son, at least not a son that was in the troupe escaping from the Arikara! So John Fitzgerald never killed his son! He and Jim Bridger were the only ones who accepted to take care for Glass until his death (only two men)! And Fitzgerald convinced Bridger to leave Glass after about a week! But that was all they did... they left him to die alone! There was also no missing Arikara daughter to be saved! But Glass did crawl miles and miles for days! The wolves that brought down the bison and were later on burned by the Indian who helped Glass, were real! But he chased them away himself by screaming and brandishing his walking stick. There was no Indian who saved his life. Also Hugh got back to the camp by himself in search for vengeance! But arriving he found out, that Fitzgerald had quit and joined the Army as a scout, which made him a federal employee, and untouchable. For Glass to kill him now would be to invite his own execution. So Fitzgerald got away with it! But Glass found Bridger, who was overfilled with guilt and shame. Then seeing again how young the boy was, and the fact that he had been heavily influenced by Fitzgerald, Glass spared his life! In an Arikara attack about 10 years later, Hugh Glass was eventually killed and scalped by his enemies.
So why not make a movie out of that story? Why these changes? The truth is Glass never got his revenge on Fitzgerald. Having that in the movie is the only thing I think about that bothers me sometimes! But then I think about that awesome chase and fighting scene and I get it! I mean its and "happy end"... well kind of! They wanted Leo to get his revenge (and enlarging his reasons for it) even though in reality he never got it! It's probably a matter of opinion whether you like or dislike the writers decision! But independently of the plot, the acting: 10/10 (If he doesn't get his Oscar this year I don 't know what to think anymore), the camera: 10/10 (There are incredibly long takes you don't even realize)! For the most people all the important categories will score a 9 or 10/10 except the plot which everyone has to figure out for themselves! So I decided to give the movie 9,5/10 which rounds for me in Leos favor 10/10! I hope you liked this review, English isn't my first language so I hope it was still easy enough to follow my thoughts! Thanks for reading this review. Hamun!