A Let Down

Rating: 7/10 (20 January 2016)

I thought the first 40mins was excellent! The cinematography was excellent, such beautiful shots. Unfortunately the cinematography greatly supports my 7 rating, which might tell you what I think of the story. One can easily watch the first 40mins and the last 20mins and not really miss anything. Aside from the disaster, "The Lone Ranger", I've never complained about a movie's length... but here it is, "The Revenant" is an hour too long - the good thing is there's plenty of opportunity to go to the bathroom and grab popcorn without missing anything. I'm not sure why the movie has all the hype, unless you're into 90mins of a guy limping along finding shelter and something to eat. Best Actor? Really? I love DiCaprio, but this was far from his best role to date. The character didn't have the foundation for an Oscar nod in my opinion, and it would have been relatively easy for MANY actors to turn in a similar performance. I suspect there once was a compelling script here that was greatly tarnished my another writer or director's theme emphasis which resulted in numerous scenes that didn't add to the story, thus causing it to drag - like DiCaprio through the snow.
Sorry. It only deserved one Oscar nod. Having said that, there are phenomenal individual scenes, and the cinematography is worthy of the big screen - so go see it. At least it's original and not a franchise sequel.