Into the wild

Rating: 8/10 (24 January 2016)

This was the most anticipated movie of the year for me, for several reasons.Truth is it starts impressively, for almost half an hour, maybe more, it stands as a unique cinematic experience, an immersion in an almost savage stage, brilliantly directed, where the characters seem more parts of the situation than people who are good or bad. On the way, as the plot unravels, however, you get a feeling of repetition, plus a tendency to leave a message(about the Indians and the white invaders of their land), which comes a little unconvincing(Dancing with the wolves was more convincing in such an attitude).Worst of all, the plot left me indifferent.I didn't care at all about Di Caprio's pursuit, and I even found Fitzerald(maybe because he was Hardy, but not only for this reason) a more interesting character, and a more savage one, but not at all the bad guy the movie finds at the end to be its convenient scapegoat. Not a wise finale for such an ambitious film that might have been the best Nature movie ever.But as the value of a film lies not only in the production virtues, or even in the virtuosic direction, but in its general attitude, the Revenant lacks, in my opinion, the greatness of a Hertzog film(with whose films has a certain affinity).In fact, after Birdman, I expected more from Inaritou.He has evolved as a director(he is very impressive)from the times of 21 grams and Babel, but he still has to avoid the simplicity of the supposed messages he wishes to convey. Unfortunately, the Revenant turned to be, for me, a dramatically uneven movie, and the pace was somehow lost in the way.Yet, there is some greatness in part of it;maybe my ambivalence clears out with a second look.