The Revenant aka 'The Neverend'

Rating: 5/10 (8 March 2016)

For me, a more appropriate title for 'The Revenant' would have been 'The Neverend'.... At 2 hours and 36 minutes, the film, which was shot outdoors in Canada, U.S.A and Argentina, is beautifully framed and filmed , glorious to watch- for an hour or so , but as compelling cinema - i beg to disagree!
Leonardo turns in a competent performance but didn't deserve an Oscar for this one.Anyway it was an award overdue so guess its OK. Watch it if 'Nat Geo' is one of your favourite channels and also if you have the time and patience. There have been interesting similarity's drawn between the composition of scenes from Andrei Tarkovsky's films and the framing of quite a few of Innaritu's shots in The Revenant. Decide for yourself.