Great director, even better actor - why going to far?

Rating: 7/10 (22 January 2016)

Iñárritu is on fire. He now mastered the wonderful close camera pictures, as well as the beauty of the nature and for me only one director is as good in this - Steve McQueen (12 years a slave). The Revenant is full of beautifully filmed camera angels and nature which make the world believable. Iñárritu is also good in being different, but got fully recognized for this just last year with the one camera movie Birdman. Of course to have a great movie you also need a great cast. Iñárritu worked and gave us mesmerizing roles from the likes of Brad Pitt, Naomi Wats, Michael Kiton, Edward Norton and now Tom Hardy and Leo D. Caprio. Both played their role perfectly and it would not be unfair to give them both Oscars. So where is the problem? Unfortunately in the story. A story that should have been about an forgotten culture, a different time and a Mans will to survive, forgive and urge to revenge has become a Hollywood messy, gore, superhuman journey filmed for the mass audience.