For your consideration

Rating: 5/10 (15 February 2016)

As usual with movies I went into the movie with little or no knowledge about what the movie was about. The only thing I knew before seeing the Revenant was that it was hotly tipped for Oscar success. I'm sure most of the star actors must be teased about considering whether roles may earn them Oscar glory. Can't imagine that Leonardo DiCaprio didn't start drafting up the Oscar speech as he read the script for the Revenant.
To be fair there's no doubt that DiCaprio is very good in this movie and the fact that he's never won an Oscar before must make him a shoe in for best actor this year. He plays Hugh Glass struggling for survival in the early part of the 19th century. There's no doubt that it's an epic journey, but not one that I could ever really engage in. Couldn't help throughout thinking throughout the film that DiCaprio's next line was going to be be "please give me an Oscar, so I don't have to go through this again". For me it's a worthy film, but not one I'll be watching again anytime soon. Guess that sums up most films that the academy likes.