Wow

Rating: 10/10 (29 February 2016)

Wow. Just wow. No movie has ever engaged me so much yet have very little dialogue being said. First off, the good things (and there's a lot). The cinematography is amazing. I've never seen a movie looking as beautiful as this does. There were some action scenes where it was all one really long shot just like in Alejandro González Iñárritu's last film, Birdman. Also, all the performances in this movie were top notch. Leonardo Dicaprio is at his best in this movie, even though he has barely any lines, and Tom Hardy gives the best performance I've seen from him so far. Even the supporting characters, which include Will Poulter and Domhnall Gleeson, were really good. Another thing is that this movie is the grittiest movie I've ever watched. There are parts where it can get very violent and disturbing. Fortunately, it helped add some very intense and memorable scenes (*cough cough* the bear scene *cough cough*). Now the only thing wrong with the movie is not necessarily what came out of my experience of the movie, but rather what it might be like for all audiences. This is not a movie for everyone. There are people who might find this movie boring because of its slow pace at some points and the very little dialogue that there is. This is not a bad thing though. Everyone has their preferences so some people might find the movie boring. Also, there is one really small scene concerning Hugh Glass's wife that was a little too strange and didn't make sense. But that's just me. In the end, this is a near perfect film. It is the most beautiful yet the grittiest film I've ever seen. I give this a 10 out of 10.