After watching "The Revenant" I can definitely say it's fantastic. I've enjoyed every single other one of Alejandro González Iñárritu's films, so this one came as no surprise. What was surprising however was how brutal this film is. Now, most of his films have a certain degree of emotional brutality, however, the physical brutality in this film goes far beyond what you could prepare for.
What wound up selling all of this carnage is just how meticulously crafted it is from a directing standpoint. The action sequences in this film are so incredibly layered and complicated that it's amazing they pulled it off as well as they did. The scenery shown in this film is absolutely breathtaking and made all the more awe-inspiring by the film's amazing cinematography. All of the performances were pretty fantastic with no real complaints there even Leo who didn't have very many lines managed to show a lot of emotion.
The computer animated effects were used with the practical effects made it blend together so incredibly well helping Iñárritu prove that he is one of the most talented directors working today. I only had a couple small issues with the film, some of the character logic near the end didn't make the most sense and some of the dialogue didn't match up with certain characters lips, but these small issues are nothing in comparison to how amazingly everything else is presented.
This film is a great example that it's not necessarily the sequence of events that makes a great film, it's how those sequence of events are presented that makes a great film. The same story under a different director probably would not have turned out to be this great but thankfully we've got a lot of talent behind this one so I can't wait to see it again. Go see this one as soon as you can because it is pretty fantastic.
Review by DeletedBlockedParent2016-01-18T13:16:19Z
After watching "The Revenant" I can definitely say it's fantastic. I've enjoyed every single other one of Alejandro González Iñárritu's films, so this one came as no surprise. What was surprising however was how brutal this film is. Now, most of his films have a certain degree of emotional brutality, however, the physical brutality in this film goes far beyond what you could prepare for.
What wound up selling all of this carnage is just how meticulously crafted it is from a directing standpoint. The action sequences in this film are so incredibly layered and complicated that it's amazing they pulled it off as well as they did. The scenery shown in this film is absolutely breathtaking and made all the more awe-inspiring by the film's amazing cinematography. All of the performances were pretty fantastic with no real complaints there even Leo who didn't have very many lines managed to show a lot of emotion.
The computer animated effects were used with the practical effects made it blend together so incredibly well helping Iñárritu prove that he is one of the most talented directors working today. I only had a couple small issues with the film, some of the character logic near the end didn't make the most sense and some of the dialogue didn't match up with certain characters lips, but these small issues are nothing in comparison to how amazingly everything else is presented.
This film is a great example that it's not necessarily the sequence of events that makes a great film, it's how those sequence of events are presented that makes a great film. The same story under a different director probably would not have turned out to be this great but thankfully we've got a lot of talent behind this one so I can't wait to see it again. Go see this one as soon as you can because it is pretty fantastic.