The Revenant

Here we are again for the latest Odeon Screen Unseen. I took a (really) wild guess at Warcraft, which as someone pointed out isn't due till July.. (I did say it was wild!)
General consensus seems to be 'The Big Short'..

Turned out to be The Revenant. Based on true events (yeah, that old chestnut) Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a tracker in 1820's America. After a particularly gruesome attack by Indians, Hugh and what remains of the group he's escorting head back to the fort. To make matters worse he's then brutally mauled by a bear, his son's killed and he's left for dead..

What can I say about this film..? It's a brutal and nasty film.. and also it's extraordinary beautiful.. As a keen amateur photographer I was constantly in awe at the jaw dropping landscape... only to be jolted back to reality by a gruesome arrow through someone's eye..
There is some excellent camera work through out, particularly a river scene where it looked like they used a Go-Pro!? In fact there was a lot of scene's like that, wide angle close shots..
Considering it came from Alejandro G. Iñárritu was another one of the shocking elements of this film (he who pooped out the steaming Birdman this time last year). 

The performances were also outstanding.  Tom Hardy (as John Fitzgerald) gave Leo a run for his money.  General Hux Domhnall Gleeson and Will Poulter also provided some excellent support.  As you can probably tell I loved it.

It's set the bar high for this years films and I think it's a well earned ****1/2 in my opinion.



On an unrelated note, I do like Odeons latest pre-movie intro.. It's all very soothing and atmospheric.

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