Everybody's talking about The Revenant, a remake of Richard Harris's 1971 movie Man In The Wilderness. So I went to see it. What a waste of an evening. I was hoping for something a bit more interesting than Hollywood's standard approach to good cowboys and bad indians. Yes, this is a Hollywood movie with everything. A star in the main role, lots of action, amazing visual effects, shootings and of course the protagonist who can't die with anything...
If you want to watch almost 3 hours of Leo sleeping and breathing heavily in the snow, it's the perfect movie for you. If Leo gets an Oscar for this it will be because the Academy think they owe him one and possibly because of the hype. But I hope Eddie scores another Oscar for his perfect role in The Danish Girl.
Curious how The Revenant is NOT being touted as coming "from the director that brought you Birdman''. The film's marketing has focused on two points: that it's based on a true story (something that Oscar voters seem to eat up) and DiCaprio's acting. Very smart move, Fox! We all know that DiCaprio is a name that consistently gets people into theater seats...