This movie is cinematography beautiful, every shot you get a new feeling, after the beginning sequence that has around 20 minutes with minimal cuts, it breaks to a establishing still shot of scenery, that allows you to reflect on every moment that had just happened, Iñárritu does this constantly within this film. There's a reason this film won many cinematography rewards, and I will stand by every one of them, as I gave the cinematograph in this movie a 10/10 on my scale being the best I had seen in a long time. I have more comments on the acting than anything, first of all, I believe Tom Hardy was the best actor in the entire movie, he built his character super strong, and allowed you to feel empathetic and more connected to him than you did Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio). In their last fight scene I didn't even know who I wanted to win because I felt the hatred that Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy) had towards the Indigenous peoples was justified, and he did everything he could to survive by all means necessary, which at a point meant making a drastic decision that was terrible, don't get me wrong, to kill Hugh's boy. Tom Hardy should've won an Oscar for his performance here, I would've rather seen him win one over Leo, Leo didn't deserve it for this movie, he was good, he wasn't great, sure, acting in a movie of this caliber would be difficult, but it was a lot of him just grunting and moaning, and when you finally did see him speak, he was good, you understood his full intention to kill Fitzgerald, and you did want to see him fulfill his "Destiny" but you also felt like, how is this guy not dead yet, where did his broken foot go? How did he escape the French? Also the whole plotline of Hugh's wife was understandable but overused. Leo gets a 8/10 for this movie where I gave Hardy a 9.5/10
Really did enjoy the movie, felt at some points it was too long, but was made up for with the cinematography and well composed fight scenes, all and all, worth the Oscar, would watch again.
Really did enjoy the movie, felt at some points it was too long, but was made up for with the cinematography and well composed fight scenes, all and all, worth the Oscar, would watch again.