The Revenant Review: Give Leo The Oscar Already
When I saw Birdman I instantly fell in love with director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s style and unique and fresh use of camera that made the film into an experience to behold. When I heard that he had a new movie coming out with Leonardo DiCaprio as it’s lead I was already sold, and I didn’t even know what it would be about. But now The Revenant is out and my blind faith in the film, while not fully rewarded by the end product, definitely wasn’t a misplaced faith. The story for this film is actually kind of thin and more about the journey it puts its main characters mercilessly through. But to sum up this movie tells a story as old as time about an 1820’s frontiersman out for revenge for the death of his son but to get it he must traverse a brutal and unforgiving frozen land full of warring factions and dangerous beasts, none of which are on his side. The first thing that stands out about this movie as a true achievement for the picture is just how phenomenal the acting is in th