THE REVENANT

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oldtimer

climber
Concord,CA
Jan 17, 2016 - 10:14pm PT
What a disappointing movie. i expected more. several issues
1. as mentioned they stepped in every bit of water they could find
2. Ones survival would be doubted if they were in the water as long as Glass was.
3. how many moon shots did we need to see and for how long?
4. How many sun shots did we need?
5. When chased by the indians he shoots one immediately with his handgun then shoots another without reloading. How did he do that?
6. He drinks water but has a problem with the cut on his throat but why would that affect his drinking since the front tube is for air not food and water.
7. really he recovers that fast I was in the hospital for 10 day with a compound fracture. It is like the TV series 24 all over again.
8. Probably the coldest and wettest movie i have ever seen.
9. really? he falls over 100 feet into a tree with no injuries.
10 he sits out in the cold every night then all the sudden needs to bunk down inside the horse. My buddy who is a hunter says you couldn't gut one as fast as he did.

Overall a long, boring movie.

Garry
Ashcroft

Trad climber
SLC, UT
Jan 17, 2016 - 10:15pm PT
Spectacular scenery, mediocre movie. Every character was one-dimensional, and there was nothing in the European-Native interaction that I hadn't seen before. The flashbacks to Glass' dead wife turned out to be more distracting and annoying than illuminating. Innaritu is capable of making good movies, but in this case he opted for "big" over "good."
JoanaBanana

Boulder climber
Sydney
Jan 18, 2016 - 01:34am PT
An awesome movie. It definitely deserved the accolades that it got. Many say that because there was little dialogue that Di Caprio didn't deserve Golden Globe, but i can't disagree more. I thought his actiing in this was superb.

The cinematography was also exceptional, having to film in such extreme conditions too.

I don;t know why there are so many on here that didn;t like the film, I thought it was awesome!
DanaB

climber
CT
Jan 18, 2016 - 04:56am PT
John O, where are you these days? Still doing photography, yes?
John Morton

climber
Jan 18, 2016 - 08:39am PT
The presenter who introduced The Revenant in my town said that the film was shot sequentially from start to finish. They were fussy about light, which sometimes limited shooting days to 2-3 hrs. Consequentially the locations in western Alberta became unsuitable at some point because of wrong seasonal conditions, and filming was moved to Tierra del Fuego! That got my attention, so I was watching for the switch. Never spotted it, but I can't say I'd recognize the topography of Tierra del Fuego.
flatlandermcjack

Ice climber
South Dakota
Jan 19, 2016 - 09:49pm PT
great movie but not too accurate as the entirety of Glass' journey looked about like this
BruceHildenbrand

Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
Jan 22, 2016 - 02:20am PT
I would strongly agree with everyone about how wet these guys got all the time. That's not how you survive in the mountains in winter. If you are so worried about the correct light for shooting, you might as well get the other stuff right as well.

Personally, I liked the 'original' "Man in the Wilderness" better. Not as much Hollywood drama; just the facts mam. And John Huston was great as the boat captain!
cowpoke

climber
Jan 22, 2016 - 04:05am PT
Flatlandermcjack, nails the scenery issue. BC is beautiful and I love the moss everywhere, but not the correct setting for this historical fiction.

I found all the usual revenge setups in the film adaptation cliche, e.g, invent a son who is murdered so the audience will really hate this guy and don't show the audience that there was in fact immediate danger if they remained sitting by the river with Glass. I think the story is more interesting if there is some ambiguouity surrounding Glass going so far to chase down those who abandoned him.

I think DiCaprio saves the film.

Book = B+
Movie = C
pud

climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
Jan 22, 2016 - 07:06am PT
Substandard special effects.

There are ways to make propane fires not look like propane.
Atmospheric smoke and other were very sourcey.
Very obviously a fan and smoker were standing directly behind camera in most shots.
Wind was inconsistent and contradictory to background.
Salt used as snow looked like salt used as snow.
Plastic snow used on close up/tight shots is a complete fail.

Overall, the crappy effects were too distracting to enjoy the film.
NoOb FX crews up North have a lot to learn.
ontheedgeandscaredtodeath

Social climber
SLO, Ca
Jun 24, 2016 - 08:23pm PT
I just wasted what felt like 17 hours of my life watching this dreck. I have absolutely no idea what was going on with the plot beyond Mr. Glass stumbling around a vast wilderness and running into Indians or French people behind every tree. And then at the end he decides to let fate determine what will happen to the bad guy by letting him float 15 feet down a creek to blood thirsty Indians??? Um, I was pretty certain of his fate. And the Hans Solo sleep in guts thing was so dumb (or was it Luke Skywalker that did that?).

Even after doing the usual movie suspension of belief this movie was so stupid. I did enjoy the bear atack.

enjoimx

Trad climber
Yosemite
Jun 25, 2016 - 01:21am PT
"No idea what was going on with the plot" ?

Did you watch the movie. It's pretty simple brah. Indians attack trappers, Leo mauled by bear, scoundrel leaves him to die to get more $$$$, scoundrel kills Leo's son, Leo miraculously survives cause he bosses the sh#t out of the wilderness, Leo seeks vengeance on scoundrel, Leo has spiritual revelation and let's karma deal with scoundrel.

Why all the haters? I didn't notice any bogus special effects. Plastic snow? What the hell you talking about. You must not be able to enjoy any movies.
ontheedgeandscaredtodeath

Social climber
SLO, Ca
Jun 25, 2016 - 06:34am PT
His spiritual revelation was like throwing someone off a cliff and then leaving it to karma to see if he dies. Stupid ending. And why was everyone in the the water more than the cast of Waterworld?

I'm not a picky movie watcher but this was some brain dead shite.
McHale's Navy

Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
Jun 26, 2016 - 01:11pm PT
I was reluctant to watch the Revenant after reading some of the reviews here. I picked up a copy at Redbox just as a backup in case we could not find anything online worth watching, that was new that we hadn't seen. Well, we ended up watching it, all 2 and one half hours. As soon as it began I could see it was going to be something special and different. It's a beautiful movie and I only had to suspend my knowledge of things just a little. Maybe all the negative sh#t in this blog made it better, I don't know, so thanks for that. I don't know ANYTHING about Hugh Glass, but I went away saying this is the new Jeremiah Johnson.
Captain...or Skully

climber
Boise, ID or the fricken Bakken, variously
Jun 26, 2016 - 01:25pm PT
Haven't seen it on principle. I know about the real Hugh Glass.
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