When can I buy my ticket?

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I love me some Leo, but Serious Grim Leo isn't as awesome as Charming Freewheeling Hambone Leo.

Considering I liked Birdman the most of all the Inarritus, and this looks like a return to Grim Serious Inarritu, I'll hope for the best instead of raising expectations.

And anything that puts Leo a step closer to Oscar (Lord knows Inarritu definitely gives actors Oscar-worthy roles to chew on) is good in my book.

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I see it's just limited on Christmas of this year, which means it'll slip back to 2016 around here.

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which was great.

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mentions they at least added a father-son angle to the main character's arc so he would have more motivation for getting home than straight up revenge.


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Alejandro Dogg really might go back to back.

cotdamn, this is gonna be so damn good

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I just kept thinking, WHEN IS IT COMING OUT!?!?!?!?

on another note, Birdman was THAT good? hmm I kept thinking it was just hype

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>on another note, Birdman was THAT good? hmm I kept thinking it
>was just hype

LOL, it at least *looks* great. The Lubezki hype is definitely real-- always has been.

I have no doubt The Revenant will, at bare minimum, *look* terrific. Lubezki is reason alone to go see any film, and I'll always support Leo making a push for an Oscar, since he's deserved multiple at this point. I've been an outspoken critic of Inarritu... but hey, I've seen plenty of great films by filmmakers I didn't love up to that point (Noah Baumbach, for instance, who I virulently *hated* until Frances Ha and have more or less loved since) and vice versa. My hopes remain high.

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To start off, the two complaints I could see people having are:
1. the story is beyond basic. Which is part of the point but I could see people having issues with it.
2. It's long (2:36) and there's a good 40 minutes with no dialogue. I was never bored at all but, I'm not gonna lie, I did get a little sleepy at one point.

That being said, I thought it was pretty phenomenal. Shot in natural light with just 14mm and 16mm lenses, it is stunning to look at and the long takes make you feel like you're in the middle of the madness. Leo carries the film with very little dialogue. I was nervous at the start that the score might be intrusive but it's not at all; very good. All in all, the strength of the film might be that, while it's obviously a period piece, it is handled in such a manner that you don't feel removed from it. One of the producers mentioned it felt almost post-apocalyptic and it's because the presentation makes the film feel timeless.

One odd casting choice is Lukas Haas. He's barely recognizable in a small role but I noticed him and and it took me out of the film for a second. I'm guessing Leo wanted a buddy on set with him since it was going to be a brutal shoot (using natural light; they could only shoot for around an hour and a half a day.)

I'd be pretty stunned if Leo, Chivo, and Innaritu don't sweep the awards. I feel like there are probably movies this year that'll list higher as "favorites" (although none are coming to mind right now) but given how good this film is and the sheer technical prowess on display, it'll be hard to beat.

I'll be very interested in seeing how it plays with critics and the masses. I can't shake the feeling that the script and the length could be stumbling blocks for many people even though they weren't for me.

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Makes me wonder how they even made some of the scenes but then again i dont want to know because it may ruin the magic.

I could see people complaining about the plot being simple and basic but i think thats the point. And Tom Hardy's character explains it at the end when he says "you came all this way just for revenge?"

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Pros:
- visually, it's next level. Not really any getting around that. I really want Roger to win the Oscar, but Chivo will get it-- he deserves it more for this than he did for Birdman imo.

- it's my favorite Inarritu to date, because it doesn't really try to be "important" or have anything deep to say, really-- it's just a simple survival/revenge thriller jam. I'm cool with that. It works on that level.

- certain sequences (you'll know them) are breath-taking. I won't spoil. The opening is one of them. Yeah, that scene. Lubezki does action with the best of them-- Children of Men, Gravity, and then here. Thrilling.

Cons:
- basic story I have no problem with, but these characters are also crazy basic. I'd almost have preferred they go the "All is Lost" route and give us *nothing* about them. Instead, we get an undercooked Leo backstory (how many times will his character have the "lost woman" flashbacks?) dispersed throughout. Leo grunts and pants and screams and suffers for his art, but he doesn't really have a character to play here.

- all of the stuff with the French and the Native's daughter only exists to help move Leo along at key points-- Inarritu gives them screen time but doesn't even bother fleshing them out whatsoever. Every time the head Native showed up and said, "My daughter may be this way," I really wanted to shout, "WHO?"

- I know I'm supposed to "feel the survival" in the film's length, but really a lot of this movie is grunting and breathing and staring off into the middle distance in the cold. As Matt Lynch said, "Strip a half-hour of cold people glaring and freezing out of this and you'd have a hell of an action movie."

- the CGI animals really stand out as CGI imo (save, for the most part, the bear)-- I can't imagine this element will age well.

- part of me loves Tom Hardy in pretty much everything, and that part of me loved him here-- but there's another part of me that thinks, "Jesus fucking Christ, stop grunting and mumbling and let me understand what the fuck you are saying," and that part of me was frustrated here. Between the ambient noise, the score, Leo's heavy breathing and whispering, and Hardy's mumbling, dialogue is an after-thought. (Which, considering Inarritu's other films, might actually be a pro... I digress.)

Overall, a win, if only for the visuals. I can see this as a movie that stoners in college put on mute in the background of their parties. It'd work beautifully for that. I'd be fine if Inarritu continues to eschew attempts at "statements" and goes for more straight-forward visual porn. Not an Oscar movie save for technical categories imo, but what the hell do I know? This is better than Birdman, and Birdman won-- but this isn't about Hollywood... or about anything of importance, really (nothing's beating Spotlight, so it doesn't matter). Leo is a lock for a nom, and I'm sure Pic and Director (and maybe Supporting Actor) noms are in play.

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The one where, depending on who you're talking to apparently, either the bear rapes DiCaprio or DiCaprio rapes the bear?

I probably won't see this until it comes out on demand, if at all. Especially after your review of this being yet another Tom Hardy Grunts For Two Hours movie I absolutely hate snow as the backdrop for anything (The Grey was a major exception for me) I don’t even like snow levels in video games.

Anyhow I need to know if that bear rape rumor is true because I may have to forgo my hatred for snow settings just to see this ridiculous scene.

First of all, the bear is obviously CGI, and furthermore, it doesn't do anything remotely resembling rape. Breitbart started that rumor, if I'm not mistaken.

If you don't like grunting and snowy backdrops, I would definitely stay away.

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I wasn't interested until I heard about the bear rumor.

Then I thought about the sort of psychology present in a movie where a man rapes a bear (or the man gets raped by a bear, depending who is spreading the rumor apparently) and thought... I'm gonna see this because THAT is just about the wildest thing I've ever heard of in a movie.

I'll catch it on Netflix.

...in a humpy way (mid-attack), but to suggest there was anything sexual in what that bear did to Leo is...strange.

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Inarritu GAWD films

we always have this moment with his films, so i'll spare us the back and forth, lol

I don't think we disagree on this film, just on Inarritu's past work.

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I was surprised by the acting chops of Domhnall Gleeson
& Will Poulter.

I liked Hardy's character more than Leo's. Some scenes I was like, c'mon, bruh but, overall this movie was breathtaking and I liked how Leo's character found himself while also avenging his son's death.

it's about 45 too long, which many Inarritu films are, and he's in my top 5 (maybe ever)

the actions sequences in relation to the camera movement is ENCHANTING. and fuck if he didn't make me the viewer, "feel" the weather.

i'm not all hard dick about the "nature porn", but yes some shots were beautiful

Hardy and Leo did great work, BUT neither deserves trophies, a nom, MAYBE

again, I would love to see this type of film from the Natives POV. I know this is a novel and wamp wamp, but Inarritu put enough in there about the sycophantic white male colonial genocidal murder gene, that again, it made me care more about the Indigenous, than white man revenge

film is a 3.75 outta 5

BEAUTIFULLY shot
Hardy really is dope
Not a great flick, but a good one.

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I thought it was boring and vacuous. Empty I didn't appreciate the cinematography either cause it didn't say anything.

really enjoyed it. Worst week or month or whatever it was ever worked for me. The bear attack was ridiculously awesome. The final fight at the end was great. Leo was great, Hardy was great too. Some parts could have been better but overall amazing movie.

would watch again.
Hardy, even when he's barely understandable, stays bein a fuckin beast.
Leo too.

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Not a perfect movie but one I really dug. Some parts did drag a lil and took a while to get to the point but overall you feel the grit of this movie. NOTHING feels clean. Also you feel the weather elements through Leo's acting. Well done.

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..much like the setting.

this film is an unrelenting portrayal of early life as england & france began to colonize north america.

the writing and dialogue of the film is sparse, almost patient. great direction and cinematography. the action sequences are riveting.

dicaprio & hardy both deliver solid performances.




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..and miles to go before i sleep...

I've been crediting all the crazy one-take style action scenes to Cuaron but all along it was the cinematographer...now it all makes sense cause when I watched this film I felt like I was watching the same person's handy work. Man, this guy is good. There were some amazing sequences in this. I do agree that at times it dragged and showed us characters and things that either weren't explored deeply enough to make sense or didn't really add much to the story but everytime i had this reaction i got hit upside the head by another amazing sequence or beautiful wide shot of the environment. I really loved the movie and the backdrop and cinemtagrophy were the clear stars of this thing. I don't know if Leo deserves a trophy for this cause he didn't really carry the movie...but if he got one I'd be fine with it.

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and Hardy definitely deserves something....he did his thing

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If anything, that sequence is more of a credit to the director/cinematographer/FX team/makeup team.

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lol...j/k

but yeah.... I figured that but still


that shit was........ yeah

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>but yeah.... I figured that but still
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>that shit was........ yeah


LMAO

First movie in a long while that I will definitely pay to see again.

Sounds like it was a terrible movie that people feel
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that's damn good. that's a B

a 6 outta 10 is aight

That's basically a really good movie that falls short of something truly special because this, that, or the other were missing/overdone/etc.

8 of 10 is a good movie with minor issues that don't really bring the movie down but do prevent it from being something greater.

I saw it on bootleg and I'm going to the theater this weekend to watch on the big sccccreeen

SO i don't know, fartface

but if that's what you need to believe to feel superior, have at it.

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when I saw the final scene, I cried laughing

Hardy is putting up the dream filmography Mad Max and The Revenant both dropped in the year fuckin crazy... I gotta see who else was involved in huge movie like that in the same year. What else can I say about Leo? Always reliable well maybe not Gatsby lol but Leo comes through.

Beautiful Visuals... maybe too much which dragged the movie however slightly.


I thought Leo did great... but I dunno about an Oscar.

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Totally engaged the entire running time. This was my kind of movie...brutal yet beautiful at the same time.

Obviously Lubezki will win the Oscar...not sure about Leo though. It might be a stretch just due to the lack of dialogue.

I appreciate how all factions in this movie were depicted as savages for the most part, but had characters with great humanity as well. Other than the stinky French, who were just rapists.

Opening ambush scene was bananas.

this is as close to a dream as movies get, reaching a place that Malick and Tarkovsky (there's a possible Ivan's Childhood homage with the white birch trees) operate in. every scene exists in its own moment, and I was not concerned about what plot point would happen next, nor did I need exposition for why things already happened.

the ending is the one segment that is noticeably inferior to the rest, a telegraphed sequence that brought along nuisances such as resolution and third act dramatics.

modern masterpiece.

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>the ending is the one segment that is noticeably inferior to
>the rest, a telegraphed sequence that brought along nuisances
>such as resolution and third act dramatics.
>
>modern masterpiece.

Powaga and her father. Did he just chill because he had his daughter back? Why didn't he take any action on Glassman (Leo) but finished off Hardy's character? She had to have whispered something to her dad as they approached the fighting men. Just wish I knew what she said to help save Glassman.

"don't kill that white man, I was getting raped and he saved me."

That was supposed to be the same girl, right?

>That was supposed to be the same girl, right?

I assume it probably went something like as well. Her dad just seemed to be a ruthless cat. So, maybe he was a bit more at peace when she returned to him. And I guess maybe the dad killed Hardy's character as repayment for Glassman saving his daughter.

> And I guess maybe the dad killed Hardy's character as repayment for Glassman saving his daughter.

From Glass' perspective, I think whether or not the father killed Fitzgerald was irrelevant. At that moment he gave up his desire to get revenge and left Fitzgerald's death to providence, but the Native Americans just happened to be there.

>> And I guess maybe the dad killed Hardy's character as
>repayment for Glassman saving his daughter.
>
>From Glass' perspective, I think whether or not the father
>killed Fitzgerald was irrelevant. At that moment he gave up
>his desire to get revenge and left Fitzgerald's death to
>providence, but the Native Americans just happened to be
>there.
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My bad... I've been butchering their names all day.

Powaqa's father, Elk Dog, finished Fitzgerald off for a reason but took no action against Glass. I expected Elk Dog to do the same to Glass who appeared to be too injured to make any moves at all. My expectation was based on Elk Dog being a menacing, ruthless man. His menace and ruthlessness could have been driven solely by his desire for vengeance upon those who kidnapped his daughter though.

So, again, I wonder how the conversation between Powaqa and Elk Dog went down. And why, from Elk Dog's perspective, did he choose to kill Fitzgerald but let Glass live.

Nevertheless, this was a great cinematic experience for me. I am even considering paying to see it again because i was so caught up in everything happening on the screen.

> And I guess maybe the dad
>killed Hardy's character as repayment for Glassman saving his
>daughter.

It seemed more like he killed him because white man gotta die, that the only active choice the Natives made was in sparing Glass, since he saved the daughter. That would make way more sense than the "I'll kill him to repay the debt" take.

Still, I disliked that moment regardless. Give the audience a speech about how Fitzgerald's death isn't what's important... but still give them the satisfaction of the violent end to Hardy, at the hands of the blood-thirsty and conveniently-located Natives. Couldn't help but think that Werner Herzog would've scoffed at that sequence.

(There's a thinkpiece to be written about the use of the Natives in this movie, how their crazy-thin plotline only exists to provide the stereotypical threat of savage violence, to allow Leo to have a noble save-the-girl moment, and to save Leo with the stereotypical mystical Native healing powers... I won't be surprised if Slate jumps on this in the next 48 hours or so, given the GG wins and the mentions of the treatment of Native Americans in the speeches.)

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>(There's a thinkpiece to be written about the use of the
>Natives in this movie, how their crazy-thin plotline only
>exists to provide the stereotypical threat of savage violence,
>to allow Leo to have a noble save-the-girl moment, and to save
>Leo with the stereotypical mystical Native healing powers...
>I won't be surprised if Slate jumps on this in the next 48
>hours or so, given the GG wins and the mentions of the
>treatment of Native Americans in the speeches.)

A well-written argument and counterargument would be great to read. Could their "crazy-thin plotline" just be secondary to the mission of one man? That would possibly explain why the plotline wasn't as fleshed out as it could have been.

And I think that is where I'm stuck in that final scene. I want to know what the conversation was like between the chief and his daughter. In fact, was there a conversation between them at all? If so, I'd like to know if that conversation was the catalyst behind Glass' life being spared. There was attempt to give some context and depth, to the Native Americans, during the chief's discussion with them dirty French bastards. That's when he talked about how the settler's were robbing them of everything. Outside of this, I have no issues with the flick and may even go see it again.

>There was
>attempt to give some context and depth, to the Native
>Americans, during the chief's discussion with them dirty
>French bastards. That's when he talked about how the settler's
>were robbing them of everything.

Felt shoehorned in to me.

As if the filmmakers realized, "Hmm, maybe beginning the film with the whooping and the brutality of the Natives and telling multiple stories about their violent ways and their scalping and so on needs to be countered by a scene of dialogue in which we explicitly explain why they feel violence is justified."

I know that subtlety isn't really what Inarritu is going for at any point in any of his movies, so I should take these eye-rolling scenes with a grain of salt and just let the Lubezki imagery wash over me... but it's these sorts of things that keep me at arm's distance from enjoying his films. Inarritu clearly has the chops (and the cinematographer!) to deliver a cracker-jack genre picture, and the action parts of The Revenant are just fantastic.

Yet there's enough of the eye-roll-inducing stuff here to keep me at bay, and Inarritu's discussions with the press about the film have been absolutely unbearable (pun).

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When he was first offered it, he said he wasn't interested because he didn't like how Native Americans were treated in Westerns.

Although that ending did bother me. I was hoping that they too would let Hardy go, their violence over since they recovered their lost daughter and, in the end, the "success" of the adventure was helping bring the father and daughter together, which he could never do with his son.
As it stands, it does say that, while his focus on vengeance kept him alive, it was his saving the girl that ultimately saves his own life, but that moment (and much of the final act) felt like a standard movie cliche.

Rather than a thinkpiece, though, I hope someone would just try to talk to Inarritu and Leo about it because I'm sure they could give a thoughtful answer on it. The portrayal of Native Americans seemed very important to both of them at the Q&A I saw.

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> The portrayal of Native
>Americans seemed very important to both of them at the Q&A I
>saw.

If they were aiming for a complex, different depiction of Native Americans, they missed the mark imo. It'd be far easier for me to argue that these are one-note, near-offensive Native stereotypes than vice versa. (I wouldn't, btw-- just saying it's closer to that than to the other thing.)

They could mean well all they want, but what's on screen is the same ol' same ol' for the most part. At least in terms of character.

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The fact that the whites were the savages and the natives were trying to save their daughter from the rapists is a striking difference from most films IMO. As was the West being just as treacherous for natives who run into whites as vice versa.

Also, your previous comments did seem to question the intent; it wasn't shoehorned in.

Of course, the ending is still problematic and hard to explain besides the cliched, "Good thing I saved that girl because it came back to save my ass."

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Shit, I could argue that two Westerns this year alone-- Slow West and Bone Tomahawk-- were more successful in dealing with this aspect.

It may divert from the old-school traditional Westerns some... but even some of those, outside of the real rah-rah Cowboys-and-Indians vibes, gave at least a little motivation to the Natives. I don't feel inclined to give too much credit for that.

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on Native representations in film I have come across in a while

it screams of whiteness and the white gaze... and again why you're post above about Inarritu "trying to make statement films," REALLY fucn bothers me; especially when you like bullshit like Brooklyn and Friends with Kids. No shit a Mexican artist from Mexico, making films in the last 20 years is trying to make statements! what else should he be doing. we hardly get to sit at the god damn table.

but really the LOFL is @ ANYTHING, outside a handful of movies MADE BY NATIVES, and MAYBE Hanzee in season two of Fargo, being anything close to nuanced and balanced view of indigenous people across the Americas.

that was ONE of the things that MADE THIS MOVIE dope, that psychotic white men destroying brown bodies WAS NOT sugar coated, and the festering hate "historical" POCs have for white people, (the men in particular) was depicted subtly and BEAUTIFULLY.

I didn't see savages, because you know they also had a revenge narrative of their own, AND the NDN who helped Leo's character survive, was MURDERED by the real savage white men, who then were raping an NDN woman. No shit they ain't gunna kill Leo, why would they, it wasn't their way, but the would kill the white man who they new murdered that NDN boy (leo's son) who was part of the collective white men destroying their way of life

jesus christ, y'all be on some bullshit

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All I ever want to do when I sit my ass in a theater is love a movie. And I loved loved love the first 8ish minutes of The Revenant. Then, after that, not as much.

But apparently my taste and opinion are both bullshit. No point in trying to state one's mixed feelings when the reply I get involves how shitty my taste is. That's the "Eject Post" moment.

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beautiful movie but, not sure that i want to see that disgusting savagery again.
the rape scenes really bothered me and still bother me. steal their land, rape
their women, barbarians. it's amazing how we forget these things, almost
like it didn't happen...

It's ham-handed message, similar to movies like Crash and Gravity.

Still a beautiful movie, but everything wrapped up too neatly. I guess that's what tends to happen when you get these blockbuster-ish style movies made with an artsy aesthetic.

(There's a thinkpiece to be written about the use of the
>Natives in this movie, how their crazy-thin plotline only
>exists to provide the stereotypical threat of savage violence,

EVERY faction in this movie has a crazy thin plotline, INCLUDING the Americans...because the movie is not very concerned with plot.

>to allow Leo to have a noble save-the-girl moment,

Although he did save the girl, you could argue he was far more interested in self-preservation by seizing the opportunity to steal a horse. While I watched that scene I honestly didn't get the impression that he cared a whole lot about the girl. Remember the stinky Frenchies hung his friend, too.

>and to save
>Leo with the stereotypical mystical Native healing powers...

mystical Native healing powers? Da fuck did he do that was mystical other than rubbing some plants in his cuts? The Native was a survivalist on his own with more skills than Leo. That character was a HUGE compliment to Native Americans...he manned the fuck up and built that shelter in a snowstorm and created fire because he was a badass, not a mystical healer.

Just face it, you hate Inarritu.

>EVERY faction in this movie has a crazy thin plotline,
>INCLUDING the Americans...because the movie is not very
>concerned with plot.

Right. It's wonderful nature porn, beautiful light and sounds. A couple of amazing action scenes. Plot isn't developed, because Inarritu would rather just show you more nature porn. We agree.

>Just face it, you hate Inarritu.

I liked this movie just fine-- it's my favorite Inarritu, in fact, largely because the nature porn is exceedingly effective. The more he gets out of Lubezki's way and just shows pretty pictures, the more I liked it.

I just dispute the point about the Native Americans having depth. And you agreed with me.

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it's odd as hell

the ending was excellent

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