The Revenant: Trailer/Discussion

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THUS SPOKE THE ALL MIGHTY, ALL KNOWING ANTHON EE, THE GREAT!!!:hail 1:

 

Yeah, I remembered your 6 - cos that's what I gave it!! :ant:

 

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Hardy is better than Gyllenhal, as is Fassbender and a few other guys.

 

Saw it last night. Taught, grimy movie. The opening tracking shot (though it was most likely not a real tracking shot) was incredible. Like Anthony said Inarittu is skilled whether you like his films or not. He hides his edits incredibly well.

Most of the movie is a slow burn, so a lot of people won't like it. I do know, Leo made me feel like he was suffering, and the whole atmosphere of the film made me feel the cold that the characters were feeling.

Leo had the most physically demanding role, while Hardy by far had the most dialogue and was the most well rounded character of the two. What I liked most about Hardy's character, is I doubt I would have ever figured out it was Tom Hardy, if I didn't already know that was him. I thought he gave his character much more complexity then what was probably on the page of the screenplay.

I don't know if it's a re-watchable movie right now, I'm leaning towards no. I've seen Mad Max 3 times already and enjoy it just as much each time. I'm not sure if I'm looking forward to Leo doing his version of "Passion Of The Christ" again, anytime soon.

8/10

 

I saw him as slightly cowardly (compared to Leo's character anyways), and an opportunist, but far from evil. Lots of worse things he could have done throughout the course of the film then he did. Most bad things he did was a circumstance of the situation. He also had a high survival instinct, but was not nearly as smart or as practical as Leo's character.

 

Yeah, I stuck around for the credits and was amazed at how many digital and CGI artists were employed by the film. It wouldn't shock me if it was filmed in the middle of the Summer and all the snow and ice was added in post. You wouldn't know it from watching the movie though.

 

I thought he blinked to save his son, but was somewhat forced into it. Once Hardy killed his kid to shut him up, all bets were off.

 

Personally, I saw Hardy's character as a straight up villain. From the beginning he showed a nasty streak.

 

The blinking thing was a witch hunt. EVERYONE has to blink eventually. Leo knew it was a witch hunt and so he just gave in and did the long blink. Obviously he wanted to live.

 

I'm conflicted about it, but in the end it doesn't matter. Once he killed Leo's son, shit was on.

 

He was a bad guy, but it wasn't completely without context. He hated Indians but we learned exactly why he hated them so much. He had his chance to kill Leo straight up, but never followed through on it. He could have killed Bridger (who was a huge loose end for him) easily, and blamed it on the Indians like he did with Hawk.

 

He did try to kill that cunt, but lucky him there were no bullets/pellets in his rifle when he pulled the trigger.

 

Wondering if anybody else saw the following the same as me, or did I miss something.

The Indian War Party that was looking for Powaqa's daughter. Was that whole thing a case of mistaken identity? They went after the English trappers when they should have been going after the French trappers/traders (who were their allies) who had his daughter all along, instead. Did I read that right?

 

I think he knew that already. Otherwise he would have just shot him with one of his other guns.

 

Ah, I wasn't sure if that was actually his daughter or not. Thought maybe the girl was an Indian slave they took from another tribe. But then she found her way back to the War Party at the end. Why the fuck would they leave somebody from their own tribe behind with those French assholes?

 

Which proves again what a failed movie it was at times.

 

I EARN my right to be in this thread by posting the very first review of this overrated average remake!!! issed:

 

Sometimes I'm glad I live in the future. Nothing but cholera, frost bite and scalpings waiting for me in the past. ray: