The Revenant.........Wow

[John Rogers]

Watched the new movie The Revenant today......whoa it was intense for sure. I mainly wanted to see the use of the muzzle loaders and how accurate the film would show their use since that is what I shoot now days and they were not too bad. For sure the Indians of the various tribes can shoot arrows MUCH faster than a flint lock! I would not be surprised if 'ol Leonardo got an Oscar nod for his work in this one? I was also interested because my wife's grandfather was a trapper and hunter near the Canadian border and she said he used to tell them tails of what they did and how rough it was and she said maybe he was not a BS'r after all. It sure makes me glad to live in the land of warmth and sunshine!

If you want to escape for a bit I'd recommend it for sure and if anyone wants to try one of those rifles, we have a black powder match on the first Sunday of each month at the South Bay Rod and Gun Club near beautiful Dulzura. I'll even loan a rifle for a shot or two.

[Nickshu]

Looks great in the trailers... Can't wait to see it!

[stevej37]

Saw it today...amazing movie! Some incredible camera shots and scenery. Those guys in that time era sure were tough!

[cheeze]

Personally did not enjoy The Revenant. Dream sequences were awful. They shot hyper realistically and mostly without green screen, but the plot was totally far fetched. Leo gave a great performance though. Not sure I would say the same of Tom Hardy.

[Jolly Amaranto]

Originally Posted by cheeze

but the plot was totally far fetched.

It was loosely based on a true story.
The Revenant: The True Story of the Leonardo DiCaprio Movie

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by cheeze

Leo gave a great performance though. Not sure I would say the same of Tom Hardy.

Tom Hardy plays a despicable character...hard for viewers to like, but I thought he did it very well.

[cheeze]

Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto

It was loosely based on a true story.
The Revenant: The True Story of the Leonardo DiCaprio Movie

SPOILER ALERT

Yes, yes. I had no problems with the story. It was the way it was fleshed out, particularly his recovery of his broken leg. It was never freakin set! And then he just one day is able to limp on it, then the next walk on it!

I think this was a function or symptom of a poor display of time. I am fine with a deliberately slow pacing, but the time scale during his recovery was confusing as hell.

Originally Posted by stevej37

Tom Hardy plays a despicable character...hard for viewers to like, but I thought he did it very well.

I didn't care for his performance, not so much his character. I can't get behind his American accents, especially since I saw him in "The Drop". His performance wasn't half bad in that abomination "Legend" however.

[plexiform]

Excellent movie!! I'm always fascinated with movies showing how tough the people who built this country truly were. Maybe a little exaggerated with rapid healing times, etc but at the end its a movie and has to stretch the imagination to some degree.

[seanratpel]

Heard they spent close to a million dollars on the Grizzly scene alone. I can see why, fantastic special effects. Great movie overall I thought.

[URY914]

Saw it today. Wish I hadn't.

The guy cheated death how many times? 6-8?
The bear injuries alone would have killed him.
You think his wounds would have gotten infected?
People used to die from a hang nail back then.

How about hypothermia?
He floats down a river, washes up on the bank totally soaked and exhausted.
The next scene he has a fire going and he's completely dry.

So many things wrong with it from a practical stand point.

[9dreizig]

Great movie!!! Yes there was some theatrical privilege taken but it is based on a true story and in general pretty realistic. .. can't wait to see it again

[WPOZZZ]

The opening scene where Glass and his son are hunting is incredible! The cinematography draws you in, then the sound effects of the running water makes it feel like you are there.

[pavulon]

Isn't that what a revenant would do?

Originally Posted by URY914

Saw it today. Wish I hadn't.

The guy cheated death how many times? 6-8?
The bear injuries alone would have killed him.
You think his wounds would have gotten infected?
People used to die from a hang nail back then.

How about hypothermia?
He floats down a river, washes up on the bank totally soaked and exhausted.
The next scene he has a fire going and he's completely dry.

So many things wrong with it from a practical stand point.

[sand_man]

Saw it last night with my son. My son's reaction as we exited: "THAT WAS G-R-I-S-L-Y!!!!"
The camera work and cinematography were top! Definitely a movie to escape in. Maybe a bit overindulgent against the actual story, but it's entertainment. I guess that's when men were men!

Tom Hardy was my favorite, and I will have to see it again, just so I can get a handle on his lines; he talks as if he has a mouth full of marbles and beaver azz!

[URY914]

Originally Posted by pavulon

Isn't that what a revenant would do?

Yes that is the definition of the word, but call it whatever you want and it won't make the story anymore believable. Watching closeups of Leo's face as he crawled through the snow gets boring after the first hour.

I see he won a Golden Globe last night for it. Good for him and for the folks that liked the movie. He must have had an any easy time learning his lines being that he only had 50 or so lines to learn. Kinda like Tom Hanks in the "Cast Away".

I liked "Jeremiah Johnson" with Redford better.

[Sunroof]

This is a remake of the movie, "Man in the Wilderness" with Richard Harris back in the 70's. Same theme, but no child murder, just a guy attacked by a bear, left for dead and manages to defy the odds and make it back to civilization. I saw the Revenant his past weekend and thought it was incredible. The picture was filmed in "natural light" and the scenery breathtaking, but I agree that he should have died of so many things considering the environmental conditions and his wounds. It already took three awards and I expect the Oscars as well. Not a movie for the faint hearted, but a masterpiece of acting by Dicaprio. Worth the watch.

[John Rogers]

I think people were a lot tougher a long time ago? Back in the 20's and 30's my mother used to hang up laundry when there was snow on the ground, below freezing with plain shoes on, light sweater only and never caught so much as a cold! The laundry would dry and be stiff as a board when she brought it in but when it heated up......it was dry? Now days my wife won't even go down stairs to do any laundry if the outside air temp is less than 50 degrees!

[MRM]

Yes, they did, and my mother's mother died of pneumonia doing exactly that in the 30s when my mother was an infant and her mother was about 29. There is a reason we live decades longer (on average) than our ancestors did just a generation or two ago.

[gordner]

I thought the revenant was at least two hours too long. Amazing cinematography but a boooooring movie with no appeal to me. Felt like I wasted my time watching it, totally anti-climactic. Long for the sake of long no substance and just totally uninteresting, the movie never engaged me in the slightest.
His unbelievable healing powers should be studied though....Seems that guy would have died ten times over if it was even moderately based on reality.

[Hugh R]

Originally Posted by john rogers

The laundry would dry and be stiff as a board when she brought it in but when it heated up......it was dry?

Sublimation is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase without passing through the intermediate liquid phase.

I may go see it this coming weekend. I write off movie tickets as research in my field of work.