Re: The Revenant
Watched this last night - was absolutely blown away by it. Reminded me of what Coppola talked about in Hearts of Darkness, how he wanted Apocalypse to be more than an art film, how he wanted it to be lurid and shocking and sexy and exciting. Well The Revenant does this in spades.
DiCaprio is great; although if he gets the Oscar it'll be for endurance as much as anything - personally I think it's harder to pull off a quiet, measured performance but Oscar seems to favour the whole Daniel Day Lewis thing of lopping off an arm to win. For me Tom Hardy was the stand-out; he managed to wring every ounce of sympathy for a dislikeable character. Despite all that he does it's hard not to empathise with someone who just wants to get out of this godforsaken hell.
The whole thing reminded me a lot of Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian - which I understand someone is adapting. Whoever's making that, I wish them luck - it's going to be a huge ask to compete with this.
Watched this last night - was absolutely blown away by it. Reminded me of what Coppola talked about in Hearts of Darkness, how he wanted Apocalypse to be more than an art film, how he wanted it to be lurid and shocking and sexy and exciting. Well The Revenant does this in spades.
DiCaprio is great; although if he gets the Oscar it'll be for endurance as much as anything - personally I think it's harder to pull off a quiet, measured performance but Oscar seems to favour the whole Daniel Day Lewis thing of lopping off an arm to win. For me Tom Hardy was the stand-out; he managed to wring every ounce of sympathy for a dislikeable character. Despite all that he does it's hard not to empathise with someone who just wants to get out of this godforsaken hell.
The whole thing reminded me a lot of Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian - which I understand someone is adapting. Whoever's making that, I wish them luck - it's going to be a huge ask to compete with this.
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