The Revenant (Oscar Film)

          Leonardo DiCaprio is immortal. After seeing this beautiful film, I am convinced of this fact. After watching his character, Hugh Glass, survive a bear attack, several stranglings, near hypothermia, near starvation and dehydration, fights with other humans without bleeding out, a bear-made stoma, and what had to be at least a 50 foot drop off a cliff, there is really no other explanation. His survival skills probably helped though as the man used gunpowder and kindling to cauterize the wound and hole in his throat and found every way needed to escape enemies and find food. It was especially entertaining to see him use the trick seen in Star Wars where he used the carcass of his dead horse as a sort of sleeping bag and shield from the cold. I would recommend that all see this great tale of survival and beauty and I would give it 9 frozen beards out of 10.
         I am surprised I was able to watch this movie at home, as it is still in theaters I believe in some places. I found a quasi-legal, medium-quality website to stream it on, and this replaced my initial plan which was to watch Sicario. I am glad I saw this movie. This was a movie well-worth all its Oscar nominations. DiCaprio does a fantastic job acting, especially in his scenes with no dialogue. His good acting was enough to communicate to the audience without need for words. It was funny to see a character in Will Poulter who was serious and impressive here when I know him to be a goofy character from We're the Millers. The cinematography in this movie was impressive. The landscapes shown in the Pacific Northwest here were some of my favorite I have ever seen in a movie. The director and cameramen used the sun to their advantage perfectly, and the lighting created different effects when needed. The blood and snow would splatter a bit on the camera at times, just enough to create a real effect. The movie was overall aesthetically pleasing. Its themes were also interesting, as it showed the obvious brutality of nature in this area in the winter, but it also helped to show perhaps what was more brutal: all the humans who live there.