Watched The Revenant at the imax on Friday evening.
Itās certainly gripping. The opening sequence is stunning. Gruesome, beautifully shot and totally absorbing and the bear attack is excellent.
I donāt think this is matched by the rest of the film though. Yes, itās pretty to look at and there is plenty of tension created but there was something missing for me.
Some of the set pieces look to have been plopped into the film to give DiCaprio the chance to get covered in shit and gag a bit rather than being integral. Itās like the director had a great idea for the start and the end of the film but filled the middle with a series of undeveloped tableaus.
I didnāt really buy into Leonardoās character. There was not enough time to identify with his character before heās fucked over by the bear and then itās all hoarse whispering, mumbles and foaming at the mouth. Not enough light and shade for me. One dimensional man on a revenge mission.
Excellent supporting cast though. Tom Hardy is pretty excellent in most things Iāve seen him in.
The fact that the imax was like a fucking sauna wasnāt really conducive to enhancing the atmpsphere either.
Overall, well worth a watch but doesnāt quite live up to the hype.
Itās not a traditional Hollywood movie. Especially, the narrative isnt a traditional revenge story. Itās more of a cinematic experience, you have to watch it on the big screen.
Man kills other manās son. Man follows killer relentlessly. Man kills killer.
It reminded me a bit of āA Man Called Horseā right down to the ripping off of the recovery in the steamy tent scene. Maybe that was what the ābeing born from a dead horseā scene was all about.
Donāt know how many on here use a vpn to get e most out of Netflix, but I just watched '71 on the Canadian Netflix. Itās an excellent film starring the always outstanding Jack oāConnell as a squaddie in Northern Ireland getting trapped and injured in a hostile part of Belfast during the height of the violence.
It does a good job keeping a pretty neutral stance on the politics, portraying both parts as having a cause, but being riddled with internal problems and separations. Very tense and well worth watching.
If youāve got kids, for some reason Netherlands Netflix is miles ahead of all the others. Theyāve already got Inside Out, a superb animation that was still on at the cinema last month.
Now this is a blast from the past - tidying up old stuff came across old VHSsrecorded from the TV. Found a copy of āSalvadorā. James Woods at his best in what is a tough film to watch but compelling nonetheless. Will try and dig out the old video player and a scart converter and see if it will still play.
Itās not a traditional Hollywood movie. Especially, the narrative isnt a traditional revenge story. Itās more of a cinematic experience, you have to watch it on the big screen.
How so?
Man kills other manās son. Man follows killer relentlessly. Man kills killer.
It reminded me a bit of āA Man Called Horseā right down to the ripping off of the recovery in the steamy tent scene. Maybe that was what the ābeing born from a dead horseā scene was all about.
I do know what you mean and itās a trend with modern directors to ignore story and character based stuff and focus on this visual experience. Gravity was lauded, rightly. But at the same time itās almost like a theme park ride.
Not a film, but Iāve recently watched Oliver Stoneās Untold History of the United States. Superb documentary series, which not only shows the big turning points of the USā post-war history, but also shows how interested Stone has been in the subject throughout. His entire career has been about documenting that period in movie form; Salvador is one of the many films from his own career that he is able to use.
Itās a UK production (BBC funded I think) that follows an autistic boyās dream to compete in the Mathsā Olympiad.
Some wonderful young actors playing the parts of kids on the autistic spectrum, and Rafe Spall is superb as the depressed, MS-suffering teacher who tries to inspire the young lad.
Wow, how much fun is Kingsman? (On our movie channel last night)
It even takes the piss out of itself forbeing a parody of early James Bond films, and Samuel L Jackson with a lispā¦ classic
In fact it probably is as close to what JB might have become IF Jason Bourne hadnāt turned up (and yes, loved that little call the dog JB joke as well) or possibly how an Austin Powers movie could have been if Mike Myers didnāt overactā¦
Very well worth watching over a TV dinner, and the Land of Hope & Glory scene has to be up there amongst movie tasteless bad joke cartoon comedy grossness classics.
āIf you save the world you can *&^& my assholeā may not have been EXACTLY what the Swedish Princess said, but it has to go down as one of the best misheard lines in a movie.
Great old fashioned tosh that entertained for almost two hours.
