Contrary tochatteron the Internet, Leonardo DiCaprio does not get raped by a bear inThe Revenant.
When it was over, it took me a few minutes to lift my jaw off my lap.
Its an epic about the existential extremes human beings will go to for revenge.
Credit: Twentieth Century Fox
Glass camp of white fur trappers is raided by Native Americans who seem to appear from nowhere.
Glass, and everyone sitting in the theater watching, is lucky to make it out alive.
Glass is and isnt a member of this ornery group of pelt traders.
(The film was shot in the snowy wilderness outside of Calgary).
He wants to collect his money and move on.
Thats more or less the story.
Its an epic adventure writ small.
And for some, that may be enough.
But I suspect others will leaveThe Revenantwishing there was a little more narrative meat on the bone.
But it pays off, giving the film a singularly strange and haunting beauty.
DiCaprio immerses himself into the nearly silent role of Glass.
I done it already.
They worked in harmony to help tell the story of a man coming undone.
Here, story and style never quite get on the same page.
Its a movie thats so focused on dazzling your eyes that it never quite finds its way into your heart.B
