The Revenant.
 

The Revenant (2015) - Rotten Tomatoes

This was very crowded this afternoon so I went to the Hateful Eight instead.

What did you think of it? I mean The Revenant?

Interested to see if anyone saw The Man In the Wilderness and the Revenant. How do the compare?

As I recall there was a similar movie to the Revenant made in the 1970's titled Jeremiah Johnson starring Robert Redford that was quite a good movie. so I will be looking forward to viewing The Revenant

There was a real Jeremiah Johnson. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Johnson_(film)

Two friends saw it and found it painfully long. Said they were ready to leave after the first 30 min. Told me Not to bother going.

The Hateful Eight is even longer with a great deal off dialog. You really have to like Quentin Tarantino's work to enjoy it.

I saw the Revenent.
"one that returns after death or a long absence"
That's a new word for me.
There is a "fighting a bear scene" that is very graphic and makes you squirm. It's so real you can feel the claws. It's about man's inhumanity to man in 1820 out west. Sometimes it's personal and sometimes it's just one tribe hating another.

The entire film I knew it was DiCaprio. There are some actors and some films where I get so envolved in the story I forget who the actors are. To me,DiCaprio, except for What's Eating Gilbert Grape, is always DiCaprio.

I saw The Revenant and really enjoyed it. Both Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy did some great acting. It was long, but the time passed quickly for me. The cinematography is breathtaking! It is similar to the old Robert Redford film, Jeremiah Johnson which I also enjoyed at the time. Both are realistic and brutal, but those were brutal times and reflect a brutal culture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survival_film

Here's a list of survival films.

They seemed to have missed some. Broken and In the Heart of the Sea both seem to be survival films as well.

Jermiah Johnson is one of my all-time faves and I've been on the fence about DiCaprio's latest. I'll be seeing it now, for sure! Thanks for the insight.

As a "Jermiah Johnson" fan I've got to see it.

I saw it tonight. It's definitely not for the faint of heart. It's long, about 2-1/2 hours but held my attention the whole time, never a dull moment. Makes you glad you weren't born in the 1800's. Leonardo is a great actor and seems to get better with every film. I gave the movie a 10 on IMDB.com.

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV..._SX214_AL_.jpg

He was great in What's Eating Gilbert Grape.

Honest to goodness. After I saw that movies I thought it was wonderful how a boy with special needs learned all his lines. Johnny Depp was also in that movie. Both are great actors but after a Johnny Depp movie sometimes I need to look up which one was Depp. Watch Black Mass. Leonardo cannot seem to hide his looks.

feel the same
 

I feel the same way about DiCaprio. Also, Jack Nickloson....I'm always aware of the actor. Unlike a Meryl Streep or Johnny Deep where they seem to become the persons they are portraying.

Dustin Hoffman really blends into a role. Dustin Hoffman - Rotten Tomatoes

We loved it! Did not drag on and held our interest throughout. Best film we have seen in a long time. If you left after 30 minutes you missed one of the best films this year. I am not a fan of DiCaprio but he did an amazing job in this film. I would even go see it again.

yes
Meryl was Julia Childe and the Queen of England. Unlike Daniel Day Lewis who also dissolves into the role 24/7 they say Julia can turn it off as soon as the director yells cut. I watched an interview and the other actor said Julia was crying in the middle of the Holocaust scene, the director yelled cut and she immediately asked the other actor where everyone was going to eat. There is Meryl and then all the rest.
I enjoy Dustin's body of work but I always know it's him.

I just thought of something. Maybe the true sign of a great actor is that no one can do an impression of them.

Saw it this afternoon. Very hard to watch in parts but agree that it had great acting, cinematography, special effects, screenwriting, and directing.

Had the same chatty couple sitting a few chairs across from me as I had in The Hateful Eight or their doppelgangers. They must go about the same day and time as I usually go so I may have to alter my moviegoing habits a bit. https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...690-post9.html

Or, maybe I should start sitting somewhere else.

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I saw The Revenant yesterday and I thought it was outstanding.

I won't give any spoilers here, but when the movie ended almost all the people in the audience sat there in the dark and watched the credits scroll by. They didn't want to leave their seats. It was testimony to a powerful movie experience.

I assure you that no one left early.

going at 4:15 here in Islamorada...popcorn?

Unless queasy stomach.

Knock off of Richard Harris & John Huston's

Man in the Wilderness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeJp7cvcpwg

This seems to be based on a fictionalized novel of some true life incidents. The facts have been changed a bit for more drama. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arikara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arikara_War

good acting way long

I enjoy the tid-bits you add to the conversation. You might call your self "footnotes".

Great movie!! DiCaprio really nailed it again and should come home with the Oscar this time. The power, depth and resilience of the human body and spirit is skillfully and beautifully portrayed. I found inspiration in this movie.

He should have won for The Aviator. Hopefully, this will be his year. The Aviator*(2004) - Rotten Tomatoes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77th_Academy_Awards

Jamie Foxx was good in Ray though.

Just saw this again on Blu-Ray. The scenery and acting are quite good. You do have to get past the savagery of man against man.

The DVD and Blu-Ray editions of this movie came out on Tuesday, April 19, 2016.