Movie: The Revenant

[LoathedVermin72]

The bear attack was vicious.

I mostly just thought it was funny. CGI isn't advanced enough yet for those kind of prolonged close-ups.

[dimejinky99]

Bet the studio are pissed off they didnt release it in 3D for the bear scene.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Mecca]

I liked this; beautiful shots/scenery/tone. I'd be really surprised if Leo wins an Oscar for this though.

[LoathedVermin72]

The Oscar is his. He doesn't deserve it, but he has it.

[Monkey_Driven]

The Oscar is his. He doesn't deserve it, but he has it.

Who would you give it to this year? I haven't seen nearly as films as you but I'm having a hard time thinking of memorable performances.

[LoathedVermin72]

The Oscar is his. He doesn't deserve it, but he has it.

Who would you give it to this year? I haven't seen nearly as films as you but I'm having a hard time thinking of memorable performances.

It's been a slow year for leading male performances. I think the best I've seen was probably Kurt Russell in The Hateful Eight.

[Monkey_Driven]

The Oscar is his. He doesn't deserve it, but he has it.

Who would you give it to this year? I haven't seen nearly as films as you but I'm having a hard time thinking of memorable performances.

It's been a slow year for leading male performances. I think the best I've seen was probably Kurt Russell in The Hateful Eight.

That one's on the list to see.

[Kaius]

The bear attack was vicious.

I mostly just thought it was funny. CGI isn't advanced enough yet for those kind of prolonged close-ups.

I'll have to watch it again as it wasn't in the theatre, but I thought it looked good.

[Mecca]

The bear attack was vicious.

I mostly just thought it was funny. CGI isn't advanced enough yet for those kind of prolonged close-ups.

I'll have to watch it again as it wasn't in the theatre, but I thought it looked good.

I actually thought "its amazing how CGI animals can look so close to the real thing, but CGI humans even in wide shots are so fake." There were a few shots where the bear was very obviously CGI though.

[Dscans]

I thought this was fantastic.

As for the Leo/Oscar hype, I think people get too hung up on what an actor had to go through for the role vs. nailing a really compelling/complex character. Yeah, Leo doesn't have any great moments and did a lot of grunting, but I don't think there was much there to work with. However, I do appreciate the lengths he went to. There's a scene where he wades into a freezing-cold river, catches a fish with his bare hands, and bites right in to it. It's all one shot, so you know that's him actually grabbing the fish and eating it while it's still alive.

I have a simple test for what I consider to be a great performance: can the actor make me forget he's an actor? Tom Hardy absolutely did. Leo was fine, but I was always like "That's Leonardo Dicaprio."

[Mecca]

i strongly doubt that was an actual fish

[tommymtcom]

I saw this today. I liked it, but my brother, sister and I all agreed that Tom Hardy was superior to Leo.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

was he better in this or locke?

[tommymtcom]

I have not seen Locke

[lennytheweedwhacker]

I have not seen Locke

omg

[tommymtcom]

Should I watch that instead of the Royal Rumble tonight?

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Should I watch that instead of the Royal Rumble tonight?

no u should watch it tuesday night...actually i'm not sure you'd like it, not enough explosions and such

[tommymtcom]

Should I watch that instead of the Royal Rumble tonight?

no u should watch it tuesday night...actually i'm not sure you'd like it, not enough explosions and such

I watched The Gift last night. Nothing exploded in that movie at all, but I still enjoyed it.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Should I watch that instead of the Royal Rumble tonight?

no u should watch it tuesday night...actually i'm not sure you'd like it, not enough explosions and such

I watched The Gift last night. Nothing exploded in that movie at all, but I still enjoyed it.

i liked that one too