Cast:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy and Will Poulter
Director: Alejandro González
IñárrituCharacter: Hugh Glass, John Fitzgerald and Jim Bridger
Plot Genre: Adventure,
Action and Feature
Synopsis: A story happens in undeveloped Western
America during the late 19th Century, passengers there are always
being attacked by American Indians and fierce animals. A frontiersman, Hugh
Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio), who is an explorer, is injured severely
by a black bear when he and his team in a fur trading. His team, however, leave
him afterwards to avoid dangers. Unfortunately, Hugh then is betrayed by his
partner John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). Hugh needs to overcome all
difficulties in the extreme environment by enduring the tremendous pain and
strong family affection on his son Jim Bridger
(Will Poulter).
Review:
Before watching the movie, I had noticed that Leonardo DiCaprio had won the Best Actor of Golden Globes 2016 of The Revenant, this definitely prompts me to watch it to see the performance of the actor and the successful factors of the whole movie.
Because human beings were not good at communicate with language at that period, it could be seen that the whole process of the story does not include too much dialog but most are the facial expressions of the performers. Therefore director had shot many close up to emphasize the internal monologue of the character. All actor and actress have a great performing skills, all of them are very professional, it leads me totally substitute into the story plot,
To attract large audiences, it does not only require the good actors, but also a good screenplay. It was written by Mark L. Smith and Alejandro that includes many different ups and downs, as well as the climax. In The Revenant, there are some unforgettable and deep-going scenes that stir me up.
The first scene showed that John betrays him by doing something danger to his family. At that moment, Hugh has a great transformation on his mental state because he is impotent do anything due to the injury of himself. Shocking, anger, helplessness and sadness……these emotions are all being shown clearly in the screen. Although there are only little dialogs, but it could lead audience to watch it preoccupied. Therefore, audience could throw themselves into the character; I could not even breathe when I was watching it nervously.
The second scene was the confrontation and revenge to the John, this scene is definitely one of the most important plots because this is one of the important climaxes of the whole story. As the shooting angle is always excellent because it feels like audience could be personally on the scene. I did not stop feeling nervous from tracking the position of John to the ending, which is beyond expectation.
The meanings of the movie does not only present the contradiction between crew members, but also about the family love, Hugh has a great willpower of survival due to his son; the surviving skills in the extreme cold weather, Hugh and some strangers emerge that how savage people live in that period; also, the dangers in late 19th Century, as the attacks from American Indians are irrational and merciless. These are the details that audience should pay attention. Also, I had gotten the underlying meanings of the movie, which is about the attitude to your enemy. Many will have a strong hostility to that person, and they want to revenge. However, what message that the film brings to audience is that the attitude of facing enmity is depends on your own. Sometimes “let the pass go” would be a better choice for you rather than revenge, because you still could get nothing after you revenge. Different attitude would lead a different life style to you.
Besides, the story flow is fluent and dramatic; we could see that there were different setups in the beginning that could help to make the story become more reasonable and would have more surprises. On the other hand, the clothing and the make-up does impress audiences and strengthen the involvement of the plot.
The production of the movie is enormous and earnest that was took place in the environment of minus forty degree celsius, as a result, it was really a tight challenge to the production crew. Moreover, in the aspect of lighting, director had decided that the whole shooting process could only rely on the natural light; no additional lighting equipment and editing are added. Apparently, this highly increased the difficulties on shooting because there were so many unexpected factors during the shooting process. But finally, they really did a good job.
Target audience: Male and Female
Age group: 18-30
Review:
Before watching the movie, I had noticed that Leonardo DiCaprio had won the Best Actor of Golden Globes 2016 of The Revenant, this definitely prompts me to watch it to see the performance of the actor and the successful factors of the whole movie.
Because human beings were not good at communicate with language at that period, it could be seen that the whole process of the story does not include too much dialog but most are the facial expressions of the performers. Therefore director had shot many close up to emphasize the internal monologue of the character. All actor and actress have a great performing skills, all of them are very professional, it leads me totally substitute into the story plot,
To attract large audiences, it does not only require the good actors, but also a good screenplay. It was written by Mark L. Smith and Alejandro that includes many different ups and downs, as well as the climax. In The Revenant, there are some unforgettable and deep-going scenes that stir me up.
The first scene showed that John betrays him by doing something danger to his family. At that moment, Hugh has a great transformation on his mental state because he is impotent do anything due to the injury of himself. Shocking, anger, helplessness and sadness……these emotions are all being shown clearly in the screen. Although there are only little dialogs, but it could lead audience to watch it preoccupied. Therefore, audience could throw themselves into the character; I could not even breathe when I was watching it nervously.
The second scene was the confrontation and revenge to the John, this scene is definitely one of the most important plots because this is one of the important climaxes of the whole story. As the shooting angle is always excellent because it feels like audience could be personally on the scene. I did not stop feeling nervous from tracking the position of John to the ending, which is beyond expectation.
The meanings of the movie does not only present the contradiction between crew members, but also about the family love, Hugh has a great willpower of survival due to his son; the surviving skills in the extreme cold weather, Hugh and some strangers emerge that how savage people live in that period; also, the dangers in late 19th Century, as the attacks from American Indians are irrational and merciless. These are the details that audience should pay attention. Also, I had gotten the underlying meanings of the movie, which is about the attitude to your enemy. Many will have a strong hostility to that person, and they want to revenge. However, what message that the film brings to audience is that the attitude of facing enmity is depends on your own. Sometimes “let the pass go” would be a better choice for you rather than revenge, because you still could get nothing after you revenge. Different attitude would lead a different life style to you.
Besides, the story flow is fluent and dramatic; we could see that there were different setups in the beginning that could help to make the story become more reasonable and would have more surprises. On the other hand, the clothing and the make-up does impress audiences and strengthen the involvement of the plot.
The production of the movie is enormous and earnest that was took place in the environment of minus forty degree celsius, as a result, it was really a tight challenge to the production crew. Moreover, in the aspect of lighting, director had decided that the whole shooting process could only rely on the natural light; no additional lighting equipment and editing are added. Apparently, this highly increased the difficulties on shooting because there were so many unexpected factors during the shooting process. But finally, they really did a good job.
Target audience: Male and Female
Age group: 18-30
Magazine: HK Magazine
Word count: 769
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