spokepoker
Hummingbird
I thought it was a remake of "Man in the Wilderness"
The Revenant Movie
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Watched this for the first time recently and thought it was excellent. In my top 5 films of all time, and definitely thought-provoking.
I never really empathised with Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy's character). I just got the impression he was a bit of a racist hick who had a grudge against Leo's character, and he in no way honoured his agreement with their captain to stay with him. This view of him was cemented when he still claimed the money despite not performing the task he was given.
My only criticisms were that it was a bit long, slightly too many grimacing scenes of Leo (yes, we got the message that he was in a struggle and in great pain after 10 seconds of it, we don't need another 20 seconds) and that I would have liked to seen more of the life they lived at the outpost camp they had set up before it was attacked by the Indians.
More profoundly, I reflected on how life in that film is so different to ours now. I felt myself being drawn towards their life- adventure, brotherhood, living on the edge. Going hunting in areas where no white man had ever been before, in someone else's territory, to make your living. Being at the frontier of anglo-saxon expansion. I had a craving for that type of lifestyle, and I'm aware it's probably slightly glamorised, but I just found myself wanting a piece of that adventure. Today, those sorts of things are only poorly simulated by experiences such as base jumping.
I never really empathised with Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy's character). I just got the impression he was a bit of a racist hick who had a grudge against Leo's character, and he in no way honoured his agreement with their captain to stay with him. This view of him was cemented when he still claimed the money despite not performing the task he was given.
My only criticisms were that it was a bit long, slightly too many grimacing scenes of Leo (yes, we got the message that he was in a struggle and in great pain after 10 seconds of it, we don't need another 20 seconds) and that I would have liked to seen more of the life they lived at the outpost camp they had set up before it was attacked by the Indians.
More profoundly, I reflected on how life in that film is so different to ours now. I felt myself being drawn towards their life- adventure, brotherhood, living on the edge. Going hunting in areas where no white man had ever been before, in someone else's territory, to make your living. Being at the frontier of anglo-saxon expansion. I had a craving for that type of lifestyle, and I'm aware it's probably slightly glamorised, but I just found myself wanting a piece of that adventure. Today, those sorts of things are only poorly simulated by experiences such as base jumping.