The Revenant.

Another film released earlier this academic year. Leo DiCaprio finally won his Oscar for best actor and it beat the likes of 'The Big Short' , 'The Martian' and 'The Danish Girl'. Eddie Redmayne or Matt Damon would have been a better choice of winner for the award.

The hype around this film is unreal considering the quality of the film. The film is boring. There is no other way of saying it- the action hardly feels like action, no comedy, no real change in scenery or setting- nothing really to make it anything other than a documentary in colour. Of course this is just my opinion and others are more than welcome to have a different opinion- that's fine and if you want to contradict anything in these posts then please do so sensibly in the comment section. The amount of awards that this film won is unreal for a film that was lacking in most departments.

From a guy that won the award for best actor you would expect a moving performance showing class and quality but this did none of that. What makes him standout in this film about the likes of Matt Damon or a few others? The honest answer from me is nothing. Tom Hardy was superb as a supporting actor, his performance was worthy of an Oscar and it seems weird that he missed out when DiCaprio won, if anything it should be the other way around.

The Revenant is like 127 hours. Focus on one man for most of the more than two hour film with no real excitement. Watching this film is difficult, it is much easier to go off and do something else instead of actually paying attention to the film because it doesn't keep you on the edge of your seat- it struggles to keep you in your seat at all.

Next up will be Ronin.