The Revenant

One of my favorite films in terms of visuals. The way action sequences are filmed and how transitions are implemented are my two favorite parts.  Every transition in this movie utilizes nature in dynamic shots to tell the emotions of the previous scenes and connect them to the next. For example, after scenes where there was a polarizing moment, the transition will be some form of nature with more brilliant and vivid colors. My favorite was the sparks from the fire glowing as they flew up into the trees. Another somewhat transition was when Leo was walking across the frozen lake in the enormous valley.  The action is smooth and continuous, while focusing on that same nature. That second scene starts by watching a stream flow through trees, then smoothly continues into the battle which has these wide shots combined with slow and smooth movements. The shooting style was very contrasting to the intensity of the fight.  Probably my favorite of Tom Hardy’s roles. Tom so commonly plays roles where he is a protagonist, but this performance shoes how capable he is of being a character that really has no desire to do good. But I do want to talk about how his character is not trying to be a villain my any standards; he is simply a man trying to survive at absolutely any cost. You can see that what he has done does haunt him, but he has no regrets. Truly a very well written character and extremely well performed.  We don’t even gotta talk about Leo. This has to be one of his most physical roles and it’s truly great.  At the end of the movie, you get the sense that nature continues on after all of these events, and everything returns back to the way it was before everything took place.