The Rev... Rever... The Movie That Leonardo Dicaprio Is In!

 

To save money on babysitters and when our “go-to” girls are away we use our radio prized movie tickets and each take a turn, solo, to view a movie. After which, we report our views to each other and have a discussion like we saw the movie together.

Last month, we each saw Creed, which was decent for an action/dude movie. It doesn’t hurt that Michael B. Jordan is incredibly likable and by likable, I do mean hot.

This month we went for The Revenant. Big Dragon saw it first and when I asked him how it was, he simply responded with “I want to see what you think”.  What the heck?

Well, since I came home to Big Dragon snuggled up with Little Dragon fast asleep, I will put my thoughts into words. And since I love to make lists, I will put those words from my thoughts into a list of the GOOD and the BAD. Got it?

***WARNING!!! THERE ARE A LOT OF SPOILERS BELOW. DON’T READ IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED THE MOVIE YET.***

It has been a very long time since I have watched a movie that was so UNCOMFORTABLE. This movie is not for the faint of heart. From start to finish it had me squirming in my seat. I think I almost threw up a few times. I made note of the continuous sighs and seat shifting of the other attendees so I know I wasn't alone.

Let’s start with the GOOD:

-Never Give Up On Family

-CGI animals

-Alberta Scenery

-Leo’s eyes (and for some, his bum)

The BAD:

-Kidnapping

-Revenge

-Stabbing, stabbing and more stabbing

-Arrows piercing every body part imaginable

-Guns that shoot only close ranges, men running then shooting, then running

-Murder

-Carrying heavy sacks with a rope attached to your head (that's can't be good for your back)

-Paranoia that another group of people are coming after you to kill you (that can't be good for your brain)

-Men peeing on trees

-Bear attack, twice
-Stitching without anesthetics 

-Flesh wounds

-Picking at flesh wounds

-Infection

-Over-plucked eyebrows

-Burying people alive

-Watching your child get murdered

-Quoting the Bible 

-Mumbling (and no caption!!)

-Snow
-Crawling through the snow
-Swimming in frigid temperatures
-Hypothermia 

-Eating raw fish, freshly caught out of a stream

-Eating raw buffalo guts

-Falling down waterfalls

-Falling off cliffs

-Heavy breathing
-Cauterizing a neck wound with fire

-Music that sounds like a dog whistle

-Rape

-Chapped lips

-Horses dying

-Sleeping inside the carcass of said dead horse

-Dishonesty

-Stealing

-Avalanches

-Cutting off fingers

-Biting off ears

-More stabbing

-Hallucinations

-WIND! (It's a Chinook, Leo)

Phew! I needed to get that off my chest.

I DO respect Leo's wardrobe. 

One of the only few things that I have in common with the character. Oh, and if you mess with one of my sons I will hunt you down like a dog and mess you up.