The first thing I noticed right away is that the acting is really solid all around, at no point was I put off or taken out of the experience by bad acting. Very rarely do you see a movie where everything is this "tight", which made it all the more impressive. DiCaprio is of course the main attraction in this movie and the man sure delivers an unforgettable performance to be remembered for a mighty long time. Truly remarkable.
Beautiful shots and visuals were also offered, while it's a brutal movie it's never afraid to show of the beauty of the natural world. I don't care who you are but when you watch this, regardless of the brutal conditions, part of you will consider leaving civilized life for untouched wilderness because of what you'll see here, of only for a moment. Overall outstanding visuals that you don't really see in other more mainstream movies.
Now I don't only have praise for this movie, there was a subplot with the Indians that were hunting for the chief's daughter that wasn't that well developed or interesting. I guess it motivated them to hunt for the "heroes" and so on but they felt uneven as they at times were hellbent on killing everything and at times appeared rather peaceful. Really the one aspect I don't feel was well done for this movie.
Furthermore, I'm not really sure it's a movie that you need to watch more than one time. Yes I'm happy I went to see it, like I'd recommend watching this piece of art at least once in your life, but I can't really do more than that. Reckon it's hard to make one man's journey that interesting but once you've seen it there's not really enough to keep you going back. Guess not everyone really likes to watch movies more than once anyway but I do and if you're like me you might not wanna invest in owning this movie later on.
Still, I liked it for what it was and I'm happy it exists and that I got to see it. Movies like this doesn't come around very often so do go see it, especially if you're tired of the usual Hollywood take on "true events".
