inri222

When it comes to the films of AGI, for me this one is at the bottom just slightly above Babel.

islandclaws

I use my Roku as much as I use my BD player and I can say it is def not the same experience. Does it work just fine? Absolutely. But you can't tell me a compressed stream with lossy audio compares to a BD. And when both are practically the same price, why compromise on quality?

Why So Blu?

I don't have a Roku but watching a film through VUDU on my PS4 is great. I've had no issue with video or sound. They're not necessarily the same price. Hardly. Also, the fact that some get released like a month ahead of time sweetens the deal even more. If that continues - I'll be more than happy to go the VUDU route.

EddieMoney

With the combination of disc to digital and VUDU credits, you can literally get thousands of titles for about 50 cents each.

hanshotfirst1138

And line Walmart's pockets and put physical media out of business .

RichC2

Yeah iTunes/Vudu stuff is lossier, it's noticeable but usually only bothers me on something like Mad Max, where the audio is great but could be exemplary (as the Blu-ray is).

The video quality has never been an issue for me.

dex14

Troy Stiffler

Okay, the Jackass mashup made me lol.

As usual, the messed up cast names are the best.

EddieMoney

Thought this was pretty solid. Hardy was great, DiCaprio was decent. Cinematography amazing. Enjoyed the sparseness of the script, actually. It was essentially a survival and revenge tale where the harsh conditions substituted for a lot of the dialogue.

Decker

....and plot.

EddieMoney

I think it definitely had a plot. Trappers, guide gets mauled, left behind for dead after son is murdered, survives the elements while seeking revenge.

inri222

It did but not one that should have lasted 2.5 hours. I though it was good but not great. IMO if you remove the amazing Malick/Tarkovsky like cinematography and Tom Hardy's performance it would not be as good.

EddieMoney

Well I definitely agree with you there. It was probably half an hour too long at least. I thought it was solid, but there were many other films last year that were way better (Room, Spotlight, Sicario, Brooklyn to name a few).

Mabuse

Watched this for the first time. I haven't a clue what to make of this film. When nearly every single moment was cribbed from another director's work, and the scant few moments that weren't cribbed from him were cribbed from another, and a substantial amount of that director's frequent collaborators were hired to work on this film, what am supposed to do? Applaud Inarritu for being such a spectacular thief? The same way someone sort of respects the world's greatest jewel thief? This movie is like a practical joke.

F

Why So Blu?

Uh, can you elaborate?

Mabuse

The film is 99% Tarkovsky and 1% Malick. Same production designer and DP as The New World. Same first shot as The New World. The whole thing goes way beyond homage.

Solid Snake

Ehhhhh. Chivo has worked w/ Iñárritu before this film. And has had a very long friendship w/ him. It's not amazing that Chivo worked w/ the director this time.

Not sure why del Toro never worked w/ him. He did like to keep the other Guillermo w/ him a lot though. It's all good though.

OldBoy

That doesn't necessarily make it a bad thing. Revanent was very guttural.

Dan

I agree with Mabuse? Oh dear.

Rival11

While obviously you like what you like and I wouldn't try telling you you're wrong. Maybe go back and re-watch it? there are a ton of underlying tones in this flick. Normally I don't care about that kind of stuff but it's the foundation for this flick and it worked well.

inri222

I know that there is a lot of metaphysical symbolism throughout reminiscent of Bergman, Dreyer, Tarkovsky, Bresson, etc... I plan on getting the blu ray this week and will eventually re-watch it.

Mabuse

There's nothing in this film remotely as nuanced as the things those directors did. This film just mimics cinematography. Nothing more.

Mabuse

It's a bad thing. "Guttural"? Do you mean visceral?

Or maybe the film is guttural. My guts excrete shit, and Revenant is shit.