This is quite a film.
Running at 2 hours and 36 minutes – you are transported into a cold,
ruthless, bitter but awe inspiring world of the 1800s. The movie is loosely based on the life story of Hugh Glass, who was an American frontiersman,
fur trapper, trader, hunter and explorer.
His story is set in South Dakota itself and Hugh Glass has become a
legend with this movie. Leonardo DiCaprio
plays Glass and does an amazing job.
Through different interviews I’ve seen and watched, I knew this film was
quite brutal in the making for various reasons and after seeing it – you’ll
understand why. The geography of the
film was almost a different movie in itself.
It played as big as character as Leonardo did – which was the intent of
the director. But the basic story line is that Leonardo’s character gets mauled
by a bear leaving him almost dead. The
group that he is with needs to get back to the fort and ask for a few men to
stay back with Glass until he’s better or he dies. After some time, the men leave Glass to fend
for himself. The story is his survival
without any weapons, food, or strength to find his way out of the blank
wilderness. The reason I stated this was
“loosely” based on his life was
because the writers didn’t stick to the facts. The actual events take place in
the summertime not winter, he wasn’t married or had a son as the movie
portrayed, and he didn’t kill the men who left him but actually tracked them
down and forgave them. But I suppose like all stories in Hollywood – it’s
always better to add some gut wrenching scenes to a story that was already
pretty gut wrenching. I did like this
movie though. It was intense, gritty, and compelling. If you’re going to watch
it, be prepared to give it your full attention, because it’s quite a story.
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