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The Revenant - pretty movie but barely barely adheres to recorded or at least agreed upon history, If it was named something else like
Moutain Man Leo Gets Mauled By a Bear & Leo Gets Nekkid In the Snow & Leo (while nekkid) Sleeps in a Tauntaun* Dead Horse & We're Going to Introduce a Bunch of Major Plot Points that Never Happened, then that would have been a better title. Based on a
novel about Hugh Glass by a government puke. Stick with
Jeremiah Johnson for a mountain man movie.
*Speaking of
Star Wars, user "Who...Me?" kind of confirmed my reservations about J.J. Abrams' reboot/extension. What he did with the
Star Trek reboot(s) was great (SPOILER ALERT: Spock kisses Uhura (?!), alternate timeline, Khan and a Tribble) might not work ... haven't seen it yet.
http://www.filthycritic.com/index.php/old-reviews/fantasy-sci-fi/item/630-star-wars-the-force-awakens---
The goal of the rebels is to destroy the Empire’s giant planet that shoots laser beams, which is even bigger and more powerful than the Death Star. Of course it is. That’s the Hollywood way: bigger and louder is a suitable replacement for originality. The rebels must sneak under the Empire’s defense shields and fire off a perfect shot at a key vulnerable spot. The Empire is full of f*cking morons if they learned nothing about defending themselves the previous times they built a killer space station and then let the rebels sneak in and destroy it.
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Also, someone made a conscious effort to use puppets and real people instead of a shitload of computer effects, and that looks better. I think, though, this decision was a business one, made to tie Force Awakens to the original movies and distance it from the later ones.
Yet the movie was filling while soulless, a Denny’s grilled cheese.
There are a shitload of times where characters are just swept along by a predetermined plot and their decisions make no sense on the personal level. This movie is more about preserving a legacy than storytelling.
Every morsel of entertainment doled out by the Force Awakens feels scrutinized to death by a room full of bean counters. Every tidbit of entertainment--cameos, reprised character, secrets yet to be revealed--has been carefully measured and doled out to the audience with profit and the franchise durability in mind. The most popular Star Wars heroes and robots return, even if the actors are old as f*ck now. Those that died are replaced by new characters with the same traits. There is a cantina scene, right on cue, full of oddball aliens, simply because people remember the original. Han Solo says “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”
So do I. I feel the Empire won [...]
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Bonus link! - below refers to the movie
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/12/17/can_you_survive_a_cold_night_in_an_animal_carcass_a_la_luke_skywalker_in.html---
But before you strip naked and crawl in a horse next time a polar vortex comes around, be warned: “The dead horse might attract predators such as wolves or bears, which would decrease survival probability,” Steen wrote. “Otherwise, I think the horse would be a benefit for at least a few hours.”
But Glass missed a few key opportunities to maximize his chances for survival. “I'd pull out the guts but keep the liver with me as a late night snack,” Reed offered. “I'd also cut out the trachea and use it as a breathing tube to the outside so that you can close up the incision as tightly as possible.”
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