Certain performances leave you scratching your head and make you give a big yawn. Some will make you say not bad thereby utterly confusing the other person whether you meant the film to be good or bad. Still others demand you to clap and whistle. But, there is an elite category of stupendous performances which leaves you literally frozen to death and dumbfounded on seeing the sheer magnitude of the effort, determination and commitment that a person has put in their heart and soul to make you actually feel not for the character but for the person himself who had portrayed the character.
DiCaprio, as Glass, has shown the world what it really means to pursue your passion to the letter t. Be it slithering in the frigid land mass with his beard and mustache growing rigid with frost to sliding and wading through the bitterly cold waters to eating a liver of a bison, DiCaprio has given one of the most astonishing and phenomenal performances of a life time by battling the harsh weather conditions thereby taking heavy toll on his body - read hypothermia - to demonstrate his single-minded devotion to his passion which goes beyond his profession. Even though everyone knows that he is a vegetarian, DiCaprio forced himself to eat a bison's liver as the character demanded and he just went ahead to be the character just like Heath Ledger's portrayal as Joker in The Dark Knight!
The premise of the story is very simple and straight forward and can be said in a matter of 2 minutes - Glass is mauled and hauled by a grizzly bear and is left to die by his comrade who not only feels that Glass would slow down their journey and risk the chances of their survival but also kill his son in the process. How does this highly injured and mutilated person seek and take revenge against this particular comrade braving his own physical pains and mental sorrow and having nothing but revenge as his sole aim forms the rest of the plot. What transcends and makes this uncomplicated storyline so spectacular is not only DiCaprio's raw and feral performance but also the stunning visuals of the landscape by the cinematographer which completely gave a thorough surrealistic and dreamy touch throughout the course of the film. The BGM was also at its haunting best and it seemed, sorry heard, like the music was coming from the outside the realms of our planet Earth. It's not going to be only a single hats off but infinite hats off to Innaritu for his persistent insistence to use only the natural light instead of the sets and also to the entire team for having undergone a laborious and gruelling time through the punishing and inclement weather of the remote locations to transform and buoy up an ordinary film into a really and truly mesmerizing revenge saga.
Just like how the blood and gore was literally making a red mark in the film, your heart will surely bleed and root for DiCaprio, who has gone beyond the natural call of duty to deliver a magnificent performance of tough endurance and heavy resilience, to hold his first 34 cm tall and 3.85kg oscar statuette for pushing himself so naturally and brutally to the unlimited limits.
If the Oscar Jury does not give the coveted award to DiCaprio for the Best Actor, it means that either they are blind or they have slept through the film!
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