The Revenant reminded me of another film also...Legends of the Fall with Brad Pitt, Mr Bear, and the American Indian emotive lingo/gibberish. Now, that was a great and complex film. The more I think of the Revenant, the more I feel it drew its meaning, and a lot more, from other films: 1: Castaway...the lone survivor battlign against all odds. 2: Legends of the Fall....wrestling with Bears with mystical American Indian evocations. 3: Kurosawa's epic Derzu Usala...the timeless immense beauty of the REAL Far North...whether it be Russia or Canada...and the results of experience. But The Revenant is still a good film. I think in the way that Castaway is a good film...it's beautiful, brutal and is designed to get someone an Oscar to increase the number of people who will watch it.... but like Castaway, Jesus, I could only watch that once...same with The Revenant. Wondrous films like Legends of the Fall and Derzu Usala...these don't have an expiry date...they are art in film. You come back to them and enjoy the wonder of them.