Wow! Let's talk about how beautiful Argentina is. The real story of Hugh Glass takes place near South Dakota and Canada, but it was too hot during the time of filming. So they moved it way down south to a similar climate. Isn't it amazing that the further south you go, it turns into winter? That's crazy. This film had the most beautiful scenery, and it was 90% natural lit. They only used artificial lights during campfire scenes. This makes me really want to go camping down there. Just gorgeous.
This film is the mostly true story of Hugh Glass, a fur trapper up in the Dakotas. He was attacked by a bear and left for dead by his group. They even took several supplies and his gun so he was even worse off. Through sheer determination, he somehow crawled 200 miles to the nearest fort and survived. In real life, he was unable to do anything to the people who abandoned him, but in the film he gets his sweet revenge.
Leo really ramped up his acting skills in order to hopefully win an Oscar. And it paid off. Much of the time, he was alone in the woods, so he had no one to bounce off of. He couldn't even speak part of the time due to his throat injury. And we still got to see the struggles he faced. Amazing.
We don't know how historically accurate this is because, honestly, not much is written about Hugh Glass. There is no record of any wife or children, but that doesn't mean there were none. All we really know is what company he worked for, who was in his party, and that he survived a traumatic bear attack. But his determination to survive against all odds is truly inspiring. He is a true badass. I will give this film an 8/10.
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