For years, I mumbled to myself re the oft cheesy special effects in movies “Hey, Hollywood, let me know when you’ve got them down. Then I’ll come see your movie.” (A bad effect pulls you OUT of the movie.)
Having seen last year’s “The Revenant,” – and more specifically the bear attack scene early on - I guess I have to mothball that gripe. I’ve caught this scene a few times on HBO and it is so incredibly flawless that I have no idea how they pulled it off, especially considering – ready? – for 5 and a half minutes there is not a single cut!
Now I take no delight in watching bear maulings and couldn’t watch it if it were real but we all know Leonardo DiCaprio is fit as a fiddle. Moreover, I’ve looked for flaws each time (“the strings”) and I see none. The camera lens even fogs up when the absolutely massive bear’s head is too close to it.
Perhaps your eye is sharper than mine but I would bet everything I own that if you ask me to assess this scene twenty years from now my impression will be the same: It looks 100% real.
BILL
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