Did not deserve best picture

I wholeheartedly disagree with you (respecting your opinion, of course). Whilst i agree that The Revenant was a visually compelling stunning cinematic experience with a great performance from Leo DiCaprio, it otherwise felt tedious, inflated and overlong, occasionally becoming one-note and lacking anything richer. Spotlight on the other hand had a number of great performances, a harrowing narrative, a solid direction and has left an impact on me two weeks after seeing it, which is more than can be said about The Revenant (visually aside, which more than earned it the Best Director and Cinematography wins).

Spotlight was emotionally-charged and gripping and was the all round better film in my total opinion. Whilst Room was my absolute favourite out of the Best Picture nominees, I cannot grumble at all about Spotlight being celebrated for its dedication and commitment to subtlety and subject matter.

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I wholeheartedly disagree with you (respecting your opinion, of course). Whilst i agree that The Revenant was a visually compelling stunning cinematic experience with a great performance from Leo DiCaprio, it otherwise felt tedious, inflated and overlong, occasionally becoming one-note and lacking anything richer. Spotlight on the other hand had a number of great performances, a harrowing narrative, a solid direction and has left an impact on me two weeks after seeing it, which is more than can be said about The Revenant (visually aside, which more than earned it the Best Director and Cinematography wins).

Spotlight was emotionally-charged and gripping and was the all round better film in my total opinion. Whilst Room was my absolute favourite out of the Best Picture nominees, I cannot grumble at all about Spotlight being celebrated for its dedication and commitment to subtlety and subject matter.

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I disagree. Glad Spotlight won. It took far too long for this gripping story to be told.

I was really, really with you until you mentioned The Revenant. The Revenant is the Boyhood of this year- masterfully made but a shallow and uninteresting film. Spotlight was better than The Revenant. Room or Mad Max deserved it this year. Am I upset Spotlight won? Nope. But I am a bit shocked. Nobody predicted that.

It most certainly did. The Revenant wasn't even the second or third best film of the year. The Big Short was second. Bridge of Lies was third.

I honestly didn't care much for The Revenant. I'm not saying that you're wrong, but it felt like just another Western, but made by a pretentious director who thought it was so much more.

LMAO I knew before I opened the thread that OP was going to mention something about The Revenant. Get out.

Is a well written and acted film with a great social statement, but simply cannot match the stylistic mastery and beautiful/brutal story of The Revenant.