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The Revenant
DVD - 2016
"The book and the film are wildly different narratives. Fair enough; not much is known about Hugh Glass beyond the few agreed-upon incidents described in both formats. Both the film and the novel otherwise take liberties in their fictional telling ..."
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"Considering the plot, the writing style is very plodding. The ending is totally underwhelming. The most interesting bits are the backstory on the main characters."
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"I'm sure a lot of people (like me), picked this up because of the movie, which was brutally beautiful and punishingly long. Based on the true story of Hugh Glass, a trapper mauled by a grizzly and then left to lie, "The Revenant" may be a little p..."
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"The writing is competent, and that's about it. The entire book feels like reading a newspaper article or a text book. Very boring. This shouldn't be surprising, since Punke is more of a journalist/historian by trade.
Given the source material..."
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