Waste of time

Am I Missing Something?

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Very good movie and well laid out storyline to keep the audiences attention at every minute along the way

I found this film to be extremely well executed. Yet again, Jeremy Renner just blew me away with his incredible talent. It seems the more of his work I see, the more I am amazed by his acting. He leads the film well and navigates a cultural divide on screen that needs to be brought to light. I'm not all that familiar with the director but I feel he did a wonderful job. The shots were done well, and the scenery was remarkable. You could feel the cold. This is a hard film to watch but one that needs to be seen. It's not a mystery why it gained so many awards at Cannes.

This was a good film, spoilt somewhat by sound issues. I was not sure what the problem was - were the actors just mumbling? It almost felt like the sound guy was standing too far away - the music and sound effects were fine, but even with the sound turned up to 75/100 I had a hard time hearing what the characters said - that was very hard going. I don't think I got more than a couple of words of the Native American policeman said. Much of the (important?) dialog appeared to be mumbled. Perhaps because I'm English I was not completely "dialled in" to the accents - but I can't remember having an issue with American accents before. I think because I missed quite a bit of the dialog there were a few loose ends left hanging for me. For example, the snow mobile trail that led up to Matt. Did he try to escape, or was he taken there by the "baddies"? If taken there by the baddies, why was the trail only in one direction? And where did they go after? I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation, but it was perhaps missed in the poor sound quality of the dialog.Having said all that it was an interesting movie and very well done otherwise.

Jeremy Renner is amazing in this movie. Whatever you've seen him in before and thought the Hurt Locker was it? Watch this. A really atmospheric movie with a great stoic emotion in line with the rugged nature of the landscape and weather.