Don't see why everyone considers the bear scene the most gruesome moment - The Revenant (2016) Discussion

[–] liutenantsalt 9 years ago

Seems most people were too busy laughing at the garbage CGI and worse acting.

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[–] eduardooliveiradias2000 9 years ago

Oh ok haha i wa confused at first, thanks

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[–] DarthSil 9 years ago

I think he just bit off a piece of the ear. Didn't appear to be the entire thing. Will watch again soon for reference.

Regardless, the entire scene was an amazing piece of raging testosterone.

"A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference." Eeyore

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[–] gljbradley 9 years ago

Oh okay.

I think there's no way it could've been the entire ear because Fitzgerald wouldn't have had time to have bitten the whole ear off with the fight being brutally quick. Plus, with him taunting Glass about his son, Glass seemingly could still hear very well when he responded to him.

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[–] WalterSoprano 9 years ago

I don't think it was the whole ear either but even if he takes off the outer shape of the ear as long as the drum and other internal parts are functioning you could still hear.

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[–] gottaluvafriend 8 years ago

Yeah, you can always tell a troll. I imagine he's been reported for it.

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[–] conrrad 9 years ago

Um..." liutenantsalt"?

Exactly which scenes are you even talking about that purportedly use "garbage CGI"? You betray your own ignorance - Look It Up for yourself just exactly how many scenes did use CGI...

Please, don't embarrass yourself further with such obvious, pre-packaged 'opinions'. Has Hollywood indoctrinated you so completely?

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[–] Oberlai 9 years ago

Seems most people were too busy laughing at the garbage CGI and worse acting.

This. An awful scene in every way, embarrassing actually. But then again, so was the entire movie. I can understand that one would be impressed by this movie if you haven't seen many movies in your life, but if you have, you should know that this was below par in every way.

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[–] redsmurph 9 years ago

Admittedly, the buffalo herd (that was obviously CGI) looked like crap.

The bear attack was good.

There was obvious CGI also in the knife fight etc.

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[–] gljbradley 9 years ago

I imagine that both scenes are equally gruesome and brutal.

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[–] BrettLovesKerri 9 years ago

Both scenes were brutal, but any fight with knives involved, I get edgy. The knife fight in "The hunted" was more brutal though.

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[–] gljbradley 9 years ago

I agree and I totally understand. I would cringe and flinch when it comes to any scenes involving knives. And I've read that in this final confrontation between Glass and Fitzgerald, Glass gets stabbed in the hand and they're just "mauling" eachother into bloody messes. Yeesh!!! Especially if one of them(Was it Glass or Fitzgerald?) went all Mike Tyson on the other one and bit his ear off from what I've read. Damn!

And the crazy thing about it is that I'm actually use to blood. But not the stabbing situations.

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[–] somethingcalledHeroSquad 9 years ago

from what I've read.

You haven't watched it yet?

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[–] gljbradley 9 years ago

No. Not yet. And we just got a copy of the film! Now that I'm able to see it, I'm a little scared because scenes like the bear attack, Hawk and Hicuk's murders, and the rape scene might rattle me.

There's a video on YouTube I linked on here where it showed and compared the bear attack scenes from this movie and Man in the Wilderness, and I barely made it through the video. I actually had a panic attack to where I stopped the video. Now that I have the whole movie, I'm anxious to see it.😨

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[–] freebirdisgod 9 years ago

If you want to see a brutal fight with knives check out the movie Raid 2. It's close to the end but there is an amazingly choreographed knife fight in that movie.

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[–] gljbradley 9 years ago

Quick question concerning the final confrontation: Who bit who's ear?

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[–] cmo-32889 9 years ago

Hardy bit Dicaprios ear

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[–] DarthSil 9 years ago

Somebody loses their fingers too. 

"A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference." Eeyore

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[–] gljbradley 9 years ago

Oh okay. Thank you.

Yeesh!!! Did he bite his whole ear off or just part of it?!

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[–] gljbradley 9 years ago

Was it the whole ear or part of it?

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[–] gljbradley 9 years ago

Anybody?

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[–] DarthSil 9 years ago

It was hard to tell given the angle of the scene. When you see it for yourself, you will understand.

Fitz basically bites, then spits. It's truly gross, and nearly impossible to see exactly how much was bitten off.

Oh, and I think Fitz loses two fingers, courtesy of Glass. 

"A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference." Eeyore

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[–] gljbradley 9 years ago

Thank you so much for finally answering, DarthSil! Thank you. So, Fitz simply bites Glass' ear and spits out blood? Or was it blood AND flesh? Cause I read on the Kids-In-Mind.com page for this movie in the Violence/Gore section that he spits out flesh and blood. Then again, Kids-In-Mind sometimes exaggerate details. Still, it isn't mentioned very often on how much he bit off. Even here on this site, things like the plot keywords, parents guide, synopsis, and other details barely even mentioned this.

YEESH!!! It does sound really gross and painful! Yet, they didn't show either of his ears after the fight? Even when he was confronted by the Arikara, was spared, and seeing the vision of his wife? Either of those times even with the certain angles? I know that his hair is constantly in the way but nothing was shown? And if so, there's no way, at least to me, that Fitzgerald could've bitten Hugh's whole ear off. From the way you described it, it sounded too quick for the whole thing to be bitten off. What do you think?

I already know that Glass cuts off some of Fitz' fingers. Also, I read that Fitz stabbed Glass in the hand but Glass pulled it out and stabbed him back in the leg(?) with it. Sounds pretty badass.

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[–] Umbriferous 9 years ago

It was flesh as well:D

There's quite a big piece flying off screen when he spits it out. I didn't see that much blood though. When the Arikaras ride past him, his hair is in the way. However, just before they cut, DiCaprio turns his head and it looks like he's still got his ear behind the hair.

Though, when he looks into the camera at the end, I cannot see any traces of it. So I'm not really sure:p

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[–] gljbradley 9 years ago

Hmm. As I was telling DarthSil, even though I could be wrong because I have yet to see the film, there's no way that it could've been the entire ear. Cause I don't think Fitz would've had the time to have bitten it off completely due to the fight being brutally swift with them trading brutal jabs back and forth.

And if it does look like he still has his ear behind his hair at the end, then perhaps Fitz bitten part of it off. Though, as you said, I'm not sure.

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[–] conrrad 9 years ago

"glbradley" - Um..."I could be wrong because I have yet to see the film"?

Kind of odd to fixate on this detail if you haven't even seen the film. Suit yourself, but that makes us curious why you are even commenting, etc.?

In any event, 'For your consideration' - he did bite of flesh and it was only part of the ear. That's clear by what's spat out, it is obviously not an entire ear (which is why it could be mistaken for blood-only).

BTW, in ANY Movie where someone get's Shot or Stabbed through the hand. Such a hand injury is far more serious than movies ever portray (surprise, right?). Hands are quite delicate and fragile compared to any other body part. Even a small injury will cut tendons, which then retract into your forearm, etc. A bullet shot through your hand will all but destroy your ability to ever use that hand again without modern Surgery, etc.

And in The Revenant - that knife through the hand would have destroyed the hand for life (in 1823 especially). It cut through at least 3 bones, cutting those tendons as well. Ask any doctor about it - better yet, if you truly 'disagree' with these Facts, try it yourself! Or just break such bones in your own hand.

The agony is immediate and lasts for months as it heals, even when treated and set properly. Hands and Feet are the most fragile parts of our bodies given their small and even tiny bones; they never heal as large bones will and pre-1980, we didn't have sufficient Medical Science advances. [obviously a peeve - 'plausibility' has steadily decreased in movies since 1970; is it now to the point where any plausible movies are always considered "BORING!"?]

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[–] tb-sch 9 years ago

The bear had some vibe of unforgiving nature and instinct. A human being always has some reasoning and one can anticipate what will happen. The bear was so realistically unpredictable, his violence was entirely numb, coming from animalistic depths (dog owners are usually surprised when their darling shows that trait). There is some archaic fear behind that which I think the human-versus-human combat did not show.

And of course there have been thousands of fight scenes in movies, but never a bear attack that perfectly executed. So the audience simply is not used to it, there is no drawer where they could file it, which forces them to carry the scene around with them for some time.

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[–] Fashionably_Straight 9 years ago

This.

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[–] CookieNCreams 8 years ago

While I found both of those scenes quite intense, I actually agree with this. I felt the bear scene was slightly more brutal, imo, since it placed Glass in the most agonizing and unpredictable situation against a wild animal.

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[–] scootergirl9988 9 years ago

Bear attacks we've seen to date on film have had two major problems: 1) the bear is always quite slow and lumbering, crashing loudly through the greenery and giving the human plenty of time to prepare and 2) the bear is invariable anthropomorphized, putting it up on two feet with human and bear wrestling for dominance as equals in the rare instances when the time to prepare didn't lead to the bear being shot first.

We don't want to think that large animals can be quick and silent. That would ruin our belief that all we need is a gun in order to win the day when out in the wild. We also don't want to see a human being toyed with like a cat with a mouse. It reminds us that in the wrong circumstances we, so used to being the cat, can suddenly become the mouse.

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[–] DarthSil 9 years ago

This. And I recently saw an interview with an actual attack victim who stated that Leo got off easy compared to her attack.

In real life, bears attack and kill people. Not everyone is Tarzan or Daniel Boone.

"A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference." Eeyore

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[–] birdwyvern 9 years ago

Well, for me, it wasn't so much the bear scene itself, but with the aftermath, it's actually justified. I don't wince easily, but this movie made me do it, with both that, the final confrontation, and others.

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[–] stephaniemurray21 9 years ago

I know right, it was built up as some epic thing and it lasted all but 5mins, if that.
Now a good grizzle bear attack is in "The Edge" love that movie

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[–] lmaryjuarez 9 years ago

I agree with you. The bear scene was epic.

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[–] TheUglyCasanova 9 years ago

Not so much that it was the most gruesome but the most terrifying certainly. Could you imagine being mauled by a bear?

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