127 Hours (2010)

This review contains spoilers.127 Hours is a movie directed by Danny Boyle and stars James Franco. The movie is about a hiker that becomes trapped for 127 hours and must come to terms with his predicament. The movie examines his life and how he had come to this situation. In particular it shows the character's regrets and his eventual resolution.The movie is a vehicle for James Franco's acting ability. The movie is entirely dependent on James Franco's acting range and for this the movie does well. There is not a scene that is weak because of James Franco. He is on the screen for almost the entire movie, and the movie is better because of it. He is able to portray a character literally stuck between a rock and a hard place incredibly well. I became a fan of James Franco and his acting has made me interested in his serious roles in the future.The movie's plot is bare bones. This is to be expected but the movie fills the full 90 minutes with flashbacks and hallucinations. These scenes felt superfluous to the predicament and only served to make the character come to terms with what he had to do. Without these scenes, the movie could have been 45 minutes long.Overall, I would recommend 127 Hours. It is a tense and claustrophobic look into a man stuck in a rough predicament.

This otherwise good movie is painful to watch. I liked the hallucination scenes the most and I know they were supposed to show us all that was going on in a trapped person's mind but it's so darn long. Only 90 minutes of runtime but the movie itself feels like eternity. Never liked Danny Boyle and I guess I never will. But James Franco has got that magical delight about him I want to believe and taking in consideration the story is as true as can be makes it so amazing to watch. But just once.

It's not because I'm a biopic or Danny Boyle's fan but for me; I couldn't agree anymore that it was a perfect depiction of what happened at canyon. Initially when film progressed, great show of all possible angles of cinematography took you somewhere in it and you can't get out of it till the end. How else can you show the vulnerability and restlessness of a dying person, in the middle of nowhere; if not how this film portray. Illusions of a hopeful mind stuck to death and imaginations of a wild soul are so deeply embedded scene after scenes that steal the show. Nonetheless James Franco, was amazingly extraordinary, emotions, expressions, everything, one of his best performance.

I had this movie recorded on my sky box for several weeks before I got around to watching it. I wish i hadn't waited so long! What a fantastic piece of cinema. I should of noticed the words "Danny Boyle" a bit sooner.The scene when Franco's character starts to cut through a live nerve has stayed with me for days now. A clever use of chilling audio to really drive home the pain that one must feel and combined with Franco's fantastic acting, you really do believe he's just done the unthinkable.If you are tempted to pass this movie based on a predictable plot I would urge you to reconsider if only to experience the awesome filming, camera angles and direction.