“ A MATTER OF LIFE
OR A
LONELY DEATH”
SLIDER’S REVIEW
127 Hours is an adventure film based on a true story about a mountain climber Aaron Ralston who gets his arm trapped by a boulder. He has to go through extreme lengths to survive. Danny Boyle wrote and directed this remarkable accident of being trapped in an isolated canyon for several days.
I was watching this and was amazed on how the will to live can make a person do things we wouldn’t dare think to do in our normal day to day lives. This really is a triumphant story that has been captured beautifully. Being in the same place for 5 days in a film sounds boring but the director manages to keep my attention span through the whole ordeal. The vision of the camera angles and techniques all add to the experience.
OR A
LONELY DEATH”
SLIDER’S REVIEW
127 Hours is an adventure film based on a true story about a mountain climber Aaron Ralston who gets his arm trapped by a boulder. He has to go through extreme lengths to survive. Danny Boyle wrote and directed this remarkable accident of being trapped in an isolated canyon for several days.
I was watching this and was amazed on how the will to live can make a person do things we wouldn’t dare think to do in our normal day to day lives. This really is a triumphant story that has been captured beautifully. Being in the same place for 5 days in a film sounds boring but the director manages to keep my attention span through the whole ordeal. The vision of the camera angles and techniques all add to the experience.
This film will make the audience question themselves and ask “would you do what Aaron Ralston done to survive or would you just have given up”.
James Franco who plays Aaron Ralston pulls of a terrific if not perfect performance. He is the main character who has to be still for most of the 94mins of the film. With the stillness comes a brilliant performance of light & dark emotions to explain his state of mind. All the hallucinations he has of his family friends and love interest was also showed in great detail. He is stuck in the middle of nowhere and with literally days to live he throws comedy in death’s face to stop insanity creeping in. The two hikers Amber Tamblyn (Megan McBride) & Kate Mara (Kristi Moore) are also good female actresses who bump into Aaron before his accident.
As exciting as the storyline is I don’t think it needed the big screen. A short film for Channel 4 would have been more appropriate. But with a £18million budget who am I to complain if they want to share such story in this way.
At the end of the day it’s not so much about the story but the actor James Franco.
MY STAR RATINGS OUT OF 5: 4
ONE FAVORITE MOMENT IN FILM:
The funny scene where he is taking to his camcorder as if he is on a TV show.
(if you liked another moment in the film, feel free to tell us in the comments)
James Franco who plays Aaron Ralston pulls of a terrific if not perfect performance. He is the main character who has to be still for most of the 94mins of the film. With the stillness comes a brilliant performance of light & dark emotions to explain his state of mind. All the hallucinations he has of his family friends and love interest was also showed in great detail. He is stuck in the middle of nowhere and with literally days to live he throws comedy in death’s face to stop insanity creeping in. The two hikers Amber Tamblyn (Megan McBride) & Kate Mara (Kristi Moore) are also good female actresses who bump into Aaron before his accident.
As exciting as the storyline is I don’t think it needed the big screen. A short film for Channel 4 would have been more appropriate. But with a £18million budget who am I to complain if they want to share such story in this way.
At the end of the day it’s not so much about the story but the actor James Franco.
MY STAR RATINGS OUT OF 5: 4
ONE FAVORITE MOMENT IN FILM:
The funny scene where he is taking to his camcorder as if he is on a TV show.
(if you liked another moment in the film, feel free to tell us in the comments)
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