Let me begin by stating a couple of personal opinions in that I considered 127 Hours to be the best film of the year when it was released in 2010 (I still do); and after re-watching it now for about the third time I am willing to go as far as to say it is the most inspirational film I have ever seen. When one thinks of a inspirational film, most of the time its sports movies. For some damn reason people get all flabbergasted to see some great athlete overcome some sort of adversity whether it be recovering from a gruesome injury, being an underdog or winning a championship. Other inspirational films could be political films for some select…

The film chronicles the true story of Aron Ralston (James Franco), a recklessly arrogant mountain climber whose arm gets crushed under a boulder during a trip through Utah canyon country. With no one coming to save him, he must decide whether he will die or fight for survival.

The logline and description may not sound like much, but 127 Hours delivers one of the most riveting and incredibly emotional experiences I have had in a theatre in some time. I was unsure Boyle and his crew could top their Oscar-winning work in Slumdog Millionaire, but this film improves upon it in every way possible. Because of all the talk about "the scene", the majority of people will know how the…

I like Danny Boyle. I feel his films always bring something to the table most directors just don't seem to bring. Here, he is in amazing form as he has taken it upon him to tell a story mainly set in one location of which we already know the outcome. And still, it is tense, exciting and moving.

The screenplay is a thing of beauty, filled to the brim with creativity and respect for its source. This film is perfectly paced, which allows you as a viewer to share that small crevice James Franco is stuck in, you're right there beside him and that makes for a very engaging experience. It would have been easy to have this film be…

"You know, I've been thinking. Everything is... just comes together. It's me. I chose this. I chose all this. This rock... this rock has been waiting for me my entire life. I've been moving towards it my entire life. The minute I was born, every breath that I've taken, every action has been leading me to this crack on the out surface. "

-Aaron Ralston.

HAPPINESS [is] ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED

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Jon Krakauer (Author- Into the Wild)

This is excellent in so many ways. Firstly the journey into Aaron's mind when he is trapped. The way he reacts, his emotions, angst, wrath against himself, the way he entertains himself, laments and reminisces. Everything is so raw and so beautiful.…

Als het gekund had, hadden we graag een vlieg op de muur geweest ten huize van Danny Boyle, daags na zijn ‘Slumdog Millionaire’-zege op de oscaruitreiking van 2008. We zien het zo voor ons: een ietwat pafferige filmmogul geeft Boyle carte blanche en hoopt in te cashen op de triomf van Boyle’s versuikerde Bollywood-sprookje. De filmmaker krabt over zijn kruin en repliceert doodleuk: ‘ik wil een eenakter maken over een klimmer die een hele film vast zin in een spelonk en op het einde zichzelf gruwelijk verminkt om zijn hachje te redden.’ Kijk, dat groene lachje van die verbouwereerde filmbobo, dat hadden we wel eens willen zien.

Maar lo and behold, wij wikken en wegen onze woorden en durven bij…

The good thing about doing this review is I don’t have to worry about spoilers of any kind given how well known the story is and if you don’t already know then tough, you deserve it for being an idiot.
James Franco sure is a man on the rise – actor, painter, poet, producer (thanks Wiki) etc etc and could well be on the way to being an Oscar winner come months end. To be honest, I hadn’t paid too much attention to him since the Spiderman films, until I saw him in a lame advert on TV toward the end of last year and then the fuss about this film started to rise

Not many actors could have put…

Holy shit. You can’t take your eyes off this daring film from director Danny Boyle and actor James Franco. They tell the true story of Aron Ralston, a man trapped for 127 hours when a boulder falls on his arm. You probably already know how it ends—if not, it could quickly be deduced—but that’s of nominal importance.

What matters is the conviction with which Franco plays the role and the boldness with which Boyle tells the story. One would expect it to be straightforward, but Boyle takes chances with his camerawork, editing, and the soundtrack to tell it from an almost first person perspective. When Aron understands the weight of his predicament, we feel it too; when he screams, we…