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Why so much hype?

Truly Dreadful Film

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

I just watched this movie for the second time and enjoyed it even more than the first time. Normally watching a true story a second time is anticlimactic knowing how it ends but this movie is not about a surprise or shock at the end but was purely a story of determination and survival. I read several reviews on this movie prior to writing this one and it was either loved or hated. I think it has to do with the viewers perspective. For me it was very emotional. That may be that I have hiked most of my life and can somewhat relate to the shock of realizing that something horrible has just happened and the process by which reality sets in. The heart of the movie for me was the emotional stages he goes through as he progresses through the emotions of shock, anger, fear, loss of reality, then resolute. To those that have never really ventured out or put themselves it possible danger one might think it was 2 hours of foolish self narrative. For anyone that has ever wondered about the limits of human determination this is a must watch. Give it a chance.

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.

This is a well - known story where a superman mentality proved to be super strong in the end. With little medical knowledge he used instincts, logic and his limited equipment to get out of impossible situation and survive. For his independence, self-sufficiency and his ignorance and naiveté he paid a high price. There can never be enough inspirational stories of bravery. I recommend, the movie delivered great acting, cinematography and realism although I had to skip the butchery part.

Danny Boyle's biographical survival drama is based on the real life story of Aron Ralston's ill-fated trip to the chasm of an isolated slot canyon in Blue John Canyon, south eastern Utah and more specifically from his memoir "Between a Rock and a Hard Place". Set in April, 2003 – It follows adventurer Ralston (James Franco) as he hikes through a slot canyon.While climbing down it, he accidentally slips and falls. A boulder pins his arm against the canyon wall and he is stuck. His several attempts at removing the boulder and calling for help are to no avail. He begins recording a video diary on his camera (so as to keep a running dialogue with the audience) and rations his food and water. He then starts using his pocketknife to carve away parts of the boulder so as to unlock his arm."127 Hours" is purely a James Franco show — there are other people in the cast, like a couple of hikers (Kate Mara and Amber Tamblyn) he briefly meets, and flashbacks to his sister (Lizzy Caplan) and his girlfriend (Clémence Poésy), all glimpsed in memories, but for the majority of the run-time of Danny Boyle's film Franco is alone on screen, doing a remarkable job of holding our attention with no one to talk to but his camera and his own increasingly desperate self.Wondering how on earth he got to that stage drives the narrative and provides all the tension we need. By also inter-cutting Franco's performance with flashbacks, what could have been a necessarily static film became quite dynamic! It is exactly "an action movie with a guy who can't move".