127 Hours
Directed by Danny Boyle
Starring James France
94 minutes
Ouch!
I just finished watching 127 Hours.
It’s a story about an “outdoors” man that like to roam in the desert and cliffs. One day he happens to fall in a crevice knocking a big rock that gets stuck between his arm. After several days... he cuts it off.
The beginning of the movie is fast paced. There’s too much going to on really describe clearly as the main character get to the crevice. The director uses every trick imaginable in this film.
Most of the film is James Franco stuck. He yells. He thinks a lot about his situation and the past (family, ex-girlfriend, etc). He has hallucinations. He talks a lot to his video camera.
I saw Franco in Oz the Great and Powerful and I didn’t care much for his performance then since I he didn’t seem to “fit” that character. In 127 Hours, he’s a young and wild American loony, which he seems to portray well.
The climax of the film is... him cutting off his arm (I think we all know it’s going to happen). All you can say is... ouch!
3 star of out of 5.
