Bicycling across desert wastelands! Scaling canyon walls! Free-falling into an underground lake! These are all actions that come easily to nature-lover and amateur adventurer Aron Ralston (James Franco). One April in 2003, though, a hike through Blue John Canyon, Utah, turns into a nightmare, when Aron falls into a ravine and finds his arm pinned to the canyon wall by a large rock. Hours turn to days as Aron frantically tries everything within his power to free himself, while trying to survive in a harsh environment without much food or water. Slowly slipping into delirium, Aron eventually begins to remember things and people in his life that he thought he had forgotten or that he had taken for granted and finds the strength within to do the impossible and make it through those 127 terrible hours. Based on a true story and the book, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, written according to the video diaries Ralston made during his ordeal.
On the first place I don’t understand that why this movie in the race for Oscar and “Eat Pray Love” isn’t. I guess Danny Boyle has got some connections in the Oscar jury. The movie didn’t attract me much, watching a single character for almost 99% of the movie is not my type. For me the only time I really enjoyed the movie were the last 6 minutes in which Aron gets rescued.
If 127 Hours can get nominated for Oscars then why isn’t Buried (starting Ryan Reynolds) in the list too. Buried is a much better movie than 127 Hours, both have almost similar story line. ‘Hype’ is what I can say about this movie. I can’t waste more time writing about this movie, total waste.
Negative – The movie is slow, the screenplay is dull, the movie is predictable and hence there is no spice or twists or turns.
My Score- 5/10
P.S. Please don’t waste your time watching this crappy movie! Psssst pssst, can someone ask Danny that why the hell has he included the clipping of Indian events at the beginning of the movie.
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