127 Hours Review

Danny Boyle does something that is simply remarkable with 127 Hours: He makes you understand the emotions leading up to it, and despite the horror of the situation, 127 Hours becomes a film about unbelievable triumph.Boyle takes the theme of
human resilience to a new level, far beyond the cinematic. The sheer endurance-power of a man trapped in sure-death and the indomitable survival instinct that makes us resort to the unimaginable in a crisis situation ...these themes are defined by an exceptional scrupulousness in recreating a real-life predicament.

we can argue that no film can recreate that monstrous pain without seeming exploitative.127 Hours gets close, real close, to the real pain. It tears away at affectations and drama and pulls us into that cramped crevice under the mountains and traps us with Aron Talston. He can hardly move or breathe.

We see. We listen. We suffer. We learn. Our own A R Rahman's music serves as an evocative pointer to the lessons learnt the hard way.we are not sure of how much Boyle's and Simon Beaufoy's riveting screenplay is fictional. It really doesn't matter beyond a point. Because what we are looking at is a human drama that sucks away the chic masquerade of celluloid adventures and leaves us with only the agony of the crisis on-hand.
We know how it will end. We know Aron will live and that he will never be able to show his middle finger to life from one of his hands. Outcome known, those long hours away from civilization are still destined to change how we look at life as well as life in the movies.

127 Hours is one of the most important films in recent times. Its validity resonates far beyond the precincts of cinema. It tells us that being heroic is not about climbing mountains. It is about looking for those critical places in your heart to peg your aspirations when rapidly slipping off that steep slope of life.

In interviews, Boyle has indicated that the meaning of this story, its take-home message, is that it made Ralston a better person; he learned that he couldn't do everything himself, and that he should swallow his pride and ask for help a little more.

Well, that could be true. But the compelling thing about 127 Hours is that it has no message, it has no metaphorical meaning. Aron Ralston one day cut his own arm off. And that's it. His choice was as terrible and unavoidable as the fact of death itself, which, of course, Ralston's magnificent survival has not modified one iota.

Visually, Boyle's film is compelling and there is a poetry in Ralston's vulnerable, fragile flesh being crushed under the weight of a landmass trillions of years in the making. It is an exciting, touching film, which Boyle brings off with enormous skill. It's a skill for which lesser directors would give their ..Well, they'd give an awful lot.Already the film has got six oscar nominations.

Verdict:James Franco is outstanding in this true story that might put you off climbing for life.
Rating:4/5