One of the best movies based on a true story.

Rating: 9/10 (30 April 2016)

Some spoilers might have slipped through, so brace yourself warned!
"127 Hours" is based on the true story of Aron Ralston. Aron is an engineer, who's passion lays more in adventure. So one day he decides that he wants to go, and have some fun in Moab, Utah. But he does this without telling anyone about it, so when his arm get's stuck between a rock and a wall, panic starts to flow..
This movie was directed by Danny Boyle. This is also the person who wrote the screenplay for the movie, I love when directors also write the screenplay, this shows their dedication to the movie (in most cases), but more on the screenplay later. He has one multiple movies, and this is the first one that I've seen of him, so I can't really compare with his previous films. In this movie he utilizes a very cool and refreshing style. The three way screen (I think you'll understand what I mean if you've seen the movie), was at first a bit weird, and I didn't quite like it. But as the movie progressed, I started to enjoy and appreciate it more. This can be seen throughout the movie, but the longer parts are in the beginning, and at the end of the movie. I also liked that he used the footage of the camera of Aron. He was also creative at times; by making it look like there was a camera in the tube of his drinking bag. This gave a cool effect. The cinematography was also done very well. This was gorgeous to look at. This was done by two people Enrique Chediak and Anthony Dod Mantle. The make-up was really good. Which leads me to one of my favorite scenes of the movie. The scene where he cuts of his own arm. I very much enjoyed this part because of the brilliant way it was directed and acted. You could really see the pain, anger and fear in James Fronco's eyes. The wounds looked real, a bit to real as well. But due to the rapid editing you get spared a bit. In most cases I would hate a fast edited part, but here I felt blessed for it :). The cgi was a bit of a downside for me. The bird that flies over looked very cg, just like the upcoming clouds. But the water-bag cgi looked good to me, if it even was cgi.
The acting was good, and this is an average, because James Franco was amazing, and the rest, not so much. Not that they were bad, but there weren't great either. So let's start of with the main character. Aron, played by James Franco. In this review I've already said multiple times that he was fantastic, because he was. He showed his acting qualities numerous times during the movie, mostly during the emotional parts. It's just so fascinating that he can convince me so good that he is in pain. Sadly he hasn't really picked good movies recently. There aren't a lot of actors in "127 Hours", so I'll just discus Kate Mara, and Amber Tamblyn. First, Kate Mara. She is overall a good actress, just one of her latest movies is not a good one *cough* Fant4Stick *cough*. But she has redeemed herself in "The Martian". In this movie she plays Kristi, a girl who is walking in the same place with her friend as Aron. Aron meets them, and befriends them. She was fine. Not her greatest role, but also not her worst. Her friend was played by Amber Tamblyn, and she was fine too. On the rest of the supporting cast I can't judge, because I've seen so little of them.
The screenplay is, like I've said, written by the director, Danny Boyle, but also by Simon Beaufoy. The screenplay was very well written. Even though there wasn't a lot of dialogue, they kept me interested and invested with the film. This of course isn't only because of the script, but because of the directing as well. The dialogue, as far as there was some, was good. A thing that some people might find stupid, is that you can see that they are struggling to reach the ninety minute mark. They use lot's of flashbacks, and thoughts, that stretch out the duration of the movie. In some circumstances I didn't mind them. For example the thought of Aron that it started to rain. This just showed how desperate he was to survive, but also heartbroken, near the end. Just that scene alone describes his feelings during the movie. The characters weren't that great developed. Aron kind of was, but it just didn't make me care more about him. The supporting cast wasn't worth to developed, so I didn't care about that they didn't do it. What they do manage to do is to create a starting feeling with Aron. Due to the charisma of James Franco.
That was my review for an emotional movie, with very good directing, and a fantastic main actor.
8.7/10