intense true story movie of 2010

Rating: 7/10 (2 July 2013)

made about the true story of Aron Ralston, a mountain climber who goes canyoneering at a deserted canyon in Utah, as he is climbing he slips down a gap and gets his hand trapped under a boulder. stuck with no one around and only a days worth of water he desperately try's everything he can to get free. as the days go on his water getting low, food running out he gets weaker and weaker his mind going crazy hallucinating and having flashbacks as he starts to go over all the things he done wrong in his life wishing he did things differently and appreciated the people around him. knowing he was going to leave his loved ones behind he knows there is only one thing to do... cut off his arm.
James Franco does an amazing in this as he is pretty much the only actor in this and the majority of the movie is shot standing in the small gap in the canyon, he shows all the emotions perfectly and really makes the viewer feel what he must be going through I think this was helped by the real Aron Ralston working close with Danny Boyle in the making of the movie so they could get as much of the true story as possible but while still giving it the Hollywood movie feel.
after seeing this movie it makes it hard to believe that this actually happened to someone especially during the amputation of the arm scene which is pretty uncomfortable viewing and is really quite hard to watch and It takes a lot for me to feel like that but even more so as he has to do it with a blunt pen knife and it was shot so well and make really graphic and gory so you cant possibly imagine what Aron must of gone through.
in all its a gripping, well made, brilliantly acted, intense and more importantly very moving film defiantly one of the best of 2010 and a great watch knowing it didn't come from a Hollywood directors imagination but was a persons terrifying life changing experience.