Triumph of Human Spirit

Rating: 9/10 (18 June 2011)

Initially I was a bit skeptic to watch another Boyle movie despite being advised by the near and dear ones again and again to watch it.'Slumdog...' is the reason why I was shying away from watching it.Any Hindi movie goer will tell you that they make equal or a better 'Slumdog..' every month or so in India.Yet it created history.And after so many positive reviews on "127 Hours" from all over the world, I thought history repeated itself.And boy,I was so grossly wrong in my preconceived notion about Boyle's caliber.
Now lets forget the past and concentrate on what we have in the platter.This is by far the most powerful movie on human will power.It is subtle in its promotion of human spirit as we do not see here one man fighting against hundreds or the triumph of the haven'ts against the have's.Its a story of how a mountain climber trapped in a crevice and destined to die, rescues himself by the sheer will power,self induced motivation and finally the shocking way of cutting off one limb.
In just one and half hours Aron Ralston's entire life, his agonies, his regrets, happiness,emotions are brilliantly portrayed.But underneath all the hallucinations,dreams or nightmares, the essence is how he keeps going for long 127 hours despite several odds.I will not get into the details any further.
Be it the story line, pace of the movie, camera work,direction,art work,music- everything works so nicely here.Looks like Boyle mastered all his resources after the astounding success of the spicy saga 'Slumdog...' to prove his worth as a thinking director.And he succeeds so brilliantly.
It would be unfair not to mention other players of this triumphant.James Franco proves that he deserves much more than accolades from the children for his roles in "Spiderman".Simon Beaufoy does great work as co-writer of this brilliantly scripted movie.Kudos to Enrique Chediak and Anthony Dod Mantle for the brilliant cinematography.And watch out for AR Rahaman for the music composition.He again proves that he is one of the greatest musicians alive on earth and by far, the greatest Indian musician.
Finally, I would request all of those who have not yet watched this movie or are skeptic about Boyle as I was earlier, to watch it.Watch it when you are down, watch it when things appear to be impossible to you, because in the end of the movie, you will yourself say "Impossible is nothing".Undoubtedly it is Boyle's greatest work and one of the best masterpieces of the past decade.Go,watch it.