Another Danny Boyle masterpiece?

Rating: 5/10 (12 January 2011)

127 Hours is Danny Boyles follow up to the huge commercial and critical success of Slumdog Millionaire.
I normally like to see a movie without knowing too much details about the plot and especially the ending. 127 Hours is based on a true story of Aron who gets trapped in a cave after a rock falls on his arm and becomes lodged. Although not familiar with the story I had heard details about what happened which did spoil my enjoyment of the film. I will not repeat the ending for those people that don't know, but i suspect the majority of movie goers will know what's coming.
Whilst trapped Aron creates a video diary of what he expect to be his last few days of life. During this time he has flash backs and dreams of his life. I couldn't help thinking that this could have been more interesting.
James Franco is obviously the large focus of the film and he does a pretty good job as Aron. With the exception of the opening and closing credit sequence Danny Boyle is also good although I don't think it ever reaches the heights of Slumdog.