"Every second counts"

Rating: 9/10 (2 October 2011)

A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.
127 hours. No expectations, no hearabouts, and no reason: I sit down to watch. The premise sounded simple enough and real great, especially how the director gave us works like Slumdog Millionaire. When the movie started, it gave us a sneak peek of it's style. It's directing very beautifully: the cinematography, the shots; they all had up to the intensity. When the movie kicks off when the title appears, the crowd quiets down, the movie progresses terrifyingly, and we all sit to watch a truthful film. When you have a situation like this, you find everything to help you survive. Luckily, the director's intention was to make us FEEL as if we were the helpless. The cinematography helps, shots lingering on the facial expressions of fear, hopelessness, and delusion. No one has ever pictured this quite as such as Danny Boyle. Kudos. When the movie progresses onward, you can't help but think how can they make this more enjoyable? The movie goes run on 94 minutes, and showing a man struggling to survive isn't THAT enjoyable. Thankfully, the film shows crazy hallucinations, flashbacks, fears, wants, wills, and everything in between. And once again, the film shows us how we would show it, and it adds up to it's realistic ability. And for all this combined, lined: I loved 127 Hours. It was mystic, haunting, a little beautiful. I sound like I'm praising the film, and most likely I am. The film deserves attention and thankfully it does. The film draws back from clichés and flaws and focuses on bringing us into the reality of another person. If a film can do so, it obviously has to be a 9/10.