Death Hours

Rating: 6/10 (23 January 2012)

Well, since all decent IMDb's reviewers already gave their opinions about this movie, I felt obligated to see and give mine. "127 Hours" is pretty similar to the polemic "Buried" and came out two or three months after the second mentioned. Whilst in "Buried" 100% of the scenes involve Ryan Reynolds in a coffin, this one alternates between James Franco's agony and flashes of his mind. Both these movies are agonizing and make the spectator feel very sorry for the main character, even thought the protagonist never showed a reason for us to like him. My main complaint about "127 Hours" is that Franco, in many scenes, seems to be TOO calm for someone who is that close to death; when people are about to die they simply get crazy-- our survival's instinct attacks. The photography direction is beautiful, this picture is surely a professional work; it's just a shame that films involving this trouble will never be completely entertaining-- it will get boring sometimes. That's it, "127 Hours" is a good movie of its subject, but is the kind of picture you have to be very patient to truly enjoy.