Unforgettable

Rating: 8/10 (9 January 2011)

Dazzling, immense, emotional, frightening, beautiful, dynamic, nerve-racking, inspirational and yes, very very good.
127 Hours starts out as Aron the mountain climber collects his gear and heads out to an isolated canyon in Utah. There he gets into an accident that leaves his arm stuck by a rock. With little water and food Aron is trapped for five days, time while he reflects back to his life, friends, family and battles brutal inhumane will, courage and strength to free himself and be saved. As the trailer says--- "There is no force on Earth more powerful than the will to live".
James Franco portrays Aron Ralston, and lets be honest, he does that remarkably well. It is just such a powerful performance helped by superb camera-work and visuals. I haven't been this impressed for a long long time. The cinematography is really strong and the film itself is brilliantly edited. 127 Hours has just such a fantastic style. Weather its Aron cycling in the desert, stunning long shots of the nature or simple highway lights at nights town, Boyle captures it all splendidly. I especially liked the one-on-ones Aron has with his camera. "Good morning everyone, it is 7 o'clock here in Canyonland, U-S-A. And this morning on the boulder... We have a very special guest, Aron Ralston!" If Franco doesn't get the Academy Award here, it must be something really wrong with the system.
The experience you get absorbs you. I loved Danny Boyle's Trainspotting and Slumdog, but 127 Hours moved and surprised me even more. You just feel James Franco through the screen, thats how powerful his performance is. Incredible.