**This review was actually posted a couple of weeks ago on Facebook. Decided to post it since it was the beginning.
Shocked. I didn’t know how else to described what I felt as I walked out. Did I love it or hate it? Or more importantly would I see it again. 127 hours is not a movie for the weak to be sure. Going into it most people knew the movie was about “that dude who survived being lost in the desert by having to hack his own arm off”. That dude’s name is Aaron and he was quite the adrenaline junkie. During a trek in the canyons of Utah Aaron falls because of a loose boulder, which ends up pinning his hand. Deep in the canyons where no one will ‘happen’ upon him and worse…..he didn’t return his mother call before he left. Nobody knows where he is.
Shocked. I didn’t know how else to described what I felt as I walked out. Did I love it or hate it? Or more importantly would I see it again. 127 hours is not a movie for the weak to be sure. Going into it most people knew the movie was about “that dude who survived being lost in the desert by having to hack his own arm off”. That dude’s name is Aaron and he was quite the adrenaline junkie. During a trek in the canyons of Utah Aaron falls because of a loose boulder, which ends up pinning his hand. Deep in the canyons where no one will ‘happen’ upon him and worse…..he didn’t return his mother call before he left. Nobody knows where he is.
The rest of the movie we are with Aaron trapped in the cave for 127 hours (for those of you trying to do the math that’s seven hours over five days). Some might think, ‘Gezz….that’s got to get boring’. Oh no my friends this movie is anything but dull. Humor and heart even in the darkest moments and the cinematography is fast pace and just stunning (does anyone use that word anymore?). The suspense and perfect pacing of the movie also carries the audience. Every second brings you closer to the inevitable conclusion. I try never to spoil movies but I see this as more of a kindness for those with a weak stomach. Usually one wants to run out of a theater because the suck-level of a movie is just too much. But the movie is brilliant but ‘the scene’ was so uncomfortably real I wanted to run away crying. Take the R rating seriously because there is not much left to the imagination when it comes to the “hacking” scene. If even thinking about it makes one nauseous than you have two options. Rent and fast forward the scene or take someone who is kind enough to let you buried your face in the shoulder until given the okay. (On a side note I described to my mom ‘the scene’. I thankfully had no nightmares but sadly mom wasn’t as lucky)
But this movie is so gut-wrenching because of the leading man, James Franco. He has come a long way from being just the hot guy from Spiderman (sorry Tobey). Franco is actually a really good actor and one can tell that he really cared about portraying Aaron and his story correctly. One of the most tissue-worthy scenes is the premonition Aaron has that kicks his survival need to high gear. I was so happy to find out at the end it really happened to Aaron. (And I’m not telling!).
As of this moment I don’t really have any kind of rating system in mind but 127 hours is definitely high on the meter. It’s hard to find movies that are worth the big money to dish out but these 90 minutes is worth your time and money. After the first hours of shock I realized I wanted to see 127 hours again…..just this time I know when to uncover my eyes.
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