127 Hours shows the power of Human Will
A true event which is very interesting to hear can never be very easy to film. And that is what Danny Boyle has achieved from 127 Hours. More importantly he makes us watch the movie with interest even after many know about the entire incident.
Just to give an idea of how much 127 Hours is.
127 Hours = 5 days and 7 hours. Staying in a confined room for 5 days can give shivers to some. But imagine staying in a rock crevice for 127 hours knowing that you will loose your right hand and coming out alive is simply simply great and it shows the distance to which a human mind can go if you are challenged, and that too, with your life.
James Franco and Aron Ralston
Now I will call the hero as Aron Ralston because no matter what, he is “THE HERO”. And James Franco who plays Aron Ralston has made us believe he is Aron Ralston.
Nature and Aron Ralston play hero and villain and change their roles somewhere in the middle.
Aron who loves hiking in mountains especially in Canyonlands National Park Utah goes on a weekend hike without telling his friends or his parents. He meets a couple of girls and help them as they are lost and he continues, when he is trying to maneuver his way out of a crevice a boulder which he tests before, comes loose and crushes his right hand. Now he is not able to move and the movie which was just moving very fast on screen comes to a halt inside the crevice and we are just with our hero Aron for the next 75 minutes. What he thinks, hallucinates and how he tries to survive for the next 5 days. The incident also shows us the importance of food and water which we usually take for granted.
Aron has a cheap multi use tool which has a blunt knife. Why he has it because he was in a hurry and was not able to take his Swiss knife which was just inches away from his reach. After 5 days of trying many things and when his resources are over he thinks the inevitable, to cut off his right arm with the blunt knife. The scene where he is trying to cut the veins is simply so natural that we can feel his pain in our brains. Just watch that scene and I am sure you will wink voluntarily.
Once Aron is free he walks away after giving a glance to his remaining portion of his stuck arm and comes out of the crevice and enjoys his new found freedom and rappels down 65 feet to a small pool of water and after having his fill walks for 8 miles before being spotted by tourists and then he is rescued. The movie ends as he is airlifted in a helicopter. The end scenes or climax where simply very touching with pulsating music. They made my heart heavy.
Music gives soul to many scenes. A R Rahman has done his part even songs from other composers which comes in the beginning matches perfectly to the mood of the movie. Cinematography is great and the acting from the lead is awesome. Let’s see how many Oscars this movie is going to win.
This is a must watch and it is releasing in India on January 28th 2010. It will give you, your newly found inner strength.
My Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
Links which you may be interested
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Shouldn't_Be_Alive - "Trapped Under a Boulder"
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