When James Franco is not busy doing spectacular comedies with his buddy Seth Rogen he chooses to deal with interesting projects. And this movie is one of them. 127 hours is a story of survival and the desire to live. But it's also a movie based on real events and as we know this is a lot of times really risky to adapt to the big screen. Fortunately the director of the movie is long time favorite Danny Boyle. Trainspotting's talented is aware of the risks and he makes all the right moves making the film enjoyable. He makes the movie short and straight to the point with the right amount of thrills and a little bit of light hearted comedy in the start. But the most important aspect of the movie it's the one man performance from the main star. James Franco for me is a mediocre actor. But he is a smart guy. He chooses his steps really carefully and most of the times the results are spot on. This happens also in "127 hours". He manages to lift the whole movie in his shoulders and captivates you with his entire presence for 90 minutes. I'm not really font of biopic movies myself but I have to say this film made me have a really good time. It has its thrills and is a fine tribute to human resolve. It's not of course Danny Boyle's best movie but is a nice movie overall and it will make you stay in your seat for it's entire time.

Spoiler warningWith a lot of good reviews on this site and Metacritic you would surely expect a really good film. I thought i would love this since i really liked Castaway and other Boyle's films like Slumdog Millionaire (which i gave a 10/10)Never heard of Aron Ralston before but the ending is predictable, i knew what will happen from the moment he picked up the knife. They present Aron Ralston to an unlikable character at least to me.As positives the struggles of Aron are presented realistically (a bit exaggerated obviously) The best scenes are the hallucination scenes like the one where it shows his route to his car with a bottle of Gatorade.

It's not because I'm a biopic or Danny Boyle's fan but for me; I couldn't agree anymore that it was a perfect depiction of what happened at canyon. Initially when film progressed, great show of all possible angles of cinematography took you somewhere in it and you can't get out of it till the end. How else can you show the vulnerability and restlessness of a dying person, in the middle of nowhere; if not how this film portray. Illusions of a hopeful mind stuck to death and imaginations of a wild soul are so deeply embedded scene after scenes that steal the show. Nonetheless James Franco, was amazingly extraordinary, emotions, expressions, everything, one of his best performance.

I had this movie recorded on my sky box for several weeks before I got around to watching it. I wish i hadn't waited so long! What a fantastic piece of cinema. I should of noticed the words "Danny Boyle" a bit sooner.The scene when Franco's character starts to cut through a live nerve has stayed with me for days now. A clever use of chilling audio to really drive home the pain that one must feel and combined with Franco's fantastic acting, you really do believe he's just done the unthinkable.If you are tempted to pass this movie based on a predictable plot I would urge you to reconsider if only to experience the awesome filming, camera angles and direction.