Starring: James Franco
Directed by: Danny Boyle

So last night, I went to the Crossgates Mall in Albany, to see the movie, “127 Hours”. I wanted to see that film badly, been wanting to see it for a long time. Plus, I was trying to catch up with all 10 Best Pictures nominations for this year’s Oscars. I’ve seen “The King’s Speech” earlier this week in theater at Wilton Mall, and seen “The Kids Are Alrigh” via Itunes movie rental. I had to see “127 Hours” in Crossgates ’cause it wasn’t playing here. My sister and her boyfriend were going to see “127 Hours” at Crossgates and they were nice enough to let me come along. Yes, we went during the bad weather last night. It was a risky trip to Albany but it was worth it. I have officially seen all 10 Oscar Best Picture nominations. Now that I’ve seen all 10 Best picture nominees, I still say, “Winter’s Bone” is the best one out of all them. Now on with my review:

Plot/Synopsis: This is a story about the real life mountain climber, Aron Ralston, who is played by James Franco. Aron goes on a mountain climbing adventure in the canyons of Utah. Aron goes to the famous Blue John Canyons. While there, he runs into two young women on a hiking trip. The women were lost, and Aron tries to help them find the right way. Aron decided to have some fun with the two women by going swimming with them, after finding a large pool of water at the bottom of a canyon. The two women invites Aron to a party, then they left. Aron goes on with his adventure. While Aron travels through the canyons, he had a freak accident by falling into a canyon and a huge boulder landed on his arm, leaving him stuck there for days. He tries his best to survive and even tries to escape.

This film is the same director who did “Slumdog Millionaire”, Danny Boyle. I honestly thought, “127 Hours” was the better film. “127 Hours” is a very realistic movie, and it’s something that could happen to anybody in real life. It’s obviously a movie about survival when going on dangerous adventures like this. The reason this film is so good, ’cause it goes through different emotions. The film has a mix of fun, comedy, thrills, and chills. Yes, the film is kind of scary too. In some scenes you will be kind of creeped out. The film did a good job trying to get you to guess whether he would survive or die. In the film, while he was stuck in the rock, the film had flashbacks of his past. He would have a video camera and a regular digital camera to entertain himself. He survived with the little food he had in his backpack and drank little water from the water bottle he had with him.

I thought James Franco did a great job. His acting was phenomenal and he looked exactly like the real life, Aron Ralston. The film was brilliantly shot as you will see a lot of split screens and impressive special effects during the flashback scenes. I would like to see, “127 Hours” win Best Picture for the Oscars, but sadly it probably won’t happen. I also want to see “Winter’s Bone” win Best Picture, but I have a bad feeling that “The Social Network” or “King’s Speech” will win.

Back to “127 Hours”, the film was a thrill ride. I was never bored to death. You should definitely check this film out yourself. “127 Hours” is a really strong and powerful story. The film is similar to “Cast Away” with Tom Hanks, but “127 Hours” is better.

Score for “127 Hours” = (**** 4 stars as in excellent)

Kev