A Film about a guy severing his arm on screen ... no this is not a saw sequel this is actually decent. 127 hours is the latest work of Danny Boyle, possibly the best British director of all time. I wanted to see this film because the original reports had fascinated me at the time, that fact that a man can have the shear capacity to cut his own arm off perplexed me, but that is the true awesomeness of Aron Ralston. Hats off to him as I would have probably resigned myself to dying 48 hours in to the ordeal. As it is based on a well known story I will not be Spoiler Alerting as If you wanted to go see this film, it will because you already know the story so on the film....
I thought the film would consist of hours watching one guy stand at a rock face pondering his own existence, which in my mind sounds mightily boring, but during the film I never felt it drag out longer than it should have been, the surreal scenes as he distended into insanity, added much needed comedy and depth to the story and helped to break up the large sections of him at the rock face.
The arm severing scenes were tastefully done, none of this overtly graphic scenes that have characterised modern horror/gore movies. The Breaking of his Ulna & Radius bones are a particular highlight. Upon leaving the cinema i experienced a tingling sensation in my right arm, it very rare that a film can have such an effect upon me but 127 Hours managed this, which just shows how good a film it is and I highly suggest that you go and watch it..... before a rock falls on your arm!
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