127 hours

i always do my homework when watching a movie: i read about it, i check youtube and interviews with the actors, etc. one thing i found out about 127 hours was that it was based from a book which was written by aron ralston - the actual guy who fell into a crevice in the grand canyon and was stuck there yes, for 127 hours.

what made me watch the film was curiosity of how he actually got out - his hand was pinned between a huge boulder and a wall. i did later find out that he eventually cut himself, or rather his ARM to get free. watching the movie kinda was like watching twilight for me. i knew what was going to happen, i just didn't know how it would look on screen because i had imagined it differently. but i wasn't able to read the book, so i had no idea how this story turned out.

i have to say, i liked the parts where he was talking to the digicam and just being spontaneous about the whole thing. he'd be teary-eyed through the whole thing and that's what got to me. he would also address his parents - based on flashbacks, he had broken up with a girlfriend. the hardest thing to watch was obviously the amputation part. danny boyle really showed everything. and it. was. fucking. gross.

another pro? amber tamblyn. she's one of my favorite actresses and one of the most underrated ones out there. for those of you who don't know her, shame on you! she was joan in joan of arcadia, she was one of the girls in sisterhood of the traveling pants and she's been on house, general hospital and buffy, to name a few. the role in this movie had screen time of maybe 15-20 minutes only, but she was still at her top form. good casting, there. awesome!

as for james franco's tour de force performance, it was exactly that. i was so impressed! it was essentially HIS movie to carry and he did it so well. there was no question that he WOULD get nominations/awards for this, by far, his best performance in any movie - besides milk (where he was just perfection, BTW).

this redefines definition - of life, of love and of humanity. it shows the best and worst of man but also lets you down a path of discovery ~ discovery of your own strength and perseverance as a human being and what would you do if put in dire circumstances. if you like that shit - man triumphs over adversity - watch this movie. if you don't, then hey, it's one less story you have to tell, right?