127 Hours

127 hours is a 2010 biographical adventure film co-written produced by Danny Boyle.

The film stars are James Franco as mountain climber Aron Ralston, who became trapped by a boulder in Robbers Roost, Utah in April 2003.

127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he can be rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family, and the two hikers he met before his accident.

This film lasts 94 minutes, the ‘threat’ is not from a person, it is from nature for example Rock, sun, thirst and water. This film makes the audience sympathize the climber Aron Ralston because he is in a troubled situation and it seems like a matter of life and death.

This film is a simple story that grips the viewer and makes them want to carry on watching the film. When the arm is first trapped we notice the effective of the music and how it makes the scene feel more tension building than what it actually is, also we notice how the effective use of silence increases tension at the appropriate moments.

Finally there is an effective use of close up and detail during this film, especially when he cut off his own arm.