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127 Hours - My Review
Theatre : MoE Cinestar (Dubai Intl. Film Festival)
Date & Time : 18th December 2010, 3:15 PM Status : 90% Just back after watching "127 Hours" based on a true incident of a miraculous survival, which has double-Oscar winner & India's pride Allah Rakha Rahman and ace film-maker Danny Boyle joining hands after "Slumdog Millionaires" which swept the Oscars in 2009! Plot Based on a true story of a miraculous and terrific survival, Aron Ralston played by James Franco, a mountain climber, who gets trapped in Grand Canyon near Utah for 127 hours or just over 5 days, after a boulder crashes on to his right hand! He seeks various means to disencumber himself from that trap throughout these 5 days where he also canvasses his life and recollects about his family and friends! The rest of the movie is about how he survives and gets on with his inspiring life after having to amputate his right hand to survive from the boulder! Eventhough the whole movie is happening in a very isolated and lonely tract, this terrific tale is surprisingly entertaining... Danny Boyle amazes us yet again with his masterful narration here too where 95% of the story is told inside an isolated mountain with just one individual who is fighting for his survival! Danny Boyle who is a master of crisp editing and quick cuts, uses this talent to full use in this movie. Boyle engages such unique proficiencies for the film, making it a mixture of beautiful, gory, disturbing, and intuitive. Simon Beaufoy who has co-written the screenplay with Danny Boyle, from the memoirs of Aaron Ralston does an incredible job in engaging us throughout the movie and in making us feel the pain and joy of the survivor! James Franco, as the real life character Aaron was stupendous in terms of bringing out his pain, tension, hopes and never-die spirit to the fullest, who deserves a standing ovation! Cinematography is another factor which mesmerizes us by depicting the horror and pain so breathtakingly brilliant which is flawless! There are some gruesomely gory scenes of self amputation which may disturb you, but don't let that miss you this inspiring tale of survival and near-death experiences! Danny Boyle also conveys a vivid message about the importance of precedences in our life because when it comes down to do or die situations, the most important things in the short lives of ours are recognized. For us, this film becomes even more special as Allah Rakha Rahman, our own Isai Puyal handles the music for the second time in a Danny Boyle film, which is completely in contrast to "Slumdog Millionaire", but suits the mood of the film so well that it makes this adventure more intense and gripping, in short yet another uber sexy oeuvre from the mozart of Madras...We may feel that, since the music is so in synch with the narration that every single note which had been composed was a part of the scripted dialogue which is something beyond brilliance! "Acid Darbari" and "If I Rise" are the picks of the soundtrack which haunts you entrancingly...!  On the whole, Danny Boyle brings out yet another inspirational masterwork which is by-far the best movie of 2010 to come out! Do watch it in theater for the soul-stirring music of ARR and awe-inspiring cinematography!  Verdict - Highly inspiring...Outstanding! Rating - 9/10
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