one hundred and twenty seven hours! now don't worry thats not the duration of the film the title talks about the amount of time are young protagonist has to spend trapped in a canyon with his dearest of limbs (his right arm) quite literally stuck in between a rock and a hard place.arron ralston must survive like a clumsy Bear Grylls doing many day-to-day activities with just one hand such as making pulley systems,trying to reach knives with sticks,drinking his own urine and all the while trying to desperately escape and i know what you thinking "a guy trapped in a rock for the whole film! i like movies with a bit of excitement give me explosions and punching and catch phrases" well this film is defiantly worth watching it is a tragic struggle of man against nature and time and and also for the main character forced to confront his own inner demons when he is left with only himself a camera a knife and a choice in this dark hole in the ground.
James Franco gives a great performance as Arron in this film fans of his work will remember him as the aggressive and vengeful Harry Osborn in the sipder-man films and will be quite impressed with his range when he has to carry almost the whole movie on his shoulders as there are only about 4 other characters with less than 10 minutes screen time between them and that the role is playing a man who is quite literally going insane down a whole.
the director Danny Boyle acclaimed director of such modern classics such as transporting and slumdog millionaire uses alot of contrast in this film where at the present arrons life is screwed his arm is crushed and the out look is bleak but boyle uses flashbacks as a medium to show us a happier time in our young canyoneerer's life.arrons genrel mood also alternates between optomisum and pesamium as he thinks about happy times and then realises its his fualt no one is coming to find him, even the sound is a good use of contrast as there are long points of silence which is then shattered byloud dramatic pieces of music at important and crucial times.suspence is built in a steady way as we gradually learn that the water is running out and there simply is no way of escape other than the unthinkable we start to panic as much as the character.the use of the hand held Camara is interesting as it shows us how much time is passed,it makes it a much more realistic experience and as the battery slowly runs out this also builds suspense as it is symbolism for Arron running out of time
erh incase your reading this just for the scooby doo in the title you'r going to have to watch the movie for that to make any sense
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