127 Hours [DVD] [2010]

This movie was an interesting story about one man's struggle to survive. The story is amazing. The movie because of that fact was not.

The obvious differences in these two movies are plots and locations. Although both of these movies are great they relate in the sense of having to deal with hours/days. For a slow pace type of movie, it’s a good movie.

Real life retold in an adventure movie you don't want to miss.

I completely agree with SurfingDude289, but need to add more. It's very frustrating to see this joyful story of survival and self-examination reduced to a rating of "violence, profanity, gore" which is such a turn off for so many people who won't bother to see beyond that description to the deeper value of a film. 127 Hours brought Aron Ralston's life as described in his book "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" to a screen life that can't be conveyed to anyone who hasn't seen it. Socrates said that the unexamined life isn't worth living. Aron didn't just cut off his arm; he had five days to examine his life. His ordeal was that of being pinned to a wall with very little mobility and few tools. His primary tool was his brain; he used it to figure out how extricate himself and keep living. The infamous arm cutting scene is brief and surprisingly only marginally "gory" -- no blood spurting. A viewer feels as exhilirated and uplifted as Aron did when he knew he had a real shot at liberation from his "127 hour continuous experience." James Franco is stunning. He, Danny Boyle and everyone involved in the film bring this amazing experience to all of us who find the courage to get beyond the mere rating and celebrate Aron's life-affirming achievement.

I went to experience the oscar nominee as soon as it became available in my local theater. The best way to describe why a movie like this deserves such a good rating lies in the director's ability to create such a visually interesting film that remains suspenseful even with the viewer ultimately knowing the ending to the movie. That appears to be the mark of a good film these days. Boyle's ability to shoot an entire full length movie the really only takes place in one location (behind a boulder) is genius. He ends up supplementing the lack of scene change and action with intense emotional "distractions", pulling at every sensory part of your body. This was one movie that I did not mind the plethora of gore that left little to the viewers imagination. Because the climax is the severing of the arm (no need for a spoiler I hope?), it would have been futile and lackluster to approach this iconic scene any other way. Those 10 or 15 minutes of detailed action on Franco's part will leave you quite a bit queazy and second guessing your next trip to Utah. But without that scene, you just watched a man trapped behind a rock for 2 hours who ultimately walks out with one less appendage. If you can stomach this final scene, you will not be disappointed in the emotional and visually stunning film you just experienced.

Here is a story that actually works well with the director's video game like style. Parts of this soar because it's approached differently. And it's proof that James Franco can be good when he really tries.

This movie is very interesting since it is based on a true story and it happened in the Southeastern part of Utah! I highly recommend if you love being outdoors and hiking!

Hard to believe this really happened to someone. Movie does a good job of portraying what it must have been like to have survived near fatal accident and lessons learned.