An hiker is
trapped by a falling boulder in a narrow canyon.
Based on an
incredible true story that you probably heard about, if you didn’t I won’t
spoil it for you, suffice to say that this is a great story of human survival
and that it all really happened.
What I have
to spoil is that 90% of the movie takes place under that boulder. I know that
the prospect sounds incredibly dull and I strongly suspect that the difficult
of making a proper movie out of it was what prompted director Danny Boyle to
create, write and direct this movie, but I assure you that Boyle couldn’t make
a boring movie even if he tried.
Movie fans
will get a particular pleasure watching it. Boyle displays an array of new
interesting shoots that is noteworthy even for him. Suffice to say that, even
for the studio filmed part, he didn’t put any removable part in the setting
because he wanted to submit the camera to the same tribulations that Aaron Ralston,
our protagonist, had to go through. Then we get to the extended shoot on
location, in an incredibly forlorn place that can be reached only by foot and
only if you are really a prepared hiker, or canyoneer as Wikipedia informs us.
But this is
not just a movie for movie fans. The whole ordeal that happens to Ralston is
extremely gripping, beautifully shoot, never ever boring. We follow Ralston
various attempts to set himself free and, through the smart use of many
artistic devices we also follow his mental and emotive state. This is a movie
that will leave you drained in the end.
Of course
we now that James Franco is more than a pretty face but with this movie he can
certainly lay claim to the status of master in his craft. His performance is
simply massive and he literally carries the whole movie on his own shoulders.
A
masterpiece, recommended to fans of good stories.
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