This is a great film. Part of me wanted to see it just to check out how Danny Boyle would structure a film that is essentially one long shot of a guy pinned in a narrow fissure by a rock. Well, Mr. Boyle has more imagination than I do. First, he starts in the early hours of that Saturday with Aron Ralston (James Franco) leaving his apartment and driving to the desert. He bikes in to the area he wants to climb, meets some girls, gets diverted for a while. He does get back on task for his climb, and then he meets that f**king rock.
The movie is only 94 minutes, and it moves quickly. Aron has a pack of equipment, but not what he needs. He mainly needs a lot more water, and food. He could use a good knife, but he has a crappy freebie knife in his pack. He could use "eight burly" men to help pull the rock free. He has a camera and a video camera, so he tapes himself. He hallucinates, and he remembers events that lead him to conclude he has regrets. (The main regret would be not telling anyone where he was going.) He eventually determines that his whole life to date has been moving toward this meeting with the rock.
This is a great movie. So far this year, other than Harry Potter, I think Winter's Bone and 127 Hours are the best films I've seen. I think this should get an Academy nod for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Editing and Cinematography.
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