127 Hours
I’ve been feeling a huge lack of inspiration in my life recently, so even though I have been watching some movies I haven’t had the drive to write anything about them. But here I am trying to force some inspiration and...I don’t know...SOMETHING in my life. (I’ve been very emo, I feel like a mood-swinging teenager again at 23, I’m at a life standstill and it’s no good).
So. On to the point. I saw “127 Hours.” And I have mixed feelings. It should also be noted, I did not read the book before seeing this film for specific reasons that are a completely different story. James Franco of course, as it’s been stated time and time again, gave a stellar performance. How he made this all so believable I’m not sure, but he did. I haven’t seen a lot of his other work before so I don’t have much to compare it to in terms of how new and out there this performance was for him. But he was completely believable the whole time, which was absolutely necessary for storyline as this one. If needed to come off as real in order to make a compelling, interesting movie and he definitely fulfilled that.
As for the movie itself. I must admit I was a little disappointed. I’ve loved a lot of Danny Boyle’s work in the past. “Slum Dog Millionaire” is one of my all time favorites, “28 days Later” is also great. So I had some high expectations as far as the editing of this film, and all in all how it was put together. It definitely had some of Boyle’s style in there with the flash picture sequences, like that in the opening credits of the movie, but I didn’t really feel like it ever fit the movie. Editing is, in my understanding, done in a specific taste to fit a movie--to better the movie--but in this case I felt like it was often too much and unnecessary in a lot of scenes. It seemed experimental and questionable rather than a definite choice. For some reason I just didn’t feel like a lot of it fit to the tone of the film --even though obviously the choices were made by the director and who am I to say that it didn’t fit. With this said, I don’t think it was too distracting from the movie nor do I think it completely ruined it. I just had high expectations that weren’t fully reached.
In general, I think I would have to see the movie again to make the most thoughtful opinion of the movie. I think because the storyline is so drastic and keeps your squirming in your seats I was a bit distracted than normal film circumstances to make knowledgeable thoughts and critiques. But from my first viewing I think it was a pretty good movie, though probably not for everyones tastes. If you can't stand watching self inflicted (though with fairly good reasoning) pain the end of the movie is certainly not for you. I could hardly watch as the climax of the movie took place --and in a longer than completely necessary fashion if I do say so. But if you're interested in the story, Danny Boyle's work, or James Franco's performance than it's definitely worth the gore. Or even if you're just interested in seeing a unique story take place --because it's so rare in movies these days.
So. On to the point. I saw “127 Hours.” And I have mixed feelings. It should also be noted, I did not read the book before seeing this film for specific reasons that are a completely different story. James Franco of course, as it’s been stated time and time again, gave a stellar performance. How he made this all so believable I’m not sure, but he did. I haven’t seen a lot of his other work before so I don’t have much to compare it to in terms of how new and out there this performance was for him. But he was completely believable the whole time, which was absolutely necessary for storyline as this one. If needed to come off as real in order to make a compelling, interesting movie and he definitely fulfilled that.
As for the movie itself. I must admit I was a little disappointed. I’ve loved a lot of Danny Boyle’s work in the past. “Slum Dog Millionaire” is one of my all time favorites, “28 days Later” is also great. So I had some high expectations as far as the editing of this film, and all in all how it was put together. It definitely had some of Boyle’s style in there with the flash picture sequences, like that in the opening credits of the movie, but I didn’t really feel like it ever fit the movie. Editing is, in my understanding, done in a specific taste to fit a movie--to better the movie--but in this case I felt like it was often too much and unnecessary in a lot of scenes. It seemed experimental and questionable rather than a definite choice. For some reason I just didn’t feel like a lot of it fit to the tone of the film --even though obviously the choices were made by the director and who am I to say that it didn’t fit. With this said, I don’t think it was too distracting from the movie nor do I think it completely ruined it. I just had high expectations that weren’t fully reached.
In general, I think I would have to see the movie again to make the most thoughtful opinion of the movie. I think because the storyline is so drastic and keeps your squirming in your seats I was a bit distracted than normal film circumstances to make knowledgeable thoughts and critiques. But from my first viewing I think it was a pretty good movie, though probably not for everyones tastes. If you can't stand watching self inflicted (though with fairly good reasoning) pain the end of the movie is certainly not for you. I could hardly watch as the climax of the movie took place --and in a longer than completely necessary fashion if I do say so. But if you're interested in the story, Danny Boyle's work, or James Franco's performance than it's definitely worth the gore. Or even if you're just interested in seeing a unique story take place --because it's so rare in movies these days.