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1. Alysse Montoya 02.14.11 / 12am

   I saw 127 hours and i really liked it. This movie showed me that things do happen for a reason. In the movie i saw that one guy (aron) can go through so much to change the way he thinks about his life. From learning that he needs tell his friends and family where he is going on his adventures and being aware that something bad can happen at any moment. Through out the movie he looks back and see all off the good times he has had. To all the things he wanted to do with his life. He sees that he wants to be a parents and have kids and thats what gets him through this movie. I really liked this movie and would recommend it to many people.
2. Ulrika Bjork 02.14.11 / 12am

   I loved this movie too, and I was just so amazed and blown away by the whole story and the fact that it is actually true. As you say the most memorable scenes for me too was when he recorded himself with his video camera. That created such a cool effect to the story and it was one of the things that kept the story going even though almost all of the film take place in the same spot.. Another thing I appreciated was that we actually got to “meet” the real Aron Rolston at the end of the film, which was awesome, and made the whole thing even more real. I was so affected by the story that at the same minute I got home after the movie I started Google Aron Rolston and found documentaries with him and all kinds of information, it was good to see how he was doing today and to see him describe the actions in the canyon with his own words, very interesting.
3. Nick Hincapie 02.14.11 / 10pm

   I really enjoyed this movie as well. I didn’t know anything about Aron Rolston before seeing this film but I can understand the pain he went through when he was stuck like that. James Franco I thought did a perfect job of portraying Rolston and gave the best performance of his career so far. I predict James Franco will continue to give great performances in the future and will one day earn his Oscar even though he deserves to win this year.
4. Jim Burns 02.15.11 / 8pm

   I was familiar with this story for quite sometime and had absolutely no interest in seeing this film until I was told Danny Boyle and his usual film making team would be producing this film. This was not an easy story to tell visually but Danny Boyle did an amazing job of keeping the audience right in the middle of all the action. I was a bit uncomfortable throughout the entire movie because as a viewer we know what the outcome is going to be.
5. Kevin Cammiso 03.18.11 / 5pm

   127 Hours was probably one of the hardest films for me to ever watch; I knew what was to come so the anticipation and simultaneous dread made me extremely anxious. The climax is on a completely different level of trauma- the disparity and helplessness that brings one to cut off his hard to relate to but I thought Boyle really portrayed it accurately and did so superbly. Although gruesome, the film was empowering; nothing is more uplifting to me than the triumph of the human spirit. The mise en scene was at times hard to watch, with his blood still moist and pasty from the dirt but I think where the film could improve the most would be through camera angles; I would have liked to seen the other side of the rock or a 360 view of his arm’s position.
6. Vienna Von Renner 10.03.11 / 12pm

   I have been wanting to see this movie for a year now and haven’t gotten around to it. Your right when you say that it seems a little boring and since everyone talked about it when it first came out, I feel like I know exactly what happens. This review is encouraging and I’m going to watch this movie when I have a chance now. The way the film is described in this shows that there is a lot more to it than a guy who gets stuck while hiking and has to saw his arm off. I feel like this description has really captured how emotional and moving this movie is. I am definitely going to see this movie now.
7. chloe.lieske 03.21.14 / 10pm

   Okay I just watched this movie the other day and I was really surprised by how much I liked it. Although I would have liked it to be longer and more detailed on his flashbacks, I think the amount of detail there is in the film is very true to the actual story. I thought the music in this film was awesome, as well as the beginning titles where every choice he made that day led up to the accident. I think the director wanted to put the audience in Franco’s seat, and re-live every moment so that people can appreciate what they have just a little bit more. The gore at the end of the movie was a little too hard to deal with, but I thought it was very necessary considering the build up of that moment throughout the film.

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