127 Hours reviewed by Mark Kermode

[@The3rdGunman]

James Franco was excellent...Let's all give him a hand

[@moeezS]

This movie had me flinching and putting my arms over my face, especially over that "nerve pinching" scene. Very effective film, and I love how the film really delves into Aron's consciousness, you really get into his mindset.

[@chanceie12]

this film bought me close to tears , only 1 other film has done that before. Franco was key in how good this film was , the ending was so touching .

[@RuhBuhJuh1]

Incredible film, having see Buried too, I can see comparisons with this and that, but where Buried succeeded mostly is the fact that Ryan Reynolds manages to keep the audience gripped for 90 minutes, with basically one huge monologue, with a few phone conversations thrown in. 127 Hours is more open and therefore a bit easier to keep your attention. Buried deserved a lot more praise than it got, but this film is absolutely incredble. This will definitely kick start James Franco's career.

[@ChubbyChecker182]

127 hours has one of the greatest endings I have ever seen, the music is spot on

[@clarkbarrett6274]

I bought Ralstons book immediately after watching the movie. Seriously, walked out of theater into mall Barnes and Noble store and bought the book. The most fascinating thing is that if he hadn't gone the 127 hrs or so he wouldn't have survived. He had to be so dehydrated that his blood supply was not flowing like it would and his bones had to be weakening already in order to break them. Imagine he survived that long drinking his pee. Cut his arm off, broke the bones then had to walk out and rappel down several walls an even then he was lucky to be found by passing tourists.

[@rolan5948]

I can usually take gore and not feel anything. I read Berserk when I was 14 and I’ve seen dozens of other bloody gory series but I for some reason couldn’t handle that scene when he amputated his arm off. Breaking the two bones that keep his arm together, ripping the skin encompassing it, tearing your nerve apart and finally disconnecting your arm into two is simply too much. To say the guy in real life had determination to do that would be a massive understatement!

[@dsbnh]

@roloug95 I think it is largely due to the nature of radio. Kermode has a lot to say and he is aware that he is on the clock. He is just trying to get it all in there before the next commercial break.

[@dipakchowdhury31]

I loved this movie but I could not go through 'that scene' again. A victim of it's own success perhaps.

[@jqyhlmnp]

4:11 wolf of Wall Street ;) Mark must be a time traveler

[@A7Xtreme2010]

Great film, need to see it again at some point. I think it will hold up well on second viewing

[@ellbo2]

@RockBottomRiser21 However you do feel, when he is sorry for not loving his family the why he loved, that he actually means it.

[@jaBizzle911]

This movie made me feel like I stood up too fast.

[@killswitchred19]

I heard people actually passed out during "the scene."

[@owenhunt]

@IronMaiden2924 When the envisioning of Ralston's family on a couch kicks in, the most poignant moment in film is realised. This film is also an example of how to invest special effects and dream sequences into the pathos of a narrative. I went to see it in the cinema twice, which is something I never do.

[@badegg3210]

Anyone know if Mark Kermode has seen something so graphic that it's made him faint?

[@chrishiggins7166]

Leading actor James Franco delivers A terrific performance in this frightening, shocking & realistic survival biopic. (93%) (4.5/5 stars) (positive)

[@dsbnh]

@gillri Ah, thanks for the clarification.

[@killswitchred19]

@4jonah That's what made all the old horror films good.

[@Cinema_Inc2000]

James Franco should have won an Oscar

[@animelord8849]

The first time i watch it i saw him removing his hands i ran out the room and wait a couple min and went back becAuse i couldn't watch that part made me wanna throw up or pass out.

[@ASAMOAH24]

I've just seen it! A truly wonderful film!

[@owenhunt]

@Chronolyse I admire your right to an opinion, but 127 Hours was about as grotesque as the true story it was based upon. Then again, perhaps it is hard for someone to appreciate the Araon Rolstons of the world unless you have been a mountaineer in your own life, which I have. Interesting you mention enjoying Ryan Reynolds after having loathed him as an actor previously; that could be the best advertisement I've heard for Buried yet. If it is indeed superior to 127 Hours, I am in for a treat.

[@rhyslloyd3200]

Only seen the film once and that was in cinema. I really enjoyed it but I don't need to see it again.

[@ellbo2]

@Chronolyse I disagree i thought Utah's wilderness was wonderfully shot.

[@videojim3109]

One of the most grueling, uplifting, ugly, beautiful films of all time. Simple and brutal. Watch that bad boy if you haven’t.

[@ciaracustard]

Me and my mum were talking about how we would be finding a way to kill ourselves after about a day and a half.

[@owenhunt]

@Chronolyse Danny Boyle manages to settle the audience into a mindset that can heed, with equanimity, the amputation Rolston has to perform on himself. I doubt anything like as much craft went into Buried. Did you have a distaste for the popular culture references and upbeat tone of the film? Any art that lacks one is usually lacking in my book...

[@SacClass650]

I thought it was astonishing.

[@RockBottomRiser21]

Terrific film, and this is coming from someone who hated Slumdog Millionaire.

[@RockBottomRiser21]

@Hughezy His character wasn't meant to be particularly likeable.

[@nukm4]

To be fair, that's because mostly his reviews are just ONE sentence.

[@csjcsj2906]

As of now, 127 likes!

[@RuhBuhJuh1]

@RockBottomRiser21 I didn't HATE Slumdog, but I do think it was very overrated and didn't deserve its Oscar.

[@Raymint]

Wow ... I liked this film WAY more than Mark did.

[@90mv]

gr8 film

[@owenhunt]

@Filmzie I haven't seen Buried but I doubt it with every sinew of my body. Ryan Reynolds has very false charisma.

[@catalin335]

@relayerjimi1 it's a story ...not a movie ...(let's make a movie about me brushing my teeth)

[@JackRabbitSlim]

@kingelnino9 I'm aware that everyone is entitled to their own opinion and you have to respect that etc etc, but you, my friend, are talking total bullshit and you haven't got a good taste in films or an appreciation of film-making, I'm sorry but that's just the truth. Ralston HIMSELF said Franco's performance was so close to reality it was disturbing to watch. It's an extraordinary film, it's beautifully shot, wonderfully played, it wasn't corny at all, you were watching another film i think!

[@masterofgnargnar]

@bobhob35 congrats

[@paulklein8048]

Ryan Reynolds is better than James Franco. You care more.

[@jd899]

So Kermode is a wimp, just like me I probably would not do it either

[@ParentsHateMe]

It most certainly wasn't. Subpar at best.