Between a Rock and a Hard Place Blogpost #5 (Boston Globe Review)

Between a Rock and a Hard Place Blogpost #5 (Boston Globe Review)

            Ty Burr is the writer to the Boston Globe article ‘The survivor: ‘127 Hours’ goes into the head and heart of Utah hiker Aron Ralston’. He gave a positive review of this movie, and praised director Danny Boyle for jazzing “this up as best he can” (Burr). Aron Ralston was played by James Franco, who was a “sly, skinny changeling of an actor, with an energy that’s almost frightening” (Burr). The many different angles of shots and the timing of each steadies the movie as we see (and feel) of his experience. Then, as Burr describes, “one of my colleagues had to forcefully resist bolting for the exits, hand over mouth” (Burr). Sure, the scene where he cruelly saws his arm off was stomach-curling for some, but at the same time it was a flick of new hope for life.

Burr, Ty. "127 Hours- The survivor: '127 Hours' goes into the head and heart of Utah hiker Aron Ralston". The Boston Globe. 12 Nov. 2010.