The Bus

127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued.

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Sounds... interesting. I'm in for anything Boyle. Dated for early November.

lopper

I'm in for this.

Love Boyle, don't hate Franco, and I think I'm familiar with this story, which could be turned into a pretty interesting flick.



Jesus H. Christ...reading his wiki entry makes me woozy!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Ralston

gryffinmaster

Wikipedia says ...

Supermallet

Boyle's been on a downturn lately. Sunshine was derivative and Slumdog was pandering. Hopefully this brings him back up to snuff.

islandclaws

Franco certainly looks the part when he's got long hair. I'd be up for this as long as the trailer looks good.

eXcentris

This film needs Mormon zombies.

jfoobar

Yup. I expect Franco to give a disarming performance.

Supermallet

Yavin

That wiki article is really specific. I especially like this part:

... If I encountered someone who just had just gone through an experience like that, I'd give them the whole freakin' pack of Oreos!

Osiris3657

The book is quite excellent, so I'll give this a chance

Dr Mabuse

Danny Boyle made two interesting films - 'Trainspotting' and '28 Days Later'.

Everything else has been lousy.

I avoid movies with his name attached now.

Eric D.

Trailer

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/f...ight/127hours/

Is it just me, or does Franco come off as someone with major ADD in this? Plus, it looks kind of funny and I doubt that's the intent of this film.

Solid Snake

I think it's just type of personality of the character he's playing. I'm interested in this thing here now....

Sessa17

Looks extremely boring & filmed & edited like its some kind of energy drink commercial. Boyle has made 2 films I love (Trainspotting & the Beach), & two I like a lot (A Life Less Ordinary & Sunshine), but I've found everything else he has done to be pretty overrated including 28 Days Later.

JumpCutz

There is apparently an entire hour of this movie with no dialogue...simply devoted to his struggle to survive.

Solid Snake

well I hope it's not boring.

I dunno about most of you but I've enjoyed the films I've seen from Boyle, haven't seen The Beach yet though...

Eric D.

I have no problem with a slow film if it's made well, but the more I watch this trailer, the more I don't like it. Franco's acting seems really off and his screams at the end were hilarious.

It's also not good that they're whoring out Boyle's whole filmography with actual clips in order to generate interest.

RichC2

Early reviews of this movie have started to come out... they've been pretty fantastic with a lot of praise for Franco.


http://www.mrqe.com/movies/m100088769?s=1

Solid Snake

I'd like to see James Franco in something I can care about his acting beyond Pineapple Express...none of his films really capture my attention, but I like him...seems like a cool guy. This one for sure has my attention...

MrSmearkase

New trailer, and it looks fantastic!

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OldBoy

an old Dateline with Tom Brokaw taking Aron back to the exact spot of the incident. if you don't know the story, this video is a spoiler. powerful stuff.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5956900/


the scene where the two

PopcornTreeCt

I wouldn't call the trailer fantastic. It seems decent but now that the whole movie has been spoiled I'm less likely to see it.

Dash

Im a huge Boyle fan so I cant wait to see this. After the Social Network this was my most anticipated movie of the year. It looks pretty interesting to me, and now that im living In Utah maybe I can go out and actually see where this happened.

What do people have against Danny Boyle. He is one of the only directors that I can think of whose films have been close to a different genera each time. and each of them are pretty good. (well 2/3 of each movie are excellent and the rest are ok... im talking about you sunshine and the beach)

The Bus

Saw this last night in a packed house. Audience reaction seemed to be overwhelmingly positive.

I thought the movie was very good, but at times extremely uneven. Some of the techniques Boyle uses work very well, others don't. Franco's performance is well done, and the movie's pacing is great.

I do have to say, that no other movie I've seen in recent memory made me feel so incredibly fragile leaving the theater.

sauce07

Do they bring up Phish at all? The real Aron Ralston is a huge fan and i've already noticed a few references in the trailer and clips put online.



Just wondering