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James Franco plays Aron, a climber who gets trapped under a boulder when exploring a canyon by himself, who spends 127 hours contemplating life, escape, and the amputation of his own arm with a very dull knife.

This movie is directed by Danny Boyle, whose work I usually appreciate. Here, I feel like his extreme visual style is a little bit gratuitous. I like that he tries to convey the emotions Aron felt, but things like shots from the inside of a water pouch just seem unnecessary. James Franco does a great job showing Aron's degeneration and desperation.

If you have heard that "the" scene is difficult to watch, honestly, I don't think it was. The editing is very smart and distracts the audience from connecting too closely with Aron's pain. I actually had a harder time watching the scene where he resorts to drinking his own urine.