127 Hours

“127 Hours” is the amazing film the director of “slumdog millionaire” Danny Boyle got out of a painful tale.

 This is a great tribute to Aron Ralston who was the person who got stuck with his hand in a rock for 127 hours. With the use of camera angles and dramatic music the audience would feel that they were right there causing some to look away at the gruesome parts.

James Franco acts as Ralston making him look like a humorous and extremely sporty person. He works in a mountaineering equipment shop and on the weekends he goes adventuring.

On the day of his accident he meets up with some hikers (Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn) and offers to show them the Blue John Canyon. The girls move on after a side trip to a pool of water somewhere in the canyons. He then runs up a hill and continues his trip.

He then falls and gets his hand stuck between a rock and the canyon side with nobody within miles of him. This shows a great contrast from the start of the film when it shows lots of people going about their daily lives.

When he is stuck he tries to move the rock by force with what adrenaline he has but fails. Soon he is shown as a self-reliant person and he takes out things from his pack that might help. None do much.

He records his experience with his camcorder as he tries to get himself out. He hallucinates and struggles to survive. He remembers his ex-girlfriend and he realizes that he’s stuck in this mess because he chose to be a lone wolf.

He’s skinny, starving and looks as if he wants us to help him. The director makes the audience feel sorry for Aron and makes them wonder how will he get out of this mess?

I would recommend this movie to Adventurers, extreme sports people, or just people who want to watch an unforgettable film. For a movie about a guy falling into a canyon it makes you wonder… what would you do to survive???

5 out of 5 stars

Film Review

Success Criteria
- I will write 9 paragraphs.
- I will make sure my spelling is accurate.
- I will write a detailed film review.
- I will organise my writing by using commas and correct punctuation.
- I will persuade people to watch or stay away from the movie.

The first few minutes in 127 hours

In the beginning it shows people clapping, swimming and cheering which all include hands, in the movie the main character loses his hand when it gets stuck. There is a close up of a phone and when he gets stuck he could not contact anyone. He doesn't really take specific things and just rummages around grabbing random things and leaving useful things like extra water behind. When he leaves for the canyon there is a sign that says civilisation is 100 miles away and when he gets stuck there is nobody around. The shots that were used were high angle, birds eye view, close up, mid shot and mix shot. I think the movie uses a lot of connotations in it to make the audience try guessing what happens.

Trailer success criteria

1. The trailer should fit it's genre.

2. The trailer must hook the viewer in.

3. To have have lots of camera angles

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English Reflection

These couple of weeks in english class we've drawn maps of an island; plotting different areas and making hazards so the story we make is interesting and exciting. We've learned how to keep a movie or story interesting if it only has one character by adding an object that the character could talk to like Wilson in the movie Castaway. I have improved my teamwork skills when my team and I discussed about what we should add on the island, creativity skills when I gave some ideas to what should be on the island and my summary writing when I made a summary of how I got to the island. I have learned how to write texts to suit a variety of different purposes.