“Stuck between a rock and a hard place.”
It seems like yesterday when Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire owned the Academy Awards season. 8 Oscars and heaping praise were handed to the film, including Best Director for Boyle. Now comes a teaser trailer for his new film, 127 Hours, which I’m really intrigued by. Let me say one thing: Don’t be fooled by this trailer.
“This fall,” the preview happily exclaims, Boyle “takes us on a ride beyond our imagination — and it’s true.”
Yes, it’s true. And it’s a horrific truth. It follows Aron Ralston (played by James Franco), the mountain climber who infamously got trapped under a boulder in Utah in 2003 and was forced to cut part of his arm off with a dull blade to escape a near-death situation. If you ever have the chance, check out Ralston’s Dateline NBC 2 hour walk through of his journey. It will have you at the edge of your seat. Amazing story.
Back to this trailer. I’m not entirely sure why they took this approach at the first look at the film. I get that they are showing that he is an adventurous, free spirited guy — but the tone almost seems too light for the subject matter. Maybe Franco has done so many comic roles lately and it’s hard to take him seriously (he’s one of my favorite actors, btw). All I know is, for 127 hours (and over an hour of this film), he is going to be stuck under a rock. He is going to go from hopeful, to helpless, to life ending, to last ditch attempt. The film will become dark and dig deep into Ralston’s mind. This will be a great chance to see James Franco as a serious actor again. Not that General Hospital stuff.
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