alone on the road

Jason 2022-04-19 09:01:25

This is Danny Paul's new work after "Slumdog Millionaire". It continues his "hypocritical" line. The theme chosen is still legendary: a person traveling alone in the wild, and then trapped in a gap for 127 years Hour. Only then did he think of the people he loved and the people who loved him. In order to live to see them again, he reluctantly broke his arm and was able to steal his life. Since then, he has lived a life of love.

This story reminds me of Sean Penn's "Wild Survival" in 2007. Under the beautiful soundtrack, the protagonist played by Emile Hirsch graduated from a prestigious university and resolutely began to go to the wilderness by himself despite the opposition of his parents. Go away, go away from the crowd society with the mentality of escaping, find your spiritual home, and only realize your repentance before dying of illness: it is absolutely stupid to choose a person to live a life.
The camera language of "127 Hours" is very fancy, which is very different from "Buried Alive", which is also a one-man show. The style of the soundtrack is exactly the same as the director's last masterpiece. Frank's performance is quite satisfactory. Although he may have done his best for himself, it really makes people feel the despair and fear that the protagonist should have. The last part of the broken arm Slightly rushed. In short, Danny Paul's creations in recent years have made it difficult to see the sharp edges and corners of the early "Shallow Grave". He is trying to innovate. It can be seen from his choice of subject matter, especially the one that is not at all. Suitable for "Project Sun", which has a terrible box office reputation.

If you have watched "127 Hours" and feel that it is not powerful enough, it is not enough to make you hesitate about the way forward, then I recommend you to watch "Wild Survival". The coldness revealed by the film will make people shiver.

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127 Hours quotes

  • Aron Ralston: You know, I've been thinking. Everything is... just comes together. It's me. I chose this. I chose all of this. This rock... this rock has been waiting for me my entire life. In its entire life, ever since it was a bit of meteorite a million, billion years ago up there In space. It's been waiting, to come here. Right, right here. I've been moving towards it my entire life. The minute I was born, every breath I've taken, every action has been leading me to this crack on the earth's surface.

  • Aron Ralston: Good morning, everyone! It's 6:45 Tuesday morning in BJ Canyon! The weather is great. I figure by now that Leona, my housemate - Hi, Leona! - has missed me hopefully since I didn't show up last night. Another hour and a half they'll miss me for not showing up at work... Hi, Brion at work! Best case scenario is they notify the police and after a 24 hour hold they file a report, a missing person's report. Which means noon tomorrow it's official that I'm gone. I do still have the tiniest bit of water left. Well, actually, I've resorted... I've had a couple pretty good gulps of urine that I saved in my Camelbak. I sort of let it distill... It tastes like hell. So, it's 70 hours since I left on my bike from Horseshoe Trailhead during which time I have consumed 3 liters of water, a couple of mouthfuls of piss...

    [pauses a couple of seconds]

    Aron Ralston: Did I say the weather is great? Well, it is. Though flash floods potential is still present. There's four-prong major canyons upstream from me that all converge in this 3 foot wide gap where I am. The rock I pulled down on top of me, it was put there by flood. Still, I'd get a drink.

    [pauses again, while he drinks and shudders]

    Aron Ralston: Mom, Dad, I really love you guys. I wanted to take this time to say the times we've spent together have been awesome. I haven't appreciated you in my own the way I know I could. Mom, I love you. I wish I'd returned all of your calls, ever. I really have lived this last year. I wish I had learned some lessons more astutely, more rapidly, than I did. I love you. I'll always be with you.