Franco NAILED this but Boyle never trusted him to carry the story. Too many distractions, not enough intensity. Shame. 3/5
EDITED TO ADD: First problem - I never once felt claustrophobic. I never felt trapped, unsafe, or fearful for Aron. Boyle took the viewer out of the horror of the situation with too damn many flashbacks, memories, dreams, hallucinations and the like. I never got to settle into Aron's fear or pain or doubt. With Franco acting as well as he was this was a HUGE mistake.
Second problem - why did Franco look perfectly groomed after 127 hours in a canyon? You mean to tell me Aron didn't grow facial hair, get dirty, ungroomed, or bloody? You can't tell me that because I've seen Aron's footage and he looked horrible. Why didn't Boyle think to incorporate this? That's just lazy.
Third problem - seriously... why not show us the arm? It's bad enough Boyle turned his lens from the cutting, but we never get to see the stump? Huh? Again, the movie loses its realism with decisions like this.
This would have been a vastly better movie is Boyle had studied why "Cast Away" worked so well and done that. This? Doesn't work. *sigh*
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