“127 hours”

“127 hours”

Have you ever wondered what would happen, if you get trapped to a specific life and death situation? Like for example, being trapped in a specific desert island, with no water nor foods to eat? And in order to survive, you must drink your own urine, or else you’ll die of thirst? Or maybe, be chased by a huge group of lions, and in order to survive, you need to kill them all. These are the questions that pop up into my mind at times, leading me to curiosity.

While I was too busy looking for a good “survival movie” through the net for my research, I remembered a movie which I’ve watched before. It was entitled “127 hours”. This survival movie is an extremely terror, yet a very inspiring one. It was the most intense movie that I’ve watched so far, so I guess it would be a real interesting topic. So, here’s the story…

Aron Ralston, an optimistic and independent mountain climber who sets out one day to embark on one of his many adventures. Completely alone, he hikes around a canyon in Utah and enjoys himself. However, he makes one small slip that causes a boulder to fall onto his arm and trap him inside the canyon. His attempts to free his arm are fruitless, and he spends the next five days isolated from anyone else as he contemplates his life and past, lamenting about not letting anyone know where he went. He captures himself on the video camera he brought along, talking to himself and saying endearing messages to his loved ones, as he was already ready to accept his fate, which is – DEATH. But after capturing the said video, he realized one thing. If he will be rescued, or if he won’t be, he’s still going to lose his arms. So what’s the point of still having it, and getting stocked there because of his hands being trapped over a boulder? That’s why he decided to cut it instead, while he can still do so, or else, he’ll die. In this part of the movie, you’ll see how burdened Aron is for cutting his own arms. As you are watching it, you’ll feel his pain, grief, and regrets. Aron created some hallucinations while trapped, seeing images of his loved ones and family.

127 hours is a true to life story of Aron himself. Therefore, it is a form of “TRUE-TO-LIFE STORY RENDERED AS MOVIES” type, which basically means, having the same concept of a true to life and a real movie. The concept of Aron, cutting his own arms is somewhat too intense. And some people may doubt if it is really a true to life story. Well, who among you guys would cut an arm if you get trapped in the same situation as Aron? Or maybe, my question should be, what would you do so if you get trapped in the same situation as Aron’s? Because me, honestly, I’d rather die than see myself, and devour the pain while I, myself, is staring at my arms, being cut by me as well! That’s ridiculous! And never in my life would I do such thing.

Going back to the “concept”, what am I trying to pertain here about the concept of the movie, is that, in movie’s we can actually make the impossible things turn to reality. Incredible acts, which is sometimes too good (or may be too bad) to be true, which makes it unbelievable, can actually be seen there. In short, in movies, everything is possible, no matter how complicated could that be. Unlike in real life, which is vice versa. Wherein, impossible things will remain impossible as it is.

In this case, it’s almost impossible for a man to actually get stocked in where he was back then, and unfortunately having a double misfortune, tapping his own hands in a boulder. And making it triple, needing him to cut his own arms in order to survive. But as you can see, it was rendered as a movie; therefore, it is labeled as a “TRUE-TO-LIFE STORY RENDERED AS MOVIES”.