127 Hours

I have just watched 127 Hours, directed by Danny Boyle and starring James Franco.

After watching it, I simply sat and struggled to with the emotions welling inside me. What James Franco does so well in his performance as Aron Ralston is that he doesn't play it too dramatically or operatic. Ralston wasn't a Shakespearean actor delivering a death soliloquy; he was a human being who sincerely thought hat he was going to die.

I think that the hardest thing for an actor to do is to be able to act in such a confined space for such a long time. The camera work is astonishing; it pans across the desert and the canyon to show how isolated Ralston was during his entrapment.

Also the makeup done to simulate the amputation is gory and intensely well done.

Overall, 5 out of 5 Stars.

Movies I Have Seen

Cowboys and Aliens revolves around an alien invasion taking place in The Old West. The cast is fantastic, if not slightly mismatched. The characters aren't fully realized. The genres of western and Sci-Fi could have been dealt with more easily, but honestly, the two are like oil and water. They can only mix for so long before they separate. Overall, nicely produced, a good cast, but it just didn't pull through to the end. 2 out of 4 stars.

Zookeeper is a fine summer comedy that is a simple escape. It is not fine filmaking, but you get what you pay for; talking animals and kiddie comedy. 3 out of 5 Stars.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1+2 The final two films pack an emotional punch as we come to the final and stunning conclusion of a decade marked by the series that surpassed all expectations. Amazing and a wonderful performance from the entire cast. 5 out of 5 Stars.

Kung Fu Panda 2 It is rare that a sequel should surpass the original. Here we have the continued story of Po, an unwitting hero in ancient China. With Kung Fu Panda, Dreamworks captured lightning in a bottle; with Kung Fu Panda 2, Dreamworks did it again. 5 out of 5 Stars.