"127 Hours" Movie Blog

Tristan Cardinal                     127 Hours - Danny Boyle

         Rating- 5/5 stars 

          127 hours is an intriguing movie that is based on an autobiography written by Aron Ralston called, "Between a Rock and a Hard Place". This movie is taken place at 'Blue John Canyon', in southeastern Utah, USA in April 2003.

          Aron Ralston is a 28 year old curious mountaineer who decides to drive to Utah and hike for an entire day to explore the 'Blue John Canyon', purely for his love for the outdoors.  Along the way he meets and befriends two other hikers. Shortly after showing them a secret underground pool, he decides to split apart from the group and continue his journey. Not long later, when he is descending on a narrow canyon wall, he suddenly stumbles, falling towards the far ground. Along the way a large boulder begins to fall with him and tightly pins his forearm against the wall. He screams in agony, while attempting to push the boulder off his arm. He tries to call for help, pleading that the hikers he met earlier were still relatively close. No matter how loud he yells, nobody hears. He tries many techniques for moving the boulder, but none of them work. 

          Days later, Aron is exhausted from a lack of food, water, and sleep, resulting in hallucinations of friends and family. The following idea that comes across his mind is to use his pocketknife to saw off his own arm. First he breaks the bone in his arm so hes able to amputate, and next he slowly but surely cuts his whole forearm off. He escapes the crevasse he was in  and makes his way down a 65 foot rock face. He luckily comes across a family and they call authorities, they picked him up in a rescue helicopter and quickly fly him to the hospital. Today, Aron Ralston is 40 years old and continues to do what he loves, exploring canyons and hiking. 

          This movie has taught me the true dangers hiking alone, especially in an area where not many people choose to go. It showed me how important safety precautions are. It made me look forward to our shelter building unit and our rock climbing unit. Finally, this movie inspires me to continue to do what i love no matter what.

         I would highly recommend this movie to anyone interested in survival skills and anyone who isn't afraid of blood.