'127 Hours' another triumphant story from Danny Boyle

I can still hear my heartbeat slowing down. It was beating too fast a few minutes ago while watching the last few scenes of Danny Boyle's 127 Hours. It was really intense. James Franco (Spider Man, Eat Pray Love, Pineapple Express) did his best performance of his career so far.

127 Hours is based from a true-to-life story of Aaron Ralston (starred by James Franco), an adventurous man that got himself trapped in a deserted canyon in Utah when a rock crashed on his right arm locking him inside the hollow canyon. Trapped for 127 hours with nothing but a camcorder, a tumbler of water, a pocket knife and some climbing tools. Left with hopeless chance of getting rescued after being trapped for several days, Aaron must rely on his own survival instinct to get through.

The plot was pretty common for a film and you probably know what would he do in the end just to survive, but the film is not just about survival. It's about looking to someone's life or your own life why you end up in such situation and how you would give up anything to turn things around. One of the best scenes in the film is when Aaron was so weak and hallucinated, he saw all the people that he loves on a couch smiling at him which was significantly emphasized at the end of the film. It was indeed a triumphant true story.

The movie could have been boring if not because of the beautiful musical scoring of the Oscar award winner A.R. Rahman. The same person who was responsible for the scoring of Danny Boyle's Oscar film Slumdog Millionaire. All through out the film, background music and sound effects made the movie symphonic which plays pretty well with James acting. What made his effort worth remembering is that there was no supporting cast to back him up in most scenes. There was no interactions with anybody so he had to act alone. There was even one scene where he had to show his emotions without any words at all which was really outstanding. It reminds me of Tom Hanks solo performance in the film "Cast Away". And if with luck he might gain his first Oscar nomination for this performance. 127 Hours may not be an Oscar piece like Boyle's previous film but it was equally beautiful and it sure gives you the same pretty light feeling of triumph as the movie concludes.