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am i the only one..

posted 11 years ago by anticaria
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..who felt completely unmoved by this film?

first of all, let me say that i had extremely high hopes for this film, especially after having seen mr. ralston on tv and being moved to tears by his harrowing struggle for survival..

that said, i felt as though what could've been a staggeringly emotional and inspiring journey became, in the hands of danny boyle, yet another distracting split-screen fiasco which left me completely at a loss and totally devoid of any empathy for mr. ralston's story.. i.e., in my opinion, a completely mismatched directorial effort..

first of all, ralston comes off as a complete thrill-seeking jerk, much like the boneheads who just days ago filmed themselves knocking over a huge murshroom rock at utah's geologically historic goblin valley state park.. it is these kinds of common sense-defying aholes that this movie reminded me off so i was instantly turned off..

i guess not being familiar with mr. ralston's back story, i found the unexpected display of foolhardy stupidy.. er, bravado, totally devoid of anything i could have empathized with or relate to on a human level..

worse yet, after the movie was over, all i kept thinking about is that he deserved it..

in fact, halfway through it, i had completely lost interest and kept openly rooting for him to cut his arm off and put himself and the audience out of our collective misery..

so was it a directorial fail or was i simply mistaken in expecting a tear-jerking, emotional journey type film?

i felt disturbed by the fact that i couldn't muster up one iota of sympathy for the guy.. and even the fact that i love james franco's acting didn't seem to add to the experience in any positive way..

final assessment: i would not watch this again even if someone held a gun to my head..

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[–] snelling 11 years ago

If you felt nothing during this film, you have no heart, no matter how reckless he was.

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[–] Doc110894 11 years ago

The ending was very moving to me.

[–] maratonrunner 11 years ago

why should we feel something for an actor.
I felt nothing. I guess in order to find this good you have to really put yourself in this position. I don't see movies like that.
therefore this movie was too long and plain boring I watched in several tries. until I completed it. I thought at some point it would get better.
I need more diversity in a movie and they need to make it more entertaining to watch.
4 out of 10.

[–] Danimal_77 11 years ago

You were bored and need more diversity? That says A LOT about your personality.

[–] maratonrunner 11 years ago

so because I found it boring, I am suddenly a disturbed person??
they could have made it more interesting to Watch.

buried a live was happening in a box the Whole movie and was interesting
phoneboth was interesting.
127 may be name cause it feels like you Watch it in 127 hours.

point is you don't need a 2 hours movie to get the point that it sucks to be trapped under a stone.

[–] sd-106 9 years ago

Old post but...

Interesting that you mention Buried Alive as I had been contrasting it in my own mind. I found Buried Alive to be... mostly pointless. A guy gets buried and dies. Not too much was really explored.

In contrast I quite enjoyed 127. Though it certainly had its flaws, it did put me there with the guy and I shared his frustrations, reflections and his failures and eventual sacrifice and triumph.

I'm not against movies with downer endings but I didn't like Open Water much either FWIW. On the other hand, La Cabina is one of my favorite movies.

And yes, he was a bit of a jerk and somewhat deserved it but who hasn't made mistakes? The movie also showed that he'd tested the rock to see it was sturdy, he just hadn't checked well enough.

[–] cookiela2001 11 years ago

I agree that the main character was an arrogant, dimwit jerk. It was hard to have sympathy for him.