# 127 Hours (spoilers included) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/127-hours-spoilers-included/569482 "2011-01-30T03:24:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/127-hours-spoilers-included/569482/21 "2011-02-24T21:44:46Z")
> [@Minnie\_Luna](#): > > IRL, Ralston is a douche, so the casting was spot on. We have several friends in common and I met him twice when he had both arms and he was an asshole and a prick then. Seen him once post-amputation and he is still an insufferable douche. A friend had remarked that he hoped the experience would bring Aron humility, but it just inflated his ego. > > I don’t know how any of you actually got through the book, it was horribly written, but again it might be my bias because I really don’t like the guy. I’ve always got this exact feeling from what I’ve seen and heard of him. I recall that he was considered enough of a prick that some folks thought he might have done this intentionally (an idea which I find entirely implausible, but the fact that it was considered was a demonstration of the opinion he was held in). That was partly why I avoided the movie on its first run. However, I thought the movie was really well done. Franco was excellent at portraying an asshat who managed to do this incredible thing. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/127-hours-spoilers-included/569482/22 "2011-02-24T22:38:55Z")
> [@Minnie\_Luna](#): > > I don’t know how any of you actually got through the book, it was horribly written. Well of course it was; he had to use his left hand! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/127-hours-spoilers-included/569482.md?page=1)