I need to watch the movie again. I was admittedly extremely tired the first time I saw it and wasn't that impressed. I just wasn't engaged.
So I saw "Sunshine"...
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I don't think there's any official release, but there's a decent version that can be downloaded (illegally, of course). It's not official, sometimes you can hear background effects. It'll due until a real, properly mixed version is on iTunes.
I just watched the film. I was willing to suspend disbelief enough to accept the absurd premise, but there isn't much to recommend the film beyond visual style. A lot of the production design was borrowed from Alien, but the emphasis on making the characters characters was forgotten in the loan. Why are these people out there? Why THEM? How many of them did it expecting never to return, or was it pragmatic in that if the mission fails, you're dead anyway, so there's not much to lose?
Once the evil burned man showed up, I actually started to fast forward the film. I didn't care to see these people killed of for no good reason. And what was up with the trippy effects around burned guy?
All style, no calories.
Once the evil burned man showed up, I actually started to fast forward the film. I didn't care to see these people killed of for no good reason. And what was up with the trippy effects around burned guy?
All style, no calories.
Not one of my favorite movies. The premise had already lost me well before the charred boogeyman showed up.
I liked Sunshine, but I really wanted it to be so much better. Danny Boyle did the same here as he did with 28 Days Later, basically took a dozen other films and shoved them in a blender. There's little we haven't seen before- and done better imo.
Btw the end is not an Event Horizon rip, it's a bad Event Horizon rip. EV rocks
Btw the end is not an Event Horizon rip, it's a bad Event Horizon rip. EV rocks
I like the premise again I'm going to say it...until the final acts comes out of no where to piss us all off. Visually the movie is spectacular as the visual effects and sets are spectacular. The soundtrack is incredible, the actors are pretty good, I love how they interact with one another, we even get hints of a possible romance between Cillian Murphy's chacater and Rose Bryne's character, then they find the other ship and it starts to go down from there. This movie is a film that deserves to have its second half re-written...I have a few ideas myself on how to alter the ending but no time to write it unforntunately.
I didn't care for Event Horizon, but to each his/her/its own.
I'm with you on that one.
I just saw this movie. Loved the sci fi stuff, hated the slasher stuff. But I knew it was coming, mainly because of the previews that gave away "there are five people onboard" scene. But all the stuff about how to operate the ship, the sun shield, all the things they had to do to fix up the ship and keep them alive, the ultimate sacrifices they were willing to make to keep the mission going -- definitely not the stuff of Star Trek. This movie also looked great in Blu-Ray.
If they absolutely needed to bring the Icarus I captain onboard Icarus II, I wonder if it would've been better for them to find him on Icarus I, and seeing what living alone for 6-1/2 years had done to his mental state. Not sure if they would've been able to work in him sabotaging the mission or not. At least there wasn't a big mano-a-mano fight between Capa and Pinbacker at the end.
Also, was there supposed to be something symbolic with Cliff Curtis' character sunburning himself and peeling as the movie went along? None of the other characters ever brought it up.
If they absolutely needed to bring the Icarus I captain onboard Icarus II, I wonder if it would've been better for them to find him on Icarus I, and seeing what living alone for 6-1/2 years had done to his mental state. Not sure if they would've been able to work in him sabotaging the mission or not. At least there wasn't a big mano-a-mano fight between Capa and Pinbacker at the end.
Also, was there supposed to be something symbolic with Cliff Curtis' character sunburning himself and peeling as the movie went along? None of the other characters ever brought it up.
I think that was to show how obsessed his character has gotten with the mission. He wanted to see the sun rejuvenated so badly that he became obsessed with it. That's why he wanted to remain on the ship, because he wanted his obsession to consume him, blah blah blah.
It's one of those films you wish had just stopped before it became utterly silly. Even no resolution would have been better than what was deemed a good third act.
Event Horizon was an interesting idea turned into a mindless splatfest which used every trick in the toybox. Paying any kind of homage to it was very ill advised.
Event Horizon was an interesting idea turned into a mindless splatfest which used every trick in the toybox. Paying any kind of homage to it was very ill advised.
Watched it last night. I see that my reaction appears to be the universal reaction. It had one thing going for it: wonderful to look at on Blu-Ray.
Its as though they didn't trust the viewer with the story they had written and panicked toward the end. The suspense from the mission alone clearly wasn't enough, and they throw in a monster of sorts. Made the worse because early on a character actually pokes fun of Alien movies and the don't split up or you'll get killed cliche. I tried my best to roll with the odd change in direction, but when the Icarus 1 Captain holds Cillian Murphy up by one hand with a vague monster super strength, all hope was lost.
Its as though they didn't trust the viewer with the story they had written and panicked toward the end. The suspense from the mission alone clearly wasn't enough, and they throw in a monster of sorts. Made the worse because early on a character actually pokes fun of Alien movies and the don't split up or you'll get killed cliche. I tried my best to roll with the odd change in direction, but when the Icarus 1 Captain holds Cillian Murphy up by one hand with a vague monster super strength, all hope was lost.
With Sunshine, I thought I was watching one film and then, when I least expected it, BAM! It did an abrupt turn and I was watching a completely different movie, only with the same cast.
It was like the turn that From Dusk to Dawn makes. But to Tarantino's credit, he freely admits that the film takes a turn into another direction. Sunshine never did, and I felt cheated by the plot twist, and the change in tone.
Dude, I didn't want a Monster in the House movie!
It was like the turn that From Dusk to Dawn makes. But to Tarantino's credit, he freely admits that the film takes a turn into another direction. Sunshine never did, and I felt cheated by the plot twist, and the change in tone.
Dude, I didn't want a Monster in the House movie!
I'm guessing Linkin Park are fans of this movie, given their latest video anyway...
Leave Out All The Rest
Leave Out All The Rest
I really liked the movie. I would recommend it. I saw it un-spoilerized, and the "genre-twist" at the end did not really bother me.
And when you think back about it, it wasn't such an surprising development. It was obvious from the start that the first mission would play into the plot. And the whole think about being mentally affected by the close proximity to the Sun was established in scene 1. When they go to Icarus 1 they also discuss how resources can be stretched, so the possibility that there could a survivor should not be a surprise. Plus the transmission/records left by the captain clearly shows that he has gone batsh*t insane.
And how should the movie have ended otherwise? They all make it back home? Boring. Most of them die due to accidents? Did you really want a disaster movie without an antagonist?
Nah, I think the movie did it just fine as it was. Was a slightly surprised by the shift in tone? Sure... But I'd rather have a movie that tries to surprise me than a movie that is predictable.
And how should the movie have ended otherwise? They all make it back home? Boring. Most of them die due to accidents? Did you really want a disaster movie without an antagonist?
Nah, I think the movie did it just fine as it was. Was a slightly surprised by the shift in tone? Sure... But I'd rather have a movie that tries to surprise me than a movie that is predictable.
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I agree with most of the posters here about the film and how it developed. Yet despite that last act (which was so confusingly shot) and the science behind the film (sound in space, one bomb to restart the sun, etc.) I find the film to be very hypnotic, I've seen it several times already (usually skipping over the Pinbacker character though he was foreshadowed throughout the film).
I really love the music which adds beautifully to the visuals which are quite strong and keep thinking about the themes in the film and can't get over the last few minutes of the film which are enthralling and in some ways spiritual.
Overall despite its flaws Sunshine is one of the best SF films from this decade and for the first time I am seriously thinking of buying a Blu-Ray player just to watch this film in HD.
I really love the music which adds beautifully to the visuals which are quite strong and keep thinking about the themes in the film and can't get over the last few minutes of the film which are enthralling and in some ways spiritual.
Overall despite its flaws Sunshine is one of the best SF films from this decade and for the first time I am seriously thinking of buying a Blu-Ray player just to watch this film in HD.
I saw it quite recently, and I knew there was a "twist" part-way through before I saw it ... so I enjoyed it more than most people did, I guess.
I would hardly call it a "twist". It wasn't unexpected or hard to figure out. More of a change in direction. Didn't we all know someone was going to be alive on the Icarus 1? and when things started to go wrong, didn't we all know who was doing it? On that level, it was annoying - I hate waiting for characters in movies to figure out what the audience all know.
The out-of-focus/blurring of the "monster" was tedious. If you can't work out the make-up, just make him look normal... or put him in a suit.
I thought it almost earned the pretentious emotional ending.
I would hardly call it a "twist". It wasn't unexpected or hard to figure out. More of a change in direction. Didn't we all know someone was going to be alive on the Icarus 1? and when things started to go wrong, didn't we all know who was doing it? On that level, it was annoying - I hate waiting for characters in movies to figure out what the audience all know.
The out-of-focus/blurring of the "monster" was tedious. If you can't work out the make-up, just make him look normal... or put him in a suit.
I thought it almost earned the pretentious emotional ending.
My personal view of this movie:
A slow and tension filled build-up of awesomeness, then you get punched in the face.
A slow and tension filled build-up of awesomeness, then you get punched in the face.
