Sunshine

[king mob]

The new film directed by Danny Boyle of Shallow Grave, Trainspotting and 28 Days Later fame is out next week. It looks rather good to say the least.

Synopsis.

50 years into the future, the Sun begins to die, and Earth is dying as a result. A team of astronauts are sent to revive the Sun - but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team are sent to finish the mission as they are Earth's last hope.

Website. (http://www.sunshinethemovie.co.uk/)

[MaxofSteel]

The trailer looks badass. I can't wait to see this.

[Tobias March]

It's Garland's take on 2001 isn't it? I'm of two minds on this one.

[Karl J Barnes]

Cillian Murphy,who was in "28 Days later", is the lead in this scifi thriller; which makes me want to watch the movie even more! April 5th is circled on my calendar!

[king mob]

It's Garland's take on 2001 isn't it? I'm of two minds on this one.

It is after a fashion, it's certainly one film it takes inspiration from. However I think Garland is a good writer and Boyle is one of our best directors (check out 'Millions' which is one of the great lost British films of the last decade) so I can't see it going wrong.

As long as nobody reminds me about 'The Beach'.

[Sean Walsh]

The info I'm seeing - for example: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sunshine06.htm - says it's coming out in the fall (mid-late August).

Is it coming out earlier in the UK (since I see the original website was a UK-based one) than it is here in the States?

[Tobias March]

The info I'm seeing - for example: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sunshine06.htm - says it's coming out in the fall (mid-late August).

Is it coming out earlier in the UK (since I see the original website was a UK-based one) than it is here in the States?

Yep. Same as with 28 Days Later.

[Murrocko]

The concept sounds so fucking dumb. The sun's going out, shoot some nukes at it. It hurts my brain a bit.

[IamtheRock3]

may be good

Got to get pass the suspension of disbelief, as in why the nukes dont melt the second it get anywhere near the sun

But heck, I will accept it if the movie kick butt

[The Xenos]

Why does every other movie trailer have to use Lux Anerta from Requiem for a Dream?

[king mob]

may be good

Got to get pass the suspension of disbelief, as in why the nukes dont melt the second it get anywhere near the sun

But heck, I will accept it if the movie kick butt


I assume you're fine with the idea of a man bitten by a spider who then puts some tights on to fight crime using the powers of the afore-mentioned spider?

[Tobias March]

I assume you're fine with the idea of a man bitten by a spider who then puts some tights on to fight crime using the powers of the afore-mentioned spider?

Yes, but I wonder how audiences are going to react when they see the film and it turns out to be quite metaphysical? Are we going to see Cosmo Landesman complaining about realism or something (actually I remember him interpreting X-Men as a metaphor for the benefits of private education, so perhaps not).

[StoneGold]

I assume you're fine with the idea of a man bitten by a spider who then puts some tights on to fight crime using the powers of the afore-mentioned spider?

Yeah, but I've had 40 years or so to get used to that concept. This, on the other hand, feels a little to close about the old joke about the Polish astronauts who were going to land on the sun, so they go at night.

[Brock]

Why does every other movie trailer have to use Lux Anerta from Requiem for a Dream?

This bothers me as well. There's so many original pieces out there, but movie trailers always use an old track from one of the same half-dozen scores.

[IamtheRock3]

I assume you're fine with the idea of a man bitten by a spider who then puts some tights on to fight crime using the powers of the afore-mentioned spider?

Differnt mediums require differnt suspesion of disbelief sense they have there own rules.

This one going for hard sceince it seems


It be like at the end of 24 when his wife Died, Jack open up his shirt revealing a J symbol, then flew, went around the earth multiple times to reverse time and save the day


I accept that in superman the movie

but not 24

thus the differnces in medium

[mattx110]

Differnt mediums require differnt suspesion of disbelief sense they have there own rules.

This one going for hard sceince it seems


It be like at the end of 24 when his wife Died, Jack open up his shirt revealing a J symbol, then flew, went around the earth multiple times to reverse time and save the day


I accept that in superman the movie

but not 24

thus the differnces in medium

well, in danny boyle films, angels have been leading characters, and he redid the same movie about adults finding money and turning on eachother, with children. little kids! he's insane.
and chris eccleston or ewan macgregor aren't in it...
what's going on? some sorta trick? does one of them turn out to be the sun?

[king mob]

Yes, but I wonder how audiences are going to react when they see the film and it turns out to be quite metaphysical? Are we going to see Cosmo Landesman complaining about realism or something (actually I remember him interpreting X-Men as a metaphor for the benefits of private education, so perhaps not).

I hope audiences react well and the film lives up to it's early reviews. There's a need for a well done, intelligent bit of science fiction (even one that does involve a leap of faith) in cinema right now.

[king mob]

Differnt mediums require differnt suspesion of disbelief sense they have there own rules.

This one going for hard sceince it seems


It be like at the end of 24 when his wife Died, Jack open up his shirt revealing a J symbol, then flew, went around the earth multiple times to reverse time and save the day


I accept that in superman the movie

but not 24

thus the differnces in medium

No, not really. '24' invited you to suspend disbelief many times before the end of that first series, and did you really believe a man could fly or did you just say "ah, it's all wires and pulleys you know".

It depends on the skill of the filmakers and as pointed out, Boyle has dealt with fantasy before and he's done it quite well. Plus it isn't as if Boyle has said the idea is based upon real science, he readily admits the idea of firing a bomb into the sun is bollocks but it's there to serve the story he and Garland want to tell.

[ScottySummers]

I am very unscientifically minded so I have no qualms about suspending much disbelief (I probably have very little there to suspend).

What I am really excited for is having Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh and Rose Byrne all in the same film.

[IamtheRock3]

well, in danny boyle films, angels have been leading characters, and he redid the same movie about adults finding money and turning on eachother, with children. little kids! he's insane.
and chris eccleston or ewan macgregor aren't in it...
what's going on? some sorta trick? does one of them turn out to be the sun?

Oh he did that one with the hitman angles that was a love story


like that one

so maybe this be cool

[Fireblazer16]

I still wonder if Cillian Murphy's character does fall in love with someone? Also, if Armageddon and Deep Impact were good, then I'm sure this will be, because usually movies about world destruction usually turn out to be some of the best.

[king mob]

Saw this yesterday and it's simply brilliant. Yes there are silly things but it's so skillfully done you don't notice them. This isn't to say the film insults your intelligence; it doesn't. The fact the film cracks on at a hugely fast pace means you don't have time to worry with these flaws.

It is a scary film, it's a very clever film and totally unlike your average Hollywood effort which is to only be admired. It's the sort of British film we need to add balance to the Rom-Coms and costume dramas we churn out so easily.

So basically go see it. It's a cracker.

[BlairH]

Saw this yesterday and it's simply brilliant. Yes there are silly things but it's so skillfully done you don't notice them. This isn't to say the film insults your intelligence; it doesn't. The fact the film cracks on at a hugely fast pace means you don't have time to worry with these flaws.

It is a scary film, it's a very clever film and totally unlike your average Hollywood effort which is to only be admired. It's the sort of British film we need to add balance to the Rom-Coms and costume dramas we churn out so easily.

So basically go see it. It's a cracker.

I saw it too.

I'm a massive Danny Boyle fanboy. Trainspotting and 28 days Later are probably my 2 most favorite movies ever.

Overall, good flick. I just love the part where they board the Icarus 1 (those "flashes"...I can't spoil it for those who haven't seen it). The part where the Ship's Computer said that there was an unidentified crew-member on-board gave me goose-pimples. I'll never look at the Sun in quite the same way.

To the doubters: The plan is not to "fire nukes at the sun". That's just not what they attempt to do in the movie at all.

[The Mirrorball Man]

I saw it last night. As much as it would like to be, it is not "2001", "Alien" or "Solaris". It is, however, one of the best science fiction movie of the last ten years, with a very solid script, some excellent performances, and breathtaking cinematography. There is a subplot which I found unnecessary and a little silly, but it didn't ruin the experience for me.

[Fish Sauce]

I guess I'm the only one who was disappointed. I thoroughly enjoyed the first 2/3 or so, however the end left me a bit annoyed. From the point where it changed focus I began to become disinterested and it tended to drag. Everyone on another forum I'm on enjoyed it too, so I guess I stand alone on this one.

I think I was mainly irritated due to the fact that I went in with no idea about what it was (which is rare for me), and found a movie that I was actually sitting there going, "Wow, this is really good." Once it lost me it really lost me. When I think about it there weren't too many places it could go, but the whole way it was done just didn't sit right with me.

[berk]

Trying not to read the spoilers, but I'm looking forward to this one. Too bad we have to wait till the fall. One question for the UK people who've seen it: how is Michelle Yeoh in it? Bit of a departure for her, I would imagine.

[The Mirrorball Man]

Trying not to read the spoilers, but I'm looking forward to this one. Too bad we have to wait till the fall. One question for the UK people who've seen it: how is Michelle Yeoh in it? Bit of a departure for her, I would imagine.

"UK people"? Is that how you call Europeans? :D

Well, Michelle Yeoh is in it, but she's not one of the most prominent characters. She plays one of the eight astronauts, a biologist, and yeah, it's a bit of a departure for her. It's a quiet, subdued performance.

[berk]

"UK people"? Is that how you call Europeans? :D

Well, Michelle Yeoh is in it, but she's not one of the most prominent characters. She plays one of the eight astronauts, a biologist, and yeah, it's a bit of a departure for her. It's a quiet, subdued performance.sorry bout that - in trying to skim through the thread without reading too much I didn't notice it was playing outside the UK.

Anyway, looking forward to the movie!


BTW, I watched 2001 again recently - lucky enough to see it at the local theatre - and it still stands up for me as one of the greatest movies of all time.

[the goddamn batman]

It's a shame how much I really enjoyed the beginning and how much I really didn't enjoy the ending.

Though, 28 Days Later was the same thing for me, and I'm not at all surprised that Boyle and Graland left me feeling the same way agian.

I liked it though. I'll probably get the DVD. I'm enough of a Sci Fi nerd.:D

[roguespirit]

chalk me up as one of those that loved this movie. I went to see it with my ex and it scared the shit out of her

[Murrocko]

The concept sounds so fucking dumb. The sun's going out, shoot some nukes at it. It hurts my brain a bit.

Hey asshole. You saw that movie today and actually enjoyed it quite some and even got to meet the director. How do you feel now? Jackass.

[The Punished]

Hey asshole. You saw that movie today and actually enjoyed it quite some and even got to meet the director. How do you feel now? Jackass.

Cool review Murrocko! Same good review to you Murrocko also!

[Murrocko]

Hahahahahaha.


I'm no good at reviews. I'd probably spoil everything.

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Movie starts off explaining the earths current situation with the sun and how it's dying. The earth's in a solar winter as they put it. We start to met our cast from there. The geeky one, Jock, Asian (3 actually), crazy, and cute girl. Vsiually looks pretty damn good. Some crazy shots with the crew and working around the sun (and as if you'd have the guess, there's a few death's involving the sun burning them) about 30 minute into it, it turn into a mystery with what happened to the first crew who attempted to reignite the sun with the payload (abomb that'll create and somewhat big bang). Shit goes down, more visually stunning scenes. Turns into a slasher esque movie for a bit and ends a few minutes afterward. About hour and a half in all.

I give it a 7.5/10. Not really a must see, but good enough to view if there's nothing better to do on the weekend.


Sunshine 7/20/07

:D

[The Punished]

Enjoyed your second review as well. Good job!

[Nikita]

Wow, this was a great sci-fi surprise. If you've been itching for a good "astronauts heading towards our dying sun to save Earth" movie, this is the one for you.

Seriously. Great acting, amazing special effects, good story. I really enjoyed this. There were no commercials for it. I just happened to see it at the theater and checked it out. You'll recognize some of the actors right away, others later.


http://www.foxsearchlight.com/sunshine/


It was done, very, very well. Check it out at the theater if you have a chance. It's worth it for the close up "sun images".

[blackdragon6]

i thought it was just ok...the ending seemed force when freddy kruger showed up :p

[Nikita]

i thought it was just ok...the ending seemed force when freddy kruger showed up :p



Pffft...ok? Ok??? You are dead to me now. :p


Well, I loved it. But I'm always dying for new sci-fi since so few (decent) sci-fi movies come out these days. Everyone's been on a big horror trip the past few years, so sci-fi has once again, gotten pushed to the side. (and no, new Star Trek movies don't count)

I thought the ship's design was pretty cool.

[Black Atom]

i thought it was just ok...the ending seemed force when freddy kruger showed up :p

I agree. I was really digging it up until that point. Seemed to come out of nowhere.

[blackdragon6]

Pffft...ok? Ok??? You are dead to me now. :p


Well, I loved it. But I'm always dying for new sci-fi since so few (decent) sci-fi movies come out these days. Everyone's been on a big horror trip the past few years, so sci-fi has once again, gotten pushed to the side. (and no, new Star Trek movies don't count)

I thought the ship's design was pretty cool.well theres mos def some things i admired about it...but it was missing something.sand i think they knew that and tried to force that awkward Freddy krugger like antagonist at the ass end of the film.i think that could had been better executed i guess.

[Tazirai]

i thought it was just ok...the ending seemed force when freddy kruger showed up :p

Movie was well executed until they found the lost ship..... Then the movie lost it for me. Great story.. hopped right into it. Then fell on it's arse.

[Fish Sauce]

I have to agree. Fantastic up until the point where it turned into a slasher film. Annoying, because I was really enjoying it.

[Dreadstar]

It was OK, with a lot of really cool moments.

But the pivotal decision around which the entire movie revolves (divert or stay on course) was a false one. No way, none in hell, would a crew divert.

Not. Happening.

[kalorama]

i thought it was just ok...the ending seemed force when freddy kruger showed up

I agree to an extent. I had no problem with it morphing from 2001 into Alien. But the transition was way too quick and jarring. It's rare that I walk out of a movie thinking it should have been longer, but I think this one would have benefitted from an extra 15-20 minutes of run up to the finale.

Other than that, I liked it quite a bit. It had an old school sci-fi movie vibe that I really enjoyed. And who knew Chris Evans could act? Although I would think that if you were putting together a team on whose shoulders rested the fate of humanity, you might want to have more than a couple of people on board who were old enough that they didn't look like they were still paying off their undergrad student loans.

[king mob]

It's coming out on DVD (http://www.sendit.com/dvd/item/7001000136673) here at the end of next month.

[Subotai]

The ending redeemed it for me. Great closing sequence.

[Jack]

Mm, like others I thought it really dipped when the survivor was introduced, but I did think it managed to get back on track.

I would have preferred it if they'd managed to just keep on losing crewmembers/having problems without the survivor (since they'd been doing a good job of it up until then), who only really added that one cool bit with the computer counting the number of people on board.

[ultramandingo]

.......kinda like a big budget- high concept remake of john carpenters "dark star" - coulda use an evil beach ball alien , otherwise cool . BUT - according to their original plan , how do they not get toasted by the sun once they drop their sheild / bomb ?

[Gargus]

.......kinda like a big budget- high concept remake of john carpenters "dark star" - coulda use an evil beach ball alien , otherwise cool . BUT - according to their original plan , how do they not get toasted by the sun once they drop their sheild / bomb ?


It was explained in the sequence in the movie. When they are showing the computer generated plan the bomb is the giant shield part which goes towards the sun, the smaller ship had a inverted dish on its end thats alot smaller to protect it. After 4 minutes the booster on the main shield fire to propel the bomb into the sun while the smaller ship rockets away behind its protection.

[Nikita]

well theres mos def some things i admired about it...but it was missing something.sand i think they knew that and tried to force that awkward Freddy krugger like antagonist at the ass end of the film.i think that could had been better executed i guess.

Movie was well executed until they found the lost ship..... Then the movie lost it for me. Great story.. hopped right into it. Then fell on it's arse.

I have to agree. Fantastic up until the point where it turned into a slasher film. Annoying, because I was really enjoying it.



I guess I didn't mind that part so much. I figured Danny Boyle would ad a "zombie" touch somewhere. (I loved 28 Days)

I was kind of hoping more of the crew would survive.

I'm not sure how "realistic" a giant bomb going off in a dying sun is, but it sure did look cool at the end when it started up.

[Shades0077]

I haven't seen it yet, though I do plan on it. I just wanted to comment on something my wife pointed out to me.

Synopsis of Sunshine (2007)
Fifty years from now, the sun is dying, and mankind is dying with it. Our last hope: a spaceship and a crew of eight men and women. They carry a device which will breathe new life into the star. But deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission is starting to unravel. There is an accident, a fatal mistake and a distress beacon from a spaceship that disappeared seven years earlier. Soon the crew is fighting not only for their lives but their sanity.

50 years in the future, ship missing for 7 years turns up, crazy stuff happens to the rescue crew.


Synopsis of Event Horizon (1997)
"The year is 2047 and a ship named the Event Horizon has re-appeared after disappearing 7 years prior, in experiments for faster than light travel. A rescue hastily speeds to the returned vessel after a transmission was picked up from the ship, garbled, but vaguely resembling a human voice. As the crew reach the ship, and spend longer on it, it appears that someone or something is toying with them, and more, the question is what has the Event Horizon become?"

50 years in the future, ship missing for 7 years turns up, crazy stuff happens to the rescue crew.

[Fish Sauce]

I guess I didn't mind that part so much. I figured Danny Boyle would ad a "zombie" touch somewhere. (I loved 28 Days)

I was kind of hoping more of the crew would survive.

I'm not sure how "realistic" a giant bomb going off in a dying sun is, but it sure did look cool at the end when it started up.

I think the thing is that I thought that the guy on their ship who sat in the sun room all the time would end up going crazy in much the same way, showing that it was unavoidable or fate or something. I would've preferred that not to happen, but could have lived with it. The guy coming from the other ship just annoyed me because I was enjoying the movie as it was without people getting murdered all over the place.

[Subotai]

I liked it, but later I thought perhaps Garland or Boyle read that Authority issue where they meet Winter, trapped in the sun...

[king mob]

I haven't seen it yet, though I do plan on it. I just wanted to comment on something my wife pointed out to me.

Synopsis of Sunshine (2007)
Fifty years from now, the sun is dying, and mankind is dying with it. Our last hope: a spaceship and a crew of eight men and women. They carry a device which will breathe new life into the star. But deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission is starting to unravel. There is an accident, a fatal mistake and a distress beacon from a spaceship that disappeared seven years earlier. Soon the crew is fighting not only for their lives but their sanity.

50 years in the future, ship missing for 7 years turns up, crazy stuff happens to the rescue crew.


Synopsis of Event Horizon (1997)
"The year is 2047 and a ship named the Event Horizon has re-appeared after disappearing 7 years prior, in experiments for faster than light travel. A rescue hastily speeds to the returned vessel after a transmission was picked up from the ship, garbled, but vaguely resembling a human voice. As the crew reach the ship, and spend longer on it, it appears that someone or something is toying with them, and more, the question is what has the Event Horizon become?"

50 years in the future, ship missing for 7 years turns up, crazy stuff happens to the rescue crew.

Boyle has mentioned the similarity in interviews but his film goes in a different direction to Anderson's.

[kalorama]

I haven't seen it yet, though I do plan on it. I just wanted to comment on something my wife pointed out to me.

Synopsis of Sunshine (2007)
Fifty years from now, the sun is dying, and mankind is dying with it. Our last hope: a spaceship and a crew of eight men and women. They carry a device which will breathe new life into the star. But deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission is starting to unravel. There is an accident, a fatal mistake and a distress beacon from a spaceship that disappeared seven years earlier. Soon the crew is fighting not only for their lives but their sanity.

50 years in the future, ship missing for 7 years turns up, crazy stuff happens to the rescue crew.


Synopsis of Event Horizon (1997)
"The year is 2047 and a ship named the Event Horizon has re-appeared after disappearing 7 years prior, in experiments for faster than light travel. A rescue hastily speeds to the returned vessel after a transmission was picked up from the ship, garbled, but vaguely resembling a human voice. As the crew reach the ship, and spend longer on it, it appears that someone or something is toying with them, and more, the question is what has the Event Horizon become?"

50 years in the future, ship missing for 7 years turns up, crazy stuff happens to the rescue crew.

I've never seen Event Horizon, but just based on those synopses, the two movies don't seem to have any substantive similarity.

[jessecuster3]

I agree with the sentiments that it is 3/4 of a great movie. I thought the unstoppable villain who hasn't eaten for 4 years and then hung out in the sun room with the shades too high, was a bit too unrealistic in the realm of the movie world.

[thespianphryne]

I agree with the sentiments that it is 3/4 of a great movie. I thought the unstoppable villain who hasn't eaten for 4 years and then hung out in the sun room with the shades too high, was a bit too unrealistic in the realm of the movie world.

Well, we don't know that he hasn't eaten. After all, the plant room was flourishing quite nicely and I'm sure there were food plants in there.

[chorus]Yes, but it's a nice 1/2 of a movie. [chorus]
The reason I say 1/2 is that, as Dreadstar pointed out, there's no way the mission commander in real life would have diverted to rescue the first crew.


-Das

[Black Atom]

Well, we don't know that he hasn't eaten. After all, the plant room was flourishing quite nicely and I'm sure there were food plants in there.

[chorus]Yes, but it's a nice 1/2 of a movie. [chorus]
The reason I say 1/2 is that, as Dreadstar pointed out, there's no way the mission commander in real life would have diverted to rescue the first crew.


-Das

Well, I thought the rationale was to recover the first sun-bomb so they'd have two chances to restart the sun? I didn't find it that implausible.

The appearance of zombie sun-man, OTOH...