Sunshine : Was anyone else blown away by this movie?

Was anyone else blown away by this movie?

I have to admit that I hadn't even heard of this film until a few weeks ago. I was expecting a boring theoretical sci-fi movie. I was wrong. This was as much of a thriller as any movie I've ever seen.
In fact, I watched again upon finishing it the first time. I've only done that to a few movies.

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I was on board up until the part with the psycho captain. I think that was just a little too much for me. I did enjoy the movie otherwise.

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Same here. I liked the film, watched it first for Cillian Murphy but that captain turned alien was too much, almost ruined it.




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Hannibal Lecter: You will.

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ditto. the murderous captain wasn't credible and felt unnecessary, like they didn't have enough faith in the central concept. but otherwise a thoroughly enjoyable, gripping movie with great direction and great performances.

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felt unnecessary

Really?. I loved that about the film. It changes the tone and adds tension to an already intense circumstance. It adds to the obstacle the crew faces. Saying it was unnecessary, if the captain didn't sneak on board, the crew would have enough O2 levels, so there wouldn't be that dilemma, i feel the ending would be completely different without the captain.. It was a great twist I thought. It didn't ruin anything for me, more it added to the film.

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Same here. I liked the film, watched it first for Cillian Murphy but that captain turned alien was too much, almost ruined it.



Almost? I DID ruin it. The movie was great until that crap happend. I don't know how the OP could say they've never seen anything like this movie because there's probably a million slasher movies out there exactly like this one, save for the setting (and there's a ton that have the same setting).

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you ruined it?

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It's a Danny Boyle movie. Things don't always go exactly where they are supposed to. I personally love his movies and Sunshine is near the top.

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It was a bit schlocky. I think they could have set it up better or at least not changed the tone so drastically. I still enjoyed the film, though, and feel that the wonderful direction, stunning visuals, and engrossing sound design more than make up for other deficiencies.

Also, did this remind anyone else of that Doctor Who episode with the guy who says "burn with me"?

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Yeah from the point the captain showed up it just turned into a generic horror movie. I liked everything else about it tho.


Lose the Game!!!!!!!

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Same here,the movie was good upto that part,after that it was just another cheesy movie.
The pace was perfect and they ruined it.

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It was off-putting, but I suspect needed to give the film a more thrilling climax.

What would your alternate ending/plot have been?

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First off I love this movie.

I do think the complaints about Pinbacker are warranted, to an extent. I actually think having an insane crew member alive was not a bad idea, I just don't think it should have gone down the serial killer route in terms of the tone and way it was shot.

I'm not exactly sure where it should have gone, but maybe if they had given Pinbacker more of a human side and explored the psychology a bit more - in keeping with the rest of the film - then it would have felt more consistent and built upon what had been explored.

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I saw this one in theaters all the way back in 2007, for me, the second of a double-bill I made with The Simpsons Movie (which I found enjoyable) and it was quite frankly one of the most stunning movie-going experiences I've ever had. From first scene to last, I was completely engrossed and enveloped by this film. I was floored by Danny Boyle's brilliant direction and visuals, compelling storytelling, the pitch-perfect cast, and John Murphy's hair-raising score. The space jump and the frozen sun wave at the end remain two of the most hauntingly beautiful moments I've seen in film.

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Absolutely, awesome film. Mesmerising from start to finish.

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BLOWN AWAY!! YES!!

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I've only given four movies a "ten" rating on iMDB. This is one of them. So yes, I was quite blown away by this movie. One of the VERY few films I've seen where I consider everything to be perfect. Many people take issue with the tonal shift at the end, but I absolutely adore the horror genre, so when the film took that turn I was all the more delighted.

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That's very interesting. Which are the other three tens you have given?

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The Fellowship of The Ring (I must admit, there's a fair bit of nostalgia wrapped up in that, but I just love it so much)
2001: A Space Odyssey
No Country For Old Men

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Wow guy, I like your taste in movies.

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Cool, thanks!

I dont want to tell you how to do your job, but somebody has to. - David Fincher

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This was hands down one of the most mesmerizing film experiences I have ever had.

As for the demonic captain aspect that many people do not understand, I believe that the film would not have nearly as much cultural significance with out it. Humanity believes we can continue to better and better ourselves with increasing technology and social equality into the future until we reach some sort of perfection. We think every problem has an answer that we can find the solution to. And just when it we think we are approaching this utopia something completely horrifying and incomprehensible happens that tells us we really have no idea where history is going or even if the present is what we thought it was. Think World War 2 and the holocaust, 9/11, or even a psychotic break down that radically alters ones position in reality.

This is what the 'crazy captain' is. The crew thinks that reigniting the sun is the the singular most important task there is and ever was. Humanity is the centre of all existence. This is the will of our anthropocentric culture. Humanity must go on. However, we are now in the millennium. A paradigm shift is occurring where we are beginning to see that humanity is fleeting and we can have a better spiritual understanding if we interpret the world from a non anthropocentric view.

Although the captain's actions are inspired by his conversations with god, the will of this god does not resemble the will of the Abrahamic god. This god wants humanity to experience its holocaust. We flew too close to the sun and now its time to die. However the crew manages to defeat god and restore the sun. What does this tell us. It can't be that Nietzsche phrase 'god is dead' and man has replaced him. I think the lesson is that we will never actual reach the point where we understand our place in the universe. Whether this is the cause have selfish emotions (greed and laziness causing global warming) or by the shear incomprehensibility of reality, eventually our payload wont reach its target. And the demonic captain will laugh at us as we burn.

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I found this movie absolutely stunning on first view. Since then I have watched it a number of times and it now is definitely my favourite sci-fi of all time, and maby even all time best movie.

The movie have lots of symbolism and metaphores, which reveals themself more clearly upon repeated viewings. It touches on buddhism, philosophy, metaphysics and human nature all seamlessly.

The good and evil side is easily identified. If I had to nitpick on something, I would have liked to see more of a background behind Pinbackers reasoning, but maybe his mystery is part of the allure. He certainly seems to express the dark dangerous mystique of space really well.

I love it for all of the beautiful artistic scenes. Such as when Corazon is sitting upright cradling that one plant that survived the inferno, a fragile hope for an return back home, and Pinbacker blindsides and kills her.
In addition to being a aesthetically mindboggling scene, it's hard not to let your mind go to how the beauty and goodness in life is also fragile to attacks from the negative forces of humanity.

For me it seems like the closer they approach the sun the more reality and sanity starts to become blurry.
Pinbacker has been feeling this effect for the past 7 years, and both his sanity and his physical reality has evidently become really distorted compared to the crew of Icarus 2.

The ending sequence is also beautiful, with it showing us the tranquility and beauty which might be felt in the last physical moments of conciousness, as well as how both the noble and the wicked burn the same in the fires of the sun.

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I think people that objecting to the schlock-horror demonic Captain understand the device and purpose of it much better than you do.

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cool story. please tell me more about your ignorance

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I completely agree with you. The crazy captain was very necessary to the plot and what this movie wanted to pass to the audience.
And actually it was done in a perfect mixture of supernatural and natural. The captain looked god like alien but in fact he was a crazy person caught up by the sun.
The moment I saw his recording I thought something else was out there that was supposed to be God. Didn't expect this turn of events and I enjoyed it.
People did not get the meaning of the captain. In the end nothing revolves around us, we came to be from stars and we are about to be stardust once more. The humanity is a miniscule part of spacetime.

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On my top movies list, this one surely is there somewhere, very few movies i watch more than once, and this one as years pass makes me wanna see it again, and again....i believe its because i want another similar to this or better, which is hard to find.

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Blown away by the Icarus spaship design, it felt like a spaceship that could happen with it being built like the space station with the cylinder modules.

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Blown away. Yes. I was haunted by this movie when I first saw it. Thought of little else for days. Watched it over a dozen times since last year.

"Can you keep a secret? Can you know something and never speak of it again?"

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I found this movie visual stunning and the soundtrack was excellent. It is one of my favorite sci-fi films.

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Very cool movie, I liked it a lot. It felt very realistic for a sci-fi film, and most of that can be traced to the acting and special effects, which were top notch. I especially liked the technical problems the crew eventually face and the way they dealt with them. The characters felt human, and the reactions to difficult and often catastrophic decisions to be made were spot on.

I did, however, have a slight problem with the god crazed, sabotaging captain from Icarus 1. It seemed like they didn't handle it right, like they couldn't come up with a way to complete the movie without a clear cut villain to oppose the mission. Up to that point, I thought they did an amazing job without one. Why can't the real difficulties of space travel be the only antagonist for once?

Overall, though, this character only slightly harmed a really interesting flick to watch.

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This movie would have blown mind mind by how good it was, but the end was a letdown. This movie was a big suprise when i first heard of it and i was very exited of it after the reviews. And i say the movie was good, one of the best in a while that i had watched.

But what i think, it went lilbit too far with what happened in the end. Anyway this movie deserves a high rating anyway. Great acting, great athmosphere, music and directing goes far beond of what flaws it has.

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Totally. One of the best films I have ever seen. We need more Sunshine-s in our lives.

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I wish they made more movies like this. It's stunning both visually and stylistically, has fantastic acting and a haunting soundtrack laid against a compelling story. I also love looking a nasa photos of the sun and theories about time and space to boot.

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I can absolutely see why people would be turned off by what happens 2/3 of the way into the movie. I can also easily see how there's simply too much to get past in regards to the suspension of disbelief. These criticisms are legitimate. With that said, I was also blown away, and as a fan of "slashers" as well as religious extremism, I ended up giving the movie a 10. Yes, it had some flaws, but nonetheless I still ended up violently jizzing my pants.

Danny Boyle is a gentleman.

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I enjoyed it as I do any scifi, but I i wish they put more time into getting the science and the setting right and I also wish it didn't end up being a slasher in space.

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I think it's good too - stunning visuals. Loved the part where the bomb is falling into the sun.

Underrated.

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The film blew me away when I first saw it. The music was beautiful, the sly nods to sci-fi classics. People very ignorantly write off the final section as an unnecessary and strange shift into the slasher genre when in reality it's a perfectly viable plot line considering the circumstances. Imagine being that captain, alone on Icarus 1 for so long with nothing to do but ponder our place in the universe...don't you think you would get a tad delusional/crazy?

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Yes i was. Like everyone else I didn't realize this film would be this good before watching it. it isn't very popular. But it was awesome. I wish I had seen in the movie theatre! i feel now.

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Man I hate that feeling. I've done that to too many movies, skipping them in the theatres. That's why I see everything in the theatres these days

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It was an exceptionally, beautifully, incredibly mindblowing experience. I even had to forgive them the crazy Pinbacker (although I'm still a bit angry, in the end it didn't matter... the stunning sequence of Capa's last seconds with that music is the very definition of catharsis).
On the one hand I'm sad I missed it in the cinema, on the other — had to stop it a few times to let some things sink in and, well, to just grieve about another crew member they lost...
I'm going to watch Interstellar tomorrow in the cinema, I hope it won't disappoint...:)

P.S.: I know your post is old, but I just had to comment. Sunshine is so stunning, you need to vent those feelings on somebody afterwards.:)

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Interstellar was incredible, I hope you enjoy it.

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Thank you, I did.:)

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One of my favourite Sci-Fi films ever. The story isn't perfect, but the soundtrack, the acting, the mood, the "heroism" makes it one of the few movies I come back to for reflection. The premise, that none makes it, without any possibility of anyone ever knowing why is profound. Still, mission success. The little details. I often go back to IMDB to check if the same director is making another Sci-Fi project.

Watching it again now, for like, the 8th time after watching Erik Wernquists "Wanderers".
Just simply brings hope into my heart, that we are capable of amazing things, rationally, if we just put our hearts and souls into it.

A beautiful piece, I could take the whole movie apart by complaining about it all, but I do not see any point. I love it for all it flaws. And everyone involved in this project should be extremely proud.

Edit: The film ends with probably the most appropriate end credit ever. - if you pass the first part. With I am Kloot playing "Avenue of Hope". There is no way of making it through that last part without losing a 4th of your bodyweight in tears while trying to sing the lyrics.

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I love it. I will watch it every time it comes on. I love the music, as well.

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I think that one of the reasons why so many like this movie is because we see ourselves in the same "vessel". We are all human, "on the last ship" trying to make life eternal - and some do sacrifice extremes for the greater good which makes me enourmously emotional.

If you ever had caring parents, or friends who went out of their way to make your life a little easier, you know what I mean.

You do not need to fly into the sun to be a hero, be a hero today and help people around you. Even share a smile, and the reward will be felt down the line.
Personally, I am one of these idiots who actually believe this can change the whole outcome of the species.

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