16 August 2008

Sunshine

Very nearly a sci-fi classic. What a pretty film. Stabs itself in the foot at the end when it turns into Event Horizon. Completely unnecessary. Still worth viewing, though.

4 comments:

zim said...

seems there are 2 movies with the title Sunshine.

is it the 1999 ralph fiennes film called "A Napfény íze / Sunshine - Ein Hauch von Sonnenschein", or the 2007 film called "Les derniers rayons du soleil"?

pyker said...

The Danny Boyle/Cilian Murphy one:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/

JustJoeP said...

"re-ignite the dying sun" .... ? I'll not judge it until I watch it. I re-watched Full Metal Jacket the other day on Netflix, and REALIZED how many cliche's that film embodies.

il faut voir...

pyker said...

It's not so much *about* the premise -- i.e. it doesn't depend on the premise being excellent in order to excel as a movie. That's pretty much true of any movie. That said, the premise isn't as far-fetched as it sounds, at least not according to research noted in Ebert's review: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070719/REVIEWS/70702003/1023

In any case, it works well as a character study, and only goes off the rails when it stops trusting that that's enough.