Sunshine (2007)

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  March 2, 2008

  jmanard52

  A new sci fi movie that i hadnt heard about but was better than i expected.

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  May 23, 2012

  fb1378820053

  Adventure Film for 90 minutes. Then it randomly turns into a low budget slasher film, The way the film is shot you have know idea what is going on at points just blurred images. I do love Danny Boyle but this isn't his greatest film but Cillian Murphy is well cast and gives a goo... read mored performance. Not much to offer from a film I thought was going to be great!!

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  April 2, 2012

  vierasesine

  Would have been so much better without the whole Pinbacker nonsense. Still, quite stunning.

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  March 10, 2012

  fb1463751009

  The follow-up to the ending makes it one of the best films ever. The pacing, the smart script, and the enthralling plot truly makes this movie a sci-fi movie that stands out of the pact... but the ending descends the movie tremendously. Still, the movie is a must watch.

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  February 9, 2012

  phubbs1

  Strange one this, hard to decide I'm kinda on the fence over it.
  First of all the film looks good, they have definitely taken pages out of the 'Alien' book for the look and feel of Sunshine. Its very much a bunch of everyday working astros living together to get a job done, even ... read moredown to the 'sitting around a table drinking and talking' scenes which hark back to the 'Alien' scenes just before Mr Hurt has some bad indigestion.
  
  The acting is stable, nothing great but good and the whole idea, though slightly implausible I must add, is a nice one and is brought alive really well, its space but not too stupid like 'Armageddon'.
  The problem is its alittle dull for most of the time, all wind and not much fart and I did tend to lose the plot. It doesn't explain itself to well, and I found in alot of places its actually difficult to see what's going on because its so dark and the camera is flying about the place with flashbacks or what someones thinking, alittle surreal here and there. The secondary plot about one of the other spaceships crew going nuts and killing everyone is poor and doesn't fit the story frankly, again they are borrowing ideas and styles from other films such as 'Hellraiser' and 'Event Horizon'. This spoils the whole thing as it becomes a cheesy horror flick all of a sudden, if they had stayed to the more sensible side of things it would have been so much better.
  I think it may grow on me, its quite good but not as good as I hoped, still I recommend it.

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  October 17, 2011

  theoneandonlybg

  Before I even start reviewing this film, I would like to say thank you to a guy called William Beard, who recommended this film. As you can tell from the rating above I thoroughly enjoyed it; thanks Will!
  
  Sunshine is a 2007 film directed by Danny Boyle about a team of scientis... read morets who are sent into space on a ship called the Icarus 2, armed with what is essentially a mega-nuke to try and re-ignite the sun to stop it from dying and prevent the end of the human race. The previous journey taking place 7 years ago failed, but for unknown reasons. Things start going wrong and the team find Icarus 1 and decide to board it because they were low on oxygen, allowing a very interesting tale unravel...
  
  This film really blew me away! The story is quite clever and enticing, making it perfect to entertain yourself for an afternoon! The characters are well played, the atmosphere captured well, and the story told cleverly and effectively. And what made it brilliant was the ending. Not to give anything away, but it's one of those endings where you think that it's got possibly the best ending they could have done with the film! Definitely worth getting, and especially since I managed to pick my copy up for only £1!

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  July 26, 2011

  MrMarakai

  Ingredients for a top of the range sci-fi =
  1 dollop of "Solaris".
  Half oz of "Event Horizon".
  1lb of "Mission to Mars".
  A generous helping of "Alien".
  And a sprinkle of "The Shining".
  Give them to visionary director Danny Boyle to shake them up and... read more...Voila.
  In the not-too-distant future, the sun is about to die. A crew is sent to re-ignite it with a nuclear bomb; when they fail, a new team sets out to finish the job. But they find that flying to the least hospitable place in the solar system and staying sane and alive is no simple matter.
  Boyle is Britain's very own Ang Lee in his ability to continually switch between genres. This is his attempt at Science Fiction and it's a damn good one at that. His use of atmosphere is the most striking thing about this, with eerie and highly effective sound effects and an excellent music score by Underworld adding to the overall sense of foreboding and creepiness. Using a multi-cultural cast also works in it's favour in the way that you don't know who will perish at any given moment, very much like Ridley Scott's "Alien". As mentioned above - and by most other viewers - it has a lot in common with several films of this genre and the denoument unfortunately turns more toward the "Event Horizon" side of horror. It doesn't entirely work and feels a little tacked on, as if Boyle and writer Alex Garland ran out of ideas. However, this is still an impressively handled and often powerful outing for Boyle.
  A very underated addition to the science fiction genre and one of Danny Boyle's finest films. His collaborations with writer Alex Garland has produced consistantly good results.

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  April 15, 2011

  djdemersseman

  It was a little long and it might be Danny Boyle's least best work. But it's still Danny Boyle so you know you're going to get an original idea with original

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  April 4, 2011

  TheDudeLebowski65

  Sunshine is a very thrilling Sci Fi action film with a good idea. But by the films end, it becomes silly as the film takes on an almost Event Horizon style story line, which makes the last 20 minutes seem pretty bland, annoying and almost forget the terrific first half of the fi... read morelm. The film starts off great. A shuttle mission is sent to the sun to reignite the dying sun with a nuclear bomb. Which is a very good concept for a story, and it is. But like I've said, the story takes an Event Horizon haunted ship approach and it almost becomes a horror film, as the crew members try to fight whats real, whats not. I guess they were suffering from space dementia or something. The film is good and entertaining, the cast do a fine job. But the last half could have been much better. Danny Boyle crafts a film that holds you in suspense and is superbly, but because the ending was disappointing, and I do think that it could've been better plotted, I found that Sunshine was average. The film is good, but it feels silly by the time you reach the end. Danny Boyle has toned himself down a notch with this film, but it manages to be entertaining despite the ending being disappointing. Sunshine is an entertaining film that could have had a better ending. But theres plenty of things to enjoy about this film such as the good acting and solid effects.

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  March 14, 2011

  bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb1

  Sunshine is an etremely intense and entertaining movie. Its original and a great movie. Theres good acting and great special effects. I really liked the movie a lot. Everything was great until the last 30 minutes which what happened was unexpected but not in a good way. Im sure ... read morepeople have heard about the third act when it turns into a kind ov slasher movie. The final minutes of the movie is great though. I really liked the movie but I have several problems with it so i cant give it 5 stars but its still really good.
  
  Grade: A-

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• Cillian Murphy as Capa
• Chris Evans as Mace
• Rose Byrne as Cassie
• Michelle Yeoh as Corazon
• Hiroyuki Sanada as Kaneda
• Cliff Curtis as Searle
• Troy Garity as Harvey
• Benedict Wong as Trey
• Mark Strong as Pinbacker

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• • Capa: So if you wake up one morning and it's a particularly beautiful day, you'll know we made it.
• • Capa: Eight astronauts, strapped to the back of the bomb... My bomb. Welcome to Icarus II.
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• • Cassie: Only dream I ever have is it the surface of the sun? Every time I shut my eyes... it's always the same.
• • Pinbacker: Neither did I. But you will find Him, in the sunshine.

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