Sunshine (2007)

Simply A Masterpiece

Highly Overrated But Still Good

A Masterpiece!

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

No doubt! This is one of the best movies ive seen . Go see this! Sound, music, shots, actors all top notch.

"Our sun is dying. Mankind faces extinction." And just like that, you're in for a hell of a ride full of insightful philosophy, breathtaking visuals (which hold up even after a decade, which is quite a compliment for a film made in a time of fake-looking CGI), a great set of characters and most importantly, an original and compelling story that will leave you in awe and will stay in your memory for a long time.But seriously. Why watch 2001 if all you're attention is directed to the fact that mankind was most certainly not helped by some alien monolith sent by some obscure extraterrestrial race, or that star- children don't exist? In the same spirit, why watch Sunshine if all you're going to do is complain that "you can't get that close to the sun without burning", "the story is unrealistic because the sun won't die out for another 5 billion years" or other annoying stuff like that?. It's not like this film is pretending to be a scientific manifesto full of OCD-like levels of detail and 100% accuracy on all of its aspects. Not that i'm against filmmakers going out of their way to be as accurate as possible on their science f i c t i o n film (get it?, fiction), but if they don't get every single detail correct, it's fine, because that is not the focal point of the story. What matters is the characters (in this case the diversity is realistic and justified, some people complain about it as if it had Marvel-esque levels of political correctness, which is not even true), which also happen to be human beings that, like any other, fear for their own mortality and fragility and are flawed, and are not cold, calculating, inhuman robots incapable of reacting to the situation they're in, despite what their profession might have you believe (?). What matters is the story (a slightly flawed one at that, but very poetic and philosophical as well); the direction (helmed by the man himself, Danny Boyle, who has made all kinds of films: delved into black comedy, horror, Bollywood-esque cinema, a crime caper, a biopic, a film based on real events, comedy, even a kids film at one point. Despite being so different, all these films have his very own style that makes Boyle's body of work consistent in its variety) ; the cinematography (which by golly is some of the best out there, provided by Alwin H. Kuchler, who also worked with Boyle on Steve Jobs); the score (with the amazingly gifted John Murphy at the helm, and Underworld as well, the same guys that made Born Slippy, the iconic song featured in Boyle's best known and most revered film, Trainspotting) and the special effects (which are a shining example of the fact that you don't need an enormous budget to craft beautiful and convincing CGI while actually integrating these elements effectively into your film). For Christ's sake, it's not like you're tasked with throwing yourself at the sun strapped to the back of a literal time bomb (both of time and of tension) in order to save the goddamn world everyday, and the fact that this unthinkable amount of responsibility gets under your skin does not, I repeat, does not make you a beta cuck that belongs in a campus safe-space, this is a genuine struggle we're talking about here. I'd like to go on full autistique detail on the whole thing, but this is a film that one must experience to understand and appreciate.My advice: ignore all the bitter OCD science freaks attempting to pass as film critics on this thread (or anywhere at all for that matter) and go watch this film. I guarantee you will not regret it, and it'll probably leave a lasting impression on you (like it did on me).

This is meant to be Earth's best hope? A bunch of neurotics? I demand to see the recruitment people in HR!!!! ... But maybe that's the problem....Anyway, the whole monster thing is utter rubbish. I've been more threatened by a tanduri chicken drumstick.

When I started watching this it was not long before I realised it needed serious editing, still I stuck with it.It actually had about 15 minutes where it showed some hope but then it just became totally awful.The story line introduced some freddy kruger character with no skin and it just became silly as he went around the ship trying to kill all the crew and of course they were totally helpless.What annoys me the most is how this crap go a 7.3 in IMDb with 200k views.I know to not take much notice of IMDb scores until 20k have scored it, so I can only assume that the studio found some way to game the IBDM system.This is one of those movies that you really regret even starting.You have been warned!