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Sunshine is out who saw it?
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Jon_Danger
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FrenchMovieTheme said:
I find this weird, everybody either loves or hates this movie.
I love sci fi, especially "hard" sci-fi, and I loved this movie
Did anyone else think that the captain guy look ALOT like toshiro mifune?
starchild excalibur
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Jon_Danger said:
That was kinda the same thing with 28 days later. Took one friend to see it in theaters and he hated it. Took another friend and he loved it.
Jon_Danger said:I find this weird, everybody either loves or hates this movie.
I love sci fi, especially "hard" sci-fi, and I loved this movie
Did anyone else think that the captain guy look ALOT like toshiro mifune?
Seeing this tonight. I'll be sure to keep this in mind.
Hopefully 3 is a charm. 28 Days Later / Millions were both fantastic films.
Jon_Danger
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SanjuroTsubaki said:
definitely a younger mifune if anything, just the same facial hair really and eyes
Son of Godzilla
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I saw this. It was awesome. Had absolutely no clue what it was going in, a hard sci fi space thriller is more than I could possibly have expected. My only complaint is that the whole mission going to crap because of Cillian's choice was kinda contrived.
Also wtf @ complaining about pretty astronauts. Only the computer dude and the chick were even remotely attractive.
Also wtf @ complaining about pretty astronauts. Only the computer dude and the chick were even remotely attractive.
My friend and I saw it a few days ago and we both thought it was ultra intense (I could not relax at all during the last half of the movie) and the horror movie surprise at the end lowered the greatness of the first two thirds of the movie.
I'm glad I saw it in theaters becuase the sound and visuals are the best I've seen in a while (saw Transformers the same day). If you're questioning the scientific merit of such a movie then get help. I laughed so hard when I read the tagline, but I didn't care about the accuracy walking out of the theater. I really want this movie on Bluray but at the same time the horror bit of this movie made me think of it as a 7/10 movie. I guess it will depend on the supplemental materials.
BTW I saw Event Horizon around the time I was 12 years old and I couldn't sleep properly for 2-3 weeks. I dare not watch that movie again and I'm 21 now...
I'm glad I saw it in theaters becuase the sound and visuals are the best I've seen in a while (saw Transformers the same day). If you're questioning the scientific merit of such a movie then get help. I laughed so hard when I read the tagline, but I didn't care about the accuracy walking out of the theater. I really want this movie on Bluray but at the same time the horror bit of this movie made me think of it as a 7/10 movie. I guess it will depend on the supplemental materials.
BTW I saw Event Horizon around the time I was 12 years old and I couldn't sleep properly for 2-3 weeks. I dare not watch that movie again and I'm 21 now...
Mike Works
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<a million people> hey mike the first two thirds of the movie is good then the last third sucks.
<mike> why?
<a million people> it turns into a slasher flick
<mike> oh i don't mind slasher flicks it's cool
*mike watches movie*
<mike> man, the last third of that movie sucked!
<mike> why?
<a million people> it turns into a slasher flick
<mike> oh i don't mind slasher flicks it's cool
*mike watches movie*
<mike> man, the last third of that movie sucked!
Brian Fellows
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Ok the shit gets all dark and blury at the end. WTF happened to the white girl?
Days like these... said:
The captain of Icarus I, Pinbacker, was a nutjob who had some kind of religious epiphany. He believed it was God's will for Humans to become extinct so that's why he wanted to sabotage the mission. When the crew first arrived in Icarus I there was a video of Pinbacker going on about God and stuff. When Pinbacker attacked Capa he was also saying some stuff about God and it was destined for everybody to become extinct and only one man to survive along with God.
Leatherface
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I can't find this movie anywhere! 
Danne-Danger
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Saw it just now and I really liked it
, a likely candidate to become my first blu-ray movie when the time comes, can't wait to see it in Full-HD glory. 
(apart from the sun-dude-slasher thingie, which the movie really could've done without)
neverknowsbest
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The fucking
really bothers me.
sun slasher dude
Why is he super-strong? Why is his skin all burned? Is he a normal guy who just worked out a lot in the 7 years he was alone on the ship? How did he possibly expect to be the last man alive if he was alone on a spaceship? Why the fuck did he exist and why couldn't the movie just have been a sci-fi movie?!
Danne-Danger
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neverknowsbest said:
Weeell, as I understood it,
the "sun-slasher-dude" was the guy with sunglasses, Pinbacker (he who stayed behind on Icarus 1).
Not that it makes a whole lot more sense but... yeah.
I don't really remember him
Do we really need to spoiler tag in this thread at this point?
You've confused two characters.
demonstrating super-strength. He was strong, for sure, but what did he do that was Super? As for being burned, he's a farther along version of the psychiatrist on the second (main) ship (remember his blisters? Demanding of the captain what he saw as the sunlight killed him?). He essentially burned off his outer layer of skin. I actually really liked the way they correlated those two characters, but had them make different choices along the way.
Do we really need to spoiler tag in this thread at this point?
Danne-Danger said:
You've confused two characters.
Pinbacker is the captain of Icarus 1. Searle, the psychiatrist, stayed behind on the Icarus 1 and died there when he stayed in the observation room as the Icarus 2's cover left and there was no protection enabled.
Danne-Danger
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maharg said:
That I did, thanks for clearing it up.
Gary Whitta
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Yeah it freefalls badly in the third act. But the rest of it is still so great that I am buying it day one on Blu-ray. I hated the last twenty minutes but loved loved loved this movie regardless.
Just thinking about that scene where they fly by Mercury still gives me chills.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzh7k1FUC5o
Just thinking about that scene where they fly by Mercury still gives me chills.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzh7k1FUC5o
Great movie but
I don't need that shit infecting my hard sci-fi films.
On the other hand the soundtrack was flawless from beginning to end. I dig that 'surface of the sun' music.
why was it turned into a slasher in the final 30 minutes? That dude was too burnt to survive that long.
On the other hand the soundtrack was flawless from beginning to end. I dig that 'surface of the sun' music.
Gary Whitta
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Yeah it's a huge tragedy that the soundtrack is STILL not out and perhaps never will beArthas said:
Spotless Mind
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I've got the same old derivative opinion. The first 2 thirds were superb and everything was developing nicely, but the sudden shift in the last act completely ruined this movie for me. Definitely my most disappointing movie of 2007.
uw too many whiny people in this thread protending to be like Roger Ebert!
Boyle mentioned in interviews that when he researched the movie at NASA, he found out that one of the biggest problems for traveling such great distances wouldn't be food supply or anything but the psychological problem of being all alone out there for such a long time.
This is a big theme of the movie and its displayed throughout but its in the last third of the movie that he emphesizes it.
I don't think many are understanding what Boyle's trying to do. Don't look at it as a slasher or whatever, its not that and something of its own. Hence the way he showed the killer. The killer's backstory is cleverly revealed throughout the movie and the whole thing behind it makes alot of sense.
And think about it this way, if he had removed the killer guy from the last third then how could he have ended it decently without losing the audience and slapping a happy ending that everyone seems to want these days.
I deffinitly see this up along the lines of 2001: ASO and other sci fi classics and it may have not gathered much praise now but I'd say some day in the near future, it'll be shown on some channel late night and a new audience will realize its briliance.
Boyle mentioned in interviews that when he researched the movie at NASA, he found out that one of the biggest problems for traveling such great distances wouldn't be food supply or anything but the psychological problem of being all alone out there for such a long time.
This is a big theme of the movie and its displayed throughout but its in the last third of the movie that he emphesizes it.
I don't think many are understanding what Boyle's trying to do. Don't look at it as a slasher or whatever, its not that and something of its own. Hence the way he showed the killer. The killer's backstory is cleverly revealed throughout the movie and the whole thing behind it makes alot of sense.
And think about it this way, if he had removed the killer guy from the last third then how could he have ended it decently without losing the audience and slapping a happy ending that everyone seems to want these days.
I deffinitly see this up along the lines of 2001: ASO and other sci fi classics and it may have not gathered much praise now but I'd say some day in the near future, it'll be shown on some channel late night and a new audience will realize its briliance.
One thing about the movie (which I liked overall) that I noticed when I re-watched it was how exactly was the ship supposed to be able to return to Earth? After separating from the payload (which they seemed to do carelessly for the Icarus I), the ship sure didn't look like it could both survive the sun's heat and overcome the sun's gravity to get back to Earth.
Scarecrow
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manngc said:
I'm pretty sure they mention their escape plan at some point during the movie. I think I remember the escape ship having a mini "sun blocker" like the bomb was (a concave shield). It wasn't supposed to be a suicide mission as they were worried about having oxygen for the return trip.
polyh3dron
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EDIT: sounded better when I was thinking it
nvm
nvm
Danne-Danger
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Danne-Danger said:Saw it just now and I really liked it, a likely candidate to become my first blu-ray movie when the time comes, can't wait to see it in Full-HD glory.(apart from the sun-dude-slasher thingie, which the movie really could've done without)
I came I saw it conquered me, amazing what a little (and by little I mean from abysmal -> stellar) audio and picture quality can do for a movie, eh? Sunshine is now one of my all time favourite movies, screw the haters ("old" me included).
The music, the characters, the effects, the camerawork, everything is spot on with this movie. It doesn't hurt that the BD is packed with extras either. If you're on the fence, buy/rent it now. If you didn't like it before, watch it again (preferably with audio commentary (one from Boyle and one from the "technical advisor"), if you're into that sort of thing).
broadwayrock
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Danne-Danger said:
Have you seen Shallow Grave or Trainspotting?
Danne-Danger
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broadwayrock said:
I've seen Trainspotting and I love that movie as well (along with 28 Days later, which is also brilliant... and Beach isn't bad either). Boyle is really shaping up to be one of my favourite directors, can't wait to see what he does next.
Danne-Danger
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Spire said:
It's out in EU on both BD and DVD so I'm guessing you won't have any trouble finding it.
Picked this up on Blu Ray this afternoon despite some of the negative things I had heard about it. I'm a Sci-Fi fan so I figured it would at least be entertaining. I came away from it very pleasantly surprised. PQ is great on BR by the way all the characters look damn gritty and effects look super stunning.
I loved the casting choices they made and the music is phenominal. It's a shame, but the story does go a bit sideways at the end though I think that I was expecting it so the shock was really lessened on me. I really feel like they could have taken the story in an entirely different direction and still made the journey feel as perilous but kept things beautiful and meaningful. I halfway expected the movie to be more about each character sort of finding meaning in their mission and what it meant to them to be undertaking such a dangerous task. There's a fantastic scene where the crew discovers that they're flying near Mercury that really made things feel real and epic and I wish there were more of those moments in the movie.
I'd definitely love to see Boyle give this sort of hard Sci-Fi another shot. This movie could have been amazing, but instead ends up being really good.
I loved the casting choices they made and the music is phenominal. It's a shame, but the story does go a bit sideways at the end though I think that I was expecting it so the shock was really lessened on me. I really feel like they could have taken the story in an entirely different direction and still made the journey feel as perilous but kept things beautiful and meaningful. I halfway expected the movie to be more about each character sort of finding meaning in their mission and what it meant to them to be undertaking such a dangerous task. There's a fantastic scene where the crew discovers that they're flying near Mercury that really made things feel real and epic and I wish there were more of those moments in the movie.
I'd definitely love to see Boyle give this sort of hard Sci-Fi another shot. This movie could have been amazing, but instead ends up being really good.
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