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[Kuro]

From the soundtrack to the story to the characters, I enjoyed almost every aspect of Sunshine more than Interstellar. Matthew McConaughey is an incredible actor but he was the only really good performance in Interstellar while Sunshine was a bit more balanced without reaching that same height. Sunshine felt more like a sci-fi movie to me than Nolan's make-believe

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love tesseract from the future.

Sunshine's save humanity angle was much better realized too. I'm not really good at explaining things and suck at writing so I'm wondering if anyone else who has watched both movies and agrees with me would like to chime in.

 

[Des0lar]

Maybe if the last act of sunshine didn't exist.
But fan that thing ruined a beautiful movie

 

[kehs]

Yup.

 

[ReadingRambo]

Fuck no.

 

[Buba Big Guns]

Nolan's 'make believe love tesseract' vs. Sunshine's solar zombie.

Yea I'll take the movie which had one of the world's leading physicist over seeing the science aspect any day.

 

[Divvy]

Maybe if the last act of sunshine didn't exist.
But fan that thing ruined a beautiful movie

This

 

[Solideliquid]

Yooooo. Go lie dow.

 

[Buckethead]

Sunshine = Horror

Interstellar = Sci-Fi/Fa

Gravity = Thriller

Also, no.

 

[tbm24]

Sunshine and Interstellar are completely different movies. Both excellent for what they do/are.

 

[tokkun]

A movie that was stupid most of the way through vs a movie that started great, then took one of the stupidest turns in the history of cinema.

 

[XenodudeX]

Sunshine = Horror

Interstellar = Sci-Fi/Fa

Gravity = Thriller

Also, no.

Sunshine was a horror movie? What?

 

[John Kowalski]

I haven't seen Interstellar but i'm sure they're not that similar.

Sunshine is a great movie and Rose Byrne is stupidly adorable in it but i still don't think that is a good comparison to make.

 

[Jarmel]

Sunshine's final act is one of the most unnecessary genre shifts I've ever seen.

 

[Kuro]

Maybe if the last act of sunshine didn't exist.
But fan that thing ruined a beautiful movie

I could say the exact same thing about Interstellar. I preferred Sunshine's twist just for the thriller aspect.

 

[kehs]

Sunshine = Horror

Interstellar = Sci-Fi/Fa

Gravity = Thriller

Also, no.

Interstellar was pretty much a horror film. At least to watch.

As an aside, bringing Gravity into this conversation is insulting to that masterpiece.

 

[legacyzero]

The final act could have gone without the crazy naked blurry guy. Absolutely not needed.

The film was near perfect otherwise.

 

[Buckethead]

Sunshine was a horror movie? What?

It's not a perfect fit but all three movies are drastically different both in genre, tone, etc.

 

[SJRB]

Mace being the only crew member of the Icarus with a shred of common sense annoys me every time. I really love Sunshine though, but it's a whole different movie than Interstellar and trying to compare them both just boggles my mind.

 

[Jarmel]

I could say the exact same thing about Interstellar. I preferred Sunshine's twist just for the thriller aspect.

The ending in Interstellar really is a culmination of the entire film. It makes perfect sense and is shadowed heavily throughout the first act.

 

[InfernoNR]

I agree with you. I felt the tension waaaaaaaay more during sunshine than I did in interstellar. I think this is thanks to a combination of the music and editing. The scene in Sunshine with

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most of the crew yelling at Kaneda to turn around, while the psychologist is asking him "WHAT DO YOU SEE!?" along with Kappa racing to the edge was just mild-blowing. That along with Kappa's final race to the door made me feel some pretty intense existential angst.

I thought interstellar was good, but it didn't have any of those kind of moments in it, for me at least.

 

[xam3l]

I love Sunshine, but no.

 

[Jackpot]

Sunshine didn't nearly have the focus on space that Interstellar did.

 

[duckroll]

We don't need a new thread for every individual poster's opinion on a recent film.