the_grip on 18/10/2009 at 20:02
I don't know what rock I've lived under, but I just heard about this movie today (which I guess was released two years ago). It looks interesting, but due to the fact that it is from the director of
Trainspotting and
28 Days Later, I am wondering how intense it will be. The Mrs. doesn't like particularly gruesome or violent/torture movies, and
Trainspotting left her particularly disturbed. Should I expect the same from (
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/)
Sunshine? I need to figure that out before I rent it ;)
Aerothorn on 18/10/2009 at 20:10
Still kinda-sorta on my list - I know the general TTLG consensus was "very good first half that completely falls apart, plot-wise, in the second half." Can't comment on the level of violence, though my impression was that it wasn't 28 Days Later.
SubJeff on 18/10/2009 at 20:53
I'd go with that consensus. Starts well, looks great, has some fantastic atmosphere, becomes aalghlaaallahaghahahhagla.
Chimpy Chompy on 18/10/2009 at 21:08
I have a lot of love for sunshine. It's a beautiful and melancholy character study on a few people in an insulated tin can plunging into something that's at the same time the giver of all life, and hell itself.
The 3rd act is weaker, going a bit slasher-flick, but I didn't find it bad enough to ruin the experience overall.
Also there's only one or two brief shots that i'd call gruesome.
Sulphur on 18/10/2009 at 21:29
Yep, there's not that much gore in it. It's a lovely, tense quasi-scientific thriller, but as people have already said, that 3rd act propels headlong into disappointing and uninspired B-movie slasher-flick territory.
But the movie's definitely worth the watch for everything that happens before that.
OnionBob on 18/10/2009 at 23:20
it's not very good
R Soul on 18/10/2009 at 23:47
Nice idea, but doesn't work and falls apart at the end.
Scots Taffer on 19/10/2009 at 00:03
Some beautiful imagery, terrible "idea" for a movie, atmospheric execution for a while, fucking atrocious third act.
RocketMan on 19/10/2009 at 02:09
I really liked this movie...probably because it's the first good (space) sci-fi that's come along in quite a while. Everyone knows about the crappy ending but it's not as bad as people will say it is. The premise does not seem plausible but in fact it's based on a perfectly sound scientific theory...probably not a well known one and it could use some elaboration in the movie but that didn't bother me at all. I found it immersive, atmospheric and it didn't overdo it trying to be entertaining or action packed..and for that it was even better. You might say they slow played the movie a bit but I thoroughly enjoyed the buildup. See the movie.
SubJeff on 19/10/2009 at 08:27
It suffers from Event Horizonitis. Nice start, shlock horror ending of deepest creamy cheddar.
