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General Category => Entertainment and Media => Topic started by: Impeal on February 09, 2007, 09:13:48 am
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<a href="http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/24244/sunshine_l200701291730.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/24244/sunshine_l200701291730.jpg" width="150" height="250" align="right" style="border: 1px solid #D1D1E1; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; background-color: #E2E8F2;"></a>This sci-fi thriller is from Danny Boyle, the director of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/" target="_blank">28 Days Later</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117951/" target="_blank">Trainspotting</a>. It stars Rose Byrne, Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh and a few others. Don't know about you, but I've never heard of any of them. I prefer that though. Sometimes it can be a little distracting having a big name star in a movie.
Fifty years into the future' date=' the sun is failing, causing mankind to begin dying out. A spacecraft with a crew of eight men and women is launched as a last hope, carrying a bomb the size of Kansas in order to re-ignite part of the sun. Seven years prior, a similar ship had been launched for the same mission, but contact was lost with the ship. When the crew of eight move toward the sun and out of radio contact with Earth, they experience accidents and discover the distress beacon of the ship that had been missing for seven years. [spoiler']At the end of their journey, the crew encounters the source of all life in the universe.[/spoiler]
To be honest, I don't think the plot sounds too incredible. But, Trainspotting and 28 Days Later were both awesome movies, so I'm basically really looking forward to this only because of who the director is. Though, I do like sci-fi movies, so I might have been interested regardless.
More information:
The Official Site (http://www.sunshinedna.com/).
The trailer (http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/sunshine/trailera/).
IMDb Page (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/).
The official release date is March 16th.
Does the music in the trailer sound familiar? It's sort of interesting that a film by Danny Boyle, who directed one of the most famous drug movies (Trainspotting), used the theme from another one of the most famous drug movies (Requiem) for its trailer. I don't think directors usually have much control over the trailers, but it's still kind of a neat coincidence.
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Humm i liked 28days later, so ill probebly watch this, (I like si-fi and thrillers so its kinda win win) plus i have this fettish for films that are about the entier world dying aka, the day after tormorow, the core so this is a no brainer.
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Cillian Murphy is the MAIN CHARACTER in 28 days later so I don't see how you haven't heard of him. He's also in "Red Eye," "Batman Begins" and "Girl with a Pearl Earring." so I don't think he can be considered that unknown. Michelle Yeoh is also one of the main characters in Crouching TIger, Hidden Dragon and although I couldn't place her in anything else I would consider her a pretty big star just for that role. I don't have a clue who Rose Byrne is though so you made your point there.
I haven't checked the trailer out yet but I just wanted to point out all these guys are pretty big stars, not on the level of say BRUCE WILLIS but I think in the movie industry their names are out there.
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Cillian Murphy is the MAIN CHARACTER in 28 days later so I don't see how you haven't heard of him. He's also in "Red Eye," "Batman Begins" and "Girl with a Pearl Earring." so I don't think he can be considered that unknown. Michelle Yeoh is also one of the main characters in Crouching TIger, Hidden Dragon and although I couldn't place her in anything else I would consider her a pretty big star just for that role. I don't have a clue who Rose Byrne is though so you made your point there.
I haven't checked the trailer out yet but I just wanted to point out all these guys are pretty big stars, not on the level of say BRUCE WILLIS but I think in the movie industry their names are out there.
I didn't recognize any of the names, or look any of them up on IMDB, or recognize anyone in the trailer. :(
I should have known Cillian Murphy, but after looking the other two up on IMDB I don't blame myself for not knowing who they are.
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Cillian Murphy is one of the best actors in Hollywood. Everything he's in is pretty awesome. He's great at playing a villain, like in Red Eye or Batman Begins. He's definitely my favorite actor out there.
However, the plot of this movie sounds so stupid that I have to see this movie.
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Whats the name of the song in the trailer?
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Whats the name of the song in the trailer?
It's the Requiem for a Dream theme, by Clint Mansell.
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I liked trainspotting and 28 days later, but something about re-igniting the sun. Man that sounds really shitty. Sounds a bit like the core. Which sucked.
I'm probably going to see it anyway.
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I liked trainspotting and 28 days later, but something about re-igniting the sun. Man that sounds really shitty. Sounds a bit like the core. Which sucked.
I'm probably going to see it anyway.
Man, The Core was the most awesome, yet misunderstood movie ever. What I loved about that movie was that it was so stupid, yet so much fun to watch. It wasn't a serious movie at all, and it seemed like the actors knew how dumb the movie was.
Sunshine looks too serious. I think it's going to be great as a CGI fest, but awful in the way of plot. I think it'll be entertaining at least.
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You want me... to hack the planet?
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You want me... to hack the planet?
Genius, I tells ya
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Am I the only one who is really excited about this film? 28 Days Later and Trainspotting were pretty darn awesome and it's written by Alex Garland who has worked with the director (Boyle) on quite a few films. (Garland has also made one of the many versions of the Halo script, not that that really counts).
Looking at the trailer it's tastefully done and a lot of the shots are stunningly beautiful combined with some fairly nice concepts. I can see how this can be a film about a few people on a spaceshop all alone in space, nearing the sun with all the radiation that comes with it and not to mention that looking at the shots some of them seem like visions/hallucinations/nightmares rather than reality.
I have high hopes for this one.
(Also the music may have been one of the main themes in Requiem for a Dream, but I think a lot more people remember it from the Two Towers trailers)
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Sorry, I just have to revive this dead post, because I was about to make a post on it... I watched the movie two weeks ago and had to say something about it.
This movie is extremely interesting and extremely good!
You see in a lot of movies its always about the CGI and explosions, the storyline is simple, characters are there to drive the plot. In Sunshine, the opposite happens, the story drives the characters, its not really what you think the movie is about, it revolves around characters dealing with their sanity, the characters are very interesting too. I like the fact that its not a n ONE NATION only crew, it was an international crew, and there's no silly love story that gets into it.
Some of the most beautiful scenes with CGI too I might add, the ending is absolutely amazing to the eye.
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I was really excited about seeing this but somehow I managed to totally miss it in the cinema. Unless I can get ahold of a screener or something I am going to have to wait for it to come out on DVD which I am not too happy about :( ... What a bummer.
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It doesn't even have a set release date for USA yet. Wikipedia just says "in the fall or winter of 2007." :(
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I saw this a couple of weeks ago too and I really liked it. It had the Sense of Wonder that SF is all about. And for once space was really fricking big, and scary, and awesome. I just wanted to be with them in space because it all just felt so right.
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This movie was great, IMO, up until we had the whole SUPER SOLAR MAN Icarus 1 Captain come back bit, and from then on, it just got a bit ridiculous. I mean, it would've been great if he had been normal, and not toasted to fuck. Say he survived as a normal human being, not this demigod that stands in front of the frickin' observation window, that would've been cool when they were all being knocked off.
So yeah. It was pretty good, yeah, but that bit just... ruined it for me. The special effects were beautiful though. :3 As an aside, the original post said At the end of their journey, the crew encounters the source of all life in the universe.
...did they?
I can't remember that >_>
BTW, IMDB says 14th of September for USA release date, so there you go.
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So wait, this movie is actually good?
Like, for real?
Because I wanted to watch it with friend, like... expecting something similar to THE CORE.
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So wait, this movie is actually good?
Like, for real?
It is nothing like The Core, and is very good. I saw it with my dad a while back.
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It is nothing like The Core, and is very good. I saw it with my dad a while back.
What a shame. :sad:
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I hate to bump this after so many months, but I just got the opportunity to see this film.
And loved it. It was FANTASTIC. Everything about it. The special effects were stunning, the acting was great, but one thing REALLY stood out to me. The musical score. Whoever did this music is brilliant. He knows EXACTLY how to craft music to make you feel what you are supposed to be feeling.
But a LOT of it reminded me of Event Horizon. :D
8/10
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Whoa. Megabump?
I'll let you off though because the post you were making was not really new topic material. I agree, this is one of my favourite films of the year (or was it last year?) Either way it has a great mood and all the characters are great, but I feel the film starts to lose the plot when it suddenly becomes survival horror and that other guy turns up. And a LOT of people I know agree that the film loses it there.
Anyway the film is fantastically put together, it has excellent production/editing. Probably some of the best I have seen in a film in a long time. And yeah the score is fantastic.
The soundtrack was composed by Karl Hyde and John Murphy Apparently. John Murphy who also did Lock Stock, Snatch, and 28 Days/Weeks Later. I think Sunshine is his best so far though (although 28 Weeks had an awesome soundtrack.) The TRAILER for the film however used Clint Mansell's "Lux Aeterna" from the Requiem for a dream soundtrack.
There you go. ITNERESTING STUFF.
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yeah the film was great until survival horror
the best scene was when they entered the other ship
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I liked the feeling of isolation and tension the film creates, it felt more representative of the stress generated by prolonged periods of space travel than most other space movies. The music was really good, and so were the special effects. They really didn't need the villain though, or they could've at least done it better. I liked the suspense associated with the fate of the other ship but I was greatly disappointed with the explanation given. I also didn't like how they killed the better characters first, Kappa was annoying at best. :(
Overall, it's pretty neat, but could've been much better without the bad guy. Should've been more about how long space travel makes you insane, and the tension amongst team members. Maybe a traitor among the team (like that suicidal guy) instead of generic disfigured religious fanatic that doesn't appear enough for you to care.
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Yeah, I agree with all of you there. He was kind of cool for a while, but they handled him a bit poorly. And come to think of it, that last little LEAP from the second spaceship to the other one was ridiculous.
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I didn't think the villain was that bad an idea, to be honest. I think they should have focused more on the failure of the other ship to make him a more important character; show video transmissions and stuff they received before they lost contact, something like that. Maybe they could have had one character who was obsessed with it and was watching them all the time, or something. He was introduced a bit late and a bit speedily, but he was a pretty scary chap. It did kind of start to fall apart with a lot of quick scenes near the end that weren't really fleshed out like the rest of the movie, but overall it was pretty good.
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i watched it and liked it. but uh, i thought the BADGUY was pretty gay and so vague as to make me think they didn't put any serious thought into his character, how he was still alive, or how he would even pose a threat in such a state. is it supposed to be supernatural, or what? so yeah, i thought that aspect of it was pretty poorly conceived. but the rest of the movie (like lars said, the parts that were not SURVIVAL HORROR) was pretty cool. i liked the cinematography or camerawork or whatever. everything was mad vivid and i dig that, usually.