Sunshine
is a British sci-fi film released back in 2007 directed by
Danny Boyle. The movie was a financial flop and was met with mixed reviews;
some praised the film for its visual style and unique take on a possible
problem while others panned it for its weak final act and absurdness.
Sunshine takes place about 40 years in the future where our sun has started to
die and earth has been thrown into another ice age. Humanities only hope is to
work together to reignite the sun. Mankind invents a bomb the size
of Manhattan that they plan to throw into the sun that
will essentially make another star inside the sun. A couple years
before they sent a bomb off with a crew but they lose them once they get near
Mercury. So they send a new team, and with the sun almost dead this is their
last shot. While the new ship passes Mercury they pick up a signal from the old
ship and decide to go see what's up. Once aboard they discover that
the other crew went crazy and believed it was the will of God for humanity to
die, and they all committed suicide by turning the protection tint on
the what are essentially windows on the ship facing the sun. Being so close
with no protection, the where basically set on fire. Soon
after a terrible accident happens that leaves four of the crew members stranded
on the old ship with the airlock destroyed. They only way off would be to eject
themselves from the ship in hopes they can make it to a hatch that is open on
their ship. In this process one of the crew members dies after going adrift in
space with no protection and a member who had to stay behind to open the
airlock commits suicide the same way as the other crew instead of starving to
death. Once aboard the remaining crew members decide to continue the mission,
but it is hard to come back from something like that. And the soon learn that
something is very wrong with their ship. Sunshine is a very good movie; the
only really bad problem would probably be the last 30 minutes. Up to that point
I was engaged and interested with the story. But the throw in a
"twist" that is such a pathetic and impossible cop-out it takes a lot
away from the movie. Another thing that people complained about, that didn't
really bother me personally was the scientific accuracy of the movie.
It's... less than factual in a couple parts. Sunshine has its faults like any
movie but I still loved it. It is a visually stunning and interesting movie,
and even with its flaws it is a movie that I'd recommend if you're a
sci-fi fan.
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