Sunshine

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Brandon B This was honestly one of the worst movies I've ever watched. Not much of it made sense. I would not recommend. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/24/25 Full Review Frankie A Well, once you get the main point that the mission these unfortunates are going one is so important -- I mean, REALLY important, like if they fail, say goodbye to humanity, all life on earth, all the planets and, seems like our solar system to boot, once you get that, then you can understand that any human life on that ship is fully dispensable because the mission so THAT important. Once that is made clear, most of the drama and histrionics can just be skipped over (fast forward button if you're not in a theatre) and get yourself to the conflict which seems to be between some lunatic from an earlier, derelict mission who may or may not be actually alive, maybe not, who knows, because you barely can see most of the last quarter of the film because it's mostly flashing super bright lights combined with super closeups where you can barely see enough to understand what's going on with this ship and all its accidents. And then the worst assault on your eyes, with the screen being obliterated over and over by light caused by aiming the camera directly into the "sun," and then shaking it and swinging it wildly. I guess Film Effects 101 students might try this when they don't have a budget to make decent looking alien creatures and they'd possibly get a C minus, but here it's just a copout and let me say, annoying as all get out. A good editor can cut this thing down and lose all those cheap "special effects" and actually let us SEE what actually going on. The FX being used here are ineffectual and add nothing to the story except maybe confussion. Unfortunately, you've got a bevy of really good actors in this turkey, but Boyle seems unwilling or unable to pull them out of an atmosphere that feels like everyone is on the brink of clinical depression. Then throw in some jibber jabber nonsense about god (perhaps Rah, the Sun God?) being behind this whole mess because you know, Everything is dust and we are all headed back there anyway, so who is Man to try to change that. Oh yeah, a last bit of warning -- there's LOTS o peeps in this human barbeque fest who get burned alive, and I must say, the screams they make when getting turned into astronaut flambe are probably the most unpleasant and disturbing sounds I've ever heard in a SciFi movie. Enuf said. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 08/10/25 Full Review David W Vies for my favourite Boyle movie along with 28 Days later. Intelligent horror sci-fi with a great cast, superb direction and impressive special effects. Very strong work in all departments and strangely memorable. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/27/25 Full Review Craig K Suspenseful, high tech, and intriguing. Good futuristic sci fi movie. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/27/25 Full Review Kyle M Eventually distorts in vision with bleak prominence and franticness, the film boosts a thrillingly serene, theoretical concept with operational intelligence by an excellently rooted cast enveloped by stunning imagery. (B) Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/25/25 Full Review Tim R. Good acting and cinematography. Just a bit slow moving. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/24/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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