Danny Boyle's "Sunshine"
Basil Jet
Any good?
Sunday 29th, 10pm on C4.
Sunday 29th, 11pm on C4+1
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Halmyre
wrote:
> Any good?
>
> Sunday 29th, 10pm on C4.
> Sunday 29th, 11pm on C4+1
>
Apparently very hokey from a scientific point of view, and full of
standard horror movie cliches - "I'm going off alone down this dark
corridor to see if there's a homicidal maniac at the end of it."
Scientific adviser is Horizon's favourite science pin-up boy, Brian
Cox.
I'm tempted.
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Halmyre
yaffle53
> Apparently very hokey from a scientific point of view, and full of
> standard horror movie cliches - "I'm going off alone down this dark
> corridor to see if there's a homicidal maniac at the end of it."
And there always is isn't there! You'd think just occasionally they'd
get to the end and find nothing, but no.
Cheers
Jeff
AC
"Basil Jet" <jo...@journeyflow.spamspam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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I put it down as one of those films that's slow and boring so it can look
clever and worthy. It bored me senseless.
AC
David Skinner
A.C...@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk says...
> Last week a fairly connoisseural (?) colleague of mine recommended I buy it
> on DVD, having just enjoyed "Moon", and then I discovered it was on C4 this
> Sunday, so that's a preview sorted then.
I hope it's not much like Moon. I'm looking forward to seeing Moon - got
the DVD on my Santa list, but I found Sunshine rather unremarkable.
G Bell
>Any good?
>Sunday 29th, 10pm on C4.
>Sunday 29th, 11pm on C4+1
Complete and utter pish, almost as bad as 28 Weeks Later, now that was
quite an achievment in complete and utter awfulness.
Graham
Halmyre
Aw, now you've gone and spoiled it. Probably.
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Halmyre
Fred X
I was reading an article about sci-fi films from a technological
point of view and the author said that Brian Cox's DVD commentary
is better than the film itself! Whether that means that the film is
crap and or that his commentary is so brilliant, I don't know. :)
Fred X
Jeff Lawrence
wrote:
> Any good?
>
> Sunday 29th, 10pm on C4.
> Sunday 29th, 11pm on C4+1
It's quite apt that they're showing this at the moment because
according to a Dutch astromoner the sun is currently dead and
therefore the earth will be cooling down from now on. http://tinyurl.com/yjrgjwa
Cheers
Jeff
Brian Smith
> Thus spake David Skinner (drsk...@ntlworlderasethis.com) unto the assembled multitudes:
>
>> I hope it's not much like Moon. I'm looking forward to seeing Moon - got
>> the DVD on my Santa list, but I found Sunshine rather unremarkable.
>
>
Agreed, it's a really good film, especially if you don't know the
spoilers beforehand.
Schrodinger
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I thought it was "ok". Nothing at all special about it and the plot is
holier than the pope's socks.
GordonD
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Some parts make 'The Core' look scientifically accurate.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God."
David Skinner
says...
> Agreed, it's a really good film, especially if you don't know the
> spoilers beforehand.
I watched a review on TV which did an annoyingly good job of giving me
enough clues to have a stab at the key plot.
Mark A
> That's what made it good for me. All I knew in advance was what was
> written in the Blu-ray sleeve notes. The plot unfolded brilliantly
> and it was quite late into the film that I finally understood what
> was going on. That's how it should be. They did a brilliant job
> with the CGI; it really wasn't obvious at all and much was only
> revealed in the "Making of Moon" special feature.
It's one of those films that you think, "Hmm, yeah, not bad, but
could've been better". There are certainly worse ways to spend
an hour or two, but ultimately it's fairly forgettable. Which, for
a film maker spending best part of a year doing, and spending
millions and millions of dollars on, isn't really what they want to
hear, I'm sure, but that's just the way it is.
Regards
Mark
Schrodinger
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>> "Basil Jet" <jo...@journeyflow.spamspam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> Any good?
>>>
>>> Sunday 29th, 10pm on C4.
>>> Sunday 29th, 11pm on C4+1
>>>
>>> --
>>> We are the Strasbourg. Referendum is futile.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I thought it was "ok". Nothing at all special about it and the plot is
>> holier than the pope's socks.
>
>
> Some parts make 'The Core' look scientifically accurate.
> --
I understand Russell T Davies wrote to Danny Boyle protesting about
scientific innacuracies...
DVDfever
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> Any good?
>
> Sunday 29th, 10pm on C4.
It's great for the first 2/3 and then something happens that turns it
completely and utterly fucking wank.
Danny Boyle, you fucking charlatan. Trainspotting was great, but 28
Days Later was a pile of shit. 28 Weeks Later was much better, but
Sunshine was really fucked up 2/3 in and that Slumdog film looks shit
as well.
Fred X
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>>>>
>>>> Any good?
>>>>
>>>> Sunday 29th, 10pm on C4.
>>>> Sunday 29th, 11pm on C4+1
>>>>
>>>> -- We are the Strasbourg. Referendum is futile.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I thought it was "ok". Nothing at all special about it and the plot
>>> is holier than the pope's socks.
>>
>>
>> Some parts make 'The Core' look scientifically accurate.
>> --
>
> I understand Russell T Davies wrote to Danny Boyle protesting about
> scientific innacuracies...
>
..and the lack of gay references. Russell said that if he had written
it then it would have been about a black hole instead of the sun.
Fred X