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Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 8-JAN-2008
Media Type: DVD

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::AMAZON REVIEWS::

Sunshine shines
SUNSHINE is an epic sci-fi tinker. The effects and the science behind the mission to our nearest star are both interesting and reasonably plausible. Of course, the movie takes theatrical liberties, but all in all the integrity of the film stays intact. The movie is more about psychology than it is about anything else. There are confusing moments, but for the most part the plot is solid and engaging. The acting is very good. The emotional investment comes at a much slower pace than movies like ARMAGEDON, but it still resonates. Great film for thinkers!

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Great Sci-Fi
I agree with most of the other reviews that this is a great sci-fi flick with a disappointing ending. I didn't hate the ending, just thought they could have come up with something better. But that doesn't stop this from being a very good film. Good acting, good story, great special effects.

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Bright to start, cloudy later
This movie invites comparisons with such classics as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris (particularly the Soderburgh version) and during the first half such comparisons are fully justified. SUNSHINE starts well. The first hour is meditative and moody with various philosophical themes thrown into the mix. The effects and cinematography are excellent and the performances good throughout. The tension is efficiently ratcheted up and by the half-way point, when an important revelation is uncovered, the viewer is eager and hopeful for a satisfying denouement that matches what has gone before. Sadly this viewer was disappointed. The second half invites comparison with movies such as Event Horizon rather than the aforementioned think-pieces. Now I enjoyed Event Horizon but it's a totally different animal to that which SUNSHINE aspires to be. Without giving too much away what begins as a thoughtful movie ends as a rather conventional SF/horror flick. However, even when it succumbs to these cliches it remains creative and well-produced. What's frustrating is that it could have been a much better movie had it maintained the subtler, higher tone it begins with.

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Zombie ex machina
The first 2/3rds of the movie make you think you're watching potentially the greatest sci-fi story ever told. The rendition of the cold, emptiness of space is amazingly realistic, as is the visual portrayal of the thin line between freezing to death and burning to a crisp. Then, writer's block sets in as the filmmakers pick a peculiarly soft-headed and formulaic path to conclude the story. An incredibly frustrating movie, because it could have been so much better.

(from Wiki) "Deus ex machina: a plot device whereby a previously intractable problem is suddenly and abruptly solved with a contrived introduction of a new character, ability, or object. It is generally considered to be a poor storytelling technique because it undermines the story's internal logic."

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Sunshine (2007) [Blu-ray]
Danny Boyle's Sunshine bursts into viewers with great energy and passion and re-detonated the sci-fi genre, which had been burnt out over the past decade (it's still one of the best films of the genre since its release). This innovative spectacle breaches the core of sci-fi entertainment and taps into the intuition of humanity. Sunshine is about more than just feeding hungry watchers with its filling dose of amusement; it's about dissension and the varying ways people come to terms with it, and it excavates the everlasting battle between religion and sciences, as well -- in an artful, thrilling manner. The Blu-ray remaster is the version you need to own, though, due to the picture's unprecedented visual tenacity.

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