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Product Description: Fifty years into the future a team of astronauts are sent to deploy a device to reignite the dying sun.System Requirements:Running Time: 110 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/RACE AGAINST TIME Rating: R UPC: 024543444589 Manufacturer No: 2244458 Amazon.com: A novel blend of doomsday thriller and meditative science fiction, Danny Boyle's Sunshine imagines a disturbing future in which mankind must re-ignite the sun or face total extinction. A team of scientists and crew members (played by an eclectic cast that includes Cillian Murphy from Boyle's 28 Days Later, The Fantastic Four's Chris Evans, Rose Byrne of TV's Damages, and martial-arts legend Michelle Yeoh) is dispatched to the dying star, but disaster strikes from almost every conceivable angle; as the crew is whittled down by accidents and psychological breaks, the survivors must discover a way to carry out the mission or seal the fate of the world's population. Alternately exciting and pensive, Sunshine's dichotomous tone may throw viewers expecting a special-effects bonanza (though the film's visuals are frequently stunning), but for those who recall such cerebral '70s efforts as Silent Running and Phase IV, Boyle's unusual take will be refreshing and even fascinating. The DVD includes commentaries by Boyle and Dr. Brian Cox, who served as the film's science advisor; Boyle also lends his voice to a brace of deleted scenes, including an alternate ending (which doesn't improve on the one used in the film). Thorough production diaries cover every aspect of the film's execution, from casting to special effects design, while a pair of unrelated short films by Chris Shepherd and Dan Arnold seems to be included only as a gesture of Boyle's appreciation for these directors. --Paul Gaita Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-08
"Good Day Sunshine"
In the nearby future - 2057 to be precisely - the sun is dying. The only hope for mankind to survive is to ignite a gigantic atom-bomb in the core of the sun in order to rekindle her energy. The Icarus II is on her way to the sun to deliver her payload.
A few of the key-role players are Dr. Searle, a psychologist played by Cliff Curtis, Dr. Capa, a brilliant thirty year old physicist played by Cillian Murphy and the excellent Benedict Wong in the role of Dr. Trey the brilliant mathematician but responsible for huge problems with the Icarus II.
John Murphy and Underworld are responsible for the excellent and quiet electric guitar music.
The first thirty minutes are slow paced and maybe a little tedious, with an emphasis on brilliant special effects (one of the strongest points of this movie.) But after that the tension and drama are gradually build up to the dramatic end sequence.
It's one of the best SF-movies I ever saw. It can compete with "Space-Odyssey 2001", "Solaris", and "Alien".
For those who want more background information about the meaning of several scenes in the film, and are interested in astronomy and astrophysics, I would strongly suggest to play the movie a second time with the audio-commentary by the English physicist Dr. Brian Cox of the University of Manchester. Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-01
Very good movie with little flaws
Sunshine on blu-ray blew my mind visually and as well with its fantastic audio. I don't understand why some people say it was slow in the beginning -- this is not an action movie people, it is necessary to explain why and what is going on. I am pretty critical and judging movies so this is why I gave it a 4 (would have been 4.5 if amazon let me). Something I found interesting from this movie was that all of the actors were in big movies but not necessarily the top roles (excluding Cillian Murphy). One from live free or die hard, troy, last samurai, fantastic four series, and so on... All the actors did a great job and the cinematography was absolutely wonderful. If you like movies you will like this one. But just remember its not about 7 action heroes diving into the sun. Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-30
Shame about the Ending
Great premise. Great cast. Nice atmosphere, suspense and effects. Extremely cool sun. Pity they threw it all away at the end. Just when it ought to get really interesting, they shrug and turn it into a cheap, predictable horror flick. What a waste of talent! Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-29
Sperm fertilizes egg
Reviewer Altman comes closest when he asks "where does their gravity come from in this 2001-look-alike spaceship?" but when 2001: A Space Odyssey was released, at least somebody picked up on the sperm-appearing Discovery swimming in space. Sunshine's imagery is much more explicit, but a search among hundreds of Amazon reviews (and Ebert is clueless) for a hint of recognition fails. Perhaps viewers are too distracted by the numerous logical and fundamental scientific flaws in the plot and script to see the core concept. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-23
the movie is now oe of my favoties, definitely reccomend
I was totally blown away by the movie, the whole cast was great, i especially liked Cillian Murphy's role. The whole plot to start out with is good, and it just evolves greatly into a more scifi/horror around the middle. I recommends this to anyone, the story was great, it was paced excellently and the acting was superb. |
