“If we burn our wings, flying too close to the sun…”
everyday glory, movies and TV July 27th, 2007I saw Sunshine with Tyranist at lunch.
A spaceship. (A BIG spaceship.)
An eight-person crew.
And the literal weight of the world on their shoulders.
Pop quiz:
- Could you handle the responsibility?
- If it came down to it, could you make the tough, hard-line decisions that deal with peoples’ lives… and potential deaths?
- Would you be able to function – just “function” – if the world started falling apart around you?
Going into this, I had (a few small) fears of this being a rehash of The Core. Fortunately, this movie did not succumb to the many failings that plagued that film. I think that Mr. Boyle did a good job of showing the underlying tension that the crew felt. And the special effects were good. Very good. (One word: “Mercury.”) One thing that I would have liked to have seen done a little differently: I would have preferred if the exterior shots had been completely silent, except for radio chatter/static. I think that would have done a great deal to reminding the audience of how big and ominous – and silent – space is. As it was, the sounds that they did use were used relatively sparingly and did not really detract from the scenes.
All-in-all, I give the movie a thumbs-up with an okay. I’d even go see it again.
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July 27th, 2007 at 5:17 PM
Oh, and one other thing . . . the name of the ship. Icarus. Isn’t that sort of like asking for failure?