tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post7623034753201472158..comments2024-01-30T04:32:47.585-05:00Comments on The Cooler: Queue It Up: SunshineJason Bellamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150199580478147196noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-42560104092046820042009-03-16T03:13:00.000-04:002009-03-16T03:13:00.000-04:00Put me in the corner with Daniel and the rest of t...Put me in the corner with Daniel and the rest of the masses. A beautiful action sci-fi film, with excellent acting (out of Chris Evans, no less!), but the ash-man was too much. Still, I enjoyed it (and even was lucky enough to see it on the big screen, where it should be seen) and own it, though I have yet to re-visit it.Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-73299851181288353342009-02-27T13:59:00.000-05:002009-02-27T13:59:00.000-05:00Daniel: Thanks for the comment. I agree that the m...Daniel: Thanks for the comment. I agree that the movie runs off the rails in the final act. Disappointing. But I've gotten over it. Mostly.Jason Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150199580478147196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-65379048571112243632009-02-25T14:28:00.000-05:002009-02-25T14:28:00.000-05:00In my opinion, 2010 is dull in comparison with Sun...In my opinion, <I>2010</I> is dull in comparison with <I>Sunshine</I>. The former may be more plausible, but it doesn't have the visual dazzle or the thrills and surprises of the latter. <I>Sunshine</I> is a smart, stylish, thrilling film. I would definitely put it on a top ten list of the best science fiction films.Richard Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397053921647421425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-8948617491564081362009-02-25T12:43:00.000-05:002009-02-25T12:43:00.000-05:00Great review! I'm always excited to see reviews of...Great review! I'm always excited to see reviews of movies that I felt a little something for even though I didn't love them, because it provides a chance to perhaps think differently about it.<BR/><BR/>Almost works here. All of what you say in the first half here is dead on - this movie almost revived the sci-fi genre for me altogether. But still, I have to admit that I still take the popular opinion on this one in that the third act wasn't what I had hoped for. Conceptually I found it interesting, but the thrills were absent and the execution (and executions) disappointed me for some reason. <BR/><BR/>On a somewhat related note, I just ran across <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/02/25/galaxy.planets.kepler/index.html?iref=mpstoryview" REL="nofollow">this article</A>, which reminded me of the film primarily because of the graphic.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-5069082929127424812009-02-25T07:35:00.000-05:002009-02-25T07:35:00.000-05:00Anon: If you can't suspend disbelief with this fil...Anon: If you can't suspend disbelief with this film, fair enough. I think what I wrote above makes clear that aspects of this film's plot are entirely "indefensible" and "unrealistic" in terms of scientific decisions. In fact, I used those very words.<BR/><BR/>I must say, however, that this line of your rebuttal struck me as comedy: "(my world) isn't quite as rife with incompetence and stupidity." I presume this means you live in the world that hasn't lived through eight years of George W Bush, that isn't currently in the midst of a financial crisis, etc. Of late, it seems that "rife with incompetence and stupidity" is at least our country's motto.<BR/><BR/>To be clear, what I find engaging about <I>Sunshine</I> is that it puts wildly implausible dramatic acts within a plausible world -- something many sci-fi films never attempt.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for weighing in.Jason Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150199580478147196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-19468511053376972282009-02-24T23:11:00.000-05:002009-02-24T23:11:00.000-05:00I'm not sure about the world you know, but mine is...I'm not sure about the world you know, but mine isn't quite as rife with incompetence and stupidity. The teens I worked with selling popcorn at a movie theatre in the eighties would have made a more convincing group of world saviors than the idiots Boyle and Alex Garland serve up. I can't shut off enough of my brain to enjoy the unrelenting "dumb" of "Sunshine." The highly overlooked "2010," from which Garland stole ninety percent of his plot (he stole the remaining ten percent, of course, from "Alien" and "Event Horizon"), is every bit as entertaining, you can actually follow the action sequences because Danny "The Spaz" Boyle isn't on-hand shaking the camera, and the plotting and characters don't insult the viewer's intelligence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com