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An Evil Drunken Stepdad Bathes In Danny Boyle's SUNSHINE!!

Hey Merrick! by DocPazuzu	Jul 27th, 2006 02:22:50 PM
Don't be hatin' on Event Horizon!
I'm walkin' on sunshine... by paulh	Jul 27th, 2006 02:23:15 PM
since I'm FIRST! (?)
Third is the new FIRST, then. by paulh	Jul 27th, 2006 02:23:42 PM
:)
first by RogersPop75	Jul 27th, 2006 02:24:19 PM

"Cillian Murphy is as resplendent as ever" by DocPazuzu	Jul 27th, 2006 02:25:06 PM
Oh, please...
Hey, I liked Event Horizon by VanLingoMungo	Jul 27th, 2006 02:40:41 PM
Lay off. Yeah, I said it. I liked the movie.
There is NOTHING supernatural about the movie... by -guyinthebackrow	Jul 27th, 2006 02:41:45 PM
That is all.
danny boyle is money... by maceodkat	Jul 27th, 2006 02:42:28 PM
how can this guy go from suspense thriller, to drug flick, to the beach that wasnt bad, but wasnt great, but bounce back to deliver a solid horror flick, to a sci-fi flick?!? thats the kind of filmmaking that i would like to see more directors do. so hopefully they dont butcher the vision of this contempory genius. cant wait to see it.
This is quite possible the worst movie review ever by adrianmole	Jul 27th, 2006 02:46:32 PM

Adrianmole, I'd like to see your movie review by Garbageman33	Jul 27th, 2006 02:55:56 PM
Seeing as how you can't even make it all the way through a subject line without a glaring typo.
I'm with Doc P. on the suprising lack of hate... by Childe Roland	Jul 27th, 2006 03:00:06 PM
...I have for Event Horizon. I still make a point of catching that every time it comes on cable and am cusrious if a director's cut exists (although not quite curious enough to look it up, I suppose). It's quite atmospheric and creepy and there are some very solid performances in it. I htink most folks just hate it because Anderson directed. Not exactly fair, but understandable, I suppose, given his other crimes against cinema. As for this movie, I'm sorry, but my suspension of disbelief ends when they call the first manned mission to the sun "Icarus." Obviously the person who named the film in this world of the fiction has a passing familiarity with mythology (otherwise why pick that name for something that flies near the sun?) and, if that's so, then naming the craft Icarus is essentially wishing disaster on the mission. It would be like naming your new St. Bernard Cujo or your baby boy Hannibal Lecktor. It's just too stupid to be believed.
Umm... so this is set in the year one billion? by judderman	Jul 27th, 2006 03:07:39 PM
Because that's about as soon as we'll need to worry about the Sun starting to kill us off. And what the hell is this "magic payload" supposed to be, that can magically re-ignite the Sun? Just to replenish the hydrogen needed to restart the core would require a payload weighing, oh about a hundred septillion tons.
That's a few thousand times the mass of the Earth by judderman	Jul 27th, 2006 03:10:22 PM
in case you were wondering.
strike that. Make that octillion. by judderman	Jul 27th, 2006 03:12:20 PM

Roland by DocPazuzu	Jul 27th, 2006 03:22:55 PM
I haven't bought it yet, but I hear that the Special Edition DVD has loads of documentaries and things (including deleted scenes) which might answer that question.
Spoiler: The 'secret cargo' that they use to kick-start by brycemonkey	Jul 27th, 2006 03:24:37 PM
the sun is really Aborted Child Fetuses!
maceodkat, don't forget... by DarthCorleone	Jul 27th, 2006 03:24:47 PM
...A Life Less Ordinary and Millions. He has hits and misses, but Danny Boyle is without a doubt versatile.
Oh, and Event Horizon... by DarthCorleone	Jul 27th, 2006 03:26:13 PM
...is terrible. Just had to speak for the naysayers.
Event Horizon was good... by brycemonkey	Jul 27th, 2006 03:27:39 PM
until it started being silly. And Sean Pertwee was "Facking Awful!" I don't care if your dad is a timelord. Mine's a policeman...
perfect sunshine by tompbeast	Jul 27th, 2006 03:28:51 PM
I like Danny Boyle! the man's a gent! I almost walked into him at the cinema in Brighton ages ago and while I stood trying to figure out how come i knew this guy he smiled politely said hi and i walked off saying to my other half 'Fucking hell! that's the guy who directed Trainspotting!', and he probably comforted his little girl and said don't worry dear the strange man's gone now! lol! anyway I like his movies too, obviously Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, 28 Days later and even Millions which is essentially a kids film although I don't think A life less Ordinary works all that well at least he shifts gears and genres with each film he makes and he's the closest we've got to someone like Kubrik. Sunshine looks shithot! I can't believe it's in any way comparable to Event Horizon which stunk of piss and that was before I knew who Paul Anderson was! Anyway i like the look of it and the cast is great and Boyle can get into characters heads really well and I don't mind the ship being called Icarus, surely they know it's a very risky mission flying so close to the sun and therefore it's aptly named! what would you call the ship? Snowball!?
brycemonkey by DocPazuzu	Jul 27th, 2006 03:34:08 PM
I'll agree with you up to a point. The film begins to unravel when Dr. Weir comes back as a bald ceno-lite. Up until then, I loved it. Sure, it's trash, but it has a few good scares, good acting (mostly), a creepy atmosphere, and wonderful production design.
tompbeast... AH MY EYES... by Sizable Newt	Jul 27th, 2006 03:39:00 PM
Look up run-on sentence in the dictionary. Jesus Christ...
Best moment in Event Horizon... by Ricky Henderson	Jul 27th, 2006 03:39:55 PM
...is when they de-scramble the video log of the crew and see images of some really sick, twisted stuff (cannabalism, etc). Then Laurence Fishburne just shuts it off and says "we're leavin'" That was hilarious. Oh yeah, and this Danny Boyle film looks like Solaris all over again.
Oh absolutely Doc... by brycemonkey	Jul 27th, 2006 03:42:38 PM
More than half the movie works, and several scenes are genuinely scary. Unfortunately it mostly unravels towards the end. I think someone (the Director/producers?) couldn't really decide what type of movie they wanted.
dont be hating on solaris by aestheticity	Jul 27th, 2006 03:45:06 PM

And I'm interested in this anyway. by brycemonkey	Jul 27th, 2006 03:46:04 PM
I love me some freaky sci-fi and I'm hoping this delivers.
I'll hate on Solaris all I want by Ricky Henderson	Jul 27th, 2006 03:46:59 PM
What, I should repsect that awful vanity-riddled snooze fest?
There is a twist at the end though... by brycemonkey	Jul 27th, 2006 03:49:01 PM
they fly around the sun, mission completed, only to find themselves in 1986 San Francisco! "Double dumbass on you!"
Snowball would've been a better name... by Childe Roland	Jul 27th, 2006 03:51:16 PM
...for the ship than Icarus (as in "Snowball's chance in hell of success"). At least it remains hopeful that the whole thing won't be yet another futile lesson in man's hubris over the technologies he's wrought. How about Intrepid? Or Hot Shot Part Deux? Really, just about anything would be less conveniently foreshadowing than Icarus. And I agree with both bryce and Doc P. on where Event Horizon starts to come apart at the seams. It feels like there should be more movie there to justify the abrupt shift in tone, which is why I was curious about the special edition DVD and any deleted materials. I put it on the same level as Silent Hill, which I'm positive lost about an hour of footage around the place where they inserted that expository film within a film flashback that just pulled me right out of the story. I'd like to see what the movie(s) would've looked like wihtout the conventional time constraints...not that I think they'd be classics, but they're so close to being good films even as released. I can't help but be curious.
Sorry Sizable newt by tompbeast	Jul 27th, 2006 03:53:18 PM
my full stop key's all sticky!
"Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see..." by DocPazuzu	Jul 27th, 2006 03:55:29 PM
Love that bit. Also, I almost shit myself the first time I watched that scene where Weir is crawling through those green-lit shafts and the lights begin to flash on and off, and suddenly his dead, eyeless wife is right next to him.
I need to go back and rewatch Solaris... by brycemonkey	Jul 27th, 2006 03:56:06 PM
I wanted to like it so bad but just couldn't get into it. Now, faced with the prospect of rewatching it, I always put it off and watch something else.
Yeah Doc! Corridor scene is right up there. by brycemonkey	Jul 27th, 2006 03:58:21 PM
Freaky shit central. Also Liked the opening spinning zoom shot. If watched on the big screen it makes you pretty dizzy. (Even if it is a 2001 rip off.)
From Sunshine, to The Fountain, to Children of Men... by odysseus	Jul 27th, 2006 04:26:17 PM
...we have some cool sci-fi to look forward to!
I've seen the film... by Carson Dyle	Jul 27th, 2006 04:37:54 PM
There is NO "supernatural" element. Spiritual yes. Psychological yes. Existential yes. Supernatural no
why does every.... by capitol f	Jul 27th, 2006 04:43:57 PM
...new sci fi project automatically get compared to solaris on the talkbacks? come people, there are plenty of shitty sci fi movies out there to compare.
I think the basic premise is similar to Solaris and by brycemonkey	Jul 27th, 2006 04:59:13 PM
Event Horizon here. Hence the TB direction. Going somewhere in a spaceship, another spaceship is already there from a previous mission, newbies dock with first ship, freaky shit starts. All three have that as a common story thread even though (hopefully) they are all very different movies.
Event Horizon: SE by Pazuzu2k	Jul 27th, 2006 05:14:06 PM
Event Horizon was one of those rare miracles when a runaway production gets slapped together by committee and actually turns out halfway decent. The original script had a vague ending involving that got changed into what we saw after a shitload of test screenings. If Anderson ever did do a director's cut he'd probably just fuck up INHO one of the best horror films of the last decade.
I just saw "Millions" the other day and I really by Novaman5000	Jul 27th, 2006 05:23:28 PM
enjoyed it. It's kind of cool that this guy can bounce around from genre to genre like that and still pull off enjoyable films. I'm definitely interested in seeing this one.
Sci-Fi vs. Science Fiction by godoffireinhell	Jul 27th, 2006 05:35:01 PM
Sci-Fi is all about them 'splosions and chase scenes in vaguely futuristic looking sets. Science Fiction is about big ideas, philosophy and science. Hopefully this will be a science fiction film.
Oh shit... by Mr Nice Gaius	Jul 27th, 2006 05:36:26 PM
Someone did NOT just post under the name "Pazuzu2k". zfisk/homewrecker is going to have a field day with your ass. Way to go, genius. ;^)
I've pissed on better plants than this by chickychow	Jul 27th, 2006 06:24:42 PM
"Johnny Storm is back?" gimme a break, douchebag.
Event Horizon does cheap scares pretty well. by chickychow	Jul 27th, 2006 06:28:37 PM
no its not a masterpiece, but in the realm of quiet-scene-that-abruptly-has- a-loud-noise-from-out-of-nowhe re horror movies its not too bad. seeing it in a theater with the sound fucking amped to 11 didnt hurt.
chickychow by DocPazuzu	Jul 27th, 2006 06:41:42 PM
Actually, I think Event Horizon is one step higher on the scale of cheap scares than that. Most nu-horror films today do the sudden-jump-cut-screech-sound- combo thing which is the lowest of the low since it relies entirely on the shock of sudden changed visuals and jarring audio. It's base, cowardly and stupid. Most of Event Horizon's sudden scares at least arrive in an atmosphere of dread. The film has enough faith in itself that it alludes to something scary just about to happen before springing it on its viewers. It's not like the Boogeyman "reimagining", Darkness Falls or any of those other cheap-ass shitburgers with boo-out-of-nowhere shocks.
'Sunshine' is a BAD title by performingmonkey	Jul 27th, 2006 06:43:29 PM
Somehow, 'Solaris' sounds like a sci-fi flick. 'Sunshine' doesn't. It needs a title change. Other than that, I'm DEFINITELY gonna give this a go because Danny Boyle is such a diverse filmmaker. And not 'diverse' as in only people on crystal meth can enjoy it.
Merrick Sucks !!! by Darth Evil Dead	Jul 27th, 2006 06:56:52 PM
Merrick has no talent...Everyone on this board sucks !! Please email all hate mail to me at nikkifinke@deadlinehollywood.c om Please I would like to hear how much I suck. Email me now!!
ZWARTBOEK!!!!! by thebearovingian	Jul 27th, 2006 08:05:14 PM
28 Days Later was trash. Solaris was a major pile of crap. Sunshine may be both, or it may be neither, or it may be a little like mom and a little like dad.
by FrankLanguage	Jul 27th, 2006 08:21:06 PM
Why does this site always bash Event Horizon? How can one not dig Damian vs. Morpheus, butt nekked, latin-speaking satanic spacemen and a black hole straight to hell? That film was HARD, way harder'n Aliens 1, 3, 4, - vs. Predator, darker'n 2, better than Outland, Solaris, etc. Those of you who have only heard or assume it sucks, put up, rent out, light up, freak out. I love Boyle... only hope he's in 28 Days Later mode and that this doesn't become some sorta new-agey zzzzfest like Contact/Deep Impact/Solaris.
If it's anything like Event Horizone or Solaris... by scrivener	Jul 27th, 2006 08:48:47 PM
I'm already sold. I love this cerebral high-scifi shit.
Right on, Danny! by Rakafraker	Jul 27th, 2006 08:50:01 PM
Switching it up again! I really want this to be good. With all the SF coming out, I must say that it's about time we had a good vein of it coming out. Yea!
Yeesh! by Rakafraker	Jul 27th, 2006 08:51:05 PM
I'm going back to bed.
Event Horizon by scrivener	Jul 27th, 2006 08:51:26 PM
Event Horizone is the sequel, in which a jump drive test in Arizona shifts the entire planet into the hell dimension. Pinhead and Chatterer costar.
We should... by Christopher3	Jul 27th, 2006 09:33:39 PM
Go inside, becuase it'll be getting dark soon, and they mostly come out at night. Meeewwwwstly. Bloody hell, when was the last time we had a good scary space movie? "Event Horizon" and "Pitch Black" don't count, because whatever their merits -- and I think that they're few -- those movies weren't scary.
Title seems a little upbeat and pleasant by The Dum Guy	Jul 27th, 2006 09:53:38 PM
I bet in the end they all go home after they save the sun.
Event Horizon by PantherMatt	Jul 27th, 2006 11:15:29 PM
Is the second worst modern film ever made. Right behind "Congo". The ONLY good part ws the opening shot. Everything after that ws downhill. No Lie. I don't care how disoriented you get, if you see your long dead, eyeless wife, dressed in a nightgown, light years from the planet she died on? There is NO WAY you're even confused for a SECOND! I've dropped before. I've shroomed. whatever. there are just some things that you go: "Yeah. That ain't real" And that, friends, is but one of many moments in that film. What a waste of time and effort that movie was... Please, may this be better!
Children of Men????!!!! by thebearovingian	Jul 28th, 2006 12:19:43 AM
You mean to tell me that someone on this site is looking forward to that movie? I just saw the trailer tonight and experienced the most intense "WTF?" moment ever. Great premise: No chicks can have babies anymore. "I'll get you to The Human Project. I promise." OMG
For fucks sake. by Harry Weinstein	Jul 28th, 2006 01:02:14 AM
"But the real treat of the film was the surprising turn from Chris Evans, that
"...a universe of pure chaos, pure evil..." by bigdickmcgee	Jul 28th, 2006 01:25:36 AM
Event Horizon is a great bad-movie! It's silly nonsense, but it's also freaky fun. Excellent special fx, great visuals, spectacular gore and Laurence Fishburn. Come on! To me, the true masterpiece in the genre is LIFEFORCE. But this is pretty good, too. In the right mood, with the right friends, after the right number of drinks, this movie is a blast. And I also learned Latin (save yourself....from Hell). Lookin' forward to Sunshine. Here's hopin' it doesn't suck.
oh and... by bigdickmcgee	Jul 28th, 2006 01:28:10 AM
Tell me that scene where the first crew of the EH are fucking each other while ripping out their own innards, eyeballs, flesh...now that was a scene!
Cillian Murphy rules by Cineman	Jul 28th, 2006 02:54:39 AM
If you didn't like him just cuz of Batman Begins (which I thought he was fantastic in considering how little Scarecrow is in the film) watch Breakfast On Pluto. Though I may not have used a phrase like "resplendent as ever," he's awesome.
thanks bigdickmcgee by tompbeast	Jul 28th, 2006 04:14:02 AM
I had forgot about that freaky film! Lifeforce was an amazing movie!!! we dropped a load of magic mushrooms started to trip out and then watched this space vampire woman with the best tits ever walking around a spaceship for what seemed like an eternity! what a trip! had totally forgot about that experience! Event Horizon on the otherhand for me at least wasn't a good experience.
Mmmm.... Lifeforce.... by DocPazuzu	Jul 28th, 2006 04:50:25 AM
...space vampires, alien starships, exploding bodies, zombies, Halley's Comet, Patrick Stewart, giant space bats, and the incredible Mathilda May fully nude through most of the film. They don't make 'em like that anymore.... sigh...
Oh, and... by DocPazuzu	Jul 28th, 2006 04:51:38 AM
...Henry Mancini's awesome soundtrack.
Lifeforce is totally out of its f'n mind by chickychow	Jul 28th, 2006 08:52:11 AM
but in a good way.
Mmmmm Mathilda May - Boing!!! by ComputerGuy68	Jul 28th, 2006 09:38:09 AM
Lifeforce was one of those films that was so odd. But the skin in that was great! - Event Horizon has a bunch of cool moments, why can't Anderson make more films like that? Any film that uses the music of The Prodigy is cool (except Charlie's Angels) - Of course everyone knows Icarus I was lost at Z'ha'dum ;)
EH: Notice the Austrailian flag patch? by durhay	Jul 28th, 2006 09:52:06 AM

This reviewer is an idiot, and probably a plant by Doc_McCoy	Jul 28th, 2006 12:47:53 PM
There's nothing supernatural in this movie.
durhay by DocPazuzu	Jul 28th, 2006 01:17:45 PM
Good spot. Perhaps you also noticed that Teresa May is still a centerfold in 2047... ;)
MILLIONS!!!! by HarmoniumSaver	Jul 29th, 2006 09:09:05 PM
y'all forgot "Millions" between "28 days" and this! one of the BEST fucking kids movies I've seen in years, especially since it doesn't insult kids in the audience and has kickass music. (MUSE anyone?) Not that I don't like other choices in music lately, like Ben Folds in "Over the Hedge" but seriously...Rock On Mr. Boyle.
Event Horizon's biggest sin... by NowImTheMonster	Jul 31st, 2006 10:10:04 AM
was convincing me that this Mr P Anderson might actually be a talent worth watching. I enjoyed EH for what it was, Hellraiser in space with some good effects and good humour. I actually thought thta maybe if they gave this man some money there might be anotherg James Cameron inside waiting to get out. Then he did Soldier... and Mortal Kombat.. and on and on... oh Jesus, how wrong could I have been?
Wiped away from the great purge of 9/2006 by 0rcus	Jan 24th, 2007 01:33:14 PM
pity
Seems like the usual Hollywood crap by Dee1973	Feb 26th, 2007 02:04:53 PM
yeah, it is a pity

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