Sunshine

Blackett

I had the privilege to see this film last night and it has been a long time since I was so glued to the screen by such a beautiful film.

As you can see from the trailer the story is about the sun dying and a group of specially trained scientists have decided that it would be a really good idea to dander up there and try and stoke up the fire again with a huge bomb. Of course all does not go to plan because that would make a very boring film and the crew is soon left fighting for their lives whilst trying to save the human race.

Im finding it really difficult to talk about this film with out mentioning the ending which I cant as in true Danny Boyle style about an hour before the end the film completely changes pace and the story changes into a whole new direction. It has been mentioned by some reviewers that the ending is much in the style of Donnie Darko and is hard to understand, personally i didnt have a problem with it and found it both beautiful and moving.

I've mentioned that the film is beautiful three times now but it is not a case of style over substance. Most of the film seems like a love letter to Alien with the action being on board the space ship whith brief glimpses of what is outside, which includes an amazing shot of Mercury travelling past the Sun which is unlike anything I have seen on film, not only because of how it looks but becasue of the actor's reactions. The acting is superb and you truly end up caring about every character , well that is except for Chris Evans who plays typical I'm an ass Chris Evans but even he pulls through by the end of the film. And when difficult decisions have to be made you really feel for every memeber of the crew. I didnt expect to cry during this film but because of the superb acting and the story I found myself welling up on more than one occasion.

However on the down side (I feel as though i hould have down side because i could gush about this film for so long) there are a number of points that distracted away from the film such as a couple of convenient extra mechanical bits and bobs which made a rather big plot point slightly more convenient and the camera work at the end was a little confusing but was clearly a stylistic choice and it does serve the purpose intended, however its still a little confusing. Finally this film is pure sci-fi which means people will hate it which is only a bad point because i loved it so much i feel every one should adore it equally.