Sunshine (2007)

the distress signal of Icarus 1 is one of the most plaintive little pieces of sound design ever

David Sims

me watching this in 2007: "what a hypnotically transportive meditation on god, death, and the inexhaustible flame of humanity." me watching this in 2023: "the sun is quiet quitting lol"

davidehrlich

I don't entirely disagree with the common complaint that the climax is unnecessarily muddling; who needs a serial killer bad guy when outer space itself is already so hostile? But the villain's Sun God madness is also an example of the competing threads here of pragmatism…

matt lynch

have yet to see a space film where everyone just has a nice time edit: yes i have now seen project hail mary

🦇rosie🦇

the hottest thing in this movie isn't the sun ;))))

amaya

Catch me in the o2 garden hitting that space weed with Michelle Yeoh.

Nick Rynott

In Defense of Sunshine's Third Act "Capa, warning: you are dying. All crew are dying." But it's not just Capa and his crew that are dying. We're all dying, the whole human race, and that's absolutely terrifying. Look far enough into the future and you begin to stare…

ScreeningNotes

threw this on at 1 am with no knowledge of what it was about aside from the generationally stacked cast and found myself in tears by the final scene and nearly having nightmares about captain pinbacker. instant all-timer sci-fi. boyle and garland should work together…

zoë rose bryant

if i had a nickel for every time cillian murphy set off a bomb, i would have two nickels. which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

maria