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I know it's pointless to discuss about personal taste, and movies are a great example and reminder of that. But to me Sunshine characters looked like a bunch of
by Udik 9y ago
I know it's pointless to discuss about personal taste, and movies are a great example and reminder of that. But to me Sunshine characters looked like a bunch of Big Brother contestants, spending their time in petty arguments, making trivial mistakes, and dealing with mostly imaginary physics, until Freddy Krueger shows up. And how do you solve an existential threat like the sun shutting down? But with a huge bomb, of course. As usual.
- huhtenberg 9y ago+1 There's no "sci" in Sunshine's sci-fi. That was massively distracting and not something that could've been saved by the pretty visuals.
- Joeboy 9y agoI'm not 100% sure it was intended, but to me it's in the category of "films that contain dizzying genre shifts". Other examples would be From Dusk Till Dawn or Kill List. I actually really enjoy this trope, I think the fact it starts off looking like "conventional" sci-fi and then goes somewhere unexpected is a plus-point (although maybe not for people who really like sci-fi).
- Udik 9y agoIt didn't seem to be intended or self-conscious in any way, instead it seemed to take itself very seriously: there wasn't an ounce of sense of humour in it. While "From dusk till dawn" is obviously a humorous genre cross-over. I haven't seen Kill list but Ben Wheatley is an interesting director with a passion for the grotesque- his Sightseers and Down Terrace are pretty funny.