Sunshine is a film that even after seeing it about five times in startlingly cathartic. The entire film is a rush for all of it's runtime. The things that cause this are surprisingly simple. 1. The atmosphere. Our crew of people in this film are traveling toward the sun. The shields are the only thing protecting them from death. You feel the intensity of that throughout the whole movie. It's amazing,and while the atmosphere of the ship may seem cold the imagery is too beautiful for that to matter... at all. 2. The characters. Yes, these are in fact stock characters,but they are well written ones,and I cared enough about all of them in their dire situation. You know when you are on the edge of tears when your characters are in trouble that you care for them. Alex Garland's screenplay is more based on ideas then characters,but the characters are still written well enough for you to care. They have emotions, things that make them feel peace, interests,and most effective of all fears. 3. The ideas. Again the script is more based on these then the characters,and what helps propel the film to being just about perfect is the overarching ideas in it. The ethics of the mission, faith vs humanity. It's all here,and very interesting. 4. The visuals: The film is absolutely stunning with the main effect throughout the entire film being the sun which for some reason makes everything flow into everything else. There's something grandiose about it. Something hopeful. That said the ship is very nicely designed,and the makeup effects in the later movie are grisly and violent as hell,but just to the point they need to be. 5. The soundtrack: Almost the entire emotional pay off of the entire film is based in the soundtrack. It's masterful with lots of sad music swells that feel triumphant as well. It's a soundtrack that brings out tears. John Murphy has truly done his best work. Spoilers 6. The twist: Most people don't like it,but I love it. It brings the whole "faith vs humanity" idea to the surface of the film,and gut punches you as you realize that there is someone here killing everyone. The moment that you find out about the main villain also is played off so well that even I can't believe it. It's a chilling moment. So Sunshine oddly may be my favorite Danny Boyle film. It's intense,interesting,and best of all emotional. The best sci-fi film of the early 21 century. I give Sunshine a 10 out of 10.
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