Comments on: RE-VIEW: Sunshine (2007)

By: NJ

NJ — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:46:08 +0000

Moks – Point well made and taken. I agree with you. It is for this reason that I own the blu-ray edition despite my frustration. I also agree that Moon was great. I hope more people see it. Great review.

By: Moks

Moks — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:42:16 +0000

Thanks for the feedback NJ. In theory, I do agree with you. I feel like this happened for two reasons. 1) Hollywood loves a big Villain. Someone tangible that we can hate. 2) Audiences today need things dumbed down and action-nified! I agree, they should have kept the Sun as the major antagonist and kept the flow of the film in the direction. But a major studio audience rarely have the time, patience or understanding of a film without the pacing of a blockbuster. No one saw Moon, yet it was brilliant and the best thing Sam Rockwell has ever done, and had the pacing of a snail…necessary to the films flow. But for me, the sum is greater than the parts, and for that reason I give the film the glowing review I did.

By: NJ

NJ — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:01:45 +0000

I agree with almost everything. This was a great movie–right up until the last quarter or so. That was when I got jerked out of the movie thinking to myself, “Wait! I’ve seen this before. It was a movie called Event Horizon. Whose stupid idea was this to ruin a great movie?” If the antagonist would have remained consistent, i.e. the Sun, it would have stayed great.