Sunshine (2007) - Movies with Mikey

[@josephschultz3301]

The soundtrack alone is enough to make you cry. And then there's Kaneda's death. It's sad as shit, yes, but damn if it isn't one of the most beautifully shot scenes in film history. And as mentioned above, the soundtrack just makes it even more moving.

[@robertneilson7169]

thanks for spoiling lol jk I dont care im joking by the way

[@josephschultz3301]

@@robertneilson7169 Haha, it's fine xD . Just watch it anyway. Even knowing who dies where and when doesn't really ruin the film. Besides, like I said earlier, it's an amazing scene worth seeing anyway. If you like the music then I guarantee the scene itself will work for ya too.

[@samsschool3639]

The soundtrack was literally the melody of "Its too late to apologize"

[@mattirealm]

"And then there's Kaneda's death." Great music and the psychologist asking constantly, "Kaneda, what do you see............WHAT DO YOU SEE!" Great movie for sure.

[@BellaLu26]

Some movie scores are forgettable. Some accompany the movie well. And then there's ones like this that actually enhance the experience. The score perfectly captures the somewhat sad yet hopeful and triumphant feeling of the story. Not easy to do

[@mattiarotondi4635]

Kaneda's death hits me everytime.

[@sel2230]

I haven't seen the movie...

[@sel2230]

true

[@gateauxq4604]

Everyone's faves when Kappa got back on board-they all had their own little private guilt about Kaneda dying totally hits where it hurts most. Unlike a lot of sci-fi of the ensemble headed to a destination, this one IMO gave some decent time to each character before they started killing them so that anyone died it was very poignant, even fuckin Harvey.

[@aygwm]

One of the best moments in cinema in my opinion.

[@mortua_conjuga]

That was brutal. I felt awful

[@maniac7770]

Not going to lie, I tear up every time I get to the line about, "If it seems like a particularly beautiful day."

[@Axeltonn]

The third act was a stroke of genius. Filmed with "low oxygen" in mind, showing the brevity of the situation, while the fate of mankind was at stake, the intensity was filmed perfectly. Ending with Capa's surreal death experience, showing his final moments, was beautiful.

[@DiamondDogVenomSnake1984]

Of all your essays, I think I've come back to this one most often.

[@samd2013]

I saw this when I was 16 back in 2008 on DVD. I have always held this movie dear to my heart. This movie had a big impact of my life at the time. It still amazes me that even after 10 years it still hasn’t gained the amount of respect it truly deserves. It’s absolutly Danny Boyle’s best film.

[@Aeon2Flux]

I knew things were fu**ed the moment they heard the ping reflecting off of Mercury. That beacon and it s tones were sooooo creepy and haunting. They should have never changed the mission.. Great film

[@russellcheck]

"The mission was to save everyone except themselves." I know I'm just about six years too late to the party, but you broke my heart and also hugged me with that phrase. I'm incredibly thankful for that.

[@bluemacaw1473]

"Man, Captain America really don't like physics." 😂😂😂😂

[@BlazeHedgehog]

Honestly, I don't remember the horror-twist near the end of the movie really bothering me when I saw it. It was a bit of a left turn, sure, but I felt like it worked overall.

[@hypermecha223]

+BlazeHedgehog I agree. In fact I kind of expected some kind of horror-like content from the beginning, and I don't mean in your typical horror movie fashion. I just expected some sort of celestial metaphysics to be involved. I think it transitioned well, and it didn't feel like some awkward "other part" of the movie that was out of place or anything.

[@mortua_conjuga]

Me too.

[@xSTARR999]

Any attempt to save mankind has to have the ultimate protagonist who wants to commit suicide and take all of humanity with him.

[@nalykazule1582]

1st half was perfect. I just couldn't get past the blurred, shakey cam bull that was every shot the bad guy was in.

[@bubsyfinnigan4462]

@@nalykazule1582 I mean, the bad guy was exposed to unfiltered solar radiation for 7 years! Who's to say that doesn't change our perception of him on the genetic level?

[@ChristopherRoss.]

As someone who tends to hold media to near impossible narrative standards, I loved this movie. I loved the subversion of expectation and general weirdness of the third act (because it kept with the consistency of the narrative theme--human nature and the sun as a deity). I didn't care about the fact that the science doesn't add up, *because this is a **_science fantasy_** film about human nature, not a doc*. The premise of the film is nothing more than a framing device. (Star Trek, Star Wars, BSG, pick a friggin sci-fi flic, all have FTL travel and ignore relativity, which is scientifically impossible. No one complains. Come at me.) People seem not to like the dialogue. I guess its not melodramatic enough for them. To me, it just felt real and true to the characters. Dude, you are the first critic I've seen that consistently shares my opinions and outlook on films. New sub here, but I'm going to be going through your back catalog to find more previously unseen films to watch. Amazing work.

[@filmjoy]

+Chris McCartney [m] You'll get to my Pearl Harbor break down and then you'll be like, oh, well, he had a good run.

[@joedigger9919]

Most sci fi films, like trek, don't ignore relativity with FTL since, as in the case of Trek, the ships don't move through space, space moves around the ship which physicists have stated that it would not effect relativity considering that the ships are encased in in a bubble of spacetime that we are in now.

[@HARARoblox]

As someone who really does care about a certain level of scientific accuracy, the only thing that was truly 'inaccurate' was how they got cold from being in a vacuum. The actual procedure is not to try to conserve heat, because there is nowhere for it to go (and therefore you don't freeze), all you need to do is exhale so that the air doesn't get ripped out of your lungs, which is the only real danger aside from suffocating. There are definitely technologies that are currently completely impossible that are invented in the context of the movie, such as in star trek, but I think the only issue is when you are inaccurate about something we know about, which is the vacuum of space. It's kind of like Interstellar - by my standard, Interstellar is almost perfect aside from a few things with orbital mechanics, because it invents new science but never does anything strictly impossible. I think it's the exact same here, except for the vacuum.

[@jeffreyokun2355]

+ChronicleScaper What about the air and gases that are trapped in cranial cavities, bowels, stomach cavity etc. Are you going to exhale them out as well? Vacuum of space is death galore without pressurized space suit, with or without cold.

[@henryreineck1244]

I dont mind the "horror twist." I don't mind the science being right or wrong. And the ending wrapped up the movie well thematically. However the execution of the ending was absolutely terrible. The editing becomes beyond jarring - maybe that's the point, but they took it way too far. It was painful. The plot threads become so messy and unresolved that by the final shot the viewer has absolutely no idea what just happened. Almost no information is properly conveyed. It probably looked good on paper, but in practice there was way too much going on in the last twenty minutes to be cohesive at all.

[@BrandonGannicott]

I'm very happy with this episode. I watched Sunshine in undergrad and always felt that it was a seriously underrated, gorgeous, dark piece of film. Movies with Mikey. Forever.

[@jaja-wf5wx]

Hi Mikey! I don't know if you will see this since I'm 3 years late, but I finally watched Sunshine after seeing your video .You are right about everything. It is such a great movie with incredible peformances. The cinematography is so beautiful. The score is amazing and made me cry at the end there. Thank you so much for inspiring me to watch this movie.

[@razorfett147]

"This movie is misunderstood because, like the hubris of our kind, if we worship a god...we cannot forget its devil. And when God is dying, the Devil has all control. That's what this movie's about. It's hard science fiction to explain our own hubris back to us." Chills

[@stevechance150]

A remarkable video essay. Really impressive writing.

[@demency2741]

It was a hell of a movie - and this was a hell of an analysis. Thanks, Mikey.

[@j3e125]

demency love the avi

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

Even the name itself of this film, Sunshine fills one with hope only to realize we make our own hope and gods.

[@RoonMian]

That last shot still gave me goosebumps. Also, why didn't you talk about the one-frame picture insertions?

[@eliyugend4660]

Those single - frames spook me the fuck out every time I watch it

[@ironic1eighty2]

I remember watching this movie for the first time on a rent vhs and the work I had to pause it and understand what pictures were those (sorry about my bad English hahaha)

[@solusnostre7399]

Spooked the hell out of me when i first saw it

[@HoneydewOz]

I have slowly being showing this movie to friends one by one and love seeing their reaction to those insertions.

[@Karin_Allen]

I love this movie too, but I pulled totally different themes out of it - not saying your ideas are wrong, just that there's more than one way to see the film. To me, it's all about "looking at the sun," both figuratively and literally. Think how many times we see closeups of eyes, and then think of the shape of the heat shield and the way the sun at the very beginning is bordered by what looks like sclera - making it look like an eye too. And it's also about extremes of temperature, emotions, and sanity. We all know you can't look directly at the sun because it'll blind you - but in this movie the blindness is both literal and figurative. Searle seems to be traveling down the path toward blindness (even wearing sunglasses when he doesn't need them, like a blind man), but he only goes far enough to prefer his own death to the death of any of his teammates. If he hadn't died, he might have ended up like Pinbacker, who became blind to the value of all human life (except his own, apparently). Now this is where people who don't like or get the movie start complaining *hard.* Everything gets blurry and hard to see around Pinbacker because he's become to attached to the sun and the madness it represents. But the sun has another side, representing life (as Mikey noted in the video). To live healthily, you have to find the right distance between the warmth and brilliance of the sun and the coldness of outer space. Capa does, and I think Corazon does. Cassie is locked away in the darkness of depression, but she's not as far gone as Mace, who is utterly cold about sacrificing all their lives for the mission - even his own (He still has enough heat to fight with Capa, though). Capa's balance is what enables to witness the birth of a new star (in what must be a fantasy sequence). At the end, Cassie is first *frozen* by hopelessness but then able to break free and help Capa; and when she does so, a light shines on all three of them. Corazon finds life in death and death in life in the garden, where she finds one live plant among the ruins and then is killed by Pinbacker. And Mace sacrifices himself in both literal and figurative cold to save the mission. Then there's Kaneda, who burns to death and Harvey who freezes to death - we don't see as much of their personalities, but Harvey has some cold insanity when he demands Capa give him the spacesuit. I guess Trey was trying to hold the balance, but he slipped over the edge when his rationality failed him, causing him to make a disastrous mistake.

[@yeticusrex1661]

I like your analysis and I agree that Searle was on his way to become like Pinbacker. He even ignored Capa's pleas to get Kaneda to safety just so he can have Kaneda face "Helios" and tell him what it's like. He then looked dejected and unremorseful when Kaneda died before he could answer to "What do you see?". Kaneda was not as far down the road as Searle was, but had Kaneda saved himself, we could very well had 2 more Pinbackers on the ship....but since one was enough, I guess DannyBoy had to kill them off, but not after showing us that psychological bridge for the upcoming Pinbacker character later in the movie.

[@drago939393]

I don't think it's a linear A to B type of thing; furthermore, I think the contrast between Searle and Pinbacker is enormous. Ultimately both Searle and Kaneda literally sacrificed themselves without hesitation, while Pinbacker literally sacrificed everyone else for his belief.

[@CaptainV0dka]

your analysis is very correct to me, especially the last part. I think Danny Boyle intentionally put a meaning between the characters psyche & the way they die. The COLD way and the HOT way. And how everyone in the crew position itself in this specter. Well done man

[@pseudonymousbeing987]

@@drago939393 Ah, so the point is there are two types of believers. Those who give themselves for others, and those who give others for themselves.

[@dw300]

Great video Mikey. I'd love to know why people think it goes crazy at the end? It seems fairly logical. They find the reason the first mission failed, they try to overcome that, they make it, and Capa gets to see his nuclear reaction in slow motion as space and time distort, and as he stated to Cassie, it was beautiful. Pinbacker is just a guy, his appearance is explained by seeing Searle's skin start to burn and scar and the time he has been there. He's not particularly crazy, there's spiritual reason for his sabotage. He's the antithesis of Mace and Capa who basically team up to overcome him. Science wins despite spirituality trying it's best to mess things up.

[@totempola5966]

Hi, Dave! I think many of the ones who don't like the final act are those who envisioned that Sunshine would go down in another way. I've noticed that, for them, the ambition achieved in the first few parts of the film suddenly went stale--they were primed for a clear progression on tense, philosophical, & claustrophobic sci-fi but were instead served a "detour". It's a matter of one's expectations of how the film should go. I don't mind the "detour" because I believe it's what sets Danny Boyle apart from other masterful directors who just wouldn't go beyond their comfort zone (yes, Nolan). Danny Boyle challenged filmmaking & his craft--he's a bold director, like a more mainstream version of David Lynch. I find it sad, though, how others discredit the beauty of the film because they didn't like a part of it. Sunshine is one of those films that are beautiful on the whole--flaws & all. I've read quite a lot of reviews, & these generally fall on the extremes. I guess one could say that those who don't like it love the first few parts so much that the last act feels like a betrayal, an abandonment, an expectation that died hard. Like Sunshine is THAT beautiful to hate.

[@dfgdfg_]

This is the Best Movies with Mikey. Copyright can do one. Everyone loses when you can't reuse music.

[@mattywilliams7016]

This has renewed my appreciation for this movie. The section starting at 4:50 was truly breath-taking and gave me all the chills. The cinematography and music of this movie are some of the best in modern sci-fi--or any genre for that matter. Plus, the use of a "non-traditional" cast was perfect and added so much more realism to the film and made the premise easier to accept as an audience member versus having me accept Mark Whalberg as an astrophysicist. The ending of the episode was pure bliss. Well done. Best one yet, Mikey!

[@jowston100]

"Only dream I ever have, Is it the surface of the sun? Every time I shut my eyes, it's always the same." I consider Capas Jump one of the best movie scenes in the past 15 or so years. Great review.

[@stickiedmin6508]

Me too - I wish more was made of that scene. He's been having terrifying dreams about falling into The Sun for months (years even?), but finish their mission, he has to walk to the brink and *_literally_* jump into his nightmare. It's a powerful moment.

[@druidriley3163]

It is one of the most beautiful scenes I've ever seen.

[@NT_1]

E V E R

[@organicmilk5]

“Kaneda, what do you see?” Gets me every time

[@jengorman2246]

You know, I saw this movie. It was a hard watch for pretty much every reason you listed, and it stuck hard to me for a bit. I couldn't even say I liked it because it was such a bleak movie. But watching you break it down, it's the weirdest thing - it wrecked me. You're explaining what I saw and what I felt when watching it, but it's like I didn't want it to have hit me that hard, and now I'm having this weird retro-reaction to this vid, experiencing all the sadness and loss I've avoided for at least half a year since actually watching the movie. I mean, so many tears right now. Grief man - it's fucked up.

[@Shroudedentity]

The music in this movie brings me to tears, and gives me chills, every time I listen to it. Regardless of context x.x

[@serpentormccobra9892]

Holy shit Mikey, that was beautiful. I legitimately teared up towards the end of your review. Not bad for a movie I had written off as "nuking the sun".

[@CountessChuchoteur]

You're not the only one. :')

[@alexandercummins]

I do like the film, always did. Hearing your analysis which I thought to be very cerebral and thought provoking with a dash of humour not overdone "Captain America really don't like Physics"...perfect.

[@TheOriginalBurg]

I connect to this movie in a VERY strong way. Your video hit me hard and I'm not ashamed to admit that I was overcome with emotion. Thank you. Thank you so much. You're videos are always so amazing.

[@RonaldBickham]

4:50 is when u connect to the answer to the entire creation to the universe!!!!!

[@TK_Brainslug]

always trust Cap he is always right

[@brandonthesteele]

Also, trust Mace. BUT CRITICALLY, only trust him half the time. In this case, for the latter half of the film.

[@Simyonovich]

Thank you so much for validating my love for this piece of art. Shown it to everyone I can manage to make sit still long enough and 1 out of 10 people come close to getting it

[@Sn4ke90]

I am crazy late to the party, as I literally just watched the movie today, 11 years post release. I was blown away by its beautiful cinematography and symbolism. But I love your interpretations on movies, and saved watching this video until I had seen the movie myself. You are spot on. I think the one thing, that left us with a lot of foreshadowing and symbolism was when Pinbacker said (paraphrasing) "In the end there will be only one man left, and god. Will I be that man?", he was right in a way, but it wasn't him, it was Capa all along, predestined to face god alone. Incredible movie, and incredible review. Thank you.

[@jamesedmundson9684]

I have come back to this review almost as many times as I have watched the movie. I still get so much from your work.

[@humayunimam]

The shot of Corazon breaking-down in the sealed passageway with the flames of hell engulfing her dear garden all around her, is a cinematic marvel. The 3 side framing, the juxtaposition for scale, the flame dynamics of the background. It gives me chills everytime i pause and stare at that the perfection of that image. Step aside Catherine Tramell. What a movie !

[@daniel_netzel]

Thematically speaking the third act is brilliant, my issue with it was the way it was filmed, such a drastic tonal shift was jarring to say the least.

[@Irodeapentaceratopstoragnorok]

Film Radar hh

[@jamesfleming9837]

The movie is told from characters perspective. That's why it was filmed like that. Low oxygen, anxiety, the fear of unknown. It was brilliant. If they'd done the third act with traditional filmmaking it wouldn't be so effective.

[@turntsnaco824]

@@jamesfleming9837 When you have to sit down and explain to the audience after the fact that it's an allegory to Greek mythology or whatever, that's not "brilliant" - it's pretentious as fuck to expect that to strike a chord with the majority of people who enjoyed the first two acts which ask much less of the viewer. And no, just because YOU got it doesn't make it brilliant either. Again, it's not that the act as a whole doesn't work as a concept. It's that it feels out of place relative to the rest of the film. You can't just stick an idea wherever you want and say "yeah but it's art tho" to justify it. The first 2/3 of the movie was intriguing science fiction, and a bit unique, but a far stretch from avant-garde. The rest of the movie was weirdly avant-garde. It's so incredibly out of place. It'd be like if after Peter Jackson did The Two Towers, a completely different director came in and made Return of the King in a very different style. Maybe there was thought put into it, maybe there was a reason he did it the way he did, but no matter how much you would insist that his style was "appropriate" for the goal he had in mind, it would still botch the integrity and coherence of the whole trilogy, and you'd alienate a lot of viewers who enjoyed the first two movies who were expecting the same sort of thing from the last one. If something in three parts is to be experienced as a whole, then it should be a goal for all of those parts to appeal to an audience on the same level. I'm not saying it's impossible to have a shift in tone and still appeal to the same audience - but this movie clearly didn't achieve that on a notable level.

[@EarFarce4]

@@turntsnaco824 So according to you the audience is too stupid to make the simple connection to Icarus? Maybe we deserve Hollywood as it is.

[@drago939393]

@Turnt SNACO This brings into question whether a movie has to be brilliant for all onlookers to be brilliant; it's a logical fallacy of some kind, since it doesn't have an end point. No movie will be brilliant to all viewers. So, is a movie that is brilliant to 1 out of 100 really more meaningful than one that is brilliant to 1 out of 1000? What about a movie with a 1:10 ratio versus a movie with a 1:10000? How relevant at all in an artistic sense is the "quantifiable" ratio of sufficiently moved viewers? Is it not brilliance to deeply move even one person? Anywho: There is not much if anything that needs to be explained separately about Sunshine. Like, none at all. The internal logic is sound, the general/wider allegories clear, the presentation efficient. Whether or not the realization of Act III should have been done differently is up for debate, I suppose, as evidenced by the common opinion held by viewers. The director has noted that both the contents and presentation of Act III are purposely intended to contest Reality and break-up Normalcy. To me, nothing of neither the plot nor trippy presentation (which WAS carefully and gradually built-up until that point) was ambiguous, illogical or unpalatable. I'd go so far as to say that I don't get how someone could possibly not get them. As such, I don't get how it was "jarring".

[@creid]

One of my most favourite movies ever. Surprised and pleased to see it on here.

[@EmelyHelfrich]

I consider it criminally offensive that I had not even heard of this movie until I heard you mention it in another video just a few days ago. Thank you for handing out justice.

[@The_Blog]

I had a very hard time watching the movie. I liked the shots and cinematographie of it, but the situation was so tense. I had to take a break after half the movie to relax and get my mind off it.

[@elii3016]

BloggingLP but it is good that way

[@shapeshifter7676]

That's what makes the movie great

[@sebigherasim9425]

Same. The last scene with the bomb was so tense i almost had a heart attack.

[@josephschultz3301]

For me there are just moments in the film that are so beautiful and breathtaking that, even when they're not sad, I still want to cry. That's good movie magic.

[@shadovao8704]

I absolutely know what you mean, the isolation in space was the first thing that made me feel uneasy (btw I love space horror) then I got to know the characters, we didn't get much back story but for some reason I started to really care about them so every time someone died it really hit me hard

[@John_Fx]

This is my favorite movie of all time. As perfect as a movie can get.

[@DroppedYourSoul]

How strange that I just watched this and feel the same?

[@iisaac5750]

I love this movie, it could be because of the sound track. You have done a very good job breaking it down for me. Now I know I love this movie all around. Thank you.

[@levireynolds9594]

Of all the movies you've done, this is my favorite analysis. Such a great movie, with one of my favorite scores of all time.

[@valsptsd814]

Dunno how many times I’ve seen this movie, and it makes me cry. Every. Single. Time.

[@tylergarland6139]

This was beautifully put, I couldn’t say it any better myself. Hands down one of my favorite movies. I find your movie reviews thought entertaining and funny but this was what made me subscribed to your channel. Thank You for doing this one.

[@dcrookz]

every video I watch of yours I think to myself "ive been saying this shit for years" can we be friends?

[@filmjoy]

[m] Yes.

[@dcrookz]

+Chainsawsuit Original you work at gearbox, you gonna be at pax west?

[@filmjoy]

[m] I will!

[@dcrookz]

shot you a note at your business email listed on YT to take this out of public view.

[@jjolivia3658]

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[@DeathSquadDesign]

This has been my favorite film since the first time I saw it. I missed seeing it in a theater and that will always be my biggest (cinema) regret. Thank you for this. I really appreciate the work you do.

[@xSTARR999]

I can relate to your comment, Sweet Heart. They didn't even advertise this movie in my area.

[@1420MHZ]

Great review for one of the most underrated (and my favorite) movies of all time. Keep up the great work!

[@ammie341]

I watched this movie after watching your review and then I watched your review a second time. I have to say this was a wild anxiety inducing ride. But I fucking loved it. The score is so hopefully hopeless. That makes less than no sense but that’s the best way I can describe that brilliant ass crescendo of gorgeous sound vibrations. I was so stressed watching this I think I lost 2 lbs. But hooooly shit I have zero regrets. God this movie was fantastic. Sad, uplifting, gritty, uncomfortable, claustrophobic, hopeful, triumphant, reflective. THIS MOVIE BRUH.

[@pointlesstoll]

Ugh, Sunshine is bonkers. Its very existence makes me happy. Great video, Mikey.

[@brooket6261]

One of my favorite movies, and my absolute favorite soundtrack. Thank you for sharing your point of view!

[@randybo7115]

You put this so beautifully I'm crying, need to re-watch this movie

[@sirg-had8821]

Damnit, man... You open up layers that I didn't know were even there.

[@Rosgakori]

I had *NEVER* even heard of this movie, but after few minutes in this video- I gotta see this.

[@dianateabag]

I still remember when I saw this movie on the cinema... My mother and sister came to visit, I was in college. So we felt like watching any kind of movie. Since this one was on its first day we decided to go and see it without having any idea what it was about. It was just the three of us on the cinema and remember on the way back home we couldn't speak cause we were so overwhelmed by the movie....I love it

[@banthaboss6390]

My dude.... I loved this movie since the first time I saw it. It's one of, if not THE most under rated films. Love your work and keep showing the world the true gems that go unnoticed. I hope your doing well with life!

[@danielwareking]

So I'm new to your channel but I've watched your analysis of The Rocketeer, Road to Perdition, Ex Machina, Mad Max and now this, and I must say... we have VERY similar tastes in films haha I'm always so happy to run into other people who love Sunshine. Very underrated film and one of the best sci-fi pieces ever made - I truly believe that.

[@jasminemas5721]

My jaw dropped to my kneeees!!!! It's been months of thinking about that ending and now it's all explained !!! THANK YOU TONS

[@tennisiswonderful]

This is the best review I could THINK to make for this incredible piece!!! There is literally nothing I could think to have different and wish that more people saw this review!

[@adamchambers1906]

I share this video every chance I get. This movie is one of the best sci-if movies ever made and your breakdown gives it another perspective and makes it even better.

[@TylerEColeman]

Went and watched this movie just so I could watch your video without getting spoiled. Loved it. Thanks, Mikey!

[@jeremygonzalez5376]

The music in this film is gorgeous.

[@shoushirei]

UUUUUGGGGHHHHH I only just found your videos but thank you for doing justice to this review of one of my favorite films of all time.

[@Visuwyg]

I agree with your line "Even if you hate this movie, you still love it. It's that beautiful." :) This film has the most beautiful images and music ever.

[@astrazenica7783]

Blew me away in the cinema. The John Murphy soundtrack something else too.

[@SilverSurfer166]

Thank you, Mickey for telling me about this film. Such a great film, from the cinema photography to the music to the acting, it's all great.

[@zenosAnalytic]

This review was BRILLIANT! Also your sound work/editing is always so on-point and I just feel the need to say that, at least once. Bangup job!!

[@JessieZimmer]

Amazing. That's all I've got. Amazing. Brilliant work, Mikey. I need to watch this again.

[@rickc2102]

Thanks for saving the ending if this for me. I've loved every Boyle film I've seen an was only irked by the ending of Sunshine; I guess it's time for a rewatch!

[@Asgard314]

It took me three years to finally getting around to seeing it, but you were absolutely right about it. This entire movie was an absolute ride.

[@gateauxq4604]

And round I come back! That montage set to the soundtrack made me fall in love with this movie all over again. Thanks for that. This movie is amazing. I’m overdue for a rewatch.

[@domijaxk22]

I was literally brought to tears with this man’s review of Sunshine...Bravo to you sir

[@steroq6699]

If you ever come around to covering another Danny Boyle movie, I wish it'd be "A Life Less Ordinary". Not the most revered of his career but a great one nonetheless. PS: I came here because of your collaboration with PHW, I do not regret it, especially when you spoke of gems like Last Action Hero, Amélie or Hugo. You're great Mikey!

[@horusspalding1357]

Damn! That was some powerful poetry you dropped near the end there.

[@stephenryan1912]

I absolutely love this movie. I appreciate your take on it, Mikey. Keep up the great work.

[@yetispaghetti48]

This is my favorite movie of all time!!! I love it so much, everytime i watch it, its like the first time. But dang hearing your speech at the end made me cry, love it so much.

[@PureBrawler]

This might be my favorite video of yours that you've done - an unusual amount of seriousness to the tone of your voice displays just how much you actually love this film.

[@gateauxq4604]

This, along with The Fountain, The Prestiege, Fifth Element, and the US version of Solaris used to be my main movies I went to sleep to because they all soothed my soul so much. Hell I named my twin male cats Albert and Fredrick Borden, I love it that much. I see you've done most of the others-have you hit Solaris yet? The futurism is minimalist and at its heart its about science, love and existence. George Clooney is fabulous as he turns himself down to a good 4 (which shouldn't be possible cuzclooney) and gives the film a heart that is afraid of what he'll find but plows ahead anyway. It's kind of the younger sister of Sunshine and The Fountain, with a space mystery that needs to be solved but has so many quiet, soothing moments of contemplation on life, death, and love that it's music makes you feel weightless. It also at least tried to hit some scientific notes-I was really excited to know that the Higgs-Bosun is a real thing. The context may not have been perfect but just showing an awareness of the work that's going on at the LHC makes me feel that dumbing down may increase your good reviews but there are still movies out there for the thinkin peoples.

[@SaiScribbles]

Well damn I'd never heard of this movie and even with you giving away the plot I still want to watch it now.

[@toasted_.coconut]

Ive probably watched this movie 10x. Its stunning and terrifying. I always seem to cry when it comes to the scene where Cassie is alone on the ship in the dark. Most of the crew is already dead. Her dread of what and who is on the ship bleeds from the screen. The acting is superb. I dont care that its not as popular as other sci-horror movies, its a gem . . my gem.

[@saragustafson8238]

Hey, SCREW YOU for introducing me to this movie 11 years too late. I paused the video before the 5 minute mark to avoid spoilers and then rented the film and I'm so shook right now. Even if I'd seen it when it came out, I would have been too young to appreciate it and now that I'm more immersed in the language of film and myth to understand what Garland and Boyle are achieving I don't have anyone to appreciate it with me. If you have a direct line to Byrne, Evans, or Murphy please let me know so I can personally thank them for the contributions their eyes have made to cinema.

[@Cal6009]

"Once more into the fray. Into the last good fight I'll ever know. Live and die on this day. Live and die on this day."

[@bemindful2891]

Thank you for making me cry as much as this movie did.

[@alexforce9]

I wish I could erase my memory about the movie and this video about it and watch them both again.

[@englebre21]

Wow, thank you for explaining that last act to me. I always loved the movie despite that last bit, but now I just love it completely.

[@ModelsandMovies]

Thank you for this. One of my favorite films of all time. Your words are poetry. Your analysis, gospel.

[@ChinaMo]

One of the most amazing yet underappreciated movies, indeed. Blew my mind in the theater and continues to affect me upon each viewing. Thank you!

[@xSTARR999]

There was no advertising for this in my area, so I never saw it at the theater. Caught it on TV a few years back. Lucky you to ALL who saw this at the theater. I bet those golden, orange, red scenes blew the mind away. Beautiful movie!

[@canadadelendaest8687]

That opening song! I need it!

[@austritistan3337]

It's insanely painful to see how underrated this movie is

[@Kelthret]

I remember watching this film a long time ago, and not liking it, specially the third act, when the guy from the Icarus 1 shows up. But assuming I saw it when it came out, I was 13 or 14 years old, so I might have missed a lot. This video made me want to watch it again, Mikey shows his love for this movie.

[@amy_yoshikawa]

me too, i was 14 :)

[@ErickSoares3]

I was 8/9 when I first saw and I thought it was hypnosing...

[@dfgdfg_]

Never wanted to hug/highfive a a creator until just after this video ended. Mikey...? *You're amazing.

[@eventhorizon]

This video I've been using since I first saw it for 2 things. 1- A general "YOU NEED TO WATCH MOVIES WITH MIKEY!" intro video to friends- and 2- I had really thought Sunshine was a different movie- and I watched all of this- until the end, because I realized that I knew what happened for the whole movie- and realized it was 50/50 maybe they'll succeed, maybe they'll fail- so I turned it off before the very end was ruined, watched the movie, and then watched this. So I use this to get people to want to watch the movie... "The first 6 minutes tells the set up, but doesn't spoil the actual overall plot of the movie- so watch until he says "You can hate this movie and still love it, it's that beautiful"... This was also one of the first of your videos I ever saw, I think it actually may have been the first... and this movie quickly went into my top 10 faves of all time... and because I had, for some reason, been convinced it was some sort of romance story (lol), I never would have watched it. I was kicking myself in the ass when I realized how long ago it had come out, and how clueless I was about what it was about...

[@xSTARR999]

ALIEN used to be my be-all, end-all science fiction flick till I saw SUNSHINE. I don't think anything will ever top this movie. Loved it since I first saw it, and now can't get enough of videos and other people comments about it. Recording it on my DVR today so I can watch as many times as I want and whenever I want.

[@sassquatchtv4864]

Mind = Blown.

[@TestedModz]

Awesome movie, cannot believe that it only made 32 million at the box office while interstellar and gravity made almost 1 billion, this is just as good.

[@Murked2000]

+TestedModz It's better than Gravity but not as good a interstellar

[@joedigger9919]

Sadly their was like no advertising for this film.....at least in the US

[@TestedModz]

***** I thought Gravity was a piece of crap, it looked amazing! but that all it had going, interstellar was great.

[@gdawg2389]

+TestedModz No. This is far better than either one of those. Gravity is trash. Interstellar is... ehhh... Sunshine is brilliant.

[@totempola5966]

+One Bang Interstellar may get people more giddy w/ the science, but as far as science fiction goes, Sunshine wins because it inspires & elicits more "awe".

[@carpemkarzi]

I consider this movie one of the best sci-fi flicks of all time. Even with the third act which I actually loved as well.

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

One of my favourite sci-fi films

[@flashfire201robloxlegosand8]

Great review. I think that I was most impressed with Chris Evans' acting chops. I ha only ever seen him as a superhero before this. Between this, Snowpiercer and Scott Pilgrim, I'm really impressed.

[@Gdub33]

I LOVE this video. Thank you.

[@ANigerianPrince]

... Your channel... its so... amazing.... I am embarrassed to not have known of you for over 2 years,

[@MarwinKun]

I always liked this movie. Now I like it even more, for even more reasons.

[@Islurwhenifart]

anyone else got addicted to sunshine? its such a amazing movie and so unqiue. the fact that it explains religon and the sun.

[@alexanderh9642]

Oh my god my heart broke with each word of this ending, and this amazing score is certainly nothing to sneeze at