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[Jim Ohara]

Speaking off Cillian Murphy I watched this in the cinema - thought it was going to be some sort of hit, but it really didn't make a blip on the radar.

[Rory Abel]

Speaking off Cillian Murphy I watched this in the cinema - thought it was going to be some sort of hit, but it really didn't make a blip on the radar.

All I'm seeing is "Posted Image," what movie is it?

[Paul F]

All I'm seeing is "Posted Image," what movie is it?

I think he means Sunshine.

[Rory Abel]

I think he means Sunshine.

Ah, in that case it probably did more for Chris Evans than Cillian Murphy since it was the film that everyone pointed to, myself included, to prove that he could play Captain America.

[Johnny Henning]

It's SUNSHINE - the "let's restart the Sun" movie.

I will say it was damn interesting, on the one hand, and damn frustrating on the other. The visual effects were top notch for their budget. The acting was good - especially Chris Evans. The story was okay though.

The main problem was that it was a mash up of too many films and never really became its own thing.

[Dave Wallace]

I think the trouble with Sunshine for me was that I was far more interested in all the interesting sci-fi ideas than I was in the horror/monster movie elements. And the shift in focus in the second half of the movie wasn't in my favour.

[Chris D]

I really liked Sunshine. Sure the story wasn't great, but I thought it looked amazing and really dug the cast. And yeah, it was the first time I really looked at Chris Evans as a legitimate dramatic actor. I was hoping it would make more of a splash since it was the same team responsible for 28 Days Later, but it didn't really seem to have any studio backing as far as marketing was concerned. I don't remember seeing any ads for it ever.

[The Lorcan Nagle]

I think Sunshine's marketing didn't help at all, it came across as being The Core all over again. I eventually watched it on TV for lack of anything better on and was quite impressed. And Brian Cox was a scientific advisor!

[steveuk]

I think Sunshine's marketing didn't help at all, it came across as being The Core all over again. I eventually watched it on TV for lack of anything better on and was quite impressed. And Brian Cox was a scientific advisor!

And direct inspiration for Murphy's character.

The marketing was really sparse. It seemed like Fox spent the money on making the film and then just lost interest? It wasn't arty enough to be an art film and it wasn't expensive enough to be a blockbuster. The movie just slipped through the cracks.

[Paul F]

And direct inspiration for Murphy's character.

The marketing was really sparse. It seemed like Fox spent the money on making the film and then just lost interest? It wasn't arty enough to be an art film and it wasn't expensive enough to be a blockbuster. The movie just slipped through the cracks.

Yeah, it only got a limited release in the US, 90% of its money was made overseas. I don't remember much of the marketing aside from ominous shots of the sun.

[steveuk]

I think the trouble with Sunshine for me was that I was far more interested in all the interesting sci-fi ideas than I was in the horror/monster movie elements. And the shift in focus in the second half of the movie wasn't in my favour.

From listening to the commentaries and also from other supplementary material its pretty clear that Danny Boyle and Alex Garland were not steeped in science or science fiction.

The film has a lot of great moments, visually in particular Boyle picked some great shots but the film's plot suffers for being the work of people who are dabbling in something they don't have a great deal of affinity for.

It was a, "Hey, lets try this!" movie. Still strong in some ways, but not what it could've been,

[Jim Ohara]

The ending of Sunshine let me down somewhat. They did a really great job building up the tension, and then they had this kind of cop out end. Put me off the movie - to the extent that I forgot all about it until reading through this thread.

[Dave Wallace]

I think Sunshine's marketing didn't help at all, it came across as being The Core all over again. I eventually watched it on TV for lack of anything better on and was quite impressed. And Brian Cox was a scientific advisor!

Well, that's obviously what you get when you ask Hannibal Lecktor for advice on a sci-fi film.

[The Lorcan Nagle]

He's had an eclectic career. Pop band, acting, particle physics...

[Rory Abel]

And Brian Cox was a scientific advisor!

From what I remember of the movie the actual science in the movie was pretty terrible though, wasn't it?

[The Lorcan Nagle]

There were some bits that made sense, others less so. It's worth noting that no movie is obliged to listen to their scientific advisor. The Core had a scientific advisor who blasted the producers online afterwards.

[steveuk]

There were some bits that made sense, others less so. It's worth noting that no movie is obliged to listen to their scientific advisor. The Core had a scientific advisor who blasted the producers online afterwards.

Which suggests that no-one had explained that fact to him beforehand?

When I read up on 'The Emerald Forest' in John Boorman's diary 'Money Into Light', he mentions his visits to experts on Amazonian tribes, some of whom didn't want to help if he wasn't going to make a film about a real tribe. They had no interest in a fictional story about their subject.

[garjones]

I was looking through Box Office Mojo and saw the remake of Mighty Joe Young, I really had forgotten that existed.

[Johnny Henning]

<sup>Yeah, I saw that one and... I can't remember it.

Just thinking of movies I watched a lot as a kid, PAPER CHASE was a big film that I totally forgot about. Actually, I complete forgot about John Houseman. And his Smith Barney commercials - "They make money the old-fashioned way... they eeeeaaarn it!"</sup>

[Rory Abel]

I was looking through Box Office Mojo and saw the remake of Mighty Joe Young, I really had forgotten that existed.

Wow, I know I saw that but honestly I can't remember a thing about it. Not even who starred in it.