Sunshine.

[equustel]

I'm still tense, just thinking about it.

If the idea of being in space has ever made you slightly uneasy - this movie will freakin' fry your nerves. I think I'm scarred for life. Pan's Labyrinth was the last film to make me curl up in my theater seat like this, but its effect wasn't as enduring. Hours later, and I'm only a bit less on edge

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[goneril]

I knew you'd love it! I'm so glad you did. :D

[equustel]

I've been dying to see it ever since your mini-review so long ago; just fantastic! I've already snuck in another viewing. 'Tis just sad that it isn't doing as well over here, BO-wise. It deserves better.

[trinityvixen]

I don't want to sound like I didn't enjoy it, but we had a grand old time afterwards going "AHHH!!! THAT IS NOT EVEN POSSIBLE!" I mean, the movie isn't about whether things are feasible or not, clearly. It's about what people in a tight, awful situation do, and it's neat. I just think the urgency of the ending, the deus ex machina-in-reverse baddie was...not worthy of the rest of it, if you follow me.

But what was I really going to complain about? Cillian Murphy and Chris Evans were both really good and I would pay to sit and watch them any day of the week.

Also: Your Bourne posts haunt me! I have to wait to see it with a friend and I'm DYING to see it now that everyone says it's so good. Sheesh. I'll never make it at this rate.

[equustel]

I mean, the movie isn't about whether things are feasible or not, clearly. It's about what people in a tight, awful situation do, and it's neat.

Yep - I'm no scientist, but even I had to consciously make a decision that the implausibility of several details wasn't going to detract from my enjoyment of the film's other (numerous) merits. I think what it nailed was not only human reactions to incredibly high stakes, but the feeling of space - what it would be like, so far from home and so close to the unquantifiable. The mood was so thick.

The third act (which is controversial all-around, from what I understand) had some elements I could've done without, too - had to come up with some serious wankage about the burnt!dude in order to accept his purpose - but the overall thrust of the film easily made up for it.

Also: Your Bourne posts haunt me! I have to wait to see it with a friend and I'm DYING to see it now that everyone says it's so good. ACK. I've so been awaiting your reaction! I had expectations, and it met every single

[trinityvixen]

Yeah, the conceit of Sunshine saved it from the "WTF?" of it. Mostly, I appreciated that, even on this huge ship, there was still a tightness to it, and the sense that space wouldn't save you. Because, literal space was definitely death.

And! ACK ACK ! NO!!! I am seeing THe Bourne Ultimatum next week some time. I might die before then, but any minute now.