what stopped it from becoming a classic

[sunset]

Just got the DVD yesterday and seen it again. Seen all the extras, loved them all. I think that the alternate ending is better that the final one.

For me, Sunshine it`s a classic allright but I guess it could have been the greatest SF movie of them all if the Pinbacker part never existed. Let`s think about it: it would have been everything up to a decision and because human mind always want more doesn`t mean that two last hopes are better than one, and the choice they made was wrong. In this case let`s say that mission failed - it`s not important for the movie because this should have been a try to save humanity.

I don`t know who cares about critics, but they liked this movie, almost loved it. If you check out the movie page on Rotten Tomatoes www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sunshine/ you`ll see that the rating is very good, one of the best for a SF movie.


What do you think about the Pinbacker part? Did you like it? What else could take the place of it and making the movie truly classic?

[chero]

There has already been a thread dedicated to the "Pinbacker Debate" in the Sunshine Cast board. You can read member's thoughts about it there.

As for making Sunshine into a classic sci-fi film, I don't think Danny Boyle ever intended to make it a classic in the first place. Sure it would have been a wonderful bonus, but it was certainly not essential. Boyle's foremost objective was to explore the human psyche, test it in various situations, and capture it on the big screen. He even sacrificed some science in Sunshine to achieve this and had artistic license to do so. Sunshine isn't your typical science fiction flick simply because of the Boyle/Garland touch. They had the minimum requirements: a spaceship, a mission, and a signal. Once they got that on the screen, they took it up a notch to give the audience something new, something personal.

Labeling a film "classic" is just someone's opinion. Not everyone loved the older sci-fi films and certainly not everyone loved Sunshine. However, here we are still debating and thinking about it. Danny Boyle's Sunshine is almost as profound as Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. That must be worth something.