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Sunshine (2007)
words cant describe
i saw it on the fantasy filmfest nights in cologne, they told us it was like a world premiere, we had to give our mobiles away and wait longer at the entrance. but it didn't matter because without my mobile i never knew the time...this was important
the movie starts, as i hoped, in space. the score was absolutely beautiful from the first scenes to the very end, just in case i forget to mention it. the movie moves slowly, but with such intense suspense that u wont believe it lasts only 110minutes. thats why u shouldn't look what time it is, this movie felt like 180minutes, but the good ones. it had all the beautiful views of the outside of the ship, u always know where u are. every character has its own introduction, some of the u get to know during the movie. and back to the outside views...the special effects are absolutely amazing, perfect and beyond your imagination, i cant describe it and wont even try cause u have to see it yourself the atmosphere is breathtaking, u just sit there and cant think of anything else cause in the slower scenes there's always very good dialog to keep you on track. the good thing is that all the amazing effects don't kill the story, every scene has its meaning.
little spoilers hereafter
I'm a big fan of cillian Murphy, loved him in 28days later, batman begins and other movies. even though his character is the one we know the most about its Chris Evans character mace i like the most. he did what no one on the spaceship could do: he subordinated himself to the mission, making clear decisions knowing that his life ins worth risking the survival of mankind. the other characters are selfish (harvey - troy garity), keep their stupid ideals in extreme situations (cassie - rose Byrne - doesn't want to sacrifice one tormented person for the whole human race, and all others races too!) or hang on the edge to madness (Searle - Cliff Curtis)
!!!big spoilers hereafter!!!
i always wait for a movie where the earth is finally destroyed. i hoped as well for this movie. but "sunshine" made it plausible for me that the earth is saved an the end of the movie, and the shot of the "paticularly beautiful morning" is predictable, but not bad, its perfect as the whole movie
Spoilers end
i hope you see this movie, its unique in its visual experience (smiliar to "the fountain", even though the stories are totally incomparable), perfect in the storytelling and one of the best movies i have seen.
go see it! 10/10
Sommersturm (2004)
one of the best German movies...
today "sommersturm" is coming out on DVD in Germany, i already ordered it on amazon.de and have been in cinema two times. the movie is about a 18year-old boy who begins to feel for his best friend, who is already having a relationship to a girl. they are all in a boat team and go for a championship (the filming locations are in my town so its cool to see). in the camp the feelings of the actors are "coming out". before seeing it i could not imagine that this movie would feel so real an touch so much. but it is the working of the great actors, a beautiful soundtrack, very good camera and s strong story. the camera work supports the story in so many ways, the picture you see tells so much. but the movie is not only touching, its also extremely funny, but not in the way that its make fun of gay people, its understanding so its still touching. i cant wait to see this movie again. sad that only a few saw it, believe me, its one of the funniest, most touching and best filmed German movies. nothing else than 10/10
Vanilla Sky (2001)
a better version than the original
to start i have to say that vanilla sky is one of my favourite movies. I saw this before the original movie and after i saw "open your eyes" i liked vanilla sky even more the reason is that for vanilla sky they took the good idea and made it better, to my mind perfect. "open your eyes" seemed incomplete to me, in "vanilla sky" the story is because of everything being good more touching, more intensive. first the acting is much better. OK, penelope was in "open your eyes", too, but i think of tom cruise, cameron diaz and especially Jason lee and kurt russel. in addition to the acting the whole scenery is appreciable: the opening scene or the poster of the vanilla-colored sky... you can feel that this movie got a bigger budget. at least the soundtrack is beautiful, one of the best in my opinion. "vanilla sky" owes "open your eyes" many parts of a good story: the rising action to the climax changes the movie from a love story to an exciting thriller, which ending touches every time, especially because of the fantastic music of sigur ros and the beautiful vanilla sky, which is to my mind well chosen. the painting by monet is my favourite after first seeing the movie. I've seen vanilla sky now for about 15 or 20 times and its still so f***ing goof and the OST is still in my car radio. 10 out of 10, a perfect movie