This movie was total bunk. The last fifteen minutes is fine, but the entire rest of the movie is soooo slow going, the characters are boring, everything about this film is actually.

So I am big Danny Boyle fan and he has tackled so many genre so successfully in the past, but not this one.

Aside from the story not being that inventive I thought thought the acting was good, the depiction of life on a long term...
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So I am big Danny Boyle fan and he has tackled so many genre so successfully in the past, but not this one.

Aside from the story not being that inventive I thought thought the acting was good, the depiction of life on a long term space mission was good, but the story telling was lacking.

I never quite understood the motivation of Pinbacker... why he was there... where he came from... what was his reason for being...

Also the odd camera angles and single frame flashbacks inserted were irritating and did not add to the story.

It was an OK sci-fi movie, but not one I would recommend.

I'll be honest, when I read the synopsis of this movie and it's theme of "re-igniting the sun for survival" I was pretty skeptical thinking a great it's another Armageddon or something similar. So I watched the trailer, and it made me...
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I'll be honest, when I read the synopsis of this movie and it's theme of "re-igniting the sun for survival" I was pretty skeptical thinking a great it's another Armageddon or something similar. So I watched the trailer, and it made me remember that Armageddon was a good movie! so it's not such a bad thing after all that the plot has more or less been done before but since it has, at least they brought in the director of Trainspotting & 28 Days Later to do it right. So do me a favor and watch the trailer - then go see the movie! It starts off great and about midway turns from thriller to almost horror! Great acting all around. Definitely recommended!

I can't believe I'm give a film by Danny Boyle this high of a rating. His films have always felt like watered down, yet overly pretentious versions of other, better movies...

But this one is really good. Boyle's finally found a...
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I can't believe I'm give a film by Danny Boyle this high of a rating. His films have always felt like watered down, yet overly pretentious versions of other, better movies...

But this one is really good. Boyle's finally found a sub-genre that compliments his style. Much as Kubrick's 2001 had an exaggerated feel that added to both setting and mood, so does this movie. The use of lighting and cgi fx coupled w/ weird camera angles and techniques, fit in well to the alien beauty inherent in space exploration. Acting is decent (tho never spectacular imo). the script has a couple of bad spots... however, it was rather good. I even liked the weird shift from 2001 to Event Horizon wannabe. but I don't get the reasoning behind the bad guy bein superhuman tho.