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Blue Seduction (2009)
Paint drying is a lot more fun
Terrible terrible TV movie that Billy Zane obviously did for charity. From her one outfit change to a drastic soundtrack this film is a torture to watch. I am more shocked that a room of 3 people actually sat through this until the end. Recommend this one to your enemies if you want to have some fun. Appalling acting, dreadful script, atrocious makeup and costumes. Leave this one alone, I beg you. Did I mention predictable and a mix mash of Fatal Attraction, Britney Spears Crossroads and those awful daytime TV series. There are no redeeming qualities for this one I'm afraid. Well actually, there is one, its only an hour and a half long.
Sunshine (2007)
A for Effort - 0 for Inspiration
I have to say as a fan of Mr Boyle I was a tad disappointed. Before going to see this movie I read the summary and some doubts crossed my mind initially with the storyline. Sun is burning out, off the humans rush to reignite it... blah blah blah and then I saw the line on, something happens along the way. This nugget of mystery had me suckered and I hoped with Mr Boyle's history, a unique, original and clever story ensued.
Back from the cinema an hour, well it has provided some riveting conversation since I walked out. I found it hard throughout the movie to keep quite as one malfunction after another appeared in the plot, script and character development. Now I can begin to list them all here, although any avid movie goer can honestly admit to himself that there was quite a few. At the bottom you can read my summary. The movie appears to move from what I believe had truly great potential to a faded montage of ideas from movies such as 2001, 2010, Sphere, Event Horizon, Alien and more. It lacked a clear message and little emotional intelligence. I found myself amazingly isolated from any of the characters and had no sympathy as they toppled like well placed dominoes.
The movie even takes on a pitiful self-righteous path of moral questioning about man and his role of playing God. Terrible, terrible, terrible. Leave it to the Bible bas hers and as Inspector Charmers says in the Simpsons, "Prayer has no place in our schools ... just like facts have no place in organized religion." I say to you a Sci-Fi movie made by the brilliant Danny Boyle that revolves around the human races trying to survive a burnt out sun by sending a ship with explosives to reignite it, is the last place to throw in God story of that sort. With such beautiful direction and visual effects, Sunshine had the capacity to be a Cult Classic. Sadly, I fear that it will become a classic for the wrong reason. A for Effort - 0 for Inspiration