I completely agree with everything Tarantino said, but especially about the 3rd act - I indeed felt betrayed (it's actually the perfect word for how I felt) by the last part of the movie when I saw it in a theatre, since everything leading up to it was so nicely executed, the plot had depth and interest, the cinematography was superb (e.g. just look at the Sun :p), but then all of a sudden this great human space drama turns into just another cringe-worthy sub-par monster slasher movie. (cont'd)
@Devilogic (cont'd) Also the once beautiful cinematography turnes into shaky-camera bonanza, making it impossible even to see the actual "monster" (not to mention making you feel sick), and completely ruining the whole visual look of the movie. Very disappointing. Alas, that being said, I still have a soft spot for the rest of the movie - it (the first part) is one of the best, IMHO.
I love the end of this movie. The very end. with Cillian Murphy reaching out and touching the newborn star. Loved it. It's like the moment of becoming self-aware. Or something extra-ordinary. Ya know, the "goose-bump" factor, something we all experience from time to time. All the other chasing and killing didn't thrill me too much and the movie could of been way better, but for some reason it stays high on my list of favorite sci-fi flicks...
Almost all these films, no matter how good they start out, descend into monster schlock.
The ending in a film seems to be the most difficult aspect to get right. That's why the likes of The Last Of The Mohicans and No Country For Old Men are so memorable--their finalé.
Whenever I see the poster for Sunshine I always think it's Jared Leto for some reason, and then I have to remember he's not in the movie. Cillian looks exactly like Jared in that picture.
i agree with tarantino, yes its true when you direct somebody else's script you CAN change it accord to your preference but not entirely because its not your thing, they hire you to do a job, its like hiring somebody to build something inside your house, when you write and direct you can easly say " i dont like what you are trying to do to my baby, ill take it and go somewhere else" . thats why i think for writing and directing you need bigger balls.+ danny boyle sucks for what he told about G.R
Yeah but in that movie It changes mood and does that mood well. The change in Sunshine turned it into a real stereotypical hollywood mediocre monster movie.
I dont think the 3rd act dimenishes this epic movie, he wasnt a monster he was religiously devoted and burned, he wasnt supernatural. It was realistic. You can really tear someones skin of like a sleeve in real life. if a burn is severe eneough. Plus the performances were mindblowing, especially cillian murphy.
What everyone forgets is that the whole "slasher" sequence doesn't last long and the climax and ending of the movie is the best part of the film. I am talking about when Capa jumps to the other half of the ship and then "encounters" the surface of the sun as it burns through the ship.
Tarantino's pretty off-base about Boyle. Is he all that erudite? If you look at Trainspotting and even Slumdog, he has pretty pulpy sensibilities as well. Plus, he never bad-mouthed Romero at all; that's the fanboy talking. Still, I agree with everything he says about the film itself. Flawed, not Boyle's best, but extraordinary in parts.
@TulseLuper When 28 DAYS LATER was being promoted during it's US release Boyle dismissed any comparisons with Romero's zombie pictures branding them 'silly'. I recall this only because Edgar Wright, whilst promoting SHAUN OF THE DEAD in the States in 2004, slated Boyle for it in a press interview.
Danny is an easy going guy but given the pulpy nature of nearly all his movies he has (if you research hard enough) has said things about his movie preferences and dislikes that comes across snobby.
Why can't we see Tarantino talking, why can we only hear his voice?
Anyway problem is, Tarantino usually directs his own scripts, so he doesn't understand that a director can CHANGE a script that is written by somebody else than him. So Tarantino's mistake is to blame 'Sunshine' writer Alex Garland for everything about the 3rd act, when he should blame director Danny Boyle for changing Garland's script and not sticking to it. I guess he hasn't had an eye on the script before talking about it.
@writerblaster The video of him talking was uploaded by someone else in 2009 after Basterds came out. That person's account was deleted but I still had the audio so I uploaded it. It's better than nothing.
@grindhouse141 yes it is, thanks man. do we really need to see him sit there and speak his ridiculously overwritten and rehearsed lines to the camera??
I couldn't either but in the book Night of the Living Dead: Behind the Scenes of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever there's an interview with Boyle where he talks about the original script for 28 Days being more derivative of Romero's films and Boyle had to make many changes before filming in order for the finished film to slightly more original and less of a Romero homage.
@grindhouse141 I adore Tarantino, his films, and I do believe he is very educated on cinema but why can't he discuss works by Kubrick?--to show he likes films from the old days other than just B-Movies?--especially when Kubrick invented the space epic and what we know as "science fiction" these days? He'll pay homage to his films but never talks about him as a filmmaker and how ahead of his time he was.
@Transformers2themax I'm sure he does, he just doesn't videotape it. He has expressed his love for The Killing several times and its influence on Reservoir Dogs, btw.
@grindhouse141 Still, that's a B-Movie...great classic noir-esque heist film, but still a B-Movie nevertheless, which explains why that's all he's commented on. How Tarantino, a child of the '60s, can review a modern space epic and not 2001 is beyond me. Interesting how I, a child of the '90s and this generation (which I'm sort of ashamed to be), appreciate the film that invented what we now know as science fiction today from Tarantino's generation more than Tarantino....
boyle as erudite? huh? he's a relatively smart guy because his pictures are nearly always successful in one way or another, but erudite? he just seems like a normal blue-collar guy to me. hitchens and chomsky come across as erudite
The way he talks about how great act 1 and 2 were and how horrible act 3 was almost makes me think he's reviewing Death Proof.
shatonamime 1 week ago
sunshine is my favorite movie :)
InkySunshine 3 weeks ago
Totally agree, QT nailed it...Act I and act II : Genius. Act III: Screenwriter´s suicide.
RideMyF150 3 weeks ago
I'm firmly in the camp who feel the movie still stands as a mini-classic, despite the odd final act.
90% of the film is pure quality and it shouldn't be judged too harshly for the 10% that doesn't work.
MrPicklerwoof 1 month ago
I completely agree with everything Tarantino said, but especially about the 3rd act - I indeed felt betrayed (it's actually the perfect word for how I felt) by the last part of the movie when I saw it in a theatre, since everything leading up to it was so nicely executed, the plot had depth and interest, the cinematography was superb (e.g. just look at the Sun :p), but then all of a sudden this great human space drama turns into just another cringe-worthy sub-par monster slasher movie. (cont'd)
Devilogic 1 month ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@Devilogic (cont'd) Also the once beautiful cinematography turnes into shaky-camera bonanza, making it impossible even to see the actual "monster" (not to mention making you feel sick), and completely ruining the whole visual look of the movie. Very disappointing. Alas, that being said, I still have a soft spot for the rest of the movie - it (the first part) is one of the best, IMHO.
Devilogic 1 month ago
I love the end of this movie. The very end. with Cillian Murphy reaching out and touching the newborn star. Loved it. It's like the moment of becoming self-aware. Or something extra-ordinary. Ya know, the "goose-bump" factor, something we all experience from time to time. All the other chasing and killing didn't thrill me too much and the movie could of been way better, but for some reason it stays high on my list of favorite sci-fi flicks...
EatShiteAholes 1 month ago
Almost all these films, no matter how good they start out, descend into monster schlock.
The ending in a film seems to be the most difficult aspect to get right. That's why the likes of The Last Of The Mohicans and No Country For Old Men are so memorable--their finalé.
Sablicious 2 months ago
I can't say I am a fan of any of QT's movies, but I have to admit, he really knows his stuff.
I couldn't agree with him more about Sunshine.
Namadekim 2 months ago
Comment removed
Devilogic 1 month ago
Comment removed
Devilogic 1 month ago
Who would have thought that Quinton would know about Gerry Anderson's Journey to the Far Side of the Sun,,,
Hal9000ize 2 months ago
I LOVE Sunshine
Tebay71 3 months ago
Whenever I see the poster for Sunshine I always think it's Jared Leto for some reason, and then I have to remember he's not in the movie. Cillian looks exactly like Jared in that picture.
jarjarbanks22 3 months ago
i agree with tarantino, yes its true when you direct somebody else's script you CAN change it accord to your preference but not entirely because its not your thing, they hire you to do a job, its like hiring somebody to build something inside your house, when you write and direct you can easly say " i dont like what you are trying to do to my baby, ill take it and go somewhere else" . thats why i think for writing and directing you need bigger balls.+ danny boyle sucks for what he told about G.R
romas1995 3 months ago
nucular 1:05
buglepong 4 months ago
love the shout-outs to Asian cinema, they sure deserve it!!!
Raksasa187 4 months ago
funny how he talks about the complete destruction of the mood of the third act, when he did exactly the same with from dusk till dawn.
please make a genuine movie for once!
JustNoise 4 months ago
Yeah but in that movie It changes mood and does that mood well. The change in Sunshine turned it into a real stereotypical hollywood mediocre monster movie.
AgentFlea 4 months ago
I dont think the 3rd act dimenishes this epic movie, he wasnt a monster he was religiously devoted and burned, he wasnt supernatural. It was realistic. You can really tear someones skin of like a sleeve in real life. if a burn is severe eneough. Plus the performances were mindblowing, especially cillian murphy.
3Axy10Est13 5 months ago
What everyone forgets is that the whole "slasher" sequence doesn't last long and the climax and ending of the movie is the best part of the film. I am talking about when Capa jumps to the other half of the ship and then "encounters" the surface of the sun as it burns through the ship.
Nineteen1900Hundred 5 months ago
Where did you get this from?
DigiTrail 5 months ago
@DigiTrail In 2009 he went on SKy Movies and did all of these videos.
grindhouse141 5 months ago
Tarantino's pretty off-base about Boyle. Is he all that erudite? If you look at Trainspotting and even Slumdog, he has pretty pulpy sensibilities as well. Plus, he never bad-mouthed Romero at all; that's the fanboy talking. Still, I agree with everything he says about the film itself. Flawed, not Boyle's best, but extraordinary in parts.
TulseLuper 6 months ago
@TulseLuper When 28 DAYS LATER was being promoted during it's US release Boyle dismissed any comparisons with Romero's zombie pictures branding them 'silly'. I recall this only because Edgar Wright, whilst promoting SHAUN OF THE DEAD in the States in 2004, slated Boyle for it in a press interview.
Danny is an easy going guy but given the pulpy nature of nearly all his movies he has (if you research hard enough) has said things about his movie preferences and dislikes that comes across snobby.
932sd 4 months ago
Why can't we see Tarantino talking, why can we only hear his voice?
Anyway problem is, Tarantino usually directs his own scripts, so he doesn't understand that a director can CHANGE a script that is written by somebody else than him. So Tarantino's mistake is to blame 'Sunshine' writer Alex Garland for everything about the 3rd act, when he should blame director Danny Boyle for changing Garland's script and not sticking to it. I guess he hasn't had an eye on the script before talking about it.
writerblaster 6 months ago
@writerblaster The video of him talking was uploaded by someone else in 2009 after Basterds came out. That person's account was deleted but I still had the audio so I uploaded it. It's better than nothing.
grindhouse141 6 months ago 6
@grindhouse141 yes it is, thanks man. do we really need to see him sit there and speak his ridiculously overwritten and rehearsed lines to the camera??
bijibadness 5 months ago
oh, god. "resoNONSE"
bijibadness 5 months ago
@grindhouse141
thanks dude! ...appreciated.
EatShiteAholes 1 month ago
the film isnt set millions of years from now but only 47.
abgoldenboy777 6 months ago
i can't seem to find boyle's comments regarding romero. thanks for the upload, much appreiciated!
Slayer100 7 months ago
I couldn't either but in the book Night of the Living Dead: Behind the Scenes of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever there's an interview with Boyle where he talks about the original script for 28 Days being more derivative of Romero's films and Boyle had to make many changes before filming in order for the finished film to slightly more original and less of a Romero homage.
@Slayer100
SuperRichardNixon 6 months ago
dead on. the second that burnt dude comes on screen, the whole movie goes into the toilet. but that first hour is so fn good.
popgasmstreet 7 months ago
why is it so quiet
TheCheweeRevolutions 8 months ago
3rd act, not that bad!
coreymitchelhoulden 8 months ago
I agree. I have no idea what was the point of the 3rd act. Moon is amazing
libertines24 9 months ago
I've never being one to stay up and up on hollywood trivia and the comings and goings of popular types, but that was awesome regardless.
oEQjet 9 months ago
yea, sunshine was awesome till that last bit. such an epic idea behind their mission reduced to an out of place monster-movie type horror.
all the depth and intrique and character that had built up over the course of the film was stripped away in the crudely simple ending
jcarrig 9 months ago
omg i wish quentin would just review movies all time.
Devin1488 10 months ago 17
@Devin1488 You and me both
grindhouse141 10 months ago 5
@grindhouse141 i want him to REVIEW MOVIES ALL THE TIME. do you know tarantino's email. like i always wanted to email directors all the time.
malows1234 9 months ago
@grindhouse141 I adore Tarantino, his films, and I do believe he is very educated on cinema but why can't he discuss works by Kubrick?--to show he likes films from the old days other than just B-Movies?--especially when Kubrick invented the space epic and what we know as "science fiction" these days? He'll pay homage to his films but never talks about him as a filmmaker and how ahead of his time he was.
Transformers2themax 2 weeks ago
@Transformers2themax I'm sure he does, he just doesn't videotape it. He has expressed his love for The Killing several times and its influence on Reservoir Dogs, btw.
grindhouse141 2 weeks ago
Comment removed
Transformers2themax 2 weeks ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@grindhouse141 Still, that's a B-Movie...great classic noir-esque heist film, but still a B-Movie nevertheless, which explains why that's all he's commented on. How Tarantino, a child of the '60s, can review a modern space epic and not 2001 is beyond me. Interesting how I, a child of the '90s and this generation (which I'm sort of ashamed to be), appreciate the film that invented what we now know as science fiction today from Tarantino's generation more than Tarantino....
Transformers2themax 2 weeks ago
boyle as erudite? huh? he's a relatively smart guy because his pictures are nearly always successful in one way or another, but erudite? he just seems like a normal blue-collar guy to me. hitchens and chomsky come across as erudite
b88303 1 year ago
Thanks for putting this ones up again(Even if its just the sound)
ostattack 1 year ago