History Film / Sunshine

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:By the final shot over a simulated Sydney, every member of the crew of ''Icarus I'' and ''Icarus II'' are dead; Capa, Pinbacker and arguably Cassie are the last three, and they all die when the payload goes.]]

* AluminumChristmasTrees : Interesting example: Danny Boyle was originally reticent to have Cillian Murphy play Capa because he considered him to be "[[HotScientist too good-looking]]" to be a scientist... until he met [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_%28physicist%29 the movie's science advisor]], who had a similar sense of style, and actually looks a lot like Murphy.

* InfiniteSupplies: Averted. Once the oxygen garden is destroyed, it's said flat out that there isn't enough to even get them all to the sun. [[spoiler: After they're unable to get anything from Icarus I's garden, other crew members serious discuss allowing the suicidal one to kill himself so there's enough to get them there]].

* StandardSnippet: The main theme, "Sunshine (Adagio In D Minor)" by John Murphy, is in danger of becoming this. It has been used in ''Film/KickAss'' as Hit-Girl's theme and the fifth episode of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'', and in trailers for ''Film/TheMortalInstrumentsCityOfBones'' and [[Film/XMenDaysofFuturePast X-Men: Days of Future Past]].

[[caption-width-right:350: Hope he brought his factor 1,000,000...]]

* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The bomb is described as having a mass equivalent to Manhattan Island, or (assuming 1 km depth and the density of granite) about 2.43×10¹⁵ kg. The Sun's mass is just under 2×10³⁰ kg, or a quadrillion times larger. Even if the sought after Q-ball were 10 billion times smaller in volume than the Sun (akin to comparing a human to a large amoeba) it would still have a radius of over 300 km. Additionally, the total amount of energy one could extract from such a bomb would be in the region of 2*10^29 joules, depending on which fuel source was used. The Sun emits that amount of energy roughly every 10 minutes.

'''Icarus:''' [[spoiler:Fire in oxygen garden.]]

* BadassBeard: Kaneda sports one.

* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: The first ''Icarus'' supposedly vanished on its mission and no one knew where to. Even without communications or radar, Earth-based telescopes exist that can image objects out at the Earth-sun distance ''far'' smaller than the ''Icarus'' shown in the film. Astronomers should have been able to track every moment of ''Icarus I''[='=]s lifetime. If it disappeared, they would know exactly ''where'' it disappeared and where it was headed.

''Sunshine'' is a 2007 psychological thriller disguised as a [[FollowTheLeader bog-standard sci-fi disaster movie]], starring Creator/CillianMurphy. Often overlooked due to its somewhat difficult-to-swallow premise, which sounds like ''Film/TheCore'' but in '''[[RecycledInSpace THE SUN]]''', the film is actually a slow, melancholic character study, somewhat philosophical in tone, though never [[FauxlosophicNarration fauxlosophic]].

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[[caption-width-right:350: Hope he brought his factor 1,000,000...]]

* WhamLine: Icarus delivers two in quick succession at the end of the film.
--->'''Icarus:''' Capa, you are dying. All crew are dying.\\
'''Capa:''' Yes, we're dying. As long as we live long enough to deliver the payload...\\
'''Icarus:''' ''[[spoiler:Capa, warning: you will not live long enough to deliver the payload.]]''\\
[[RuleOfDrama ... moments later]]:
--->''[Icarus states there isn't enough oxygen for the whole crew to make the drop]''\\
'''Capa:''' Trey is dead, there are only four crew members.\\
'''Icarus:''' Negative.\\
'''Capa:''' Affirmative, Icarus; four crew members: Mace, Cassie, Corazon and me.\\
'''Icarus:''' [[spoiler:Negative. '''Five''' crew members.]]

'''Capa:'''Affirmative, Icarus, four crew: Mace, Cassie, Corazon and me.\\

'''Capa:'''...[There are] Four crew members [left]: Mace, Cassie, Corazon and me.\\
'''Icarus:''' ''[[WhamLine NEGATIVE. Correction: FIVE crew members.]]''

''Sunshine'' is a 2007 psychological thriller disguised as a [[FollowTheLeader bog-standard sci-fi disaster movie]], starring Creator/CillianMurphy. Often overlooked due to its somewhat difficult-to-swallow premise, which sounds like ''Film/TheCore'' but in [[AC:[[RecycledInSpace THE SUN]],]] the film is actually a slow, melancholic character study, somewhat philosophical in tone, though never [[FauxlosophicNarration fauxlosophic]].

''See [[Film/Sunshine1999 here]] for the 1999 film. ''

* CueTheSun: The film's finale in which a sunbeam from the newly ignited sun hits the frozen waters of Sidney.

Directed by [[Creator/DannyBoyle Danny Boyle]] who would later direct ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'', and had earlier directed ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'' and ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'', the film was completely mishandled in the advertising: a final-act twist was treated as if it were the main plot. Thus when audiences showed up they were put off by the hour-long build-up to the plot they were actually expecting to see.

See [[Film/Sunshine1999 here]] for the 1999 film.

** {{Word Of God}} states that he is technically proficient enough to perform Mace's, Cassie's, and Trey's responsibilities on an equal level.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: And just short of ShootTheShaggyDog because Capa actually succeeded in detonating the bomb and restarting the Sun; however, all the events in the movie could have been avoided have they not deviated from their plan to retrieve the ''Icarus I''[='=]s bomb as not only was ''Icarus I''[='=]s main computer was useless, and thus unable to be used, but in the end, it was not even needed.]]

* AllThereInTheManual: The film is often {{Misblamed}} for having a premise as ridiculous as ''Film/TheCore'', but they did in fact get Brian Cox to theorise a plausible way in which the sun's dimming could happen - there's a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ball Q-ball]] within the sun, a particle that disrupts the sun's natural fusion cycle. The bomb is powerful enough to destroy the Q-ball[[note]] It's still a bit of a reach, with some [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale scale issues]], but it ''plausible''[[/note]]. Unfortunately, the movie's reputation is marred by the fact this is ''never mentioned onscreen''.

''Sunshine'' is a 2007 psychological thriller disguised as a [[FollowTheLeader bog-standard sci-fi disaster movie]], starring Creator/CillianMurphy. Often overlooked due to its somewhat difficult-to-swallow premise, which sounds like ''Film/TheCore'' but in [[AC: [[RecycledInSpace THE SUN]],]] the film is actually a slow, melancholic character study, somewhat philosophical in tone, though never [[FauxlosophicNarration fauxlosophic]].

** Cynical: Mace (wants to just pass the ''Icarus I'') [[spoiler:And they should have listened to him.]]]]

* NoOshaCompliance: Removing the main computer from its coolant bath causes the lights to go out. So much for redundant systems.