Sunshine is not without flaws, but I still consider it one of my personal favorite sci-fi films with its great soundtrack, spectacular visuals and some fantastically written dialogue. Let me know your thoughts!

one of the most underrated movies ever. The soundtrack really makes it great.

I really love the ending scene in that the burning flames of the sun suddenly stop just in front of Capa, as if it knows someone's there. Capa touches the surface smiling happily. It's surprising that the director described that way, that the flames were not extremely hot but rather mildly warm for Capa to be able to touch them.

These videos are always. so. damn. good! Like, I can't even categorize them. They're one part review, one part documentary, one part lecture, and one part sermon. The editing is always on point, the voice work is perfect and clear, and the message is always some shade of pitch-perfect emotional. Take your like, take your sub, and keep up the awesome work!

O my God. Finally an exploration of this film that captures the elegance, tragedy, hope, despair, and joy of humankind’s quest for survival. As the fundamentally narrow-minded Pinbackers of this world place self-importance above self-sacrifice, it is invigorating to revisit a story that celebrates sacrifice for the common good. A story told with such insight and editorial and technical mastery. When Sunshine came out, I drove down the steep roads to the Englewood Cliffs, NJ cinema four times for a matinee showing of this film, with the noon-day sun shining in my eyes. And my sunglasses are not as nice as Dr. Searle’s. Your inclusion of the comments by the immortal Carl Sagan was particularly moving. Thank you for reviewing this film not just as a critic, but as someone whose heart understands the message captured in each frame. Sunshine changed my life; yours is the first review to make me love it even more. Bless you, if you are into that kind of thing. We are all stardust.

"We see how both spirituality and atheism lead to humility." Brilliant work as always

Saw this in a crappy theatre one weekend only knowing it was the same guy who did 28 days later and Cillian Murphy was in it. To this day it remains one of my favorite films, and it's a testament to how powerful John Murphy's score is that you still hear pieces from the OST in marketing today.

Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" is and will always be one of the most powerful collection of words ever articulated!

Each character represents parts of the ego It's so symbolic on so many levels

Death. Death is the ultimate illusion. We come from the stars, and to the stars we will return. If i had to choose, going into a star would be the way to die.

Matching Carl Sagan's inspirational words with this masterpiece of a movie was pure perfection. Thank you.

Like many science fiction films, Sunshine is about a crew of characters and a plot-centric encounter. Typically, this encounter is with something alien or unknown, like a random planet, a virus, or perhaps a malfunction within their ship from the strains of space. In Sunshine however, the central encounter is with something every human being recognizes from birth. Thus the film becomes a reflection; not just on knowledge, but on choices in response to that knowledge. The cinematography and visual brilliance of this film display these elements in the extreme. Great video mate, a viewing pleasure as always. I’ve shown your work to family and friends and everyone loves it, so keep it up!

One of the most underrated sci-fi (horror) movie ever, the main musical theme is so mesmerizing!

I'm in awe of how you evoke emotion with your thoughtful writing, delivery and editing. You are a treasure.

Yes! So much yes! Today get can't get any better. Sunshine is criminally underrated.

Never thought a video essay would make me cry

This channel can make even The Room feel like a deep story about humanity and its fate

Like Stories of Old grew up with a visceral experience of life, death and meaning

The cast in this is absolutely phenomenal, they perform the story so well ! Cillian is underrated and this plot was so interesting , more ppl need to see this film

8:49 *"Consider again that dot, that's here...that's home...that's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and pesant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every saint and sinner in the history of our species...lived there, on a mote of dust...suspended in a sunbeam."* If that's no inspiring quote of Carl Sagan, I don't know what is. Kudos to the very author of the *Pale Blue Dot*

I've always liked how that shot at 5:03 turns the Icarus II from a spaceship flying towards a giant celestial body into an elevator descending into Hell.

You are one of the only channels I watch basically on the verge of tears every video... you seem to capture a dense amount of inspiration into a ten minute video in a completely novel way. Thank you!

This makes me think of humanity at its best, a truly noble and wonderful thing. The current state of affairs, with few exceptions, reveals humanity as wilfully falling far short of its potential. My heart aches and my soul yearns to be free.

You should definitely do The Fountain by Aronofsky.

This movie explains religion to me in some weird way, the scene where he looks into the sun and gasps, he essentially looks into the face of god. Yes I know its an obvious interpretation, but it's just such a great analogy, the fear of god, and the magnificence that religious people must feel about god is perfectly shown here.

OMG!!!!! I DONT BELIEVE THAT THE LSOO, A CHANNEL THAT I LOVE, MADE A VIDEO ABOUT MY FAVORITE MOVIE. ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED MOVIE OF ALL TIME. YOU MAKE MY DAY. THANKS

The voice and words of Carl Sagan with this score brought me to tears and humbles me. I thank you. TT-TT

Your commentary and observations sit at a really wonderful overlap point of philosophy, spirituality, and narrative...just gets me so humanly and directly every time! Thanks for the content!

Amazing. You never fail to impress me with your content. You sir are a true content creator.

I watch this video every now and again when I want to really appreciate life (and possibly drop a few tears). This is such a beautiful encapsulation of one of my favorite movies of all time. Thank you for creating this.

now this is how you do a video essay. perfectly captured the beauty, atmosphere, and emotional soul of the film

An incredibly underrated movie that most people have neither heard of nor seen. So glad you chose this!

Your videos are sublime and incredibly moving. Wonderful stuff. Thank you so much for taking the time and the trouble to post them.

This is literally one of the most underrrated stories and movies of all time. I am old enough to remember when this came out in theatres. I actually was in a theatre...thinking to myself I've witnessed the most amazing movie of that year. It still rates up there, top 10 for sure.

I'd like to say that your videos have been a great inspiration to me. This video in particular is very profound because sunshine is after all one of my favorite movies despite being criminally underrated. I've always loved how the film made you feel so small and inconsequential in the vastness of existence yet you recognize that despite the inevitability of death, beauty can be found even in the bleakest of circumstances. Your channel has let me go beyond the surface of many of my favorite movies to discover for myself the deeper connections, and i sincerely thank you for that.

I love this channel. LOVE this channel. And not only do i get a new perspective on some of my favorite films but you also talk about some pretty interesting books that I look forward to reading myself. Please never stop 💕

You take an art form. You make an art form. Your videos and narrative are my poetry. Thank you for sharing your vision.

You've touched on so many of my favourite films, and now you've done another. I honestly think if I could have picked your next video, this would have been it. Please don't stop making these, they bring me so much joy.

This is one of my favorite sci-fi films and I'm really glad that u made a video about it!

This film is one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen😢. Criminally underrated and gorgeous. This should be seen by any film lover and sci-fi lover. Your video has definetly moved me. Keep up the great work!

Thank you so much for making this!! Sunshine is such and underrated movie!! I LOVE IT! It may not be perfect storywise but everything else is perfect in my opinion.

I have watched Sunshine for several times already, and I keep enjoying its depth, beauty and atmosphere. It's depressive and hopefull at the same time. I like the way the people are shown there. They behave, act, feel like truly real people, not like ideal comics characters. Thank you for your analysys of this movie.

I love that movie, and also love you for this, the deep meaning behind the story and the questions made from this film, also the realism on how it's made, even with the flaws in the plot, that's my favorite si-fi movie since i watched for the first time. And you, also use the speech of "Pale Blue Dot" by Carl Sagan. This video has become my favorite one in all youtube. Thank you.

Your video makes me cry so much! This movie I adore, your brilliant montage, your touching voice, the final of the narration, omg

Binge watching your videos man..you’ve got a talent

These vids are just, so well made. It's unbelievable. You truly deserve more attention on this site. You have put forward more than enough effort.

5:35 - 5:59 Fucking unbelievably contemplating. So liberating and peaceful. We are but a spec of dust alone on a unknown blue marble, drifting among a sea of helpless infinite. Born into an existence of chaos and serenity a totality we will all return to one day. "Everything is the Light." - Nikola Tesla(1899)

Always loved the pale blue dot speech. Great video!

Thank you so much for these. Your channel is my favourite on KZfaq. Trust me when I say I have never said that before.

Thank you so much! In every video I have watched from your channel, you have done an amazing job in expressing the subtleness of the concepts and beauty that these movies convey. The way you coupled the concepts, the imagery, the music, it brings out in me a profound joy and appreciation for the art of cinema and for life in general. Again, thank you, very much so.

This is fantastic! I think that people that see the third act as problematic are not looking at the movie through this lens. Your interpretation is sublime.

For me Danny Boyle is the most versatile of all great directors out there. Just name any genre and he has made a film on it. Even bollywood movie slumdog millionaire. How many other directors can boast of such a feat ?

I also love your Channel Name: you deal with issues humanity has grappled with since the dawn of consciousness and human awakening; and these have manifested themselves as stories, narratives, some of them transformed into myths, of a very very old time. Storytelling has been our common method for understanding life.

This is one of your best videos. I have to watch this movie. And I second an examination on The Fountain. Aside from being a great movie, the ost is magnificent

Just saw this film. Deserves many rewatch because it's that beautiful. Thank you for leading me to it. 🌞

Favorite channel on KZfaq right now.

I've been following you for a short while, but never thought to check if you had analysed Sunshine. This movie is one of my favourite movies, of any styles. While I believe your analysis is accurate, Sunshine - and 28 Days Later at that too - has always been, for me, a comment on how, ultimately, humans are the real evil. It is not an alien that will destroy the ship, put the mission in jeopardy, dissemate the crew (both crews) and thereby put an end to Earth's population, but another fellow human. The same was true with 28 Days Later: zombies everywhere, but it's the surviving army crew and its leader that pose the greatest threat to the group of survivors. Other humans are humans' greatest threat... This movie is a true work of art. As a scientist, I loved watching with the physicist' commentary track again and again. The cast is stellar. I've just rewatched the movie and I can't believe Trey is Benedict Wong! I love him but I hadn't realized I had seen him act as early as Sunshine. Same for Mark Strong. Michelle Yeoh is amazing as always, same for Cliff Curtis and Hiroyuki Sanada. Admitedly, I was taken with Cillian Murphy and Chris Evan.

This has been one of my favorite movies for years, thank you for this video. This and The Fountain were very good movies that made you think and the music scores were phenomenal.

Very deep movie and even deeper and brilliant analysis of it!

You always manage to take my favorite movies or tv shows and make them feel even more awesome

"Sunshine" is probably the best remake of all time. I know that it's supposedly an original film but that's because the 1990 film "Solar Crisis" had such a low budget for a B grade film that it's been completely forgotten. Danny Boyle's renditions of my favorite childhood films are the best versions by far. I think I was the only person who even remembered the 1981 British miniseries "Day Of The Triffids" which had it's plot-line reused for "28 Days Later" (swapping Triffids for the infected). It's like the movies from my childhood grew up with me thanks to Danny Boyle. Disclaimer: I know that "Solar Crisis" was rated PG-13, but I only ever saw the Television edit, so it was basically a kids movie.

Greatest KZfaq channel, consistently great videos, putting into words things I never knew how to say about these works. Great job.

Sunshine is one of my most favourite movies, for literally every point you made in this video and more. Nice work

This is without a doubt the best film essay channel on KZfaq.

This certainly was a beautiful take on a movie. The beauty of this movie exists only because you gave a voice to this perception of it. So GOOD JOB, you are making a difference in the world. You are part of something bigger.

Love all your videos. So much insight from my favorite medium articulated for us normal folks lol! I think you should make the film Annihilation the center of your next video. I'm sure everyone will enjoy your take. Cheers

Hi, first of all thank you for this essay. I have just translated the subtitles to Brazilian Portuguese. I hope I did justice to your beautiful text. Translating it was a very interesting experience. Sometimes it is difficult to find the right words and meaning. Cheers.

This, like all your other videos, is thought-provoking and beautiful. Definitely have to watch “Sunshine”. Your Shawshank video is how I discovered your channel. It’s my favorite and it leaves me in tears every time I watch it. Your work has come to mean a lot to me. Thank you so much for it.

Your videos are hauntingly beautiful, you are one of the best channels dude!

I don't know how many times I've watched this video, its so well done, can you please consider making an essay on "blood diamond"

You subverted people's expectations- we thought that you'd have something to say regards its infamous 3rd act. But you surprisingly left it out in favor of exploring the larger themes at play in 'Sunshine', which the audience probably missed out, courtesy of the "slasher film" final act. Great job once again !!! Looking forward to more of your videos ! - From Kolkata, India.

One of the great moments on the internet, when LSOO uploads. Man, I so appreciate your insight. Thank you.

Praise The Sun \o/

Always heavy eyed at the end of these videos.

I will never forget how this film made me feel. I went to see it 5 times in the theater. It remains one of my all time favorite films, and you have articulated so beautifully exactly why. I recommend it to everyone I know. ❤️❤️❤️

I don’t understand...... how are you so great at making and explaining these! I don’t feel like I’m gaining just knowledge, but motivation as well. For this I thank you friend.

in 4.5 billion years our star will begin to die, and during that time the Andromeda galaxy will mesh with our galaxy.

All your interpretations are amazing. Your videos are one of many sources of inspiration for my own stories. Friendship, love, power, life, meaning, good and evil, humanity... We need to think more about this. Thank you so much for this outstanding channel.

I link this movie to a certain period of time in my life. I used to watch it again and again. It soothed me. It gave me hope. At the time I couldn't exactly pinpoint why. Your words opened up a window to the past for me and gave me a sorts of reconciliation. For that I am grateful.

I don't know how you do it, but your videos are frequently perfection. They stir the mind and the emotions in new perspectives and open doors from pain and suffering into spaces of healing. Strange to say it but they are what l would expect going to a shrink would be like...but these are perfection and the shrink is just an pale imitation. Maybe it's the analysis of a story combined with Philosophies of life mixed in. At heart everything comes down to stories...ours and others....fantasy and fact...everything can be told.

I adore this movie ... great analysis, my friend

Have you seen "About Time"? It's a romantic comedy and a time travel movie. Like any time travel movie, it has its flaws but it has an overwhelming significance on how a person could live there life. Would be cool to see you break it down and add your touch to it. Regardless, thanks for your content.

This is a lovely tribute and only ten minutes long. The kind of video to watch just before we get up and either challenge or embrace the day. In the final analysis, today will be forgotten eventually. Focus on the now. There’s a school run to prep the kids for...

Suberb review! I have got shivers down my neck at the last quote about our little blue dot...

One of the most beautiful scores I have ever heard.

One of the best sci fi ive seen. Its at the same time an introspective Journey ... Perfect

I cried watching this. Wow. I need to recover for a while now. But yeah -- awesome job on this video.

Another great video. I haven't watched Sunshine in a while. Have to check it out again.

Sunshine is easily in my top 5 all-time favorites. But I cringe every time Sagan is mentioned. Being 50 y.o, the TV show Cosmos was originally aired when I was in my formative years. I marveled at the wonders of knowledge on display, but the insistent hammering on how we are nothing more than a speck in the Universe on an insignificant dot in an insignificant solar-system distracted me so much from my vastly more ambitious fantasies that it kinda killed my enthusiasm for him as a public figure, a scientist of some stature, to a philosopher coming to terms with his own mortality in the most misleading, albeit cosmic, shape and form imaginable. His storytelling was great though, until I started to watch James Burke, was blown away and then that last vestige of appreciation washed away as well. Add to that the sheer deification that Sagan's followers bestow upon his legacy, and I can't help but feeling shallowness in linking him with my Top SciFi movie. HOWEVER, Sunshine is the chymical wedding of content and shape, of form and void, of script and Great Acting; and I welcome every attempt to bring new life and new appreciation to this loved by some and misunderstood by many, movie. Some have remarked about 'doing' Aranofski's The Fountain.. Why not throw in Singh's The Fall or The Cell as well. For me, these highly visual movies need little spotlighting. I would like to see you 'do' movies I did not understand or could watch in one sitting, like maybe The Zero Theorem. Hell even 500 Days Of Summer could be mined for unexpected wealth of story and Art of Telling it. Enough of the constructive criticism. I liked this one. As always, can't wait for your next project. Go Tom!

Man you don't know how much I want to have a one on one conversation with you. I feel like your wisdom and knowledge can be very though profoundly

Goodness this video gave me chills...

Simply remarkable. Humbling. I've referred back to Pale Blue dot recently to try and put the political discourse within the US into a greater perspective. Sagan, we need more like him these days.

Absolutely excellent, as always.

Carl Sagan's words of The Pale Blue Dot always makes me cry and humble amongst myself internally with tears down my face. Thank you for making this video. The inspiration fills me with strength to go on writing.

Stunning. Thank you.

Yes. Thank you for reminding me this is one of the best movies ever. Perfect balance between a spiritual experience and a grounded scifi flick. There are pictures and sentences from it that just immediately tear up my eyes anytime I see them. Mace in the cooling tank, holy shit. Amazing analysis of its themes too, thank you for this!

Thank you! Such wonderful videos you share with us!

I sometimes come back to watch this video, it's beautifully done and legitimately brought tears to my eyes. Tr

This content is probably the best on all of youtube. And this video is your best yet. wow

Beautiful. Thank you so much for making this. I really appreciate your efforts.