Sunshine

I took the day off today and went to the movies. There really isn't much out there that I wanted to see but one of the local art theaters is showing Sunshine from the director of Trainspotting. Its about a space voyage to try to restart our slowly dying sun with a huge nuclear payload but its really a "lifeboat" story about the crew. Interesting moral questions are raised and the special effects are good but don't overwhelm the story. It gets needlessly bloody toward the end as if the filmmaker or writer seemed unsure how to conclude without losing the gravitas (not unlike 2001). It fails ultimately but its a good attempt at a very good movie and I'm satisfied with that since most filmmakers or studios don't even try. I'm glad I saw it.