ROTTEN TOMATOES: Danny Boyle Talks Sunshine, Space, and Sci-Fi

Danny Boyle Talks Sunshine, Space, and Sci-Fi

by Sara Schieron | July 19, 2007

Summary

Danny Boyle has had a varied career (Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, The Beach, Millions) but is arguably best known for reviving the zombie genre with 2003's "28 Days Later." With a rumored second sequel on the horizon, how does the Sunshine director really feel about revisiting the "trashy" world of zombie horror? Back to Article

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AmazingAndrex writes:
on Jul 19 2007 02:16 AM

Sunshine really kicked ***.

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Totem writes:
on Jul 19 2007 03:19 AM

Just want to express my admiration with Boyle, I loved all of his movies. I've seen Sunshine, it's been released earlier this year in Italy, and as a science fiction lover I truly enjoyed the movie. There are obviously, as he states in the interview, references to Alien and 2001, but Sunshine has its own integrity and doesn't "sell out". Well done, and looking forward for the next movie, whatever it is :)

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rmobbs writes:
on Jul 19 2007 02:26 PM

Looks like Boyle's legacy will be directing movies that haven't a lick of originality ('28 Days' was just a pastiche of other zombie films 'Day of the Triffids', 'Sunshine' looks to be a similar pastiche of pretty much every other sci-fi movie), but doing so with enough visual flair to make people think it's worthwhile.

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kfarschman writes:
on Jul 21 2007 06:58 PM

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What was Trainspotting a "pastiche" of?

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GLADIATOR MONKEY writes:
on Aug 20 2007 11:10 PM

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rmobbs,
Had you written that very same comment in reference to Tarantino, I would have agreed wholeheartedly. But I think that that criticism is mislaid when directed at Boyle. No one can ignore their influences(hence the word 'influence'), but better artist don't let those influences inflate into outright parody. Boyle, I think, has that more and more rare ability to be 'inspired' by previous film makers without resorting to lifting scenes wholesale for the sheer easiness of it. Whereas a lesser director such as Tarantino will simply "borrow" existing scenes from other films and cobble them together into what he refers to as an "homage". Granted, two different styles of film making, but one requiring slightly more "originality" than the other. We should be thankful that there are at least those directors like Boyle out there who are making the effort to create interesting and relevant films and not merely settling for 'good enough'.

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