remembering the films that the audience forgot
“I didn’t read reviews earlier in my career, but I read them now as I’m older. I read them all.”
— Steven Spielberg
It’s 50 years in the future and the sun is dying. A team of astronauts, scientists and experts were sent to reignite the sun and save humanity on earth. They failed and were never heard from again. Now, seven years later another group is sent on the same mission. Sunshine is their story. From director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland - the team behind 28 Days Later - comes this really interesting sci-fi experience.
Read MoreWe are an audience that has seen it all. We know the conventions of genres and the way things generally play out from having been exposed to decades of films and film making. We are a generation that knows it and has no problem telling people that we know it. So, what do film makers do for audiences like that? Well, they show us that they know it also.
Read MoreWRITER/DIRECTOR: KURT WIMMER/BUDGET: $20 MILLION/GROSS (domestic): $1,203,974
Equilibrium is set in the future after world war III. Society has realized that mankind won't be able to survive a world war IV, so the fascist regime as moved to eliminate what makes us human: feelings/emotions, literature, music and art are all being eliminated and society is on a drug called Prozium which eliminates emotions. Christian Bale is cleric John Preston. a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules. but when he misses a dose himself, he begins to see things differently.
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