Sunshine (2007)

Directed by Danny Boyle
107 min
R

This is another end of the world sci fi where the earth unites and sends it's best astronauts into great unknown to try and stop mankind's impending doom. I know I know this has been done like 10 times in the last decade but when I found out Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) was directing my interest was pricked. The basic premise is the sun is dying so we send a nuclear bomb into the sun to try and kickstart everyone's favorite star and save the human race. Sounds lame right? Yes it does, but aside from an unoriginal plot and some sketchy physics (its sci fi remember) this movie was quite refreshing.




Where the movie succeeded was its intense atmosphere. We all know everything is going to go wrong eventually but I felt on the edge of my seat waiting for it to happen. Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later, Batman Begins) and Chris Evans (Fantastic 4) both did excellent jobs with their roles of disliking each other while still remaining true to the mission, they created some good tension without getting cheesy. Most of the time I find myself screaming in my mind...what are you doing that for oh my god you are ruining everything, which a lot of the time ruins the whole movie, but there was always reasons behind actions. I also enjoyed how the movie focused on just the mission and its crew as apposed to the other movies in this vain like Armageddon where you get an hour long backstory and you just know its gonna end in a sob fest. All in all I highly recommend if you are a fan of sci fi.

year of the doggies

This is the first official post on "Greg and Laura Do the Movies!" We are two people in love from Austin, TX and Brooklyn, NY who love movies and want to share our opinions with you the public. We promise that we will tell you about every movie we see no matter how current or dated, bad or embarrassing it may be. Greg and Laura would now like to tell you a few things about The Year of The Dog (2007)!


(rated pg-13) (runtime 97 min)

So Peggy (Molly Shannon) is a woman searching for L-O-V-E!! She is a lonely middle aged woman who passes her evenings spending time with her beloved dog, Pencil. Peggy is devastated after a tragedy takes the life of Pencil, so her co-workers start encouraging her to go out and replace her loss with a boyfriend. What ensues is a funny and often sad tale where Peggy searches for a place to put her love and the realization that maybe it doesn't have to be with another human after all.

The only thing we didn't like, is that this film made Peggy look like an actual crazy person. Peggy's love for animals made her do insane things that put other people in jeopardy of losing their job or even their lives! Yikes! The problem was that it wasn't really funny in the process, it actually made me feel sort of uncomfortable during her decent, and all the while i couldn't help bet feel that her extreme beliefs were being ridiculed and made fun of, which is opposite of the films message. All in all it was a good movie, it just seemed a little overboard at times, but still I think its worth seeing....

3/5 puppies.