It's not often a film takes a moment to just show something beautiful... usually studios just assume every movie-goer has ADHD and needs fast-paced cuts and explosions every few minutes to keep people entertained. This was absolutely fucking beautiful and one of the most unforgettable Sci-Fi movies in the past 2 Decades.
"Ladies and gentleman..Mercury". The background music is so calming, i really feel this scene, John Murphy did a fantastic job with the music for this film 10/10
@@StephNuggs Majorly disagree. A weak ending yes. Creative nose dive? No. Not in any way, whatsoever. Good try tho. You go make a film and we'll see how "creative" it is lol.
@@bk373904 nice try? Try of what? If you wanna discuss the movie then stick to the subject. If you can't take critiscm of a movie you liked perhaps it's time we take a break from the internet.
@@StephNuggs Hey buddy, you like hearing yourself or something? Shut the fuck up. It was a nice try at a pathetically bad criticism if you need the help spelling that out old man. Don't worry about the internet and your shitty opinion's gramps. I'll always be here to let scumbags like you know how bad their opinions are. Sunshine was a great film from start to finish. Lets see your movie ya Goomba?
Harvey's character is one of melancholy when it comes to the mission. It was not developed outwardly in the movie, but his number one concern was losing his life. Mercury was, to Harvey, a reminder of the distance he was from earth.
Harvey's fate is so arbitrary it breaks my heart. He's just there to teach us that if we don't stand for something, then we'll fall for anything. Everyone goes out fighting in some way, but Harvey... man
This is a great scene. Not just the epicness of being the first people to see such a sight, but then range of emotions you see as the camera pans across the crew.
It’s amazing all of the characters react differently - Cappa has a small smile on his face, Mace looks ahead with no resolve, the second in command looks down almost as if he can’t bear to look. This film and in particular, this music, always makes me feel sad for some reason. Dunno why
Yes, I think the movie did a good job of cobbling together different characters who may have different personalities, chemistry issues, but all had the same goal of saving humanity. The scene at the end was cool with the nuclear explosion meeting the sun, man really making his next evolutionary step.
They're seeing something literally awesome, most of all from a perspective no one else in their universe (apart from maybe their predecessors in the first mission) has ever seen. Given that their mission could very well be a doomed one, to one extent or another, they're probably dwelling on the fact that the beauty of what they're witnessing is likely costing them their lives---and it's totally worth it; they're likely flying to their incineration, but they're at peace with it, not only cus success would make the ultimate difference for their world, but also cus, unlike a lot of people who die without ever witnessing something worth living for, this crew no longer has to worry about that. Hence your "sadness"; there's a lot to be "sad" about here.
I love this scene because it really brings home how little Humanity means. Here is Humanity facing extinction yet the rest of the solar system keeps on going like nothing is happening.
Beautiful cinematography and special effects. The use of light and dark contrast and color values are artfully portrayed and really make you feel as though you are there. Brilliant.
I love this scene do to how it relates to the plot of the movie. It shows how we take life on Earth for granted. In this movie all life on Earth is doomed to extinction and yet everything in our solar system, our galaxy and the universe goes on like normal as if nothing is happening.
Years later I notice that Mercury is spinning backwards in this scene. Most objects in our solar system orbit the sun and/or rotate counterclockwise as seen from the ecliptic north pole (even the sun itself), Mercury is no exception. So we should see it passing in front of the sun from left to right instead of right to left. I first thought that Icarus II was "upside-down" but when you look at the sun, you can clearly see its surface rotating from left to right, though at a slower pace.
Honestly, I think this scene really captures the life giving divinity of The Sun. Sure, Mercury (and by association, Earth) are small and insignificant in comparison to the Majesty of our Sun, yet still, the star cradles us in its orbit, grants the heat and light we need to go on living. To some, this scene represents a nihilistic portrait of the Solar System, how even as Humanity dies, Mercury continues to spin, but to me, this scene represents something completely different. This is an image of a Mother holding one of her seven children
While it's awe-inspiring to see Mercury in person, seeing another lifeless planet also makes you appreciate the fertility of Earth itself. Our odds of living on a life-sustaining planet are astronomical, no pun intended.
This scene is so wonderful in its simplicity. There is no Sci Fi Action or drama or other played out plot device in this scene. It is something as beautiful and awe inspiring as human beings seeing another planet with their own eyes for the first time. Truly one of the best Sci Fi scenes in movie history.
This movie is beautiful in itself. I love space movies. Prometheus, Interstellar, Pandorum, and so on. Hell, I even love The Martian. I can’t wait to eventually wake up one day and know that mankind has successfully landed a man on a planet other than the Earth.
I have never in my life seen a movie with such a passion. God gave us great things like this and we all should be thankful. By the way, this movie has all around an amazing soundtrack.
If you think Sunshine turned into "a horror movie" you weren't paying attention. There's a difference between thriller and horror. It's sci-fi all the way through and then thriller is added as well to the second half of it. That's what makes the film so good it doesn't have a dull moment in it it's very suspenseful because the odds aren't high for success. Event Horizon is a joke compared to this.
I love how you can't even see an entire planet, not only after the observation deck adjustment, but also until it passes the overwhelming light of the sun. Even then it looks like a beach ball in comparison. Really puts things into perspective on a cosmic scale.
Watching this makes me say " wooooowww it was beautiful," it was like watching those universal events that you can see once in your lifetime after many years.
Theres so much to unpack in this scene. However, to me, the most beautiful thought, is that Mercury, this tiny rock, is actually out there right now, circling our star, and has done for longer than humanities entire existence. It just creates this awesome depiction of the greatness of space, time and nature. The music and the visuals somehow do a fantastic job of reinforcing that message in this scene. Its absolutely beautiful. Great film.
That's an amazing thought. Quite breathtaking. When I first saw this scene what I felt is unexplainable. For a moment it looked like Mercury was falling into the Sun. What it must be like for the crew as they watch creation being undone knowing that it will happened to Earth in the future. Utterly soulwrenching
I've just noticed that, of all the crew members watching the Mercury, Harvey is the only one who didn't looks at it and was clearly thinking about something, probably about his family back home, which makes his demise more sympathetic!
Imagine that people. We would see Mercury from a telescope, thermal images, photos, but seeing it in real life. Would be so crazy for humanity to see it.
This scene is my favorite, the silence and the beautiful music (Mercury-John Murphy), I have it on my computer, I listen to it a lot, absolutely beautiful...:)
I gotcha now. First "worth" comparing. Definitely a great film. I actually just stumbled upon it at a grocery store that had its own rental section, but then they got the red box and had to sell the movies. So, I bought it!
There were some roadblocks in getting the full motion picture soundtrack for Sunshine available, and as a result, it is only available as an iTunes download. Don't prefer the compressed audio, but it's still a very nice movie soundtrack.
I also watched this movie very stoned, but this was also the first film I saw at the cinema on my own, just saw it on a whim. While it got pretty fucking weird towards the end this part was absolutely magical...enhanced by the state I was in
Assuming they're simply looking out of a window, the sun would not look that big. Even standing on the surface of Mercury, the sun would only look 3 times bigger than it does on Earth. And they arent even that close to Mercury yet.
its on the soundtrack of the film. all the music was done by underworld and this track is called"mercury" really trippy soundtrack. its brilliant to chill out to.
A group of scientists are sent into space to "jump-start" our dying sun with a payload of nuclear warheads. This is the second crew to attempt this feet (hence the name of the ship 'Icarus 2'). The first crew was lost and never heard from again. There is a highly-emotional soundtrack that carries you, as a minor miscalculation jeopardizes Icarus 2 and its crew. If it sounds like a Michael Bay film, I assure you IT'S NOT!!! It's one of the most visually stunning films I've ever scene.
Really admire and appreciate this scene. But for anyone who is curious you would not see this unless you used a telescope from probably around Venus. From this distance the sun would only be about three times wide and Mercury is more likely to eclipse it than transit it. Just for people who are curious. I'm a space artist and I don't want to take away from this shots beautiful.
Cuando vi por primera vez esta pelicula me quede perplejo por la belleza de esta brevisima escena del paso de Mercurio delante de la orbita del sol...😢
Michael Bay would have murdered this film. In fact, in an interview Danny Boyle underlined just how important it was in the making of 'Sunshine' to steer clear of all the Hollywood Michael Bay-style cliches. He HATES Michael Bay and his ilk. 'Armagheddon' against 'Sunshine'? For Christ's sake, no contest!
sulijoo I guess if this was a Micheal Bay film they would have murdered Pinbacker in the most badass way possible and showed Icarus I exploding after they leave it... Which would have destroyed the nature of this movie...
Love this scene... But nobodies going to mention how Big the sun is here compared to Mercury's orbit.... Its like the sun is a red giant 44 times its original radi
I watched the transit of Venus across the Sun back in 2004 (using a proper Solar filter) and it still makes one of the fondest memories in my life! This scene is just brilliant, amazing, amazing...
Heh, always kinda bugs me because at that distance you wouldn't see Mercury moving that fast; you really wouldn't see it move at all in just those few seconds. But it gets the message across for film, so it's cool anyway.
Yeah..a huge technical fuck up....they gave it an orbital period(Mercury year) of what appears visually to be a several minutes..when in reality..at 88 days, you wouldn't see it visually move at all at that distance
![Sunshine (Adagio in D Minor) - [Super Extended]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ab3NscEJ80s/mqdefault.jpg)
Just one of a boatload of beautiful, awe-inspiring scenes in one of the most underrated films ever made...
*Criminally underrated
@@vedantmomaya1533 Agreed!
idk man the final act was awful
@@madeconomist458 it wasnt but aight
@@madeconomist458true but other than that fantastic movie
It's not often a film takes a moment to just show something beautiful... usually studios just assume every movie-goer has ADHD and needs fast-paced cuts and explosions every few minutes to keep people entertained. This was absolutely fucking beautiful and one of the most unforgettable Sci-Fi movies in the past 2 Decades.
New movies do that. Older movies took time with the effects
sadly so true of so many newer films.
I have adhd and I still managed to watch and sit through Oppenheimer when it came out
@@cheddarcheese9311😎
"Ladies and gentleman..Mercury". The background music is so calming, i really feel this scene, John Murphy did a fantastic job with the music for this film 10/10
There were so many beautiful and amazing scenes in Sunshine and this one stands out.
First half was great then the movie took a creative nose dive
@@StephNuggs Majorly disagree. A weak ending yes. Creative nose dive? No. Not in any way, whatsoever. Good try tho. You go make a film and we'll see how "creative" it is lol.
The last time, they're all happy together.
@@bk373904 nice try? Try of what? If you wanna discuss the movie then stick to the subject. If you can't take critiscm of a movie you liked perhaps it's time we take a break from the internet.
@@StephNuggs Hey buddy, you like hearing yourself or something? Shut the fuck up. It was a nice try at a pathetically bad criticism if you need the help spelling that out old man. Don't worry about the internet and your shitty opinion's gramps. I'll always be here to let scumbags like you know how bad their opinions are. Sunshine was a great film from start to finish. Lets see your movie ya Goomba?
Harvey's character is one of melancholy when it comes to the mission. It was not developed outwardly in the movie, but his number one concern was losing his life. Mercury was, to Harvey, a reminder of the distance he was from earth.
14 fucking years and it still haunts me 😶
Harvey's fate is so arbitrary it breaks my heart. He's just there to teach us that if we don't stand for something, then we'll fall for anything. Everyone goes out fighting in some way, but Harvey... man
he shouldn't have been on the mission if that was his chief concern
This is a great scene. Not just the epicness of being the first people to see such a sight, but then range of emotions you see as the camera pans across the crew.
I couldn't even imagine getting to see that with my own eyes...
But this gets you sunshine close.
This scene was less than a half hour into the film and it gave me chills that carried me through the whole thing.
It’s amazing all of the characters react differently - Cappa has a small smile on his face, Mace looks ahead with no resolve, the second in command looks down almost as if he can’t bear to look. This film and in particular, this music, always makes me feel sad for some reason. Dunno why
Yes, I think the movie did a good job of cobbling together different characters who may have different personalities, chemistry issues, but all had the same goal of saving humanity. The scene at the end was cool with the nuclear explosion meeting the sun, man really making his next evolutionary step.
They're seeing something literally awesome, most of all from a perspective no one else in their universe (apart from maybe their predecessors in the first mission) has ever seen. Given that their mission could very well be a doomed one, to one extent or another, they're probably dwelling on the fact that the beauty of what they're witnessing is likely costing them their lives---and it's totally worth it; they're likely flying to their incineration, but they're at peace with it, not only cus success would make the ultimate difference for their world, but also cus, unlike a lot of people who die without ever witnessing something worth living for, this crew no longer has to worry about that. Hence your "sadness"; there's a lot to be "sad" about here.
Because its a suicide mission that has a high likelihood of failure. Evidently some of the crew havent made peace with that.
This movie is an underrated masterpiece
October 2019
Remember Watching this film and having the hairs at the back of my head go up during this scene.
I love this scene because it really brings home how little Humanity means. Here is Humanity facing extinction yet the rest of the solar system keeps on going like nothing is happening.
Actually the opposite. Humanity’s meaning.
Beautiful cinematography and special effects. The use of light and dark contrast and color values are artfully portrayed and really make you feel as though you are there. Brilliant.
I love this scene do to how it relates to the plot of the movie. It shows how we take life on Earth for granted. In this movie all life on Earth is doomed to extinction and yet everything in our solar system, our galaxy and the universe goes on like normal as if nothing is happening.
This scene took my breath away. It was amazing.
Years later I notice that Mercury is spinning backwards in this scene. Most objects in our solar system orbit the sun and/or rotate counterclockwise as seen from the ecliptic north pole (even the sun itself), Mercury is no exception. So we should see it passing in front of the sun from left to right instead of right to left. I first thought that Icarus II was "upside-down" but when you look at the sun, you can clearly see its surface rotating from left to right, though at a slower pace.
Yeah, I think they did it on purpose to make it more art magic.
This is one of my favorite scenes from the movie. So pretty, and the music is awesome.
Underworld's music to this film is sublime!
Beautiful. Just beautiful.
Absolutely! It's stunning on DVD, and even more stunning on Blu-ray!
Damn, this scene almost made me cry 😭 it's so powerful 😵
This scene is awe inspiring perfection. It felt real on first viewing.
2024 and still watching..best sci-fi movie ever
This never gets old and fills me with so much emotion and i have no idea why! What a under rated movie
Honestly, I think this scene really captures the life giving divinity of The Sun. Sure, Mercury (and by association, Earth) are small and insignificant in comparison to the Majesty of our Sun, yet still, the star cradles us in its orbit, grants the heat and light we need to go on living. To some, this scene represents a nihilistic portrait of the Solar System, how even as Humanity dies, Mercury continues to spin, but to me, this scene represents something completely different. This is an image of a Mother holding one of her seven children
I adore that translation of the scene. Truly
While it's awe-inspiring to see Mercury in person, seeing another lifeless planet also makes you appreciate the fertility of Earth itself. Our odds of living on a life-sustaining planet are astronomical, no pun intended.
This scene is so wonderful in its simplicity. There is no Sci Fi Action or drama or other played out plot device in this scene. It is something as beautiful and awe inspiring as human beings seeing another planet with their own eyes for the first time. Truly one of the best Sci Fi scenes in movie history.
The way they’re all sat and one stood is perfect. From the down comm guy to the happiest faces.
This movie is beautiful in itself. I love space movies. Prometheus, Interstellar, Pandorum, and so on. Hell, I even love The Martian. I can’t wait to eventually wake up one day and know that mankind has successfully landed a man on a planet other than the Earth.
You should watch The Expanse.
I have never in my life seen a movie with such a passion. God gave us great things like this and we all should be thankful. By the way, this movie has all around an amazing soundtrack.
after all these years, I still have no idea how last quarter of this calm beautiful movie turned into Event horizon 2.
If you think Sunshine turned into "a horror movie" you weren't paying attention. There's a difference between thriller and horror. It's sci-fi all the way through and then thriller is added as well to the second half of it. That's what makes the film so good it doesn't have a dull moment in it it's very suspenseful because the odds aren't high for success. Event Horizon is a joke compared to this.
I love how you can't even see an entire planet, not only after the observation deck adjustment, but also until it passes the overwhelming light of the sun. Even then it looks like a beach ball in comparison. Really puts things into perspective on a cosmic scale.
Reminder in movies that show and not tell can be a beautiful thing.
The visuals and the music is so beyond beautiful
Watching this makes me say " wooooowww it was beautiful," it was like watching those universal events that you can see once in your lifetime after many years.
Theres so much to unpack in this scene. However, to me, the most beautiful thought, is that Mercury, this tiny rock, is actually out there right now, circling our star, and has done for longer than humanities entire existence. It just creates this awesome depiction of the greatness of space, time and nature.
The music and the visuals somehow do a fantastic job of reinforcing that message in this scene.
Its absolutely beautiful. Great film.
That's an amazing thought. Quite breathtaking. When I first saw this scene what I felt is unexplainable. For a moment it looked like Mercury was falling into the Sun. What it must be like for the crew as they watch creation being undone knowing that it will happened to Earth in the future. Utterly soulwrenching
Love this film and the OST is simply beautiful.
"Bring back the waves. The waves make me feel peaceful. Again."
One of these movies that really didn't deserve to flop
I'd like to add my 2¢.
I agree, thee must beautiful moment captured in movies. One of the best scenes period. Very underrated!
1:04 A rare sight of a beautiful creation gazing at another beautiful creation❤
I've just noticed that, of all the crew members watching the Mercury, Harvey is the only one who didn't looks at it and was clearly thinking about something, probably about his family back home, which makes his demise more sympathetic!
One of the crowning moments in this movie littered with them.
It's hard to explain but I found this scene very emotional.
I love this music!! AWESOME!!
Stunning scene. Takes your breath away.
One of my fave movie moments ever.
...and it is so artfully displayed, it it beauty itself...I can't explain
this movie isso stunning.
This track from the Sunshine soundtrack was a collaboration between John Murphy and the group called Underworld.
Really beautiful.
Good movie. Great Scene! Thanks!!
Imagine that people. We would see Mercury from a telescope, thermal images, photos, but seeing it in real life. Would be so crazy for humanity to see it.
That was amazing and only just a movie!
great movie!! and good quality!
Beautiful.
this movie is really a piece of art
This scene is my favorite, the silence and the beautiful music (Mercury-John Murphy), I have it on my computer, I listen to it a lot, absolutely beautiful...:)
still listen to this song in 2021.
@@plasticsacha Nice! Recently listened to it again
The sun is very glamorous with it's pattern and lights
My favorite movie - - ever
I gotcha now. First "worth" comparing.
Definitely a great film. I actually just stumbled upon it at a grocery store that had its own rental section, but then they got the red box and had to sell the movies. So, I bought it!
It was so difficult to breathe the first time watching this scene.
There were some roadblocks in getting the full motion picture soundtrack for Sunshine available, and as a result, it is only available as an iTunes download. Don't prefer the compressed audio, but it's still a very nice movie soundtrack.
They become children again, in their awe. Like the viewer.
I also watched this movie very stoned, but this was also the first film I saw at the cinema on my own, just saw it on a whim. While it got pretty fucking weird towards the end this part was absolutely magical...enhanced by the state I was in
Just noticed two brilliant actors who I like are in this movie. Cillian Murphy and Michelle Yeoh.
srsly this song just affects me so much in a good way tho whenever i hear it makes me soo mellow
Such a pretty scene
Strange to think that if you were standing on the surface of Mercury, the sun would still be more than 3 light minutes away 😯
Assuming they're simply looking out of a window, the sun would not look that big. Even standing on the surface of Mercury, the sun would only look 3 times bigger than it does on Earth. And they arent even that close to Mercury yet.
0:56 Mercury is like a pupil, and the Sun is watching them
its on the soundtrack of the film.
all the music was done by underworld and this track is called"mercury"
really trippy soundtrack.
its brilliant to chill out to.
Planets orbit fast. The distances are even greater than they seem.
gets a little wild near the end....but that ending...WOW
This film is the second best movie in space after Interstellar
First MCU/DCEU (including all DC adaptations) cross-over starring Scarecrow, Captain America and Wong.
i love this move it make you think.
One of the best się fi movie
Sorry dude - I meant to post a thumbs up! I agree totally - for some reason I found this sequence very moving
A group of scientists are sent into space to "jump-start" our dying sun with a payload of nuclear warheads. This is the second crew to attempt this feet (hence the name of the ship 'Icarus 2'). The first crew was lost and never heard from again. There is a highly-emotional soundtrack that carries you, as a minor miscalculation jeopardizes Icarus 2 and its crew. If it sounds like a Michael Bay film, I assure you IT'S NOT!!! It's one of the most visually stunning films I've ever scene.
I love this. Anyone know if they've released the soundtrack yet?
Really admire and appreciate this scene. But for anyone who is curious you would not see this unless you used a telescope from probably around Venus. From this distance the sun would only be about three times wide and Mercury is more likely to eclipse it than transit it. Just for people who are curious. I'm a space artist and I don't want to take away from this shots beautiful.
Cuando vi por primera vez esta pelicula me quede perplejo por la belleza de esta brevisima escena del paso de Mercurio delante de la orbita del sol...😢
Ah ok!! tanks!
Perhaps the window has a zooming effect, you'd see mercury moving alot faster.
It's a beautiful scene nonetheless.
The sun is rising. (Monday November 11, 2019. Transit of Mercury.)
Yes! That's what brought me back to watch this awesome scene.
RIGHT ON
Cheers - I'm grabbing it now :)
Michael Bay would have murdered this film. In fact, in an interview Danny Boyle underlined just how important it was in the making of 'Sunshine' to steer clear of all the Hollywood Michael Bay-style cliches. He HATES Michael Bay and his ilk. 'Armagheddon' against 'Sunshine'? For Christ's sake, no contest!
sulijoo I guess if this was a Micheal Bay film they would have murdered Pinbacker in the most badass way possible and showed Icarus I exploding after they leave it... Which would have destroyed the nature of this movie...
what a music masterpiece!..... what was the song called?
Dude if I were on the Icarus ii in this scene I'd be crying.
Never thought that in our solar system we would have 1 planet that is so close to our sun.
I wasn't comparing the two.
Love this scene... But nobodies going to mention how Big the sun is here compared to Mercury's orbit.... Its like the sun is a red giant 44 times its original radi
Watching this movie for the first time on shrooms was AMAZING! So...my friend said
I watched the transit of Venus across the Sun back in 2004 (using a proper Solar filter) and it still makes one of the fondest memories in my life! This scene is just brilliant, amazing, amazing...
I thought the solar system spins counter clockwise
check out underworld, i think they did this too, but i'm not sure :)
Mercury "Oh hey guys don't mind me"
Heh, always kinda bugs me because at that distance you wouldn't see Mercury moving that fast; you really wouldn't see it move at all in just those few seconds. But it gets the message across for film, so it's cool anyway.
Yeah..a huge technical fuck up....they gave it an orbital period(Mercury year) of what appears visually to be a several minutes..when in reality..at 88 days, you wouldn't see it visually move at all at that distance
@@youarepredictable Wow, I posted that comment 12 years ago! My life was completely different back then.
@@gutsdozer how is your life now
Love this scene! Also check out the reimagined audio skit to this movie classic that I've come across #SunshineAudioSkitHD