My big Boyle gripe


With the exception of Steve Jobs, which was absolutely brilliant, my big gripe(s) with Danny Boyle films are his inability to finish, despite giving you the most obvious and predictable endings imaginable. There wasn't a single person who didn't see Capa's recording home and didn't know what the final scene would be, but what makes it worse is, you know who will be the "last man standing," which kills every ounce of imagined tension there could be. The entire film was given away during the first 15-20 minutes and even the big "twist" doesn't matter, because you knew what was going to happen anyway. If Boyle could someone stop following this script of predictability, he might make a movie that's worthy of the entire viewing. Jobs was different, because we all knew the story and the little dramatic extras humanized someone nobody thought was human. True or not, it was effective. Sunshine was not.

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The last man, or woman, standing is nearly always the biggest lead. Not sure you can accuse Boyle of being predictable on that score. To be honest in those films or TV Programs where the do bump off the biggest name early it often seems a bit gimmicky to me.

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