It IS Rocket Science

Out of the 2 movies on dvd that I watched over the weekend, my choice to recommend to you is Rocket Science. The description on the movie sleeve said this movie was "charming" and I would have to say that I agree. It's about a teenage stutterer who is recruited into the high school debate team by the team's star debater. She is the epitome of ambition gone wrong as it turns out that she is scheming to move schools, leaving her old team with a stutterer on the squad so she can dominate in the state tournement.

But the stutterer finds that he has more in him than he realized -- forced to face this humiliation and he ups his game. He doesn't win. But he does. Anyway, it's worth a viewing. And if you like underdog movies, you will be cheering him on like crazy.

Sunshine was not a bad movie. I liked the pace and the feel of it as it moved along (it's about a group of scientists who need to travel to the sun to jumstart the dying star in the future to save mankind). Then it took a kind of crazy turn toward the end of the movie into a bit of suspense/horror. I watched the credits and realized that this movie was directed by Danny Boyle -- and it all made sense. He also directed 28 Days Later, one of the only zombie movies that I like (also starring Cillian Murphy, by the way). In any case, it was interesting and thought provoking. It's dark, yet sees the light at the end. Yes, much in the same way that the characters in 28 Days Later are doomed, so is the cast of cosmonauts. However, the earth survives and the crew manages to fulfill their mission -- but at a cost.