But Sunshine was a crappy film, while Kick-Ass was awesome!
Also,, John Murphy redid the music for Kick-Ass, as you can hear that this version is different (in the small details) than the Sunshine one - at least the one you linked.
>> ^hpqp:

Argh, no! Sorry, but one of my pet peeves is giving musical credit to whom it's due in film scoring... Adagio in D Minor was first written by Underworld and John Murphy specifically for the OST of the magnificent and underrated film Sunshine by Danny Boyle.
It has since been "stolen" to score a myriad of other films/trailers/series (e.g. Kick-Ass, The Adjustment Bureau, Fringe, etc etc). It has a history akin to Clint Mansell's RFaD score; created with a specific film in mind, beautifully fitting, then reused for other films with mixed results. I love it when great music gets around, but I do find it a bizarre experience when I'm watching a film and all of a sudden the music of another comes on... kind of breaks the suspension of disbelief quite frankly.
/nerd rant
edit: "Super" > Kick-Ass (even though the latter was a fun watch too)
>> ^gwiz665:
Loved the music from Kick-Ass.

Argh, no! Sorry, but one of my pet peeves is giving musical credit to whom it's due in film scoring... Adagio in D Minor was first written by Underworld and John Murphy specifically for the OST of the magnificent and underrated film Sunshine by Danny Boyle.

It has since been "stolen" to score a myriad of other films/trailers/series (e.g. Kick-Ass, The Adjustment Bureau, Fringe, etc etc). It has a history akin to Clint Mansell's RFaD score; created with a specific film in mind, beautifully fitting, then reused for other films with mixed results. I love it when great music gets around, but I do find it a bizarre experience when I'm watching a film and all of a sudden the music of another comes on... kind of breaks the suspension of disbelief quite frankly.
/nerd rant

edit: "Super" > Kick-Ass (even though the latter was a fun watch too)

>> ^gwiz665:

Loved the music from Kick-Ass.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

>> ^luxury_pie:
http://www.amazon.com/Inner-Circle-
T-C-Boyle/dp/0670033448/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314292871&sr=8-1
Great book, too!

Thanks luxury_pie, I hadn't heard about this book. Looks intriguing.


It is! And I hope the movie is about equally good. Never heard of it.

>> ^luxury_pie:

http://www.amazon.com/Inner-Circle-
T-C-Boyle/dp/0670033448/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314292871&sr=8-1
Great book, too!


Thanks luxury_pie, I hadn't heard about this book. Looks intriguing.

http://www.amazon.com/Inner-Circle-T-C-Boyle/dp/0670033448/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314292871&sr=8-1

Great book, too!

So for the record, he apparently attended a performing arts high school, but "could not continue with any professional training because of his financial situation" (according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Sung-Bong). So he is by no means a street urchin who had never sung before.

There was also a bit of a controversy because he apparently stated that he had been trained to sing in high school but it was edited out for television audiences. This would not be the first such occurrence, as recently on So You Think You Can Dance the choreography performed by two of the performers was directly lifted from another group (called Les Twins), and nonetheless praised for its originality - apparently the duo did credit their source, but it was edited out to make them appear more impressive.

I also learned from this research that apparently Susan Boyle had recorded a CD for charity before her appearance, and Paul Potts had been an amateur operatic singer who had taken a masterclass with Pavarotti.

For the inevitable cries of "hater" out there - I do not think that this diminishes their talent or achievement, or how tough this kid's life has clearly been. But people do not just turn into semi-professional opera singers by practicing in their rooms...

You have been awarded 1 Power Point for fixing the embed code for Dead Pool video Frankie Boyle on Jonathan Ross. Thank you for helping maintain VideoSift's reliability.

>> ^kymbos:

"A woman with a face like haunted tupperware." How do you come up with that?
I'll have to chase his show - Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights


I'm glad you quoted that, I didn't grasp what it meant first time round What cracked me up was when he was going on about a gameshow host's skin, "it's like if your balls had a kneecap". Brilliant

"A woman with a face like haunted tupperware." How do you come up with that?

I'll have to chase his show - Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights

As Frankie Boyle so eloquently stated: "There's a vegetarian option: you can fuck off!"

So, redo the ad, this time with sausages instead of zucchinis.

Looks beautiful, although there was a shot just like a scene in Danny Boyle's Sunshine, and somehow it gives me a certain "The Fountain" vibe, which is good, because I love that film.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, race, deputy prime minister, fat git' to 'dara o briain, frankie boyle, rant, race, deputy prime minister, fat git' - edited by xxovercastxx

http://videosift.com/video/Susan-Boyle-Perfect-Day This abomination has more votes than the original even with two downvotes. Kill me... *promote

>> ^kymbos:

Inception and Memento are both really good films (I think Inception is a Great film), but largely because they are great ideas, well delivered. His Batman stuff is fine, but it didn't rock my world. Really, it seems pretty formulaic to me.
I think Tarantino's work is so distinctive and ambitious, that he sits above all others. Also, if you go through his films (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, the two Kill Bills (so far, a third has been announced), Grindhouse and then Inglourious Basterds), it's hard to pick a weak spot apart from Grindhouse which was a disaster and an excuse to film the best car chase in modern history. But even that was ambitious if not well executed.
I'm tempted to put Danny Boyle up there, but almost exclusively for Trainspotting which is my favourite film of all time, and Sunshine which I thought was brilliant.
Perhaps Tarantino could be given the nod for best writer/director in the modern era?


Good call on Danny Boyle. I haven't see Sunshine, but 28 Days Later is one of my favourites of all time, Shallow Grave was a great debut and Slumdog Millionaire was beautiful. But yeah, Tarantino, he's inimitable

Inception and Memento are both really good films (I think Inception is a Great film), but largely because they are great ideas, well delivered. His Batman stuff is fine, but it didn't rock my world. Really, it seems pretty formulaic to me.

I think Tarantino's work is so distinctive and ambitious, that he sits above all others. Also, if you go through his films (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, the two Kill Bills (so far, a third has been announced), Grindhouse and then Inglourious Basterds), it's hard to pick a weak spot apart from Grindhouse which was a disaster and an excuse to film the best car chase in modern history. But even that was ambitious if not well executed.

I'm tempted to put Danny Boyle up there, but almost exclusively for Trainspotting which is my favourite film of all time, and Sunshine which I thought was brilliant.

Perhaps Tarantino could be given the nod for best writer/director in the modern era?