Joel Holsteen - Topic of Choice #2

The film Sunshine was a good movie that I saw recently that made me think about some of the themes that we have discussed through out the films we have seen in class like the theme self sacrifice. In the film the sun is dying out and Earth has united together and made a space shuttle with nuclear devices that is to be detonated within the sun to spark it up. On the way to the sun the small crew experience countless tests and obstacles along the way. Things go bad fast and the ship instead of launching the nukes into the sun the ship is going to have to crash into it. The remaining crew members realize that they must sacrifice their lives in order save the world. The end of the film is shown as the physicist ignites the nuclear bombs as the ship goes crashing into the sun and he is caught for a brief moment between the two blazes of power. The sight that he sees before die is tremendous and amazing. This self sacrifice is the ultimate good act. In the bible it is said that there is no greater sacrifice than when a man lays down his life for a friend.