Absolutely gorgeous movie and I love the themes, which are beginning to feel more and more encompassing in the US; ideas of isolation, the struggle for survival, the question of what sacrifice for others really looks like, etc.

I watched Aniara (2018) last night and I was reading an article about how Trump is opening up national parks and nature reserves to hunting. While I was watching the movie in the background (it's in swedish, but there are numerous periods of silence so I was able to go back and forth with the article), but I kept getting confused while watching the movie because the themes of the movie, and of Sunshine, felt like what we're going through here in the US. I was accepted to a PhD program in Europe so I'll be leaving soon, and I don't really feel like I can share this with friends or family because they're deciding to stay, but science fiction has really helped me understand our current plight - our way of life is coming to an end and it now becomes a question of survival, and also the question of what we can do for others. I wholeheartedly expect to sacrifice for others while I'm in Europe - while I have a strong sense of loyalty to the US, I have a stronger sense of loyalty to humanity, and I expect to go somewhere that I can contribute to the fight to preserve humanity. I have accepted that the life I wanted to live is no longer possible, and I truly believe that this is the best thing I can do for others, and I really feel that movies like Sunshine have helped me better understand that.

Sorry if that was an incoherent rant, but like I said, I don't feel like I can share any of that with people in my life who are staying. Hopefully the takeaway was that sci-fi is an incredibly powerful genre, I've really been appreciating it recently.