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A truly exhilirating and heart-warming movie. I watched this film with my family and everyone of all ages enjoyed. 100% would reccomend.

A fairly gripping doco, the sport it involves is not that remarkable but the story is well-told.

To name up the last true moments of reviewing before the big major movies get released somewhere tomorrow, I'll make a review to this movie. So far, it's fun... but not great... but still enjoyable and fun.

For man is incapable of resisting the temptation of flight. There's an interesting charm of defying gravity and plummeting oneself from extreme places, swirling away from the nature, crowd and traffic below. Sunshine Superman is documentary about Carl Boenisch's life and his drive which pioneers extreme sport of base jumping. It's a humble, true to life outlook on his passion which is fascinatingly infectious and inspiring. The movie depicts early days of base jumping before it was even called that. Using plenty of Carl's and his crew's perspective to display the thrill and deliver the brief few seconds where men take flight. Many of the clips come from retro films, which have surprisingly refined technical effect considering they had no advance tech or even GoPro back then and even had to use makeshift tools. There's a bit of narrative to string everything together, aside from the actual interviews or personal clips. Contrary to the dangerous vibe the sport might present, Carl is a modest man. He's warm and avid about the life style, one can't help to be engage by his sheer energy. Many testimonies further set his personality, and even though he's not involved directly in this documentary, audience can still connect to the man. It gives some ideas to casual viewers about the sport, how it began, the original team behind it and what kind of tribulation they went through. The movie is easily accessible, using simple terms and approachable real life people. Some of its high octane first person view of the sport is classic yet still exhilarating. Sunshine Superman is a simple story about energetic man and the origin of intense sport. It presents the extraordinary nature of jumping from great heights and translates it into inviting and friendly experience for all viewers.

This movie has something for everyone. From thrilling action scenes in incredibly beautiful locations to a story of a visionary adventurer in Carl Boenish. In her debut film, Marah Strauch tells the story of the father of BASE jumping, Carl Boenish, and his partner in adventure, his wife Jean. This film takes us to the breathtaking heights of El Capitan in Yosemite to the hair-raising cliffs of the Troll Wall in Norway to tell the story of BASE jumping. The story of Carl and Jean's love affair is a stark contrast to the incredibly exciting life they led as a couple and their love affair with the sky. Go see this movie!