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When watching a film about love and a man who's goes it all and lives happily ever after, there is always a worry that you might end up hating the actors for the rest of their lives as a direct result of this film. Luckily, I am please to announce that this was not the case in Vanilla Sky and instead of watching a film in which Tom Cruise gets the opportunity to bed both Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz, we are presented with a modern day piece of art.
After the first scene, in which Cruise is seen running through an empty New York City, I think it's made quite obvious that something just isn't right here. The audience is presented with David Aames (Cruise), a playboy publisher leading who's got it all. Fast cars, women, lots of money and a job that requires little work. As per usual, Cruise fits into his character like he does in every other film and we're presented with some fine moments, especially from the most beautiful Julie Gianna (Diaz), a "friend" of Davids who cares for him more then he realizes and could ever imagine.
When David meets the young, attractive and irresistible Sofia Serrano (Cruz) at his birthday party, his life finally begins to make more sense. He awakens to the possibility that true love can exist, but this all has dire consequences and leaves Julie distraught.
The film goes from moments in which we are in the future, in which David is speaking to an experienced psychiatrist (Kurt Russell) after being charged with murder. We then see the flash backs of his dreams, which have more truth then perhaps ever expected. As he tries to come to terms with his deranged face and the sheer brutality of humanity that is surrounding him, we see another Born on the Forth of July, in which you begin to feel the pain which David is going through, in order to survive his life.
Several moments in Vanilla Sky, you find your mood reflected by the characters actions, how his happiness brings you happiness. You find all the emotions of everyday life, but put into a situation somewhat impossible. As David struggles to come to terms with his new face, he finds himself a living wreck, before waking up one day, accused of murder.
After mass conspiracy theories and what not, Kurt Russell, is given the opportunity to discover the truth which leads to an unimaginable ending in which a man begins to question reality, and must escape the world he has created for himself.
After a hour of stories of love and how his life has transformed since meeting Sofia, the start takes a sharp and sudden twist and you begin to wonder to yourself, What is Cameron doing? No longer are we seeing a film about the joys of life, but a film which reflects a mans anger and blindness to the world. How, all of a sudden nothing becomes real. The world he inhabits is merely a figment of his imagination, which he controls.
As it progress, showing us how the important things in life are already there, how the smallest things have the biggest consequence and how everything you know shapes your future. Beginning as your everyday love film, and ending as something far more sinister, powerful and personal, Vanilla Sky is truly an experience like no other.
After the first scene, in which Cruise is seen running through an empty New York City, I think it's made quite obvious that something just isn't right here. The audience is presented with David Aames (Cruise), a playboy publisher leading who's got it all. Fast cars, women, lots of money and a job that requires little work. As per usual, Cruise fits into his character like he does in every other film and we're presented with some fine moments, especially from the most beautiful Julie Gianna (Diaz), a "friend" of Davids who cares for him more then he realizes and could ever imagine.
When David meets the young, attractive and irresistible Sofia Serrano (Cruz) at his birthday party, his life finally begins to make more sense. He awakens to the possibility that true love can exist, but this all has dire consequences and leaves Julie distraught.
The film goes from moments in which we are in the future, in which David is speaking to an experienced psychiatrist (Kurt Russell) after being charged with murder. We then see the flash backs of his dreams, which have more truth then perhaps ever expected. As he tries to come to terms with his deranged face and the sheer brutality of humanity that is surrounding him, we see another Born on the Forth of July, in which you begin to feel the pain which David is going through, in order to survive his life.
Several moments in Vanilla Sky, you find your mood reflected by the characters actions, how his happiness brings you happiness. You find all the emotions of everyday life, but put into a situation somewhat impossible. As David struggles to come to terms with his new face, he finds himself a living wreck, before waking up one day, accused of murder.
After mass conspiracy theories and what not, Kurt Russell, is given the opportunity to discover the truth which leads to an unimaginable ending in which a man begins to question reality, and must escape the world he has created for himself.
After a hour of stories of love and how his life has transformed since meeting Sofia, the start takes a sharp and sudden twist and you begin to wonder to yourself, What is Cameron doing? No longer are we seeing a film about the joys of life, but a film which reflects a mans anger and blindness to the world. How, all of a sudden nothing becomes real. The world he inhabits is merely a figment of his imagination, which he controls.
As it progress, showing us how the important things in life are already there, how the smallest things have the biggest consequence and how everything you know shapes your future. Beginning as your everyday love film, and ending as something far more sinister, powerful and personal, Vanilla Sky is truly an experience like no other.
Stryke wrote:
> Films that make you thin are generally good, even if it does have Kurt Russell
> in it. And short Tom Cruise being overshadowed (literally) by many ants. It
> sounds good though. Like Mullohand Drive.
Yeah but with Mulholland Drive, you won't actually have to think. You can think and try to make sense of it but in the end, it won't make it any clearer. It's David Lynch, and trying to understand any of his films (except for Straight Story) is a futile effort.
> Films that make you thin are generally good, even if it does have Kurt Russell
> in it. And short Tom Cruise being overshadowed (literally) by many ants. It
> sounds good though. Like Mullohand Drive.
Yeah but with Mulholland Drive, you won't actually have to think. You can think and try to make sense of it but in the end, it won't make it any clearer. It's David Lynch, and trying to understand any of his films (except for Straight Story) is a futile effort.
Well, I suggest you read misterhappy's article on the director- he's been telling me all week about how Vanilla Sky is a remake of a (far better) spanish film.
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That review really doesn't make much sense. Oh well, doesn't really matter.
Films that make you thin are generally good, even if it does have Kurt Russell in it. And short Tom Cruise being overshadowed (literally) by many ants. It sounds good though. Like Mullohand Drive.
Probably didn't mean much to me, either. I just watched the film.
I think I had better watch the film, because this didn't really make much sense to me.
When watching a film about love and a man who's goes it all and lives happily ever after, there is always a worry that you might end up hating the actors for the rest of their lives as a direct result of this film. Luckily, I am please to announce that this was not the case in Vanilla Sky and instead of watching a film in which Tom Cruise gets the opportunity to bed both Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz, we are presented with a modern day piece of art.
After the first scene, in which Cruise is seen running through an empty New York City, I think it's made quite obvious that something just isn't right here. The audience is presented with David Aames (Cruise), a playboy publisher leading who's got it all. Fast cars, women, lots of money and a job that requires little work. As per usual, Cruise fits into his character like he does in every other film and we're presented with some fine moments, especially from the most beautiful Julie Gianna (Diaz), a "friend" of Davids who cares for him more then he realizes and could ever imagine.
When David meets the young, attractive and irresistible Sofia Serrano (Cruz) at his birthday party, his life finally begins to make more sense. He awakens to the possibility that true love can exist, but this all has dire consequences and leaves Julie distraught.
The film goes from moments in which we are in the future, in which David is speaking to an experienced psychiatrist (Kurt Russell) after being charged with murder. We then see the flash backs of his dreams, which have more truth then perhaps ever expected. As he tries to come to terms with his deranged face and the sheer brutality of humanity that is surrounding him, we see another Born on the Forth of July, in which you begin to feel the pain which David is going through, in order to survive his life.
Several moments in Vanilla Sky, you find your mood reflected by the characters actions, how his happiness brings you happiness. You find all the emotions of everyday life, but put into a situation somewhat impossible. As David struggles to come to terms with his new face, he finds himself a living wreck, before waking up one day, accused of murder.
After mass conspiracy theories and what not, Kurt Russell, is given the opportunity to discover the truth which leads to an unimaginable ending in which a man begins to question reality, and must escape the world he has created for himself.
After a hour of stories of love and how his life has transformed since meeting Sofia, the start takes a sharp and sudden twist and you begin to wonder to yourself, What is Cameron doing? No longer are we seeing a film about the joys of life, but a film which reflects a mans anger and blindness to the world. How, all of a sudden nothing becomes real. The world he inhabits is merely a figment of his imagination, which he controls.
As it progress, showing us how the important things in life are already there, how the smallest things have the biggest consequence and how everything you know shapes your future. Beginning as your everyday love film, and ending as something far more sinister, powerful and personal, Vanilla Sky is truly an experience like no other.
After the first scene, in which Cruise is seen running through an empty New York City, I think it's made quite obvious that something just isn't right here. The audience is presented with David Aames (Cruise), a playboy publisher leading who's got it all. Fast cars, women, lots of money and a job that requires little work. As per usual, Cruise fits into his character like he does in every other film and we're presented with some fine moments, especially from the most beautiful Julie Gianna (Diaz), a "friend" of Davids who cares for him more then he realizes and could ever imagine.
When David meets the young, attractive and irresistible Sofia Serrano (Cruz) at his birthday party, his life finally begins to make more sense. He awakens to the possibility that true love can exist, but this all has dire consequences and leaves Julie distraught.
The film goes from moments in which we are in the future, in which David is speaking to an experienced psychiatrist (Kurt Russell) after being charged with murder. We then see the flash backs of his dreams, which have more truth then perhaps ever expected. As he tries to come to terms with his deranged face and the sheer brutality of humanity that is surrounding him, we see another Born on the Forth of July, in which you begin to feel the pain which David is going through, in order to survive his life.
Several moments in Vanilla Sky, you find your mood reflected by the characters actions, how his happiness brings you happiness. You find all the emotions of everyday life, but put into a situation somewhat impossible. As David struggles to come to terms with his new face, he finds himself a living wreck, before waking up one day, accused of murder.
After mass conspiracy theories and what not, Kurt Russell, is given the opportunity to discover the truth which leads to an unimaginable ending in which a man begins to question reality, and must escape the world he has created for himself.
After a hour of stories of love and how his life has transformed since meeting Sofia, the start takes a sharp and sudden twist and you begin to wonder to yourself, What is Cameron doing? No longer are we seeing a film about the joys of life, but a film which reflects a mans anger and blindness to the world. How, all of a sudden nothing becomes real. The world he inhabits is merely a figment of his imagination, which he controls.
As it progress, showing us how the important things in life are already there, how the smallest things have the biggest consequence and how everything you know shapes your future. Beginning as your everyday love film, and ending as something far more sinister, powerful and personal, Vanilla Sky is truly an experience like no other.