Vanilla Sky

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Summary: Good Lord
Review: You sit throughout this whole "movie" waiting for something to happen.It's just way too bizzare.You don't get what's a dream, what's reality, and most of it just ends up in a big horrendous mess.Practically nothing makes sense.I don't get how this movie was ever made.The performances were so bad, that I swear literally anyone could take on the roles of the chracters, and there would be no difference whatsoever. There is no point to it ,and if you ask me how anyone liked this turkey, I really would not be able to answer you.

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Summary: vanillaaaa
Review: I think some people don't really get the idea of the movie and then say they didn't like it! i think there is no definitive interpretation of this movie, everybody can have their own, and that is what this movie has of so great!
For me,i thought it was so beautiful that i even cried at the end
Tom Cruise does a great job as Cameron Diaz!Penelope is stunning,but her english..oh, well!
don't miss this and relax...

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Summary: Must be in a competition for most screwed up movie.
Review: This movie was a waste of a couple of talented actors. What is the deal with so many movies coming out with mind twisting, flashback, flashforward, "where in the hell am I?" story lines?? Plus, apparently you always need a "violent" sex scene or whatever. I think the director had a little trouble putting on to screen what was in the writers imagination. Messed up!!

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Summary: Buy this DVD because...
Review: If you received an Amazon.com gift certificate for the holidays and you're cruising through DVDs you might like to own, or if like me you saw 'Vanilla Sky' in the theater and believe you might enjoy it a second (or third, etc) time, go ahead, purchase a copy. No matter how you view(ed) it, you need to watch this film more than one time.

I read a well-known film critic's review of this film before I saw it the weekend it opened in theaters. The gist of the review was; you have to see it twice to understand it. I saw it once, enjoyed it thoroughly and left the theater thinking; well, I understood it the first time, that was pretty good. I also knew it wanted to see it again, if for no other reason that to get a second look at the Times Square Scene, which I originally had believed was computerized. Then I began to talk to other movie-goers, friends who saw it later, then after release to video, friends who bought the film.

This is when the film became even more fun than before. On viewing, the visuals were lush, the music rocked, the cast was beautiful, the morality tale of the danger of depending on your wealth and your looks, were all great assets. But the discussions with friends and the reading of reviews; the hearing others tell you, "I got it too...", then relating an entirely different take on the film, what it meant, what it was, how it happened...that was just too much fun.

So, I delayed getting the DVD for awhile so that I couldn't hear the commentary until I had read/heard dozens and dozens of 'meanings'. Now, having watched the film again several times on my own DVD, I did indeed 'get it' the first time, but unlike so many of these other reviewers, I don't see that as a negative. I liked figuring it out. Hearing the commentary confirm that it was indeed 'a' possible version that the director had in his mind was interesting, as was so much more of his commentary and inside information about the film itself and the making of the movie. The two featurettes were enjoyable as well.

So, if there are movie lovers out there who haven't seen this film even once, or you have seen it only once...you need to see it...twice. Don't let the negative comments of friends and reviewers deter you from the enjoyment of the experience and the chance to draw your own conclusion in the clouds of the Vanilla Sky.

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Summary: Its like this...
Review: This movie is completely f'ed up for the first hour and 45 minutes. I was tempted to walk out of the theater, but I figured I would give it a chance. The ending will then make the movie as clear as possible, given the convoluted nature of the movie. If you accept the ending, you will like the movie, if you dont, you will hate it.

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Summary: big let down
Review: Just a few comments about this film and reactions to other reviewers.

1. This is not an "intelligent" film. Some people like to throw that word around in regard to this film, and it just doesn't fit. Why? Because the whole "false reality" in the film is not original. It is an interesting idea, however it was not thought up by the writers or directors of this film. I've read that this is actually just a remake Spanish film from 4 or 5 years before, so there is really no contesting this point. --- Films like The Matrix, Fight Club, Memento, etc. deal with perception of reality in a much more entertaining and original manner.(this last statement should not be a revelation to anyone, as 2 of those movies are extremely popular).
2. (...). This is my big gripe with this movie, and in my opinion, a significant reason why this is not an "intelligent" film. It related in almost no way with the rest of the film. Ooh, there was some weak attempt at foreshadowing in the commercials on the TV. Big deal. The ending was such a departure from the rest of the movie and so poorly done that it ruined an otherwise entertaining movie.

3. On the plus side, the movie opened up with some Radiohead and Sigur Ros, which scored major points in my book. But then the ending ruined everything.

So anyway, if you wanna enjoy the movie, watch the first hour and 45 minutes, and then just turn it off. Of course you won't do this, but it was worth a try. Also worth checking out for the attractive people and decent music. And Jason Lee kicks (...).

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Summary: Dazed and confused
Review: This film does not know what it wants to be. It is a convoluted mess of Sci-Fi, psychological drama, fantasy, love story and drama. It combines this mess with the look of an art film.
The movie is 2 1/2 hours long. It moves along at a slow agonizing speed. The ending is predictable less than an hour into the film. The rest of the film is series of dream-like flash backs. The principal characters played by Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz are so flat and dull, you simply don't care for any of them.
This a big budget disaster. Skip this one!!!

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Summary: Like a David Lynch Imitation Gone Horribly Wrong
Review: I was also expecting good things from this film. Having seen both David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DRIVE and the trailer for this, I was expecting something good and more or less uncommon.

This film, however, turned out to be a surreal film for the people that whined "I don't get it" halfway through MULHOLLAND DRIVE. (By the way, whether you do or don't understand the plot doesn't have to be an essential criterion for enjoying a film. Try abstract animation.)

This film's cheap sci-fi explanation at the end looks like it was trying to pull from THE MATRIX, but instead settled for technological explanation pulled from an airport sci-fi novel.

And neither the directing, acting, nor set/costume design make up for any of this.

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Summary: Yet another unacknowledged Philip K. Dick movie
Review: This movie is visually stunning and emotionally compelling. There are sublime moments of disconcerting, almost ridiculous humor throughout the film. More importantly, the film broaches interesting epistemic questions about what counts as real and why perhaps reality must be shared to be meaningful.

I'm mostly writing this review to encourage anyone who liked this movie to look into the stories of Philip K. Dick. Vanilla Sky has significant parallels to his haunting story "I hope I shall arrive soon." PKD also interjects delightful, irreverent incongruities into stories that would otherwise be heavy with metaphysical musings. This technique, too, seems to have been lifted in Vanilla Sky.

The more PKD you read, the more you will see his pervasive influence on today's "arthouse" aesthetic.

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Summary: It wasn't THAT bad.
Review: Okay, maybe it wasn't GREAT, or AWESOME.

But it wasn't horrible.

In my opinion, yes, this movie COULD have been better. But its pretty good the way it is. It does make you think. And just because it doesn't have action or a very simple plot, doesn't make it a horrible movie.
I can't really see how anyone could give it the bad reviews that it recieved, but on some level, maybe.

I liked it, lets just put it that way.
At least watch it once.