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Summary: Fine Acting and Direction
Review: This film was done quite well. The plot was well written and the climax is well placed. The characters are as well developed as they should have been. This film is about a man who inherited a magazine Empire and only knows the sweet side of life and he can't truly appreciate it untill ... he tastes the sour
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Summary: don't go by the previews of this movie
Review: I saw the previews of this movie on Tv. It looked like it would be so good that I just bought it before renting. Big mistake. This is a boring, what is even going on movie.
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Summary: Not even worth one star!
Review: Even though this movie had it's moments...this movie isn't worth renting/buying. I thought since Tom Cruise was in it, it was going to be great becuz every film Tom is in it's always a success. But I thought wrong. This movie was very strange and missleading and just not even worth my time. I didn't like the ending and some of the scenes. This movie is not worth your money. Instead go rent/buy Tom's Mission Impossible 2. That movie is excellent and will leave you satisfied.
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Summary: Tom Could Have Done Better!
Review: Vanilla Sky is a great photo album for Tom Cruise and Cruz herself, but it lacked believability. It was too strange to be real for me. I didn't quite get it until the end and then it was exposition of story for the last half hour. The movie lacked some sophistication for me.The car crash was good and the future as perceived in this movie was very interesting but no one really intrigued me enough to care about the characters. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen. Sorry to say, the best part for me was the Paul McCartney title song. Tom Cruise has done much better films with director Cameron Crowe. (Like Jerry McGuire) He also shines in Risky Business, Top Gun, A Few Good Men and even Legend is much better than this one. What was he thinking when he read this script? The DVD extras included some extra scenes that were deleted, commentary that wasn't very interesting and some weird 'party' views of the premiere of the movie and its promotion. I really didn't get it and couldn't wait to return it. Sorry!
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Summary: CAPTIVATING!
Review: Ok, I agree that the previews were missleading...the movie was vastly different than what the average "Tom Cruise" movie is. I had liked Cruise before...his movies were pure entertainment, but I really didn't think of him as a good actor - until recently. He is an example of an actor becoming better through pure experience and time. After watching "Vanilla Sky" I believe that his acting abilities far surpassed what I had expected.
I was so captivated after seeing this film in the theatre, that I purchased the original, Spanish version "Abre Los Ojos". Very similar, but different. I personally prefer Cameron Crowes take on it, it has a more 'urgent' feel to it.
I have yet to find any "holes" in this film (I've read the screne play too). As you're watching you don't know what the hell is going on...you have so many questions, and so much confusion... but like one other reviewer stated, Crowe almost holds your hand and spells it out for you at the end. You will understand everything by the end of this suspensful movie. Maybe the reason why people don't get the ending and have no clue as to what happened is because, as they've said, they were trying not to fall asleep. This is definately not a 'get up and do something else and come back five minutes later' movie - you will miss things.
All in all, this is a refreshing film - a film with brains. Finally! - a film where you can't guess the ending by the halfway point! One of the best films I've seen.
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Summary: Cruise's failed attempt at being deep
Review: It seems that this movie had potential. While in the middle of the movie and everyone is confused, I thought it could end up being pretty interesting. The ending is not rewarding at all and the values the movie implies are conceited. A very over rated movie.
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Summary: ...a "bland" sky, if anything...
Review: hey now...
i have to stand up for those of us who "dont get it" because we didnt love this movie...
i get it... it's kinda cute... i think the concept for the movie is excellent... i jus cant get into the actual performances that the actors give us.
this movie isnt 'confusing' as much as it is 'dis-jointed' and that kept me from gettin emotionally attached to any of the characters displayed here.
tom cruise's face remains covered for much of this movie so i cant say his 'acting' prevailed and carried me thru the flaws.
penelope cruz wasnt given enough screen time...
cameron diaz almost has that 'glenn close quality' with this; more of her 'spurned lover' routine woulda been nice.
kurt russell gives a descent performance but nothing to brag about, i liked him better in 'big, trouble in little china' (uh-oh, are yall using my taste in that movie to rationalize my opinions now? probably!). overall, this is a very well-made average movie... anyone wanting to compare this to the works of classic writers (such as kafka) proly doesnt read enough... no movie that i have ever seen has ever compared to the book it is related to (hopefully, tom hank's 'road to perdition' will break that trend). maybe if the hype hadnt been so great, my expectations mighta been a bit lowered and i coulda enjoyed it more....
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Summary: see the original first, then decide.
Review: 3/4ths of the way through this movie I am wondering why I am watching it. then it smehow manages to pulls up from a crash landing at the very end making it almost worth watching. but tedious for the most part. a much better flick is his latest with Speilberg, Minority Report. if you're a Tom Cruse fan (ouch) then skip this and see Minority Report instead.
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Summary: Flawed
Review: The main flaw is in the editing. You have to endure 90 minutes of pure boredom to catch the last wonderful 40 minutes. I almost removed the disk in favor of something a little more stimulating but bravely trudged on through. IT pays off in the end, but barely. Would have made a 5 star 90 minute movie with some much needed editing.
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Summary: Enjoyable & visually stunning
Review: I watched "Vanilla Sky" with apprehension. I had heard the negative reviews about the overblown movie and the confusing plotline. However, from the mesmerizing opening "open your eyes" scene, I was captivated. The bigger scenes are startling and beautiful. (The "empty Times Square" scene, in particular, is surprising and shocking.) The more intimate moments reveal an intriguing protagonist David Aames (Tom Cruise) who is dragged from arrogant complacency to bewilderment and confusion through a series of ever more outrageous incidents. Cruise is surprisingly convincing in the role, moving from his more typical sunny, confident extrovert persona, through to deeper, more conflicted & ambivalent individual, as the story develops. The plot is indeed (deliberately) complex and shocking. The strands only come together at movie's end, in a somewhat unsatisfying "Matrix"-like conclusion. However, the movie is in general provocative and thrilling, with convincing ... chemistry between Cruise and Cameron Diaz, and Penelope Cruz (the "darkness and light" female protagonists.) With the exception of the occasional jarring "music video" fast-edited scenes, the movie was visually amazing.
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