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Summary: was Tom Cruise in this?? (0) STARS
Review: Well this movie was a real disapointment I didn't like it at all. VERY VERY slow movie. I really couldn't get into this movie because of the pace & it was very confusing & hard to understand. There was no real major plot. Do you see were I'm going with this? It really is a sleeper for Tom Cruise. I also was very suprised to here that the director of this movie also did Jerry Maguire, which is truly a different class & excellent movie compared to this movie. It also had a lot of nudity & sexuality. I DO NOT RECOMMEND!!!!!
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Summary: Behind its mask it is a great but messed up movie
Review: Vanilla Sky is one of those movies you see for the first time and you are like "What the (fill in the blank)". But once you piece everything together it starts to make sense. After watching this movie a second time I realized it is a great movie and I think it will gain greater cult status in the future. Tom Cruise is perfect in this movie. He is a cocky, rich, inheritant with the world seemingly at his hands. In one hand he is the editor of a popular pop culture magazine with a chic apartment and a slick Ferrari. In the other hand he has the pretty but insecure Cameron Diaz as his girlfriend along with his best friend played by Jason Lee. Meanwhile Tom Cruise has an eye for Penelope Cruz and they start to fall for one another. Thing is that Jason Lee really liked Penelope Cruz and that pisses him off. But his anger that pales in comparision to the anger Cameron has. She obviously isn't a fan of the growing relationship Mr. and Ms. Cruise have for one another. Therefore she turns from the nice and likable character we've seen in Something About Mary and transforms into Mommie Dearest. That is where the movie does a backflip and then it gets messed up. Oh it sure does. I'm not going to summarize the rest of this movie but from there it is a great movie that travels into science fiction and questions reality. The characters in this movie are hard to forget. I think they all play their role very well in this movie. As I said earlier Tom Cruise fits in this movie perfectly as he did in Jerry Maguire, Top Gun and Risky Business. Cameron Diaz is perfect for being a psycho lover and I found it odd that Jason Lee was in this movie. I picture him as the dude from Mallrats, which is the funniest comedy of all time. In short, this is a great movie that will make you question life and is also a cool science fiction movie. Give Vanilla Sky more than one viewing and you will see what I mean and alot more. By the way the soundtrack to the movie is outstanding. When Tom Cruise is going insane, they play the Beach Boys - Good Vibrations. It is such an odd song for this movie but it sounds perfect in a movie like this.
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Summary: Enchanting from beginning to... well about 2 hours into it.
Review: Vanilla Sky is an excellent film that has the ability to immerse the viewer completely in its surreality. It is a sort of somnambulation in which you can't tell what's real and what is a dream. The acting is superb, and it seems that every aspect of the movie is ingeniously orchestrated. ...and then the last 15 minutes of the movie are spent holding you by the hand and explaining everything as if you were reading the Cliffs Notes. A small explanation might be nice, although the movie is so captivating that I believe without any explanation at all it still would have been a gorgeous film. However, the ending of the movie somewhat sickens me. Although I always hate DVDs that come with alternate endings, I believe I would have welcomed anything other than the original ending we are left with. And yet I still highly recommend this movie. Just do yourself a favor and don't watch the ending--if you do so you may be one of the few people who has seen it as it should have been in the first place.
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Summary: Open your eyes
Review: This is my favorite movie! When I first watched it I was like, "What?" then I watched it again, and then understood what I saw. I think that's what everyone should do who didn't understand the movie or just the ending...lol. Its just the most weirdest movie I've ever seen and I mean weird in a good way, then ending is just such a surprise "twist ending" and I loved it!!! Its a whole bunch of genres in this one movie, drama, love story, action, and science fiction. Its one of those movies where you have to pay close attention to the movie, and its details. So If you like the twist movies then you'll love this movie!
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Summary: Don't blink, you might miss something..
Review: I was glued to this movie and didn't want to get up for ANY reason for fear of missing something. There is one thing in a movie that I cannot stand, predictability. This film is one that keeps your attention and you cannot guess the ending for anything.
It's wildly entertaining and the twists and turns are as equally thrilling as any roller coaster.
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Summary: an amazing thinker
Review: Some people say that one of the effects of a good movie, is that you want to talk about it afterwards. I follow this belief. I want a film that will leave me wondering and guessing and talking about with my friends, days and months after it's over.
Vanilla Sky does just that for me.
This one of my very favorite films. It's so many things, so many adjectives i won't waste space with.
The acting by everybody is top notch. Tom shows that he can give a great performance without his great smile and charming personality in his favor. Penelope, Jason, Noah, Kurt, amazing.
Music..can't say enough about it. The songs and score (by Nancy Wilson) fit perfectly with the visuals.
Visuals..great job again by DP John Toll (also did Almost Famous).
I think a lot of people that saw this film, even saw it more than once, tried to adhere to the explanations laid out in the film. That what was shown and explained was the only possibility and vision. Granted, it was Crowe's vision, but not the only one. There are lots of ways the story could have taken place. e.g. what was real, what was a dream, etc.. choose the one that most fits you, or create your own theorey. That's the great thing about it.
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Summary: Tries too hard to be artistic
Review: It wasn't that I didn't understand what was going on, it was that it was simply too much work to follow. Part of the joy of watching a film, as opposed to reading a novel, is that the very act of trying to tell a complicated story in 2 or 3 hours in the medium of movie making compels the storyteller to get to the point. When a film tries to hard to be an artistic statement, it ends up being just that, a statement. I don't watch films for statements, I want to be entertained.
I'm not saying this movie isn't an ok rental, but I'd hardly recommend buying it to watch over again, it was way too slow in my opinion to watch again, especially considering once you know the twists, there's nothing there to surprise you anymore.
I did enjoy watching Cruz, she has a powerful on screen presence, and although I like Diaz a lot too, this wasn't the best role for her in my opinion. Cruise has the ability to make really great films but this one isn't one of them.
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Summary: Death is the End
Review: An interesting piece of fiction. Much like Rosemary's Baby Vanilla Sky uses the device of blurring reality and fantasy and exactly like Rosemary's Baby one single scene ushers in the beginning of pure fantasy. No one survives a dead stop auto crash at 80 mph; their internal organs would be ripped apart even if they were wearing a seat belt. From that point on all we have are Cruise's musings and suspicions as he dies. Monet's Vanilla Sky is an impressionistic expression of what that painter felt. The movie is the impressionistic expression of a character's deepest hopes and fears. Cruise's answer to the question, Do you believe in God?, is that all he sees is conspiracy and hopelessness - sad.
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Summary: Lost and found
Review: I thought that vanilla sky is one of the most unusual films in the best of ways. It starts of in one place and takes you where you would never have imagined. All of the acting was first rate from the leads to the extras including Mr Spielberg. Vanilla sky is like a drug, its addictive, it makes you feel good, and it opens your eyes, its like a beautiful love poem.
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Summary: Open your eyes!!!
Review: This movie is a remake of the Spanish 1997 film, Open Your Eyes, also starring Penelope Cruz. I'm really surpirsed by so many negative reviews on here. But, many people that I have talked to just "didn't get it." It is a complicated film. Not one that you can walk out of the room to get popcorn and take bathroom breaks while watching. You must pay attention or you will be confused. But, if you pay attention and watch for all the subtle clues and underlying subtext, you will see that it is truly a good film. Tom Cruise plays David Aames, the young, rich and powerful publishing tycoon who gets whatever he wants whenever he wants it. He has an empty, "sex-only" relationship with actress Julie Gianni (Cameron Diaz).
He meets the woman of his dreams (Penelope Cruz) at his birthday party who also happens to be his best friends date. But in her, David believes that he just might have found what had been missing in his life for so long.
Julie begins to feel used and pushed aside, and seduces him into her car after stalking him all night. Foolishly, he goes. And instead of the "fun" that she promised him, she takes them both over a bridge, killing herself and disfiguring David's face.
What happens next beceomes more unbelievable with each scene. David's world spins out of control as his mind tries to put together the ever changing and foggy pieces to the cryptic puzzle that has become his life. The surprise ending, which is borderline impossible to predict, will amaze you - might even make you angry, as I have read in a few other reviews on here.
But I loved it. I think that it is a very deep film.
If you get a chance, you should watch it once and then watch it again with the director's commentary. Cameron Crowe the director, and his wife, Heart guitarist, Nancy Wilson talk over the scenes to explain a little bit more in depth what he was trying to portray - they also give away vital background clues that will have you rewinding and replaying quite a few times.
This movie is great because a lot of it is left up to interpretation. Which is why I think so many people don't like it. Some people just don't like having to think for themselves. But I think it's great. This movie means something different to everyone.
The acting is great. I wish Cameron Diaz was in it longer - she plays an amazing psycho!! And I think it's one of Tom Cruise's best performances. Definitley a must see!
I recommend this one for anyone who has a mind of their own!
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