The Best Movie of The Year--Open Your Eyes, Not Just Heart

Rating: 10/10 (13 December 2003)

Please read! The Last Samurai movie is going to win most of the Oscar awards next year. It is guaranteed to win "Best Picture" at the very least and Tom Cruise is guaranteed to win "Best Actor" finally. Yes, fuss and kick all you want...it is a matter of time. Don't judge by movie tickets sales because that does not win oscars, generally. Those who give out awards for movies are looking for all the positive things in a objective fashion supposedly. I am not trying to upset people or pretend to be a prophet--the writing is on the wall. Sorry to disappoint all those anti-Tom Cruise fans or wanna be Ebert critics. Everyone has an opinion, but it is the majority that counts when deciding who and what deserves the recognition. It is everyone's God given right to express their feelings as it is written in our Constitution. The thing that bugs me about some critics is that they can always find the negative in everything--always a bias opinion. Your opinions are more subjective than objective. I have read many articles on the amount of work and heart that went into this movie. Tom Cruise is very big on taking his time and doing it well. He spent two years working with movie director Stanely Kubrick, no matter how long it took because he believed in something and someone. He lost many years of blockbuster movie making and megabucks due to his passion to act and create something special--substance. The majority of people fail to see the real beauty in both "Eyes Wide Shut" and "Vanilla Sky". You see what is on the surface and immediately attack. You failed to see the underlying meaning of why the movies were made because you don't care! Have you ever thought about how many good points in life can be learned by such movies. Movies are like books that can teach you alot about life--you have to find the not so obvious meaning sometimes. "Eyes Wide Shut" and "Vanilla Sky" both teach us so many valuable lessons about love, friendships, and so fourth. You don't see that because your eyes are the ones wide shut. Have you noticed in "Eyes Wide Shut" the beautiful color reds and scenery in the film--forget about the orgy part. The orgy part was necessary to illistrate the freaky things there are in this world when your eyes are closed. The movie was NOT selling "SEX". The point was that he was in the wrong place trying to do the wrong thing--vegenence for his wife's secret confession when drunk. She did not cheat, she said stupid things because she was under the influence. Therefore, it drove Cruise's character mad about the possibility. Again, you only confirm my negative theory you critics have. You ruin movies, an art, because you tell others what is good and what is bad without letting others decide for themselves. I never like reading reviews about movies because it ruins everything. You as the individual need to decide for yourself how a movie is good or bad and not comform to these social norms in society. It should be a crime. I am a true movie buff that has seen the majority of the films worth watching and I can find the good in most of them. I used to be closed or narrow minded, but as a person who is ill most of the time due to a rare medical condition I have spent many years watching, rewatching, and really analyzing movies. My eyes are wide open and I am a better person because of it. I can appreciate what I used to take for granted. What about you...