SEE 'ABRE LOS OJOS'!

Rating: Null/10 (4 January 2002)

"Abre Los Ojos", the film on which "Vanilla Sky" is based, is a better film by far than this mess made by Cameron Crowe (sorry - I usually like his movies). It's also available on dvd and video. "Vanilla Sky" is too long, self-indulgent and a mess. It looked beautiful, the fx were amazing, music etc. were great (Cameron Diaz was really, really good), but this movie is proof that a huge budget does not make a good movie. "Abre Los Ojos" is quick, intelligent genre movie that Cameron Crowe turned into some sort of overblown, boring, pseudo-romance. Everything about "Vanilla Sky" is fine - maybe I wouldn't have been so annoyed by it if I hadn't already seen the FAR, FAR superior original. "Vanilla Sky" was one big waste of, what, $80,000,000?