Head Blag but a good one

Rating: Null/10 (5 April 2004)

This had to be the most head blag movie of my life but a thoroughly enjoyable one. I had no idea that Vanilla Sky had a story line like this. I heard about it but when I saw Cameron Crowe was the director I just passed it off for a new romantic comedy like in Jerry Maguire, but came in for a shock. I got the chance to see it not long after it came out of the cinema and really got into it. A lot say the plot runs to slow and doesn't go anywhere for a least the first quarter of the movie which seems to go on endlessly but if you want to get to know each one of the characters and sympathise them then you need a lot of characterisation to start you off which is what happens. Then bang Cameron Diaz goes crazy and drives her car with Cruise in the passenger seat off a bridge killing herself and physically destroying Cruise's face. Head F**k begins and doesn't let go. When watching it I had to stop in parts as it became all to much for me to take in so I stopped to think about parts. I am not to good with films like these and can be quite slow on the uptake but when it comes together it turns out to be one of the most romantic films ever made even if it comes across a bit violent at times.
If not the best romantic then definitely love story as you just want David and Sofia to be happy. Cruise plays a role of his career as it is so different to everything else he has done as far as storytelling goes. Penelope Cruz is alright and could imagine a dozen other lead actresses taking her part and making it much the same as hers but I loved Jason Lee in this. I thought his friendship between him and Cruise was utterly believable. I didn't really get Kurt Russell as this is also a different film for him but not a bad one at all. Cameron Diaz was great as the psycho bitch Julie. The film doesn't really belong to anybody as there are top notch performances all round and the directing from Cameron Crowe is great. Al I have to now is to see the original film Open Your Eyes from which this film is from as remake and to see whether it is better?