I knew people would like this.

Rating: 2/10 (28 January 2002)

Vanilla Sky was crap. Occasionally it did threaten to be remotely interesting, but on each occasion it was soon brought to a shuddering halt.
I detest braindead Hollywood action films, exploding cars, unnecessary sex or violence. Likewise, I enjoy a good thinking film open to interpretation. So reading these reviews I should of enjoyed this film. Wrong.

It was awful. I had no problem following it or understanding the plot "getting it" as many have said. It was just painfully dull & went against everything that good cinema is about. Dreams are difficult to effectively insert into films at the best of times but it was done terribly here.

Interpretations are all well & good, but I'd imagine no 2 people who even worked on this film would share a view exactly what went on. It asked some interesting questions & created some Matrix style ideas. Unfortunately, none of them were fully executed & you end up with more questions than answers.
Maybe it was just the whole subject. This wasn't the film I set out to see nor had any idea it was a remake, but I get the feeling I won't enjoy the original, nor, heaven forbid, any future similar films.
I gave it an hour & a half of solid concentration but then lost the will to live. I counted all 88 folds in the curtain, then double checked it, counted ceiling tiles and shattered my recored of 'amount of times I looked at a watch during 1 film'. Sadly I never had the sense to sleep or leave the cinema like most others did.