Vanilla Sky

Rating: 10/10 (23 February 2006)

Vanilla Sky is the most interesting movie I have ever watched. The movie is an amazing look at the human condition and how maybe our priorities should be straightened out. It is also much a more emotional and spiritual than the its predecessor Abre Los Ojos(1997).
It seems that the things that we dream may be the things that come true. "Follow your dreams", "Set Goals" as the oldies say. It is amazing as it has so many layered meanings. It is well done in the minor details and did not give away much as to his death and what he actually was. The street scene where he runs down it with it empty is absolutely amazing and breathtaking cinema. The opening scene is also amazing as of the soundtrack.
The soundtrack including Radiohead's "Everything Is In It's Right Place", Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye" and "Vanilla Sky" by Paul McCartney. The soundtrack adds to the themes of the movie and also to the atmosphere.
Cameron Crowe also though it did not fool me was a great twist as it took me a whole year of constant explanation to my uncle.Whereas I got what was going on about 45-60 minutes in.
Tom Cruise does the most breathtaking performance of his career as David Aames. The sexy scenes are amazing as we get to see the delectable female form of Penelope Cruz, those who saw Head In The Clouds may want to reference back to this film if they have a fancy for the Cruzer.
The most amazing reference in the film is to Citzen Kane which really works in this movie and "Citzen Dildo" is also brought in to this to highlight it to people who may not know Citzen Kane. This was extremely funny, and Penelope's line "You are not sleeping over" is an absolute hoot.
To watch Vanilla Sky I recommend viewing Abre Los Ojos (1997)(The film Vanilla Sky is based on) and Citzen Kane (1941)(References are made in the film to his movie and education from this will be useful to understand these references.)