Getting one up on the critics

Rating: 10/10 (2 January 2002)

Well, judging by the opinions of the voters, it seems a lot of IMDb users liked the movie. So that leaves the question, where did the critics get off giving the film D's and F's?
After a year of Freddy getting Fingered, and Pearl Harbor getting blown up in majestic CGI reality, Cameron Crowe offers us a serious intellectual film. But it appears that all of those dopey, crappy movies have destroyed the brain cells of almost every critic. They called the film "self-indulgent." Well, if Vanilla Sky is self-indulgent and "Pearl Harbor" isn't, then we need a new dictionary. They called it "confusing." Just because a film causes you think for about ten minutes after seeing it, it's confusing?
The film is generating discussion and that's what it's supposed to do. In this post-Survivor world, we need some serious antidote to get that quasi-reality our of our systems. What's big deal if it involves delving into David Aames sub-conscious? This is the most realistic film of the year, and also the most fantastical. In the end, I don't care what the critics say, because if they're going to bad-mouth this film, then for once, I know something they don't.