The chef prepares a special menu

Rating: 8/10 (8 July 2006)

This has to be one of the hardest reviews to write. A bit of a strange idea to have it as the first review I ever put on the site but here goes.
Vanilla sky has been labelled many things. Hogwash, BS, a carbon copy of Amenabar's original, Crowes Magnum Opus. Many viewers found that the ending was somewhat juvenile insomuch as the first rule of creative writing being "don't' end the story with it was all a dream". Still, I freaking' love this film! Not because of the ending, In fact I find the ending a little annoying to be perfectly honest. As Chuck Klosterman wrote in Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs the choice made by Cruise/Ames at the end of the film merely shows a desire for 'integrity' as opposed to happiness per se.
What truly dragged me into the film was the way the emotions were expressed by the characters. the use of dialogue in this film is phenomenal and is by far Crusie's best execution of dialogue. (How the man can say 'Like shards of metal slicing my every thought' in reference to a series of headaches whilst maintaining NO sense of irony is bordering on the astonishing. Also Diaz's use of the word C** is incredibly jarring and helps to almost shake the viewer into realising either the depth of her feeling for Ames or the level of her mental instability.
Anyways, not so much of a review as brief comment. please don't be too harsh. Just thought I'd put my voice on the old' Interweb.