"Look at us. I'm frozen and you're dead, and I love you."

Rating: Null/10 (15 March 2008)

I love Vanilla Sky. I'm a huge fan of Crowe but I think Vanilla Sky is one of his most unique and beautiful films. I think the acting is great. I think Tom Cruise gets a bad wrap. It's one of his best performances. Penaolope Cruz, Kurt Russell (he's always great), Jason Lee (he's always great too), Cameron Diaz, Noah Taylor, Timothy Spall, and Tilda Swinton (in a brief but good role). Another thing is the beautiful Cinematography by the great John Toll (who also did Almost Famous, Legends of the Fall, Braveheart, The Thin Red Line, The Last Samurai etc.) with the "Monet-like skies" and so on he presents a visually stunning experience that is both viscerally and cerebrally affecting. And of course the music. Radiohead, Nancy Wilson, Red House Painters, R.E.M., The Chemical Brothers, Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney, Jeff Buckley, The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, U2, Leftfield, Spiritualized, The Rolling Stones, Todd Rundgren, Sigur Ros, just...wow. Highlights for me are the opening (Everything In Its Right Place), when Dvaid and Sofia say goodbye sort of for the last time (Last Goodbye), when David is running for Sofia before the splice (Sweetness Follows), And the last 15 minutes. The Elevator scene (Elevator Beat and Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space). And of course the roof scene. The Nothing Song (Njosnavelin) What an achingly beautiful song. Such a powerful, beautiful, and wonderful film.