Cameron Crowe blows my mind again

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2001)

after Kevin Smith, Cameron Crowe is probably a toss-up for my next favorite filmmaker with Edward Burns. Almost Famous is my favorite movie of all time....and I didnt think anything could pass Mallrats for that title. This film, is of course, a remake of the 1997 spanish flick "Obres Los Ojos" (open your eyes). Having not seen the original...I'm afraid to see it now because I dont think anything could be better than a cameron crowe film. This movie, unfortuanatly, will be hated by so many. This is unfortunate because it is a beautiful and original piece of art. It's just people today arent into the 2:30 movies of dialogue and story plot anymore....they were suckered into crap flicks like She's All That, The Mummy Returns, Harry Potter, and Summer Catch crap where Freddie Prince Jr. will always get the girl in the most simplest of tales.....its 1:30 of filth and bim boom your out of there. Well Vanilla Sky is a well made movie....that is like nothing like you will ever see. The only draw-back is Penelope Cruz (aka Salma Hayek2) when she gets an english accent and learns to speak better she can come back to the country. Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz are good but the movie is best when Jason Lee is on camera. This man is brillant. Lee is such a great actor....the best there is...ill pay money to see him everytime, even if it is more Hollywood predictable stuff like Heartbreakers, or his soon to come "A Guy Thing" which im sure will be too....but still, that man can single handedly carry a movie. Vanilla Sky is a dark tale of a nightmared proned Tom Cruise.....who falls for Jason Lee's Penelope Cruz, but still cant resist that Cameron Diaz beauty...and takes a bad choice car ride with her....this will change his life forever...throw in Kurt Russel, Jason Galeki, Black Angus Steak House, Conan O'Brien, and Benny the Dog....and you have the masterpiece known as....Vanilla Sky
so do urself a favor...if ur one of good taste...and open your eyes (ahahaha get it?) and see this movie....2 thumbs up from ebert and roeper...and by me....booya