This is the trip

Rating: 8/10 (28 August 2003)

Vanilla Sky really blew my head off when I first saw it. If you've seen the cover/poster you'll know what I mean when I tell you I started looking with the idea this was a sort of romantic comedy or something. In the beginning, this seems to be pretty accurate: romantic, oh yeah! You can feel the tension between the Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz... great. The viewer is expected to fall in love with her, and you really do (If I was a woman I'd fancy Tom, I guess)...well, something like that, you know. What happens after the carcrash, when David Aames life takes a turn he looses control over, is unbelievable after the quite romantic start! But its definately GREAT! This way you can really feel the characters... its not just some folks in a strange situation, they come alive...more. Great acting, great story, great REMAKE! It's a remake of 'Abre Les Ojos' ('open your eyes', you'll get along this phrase quite a lot of times watching the movie, so be prepared, for what that might mean...I don't know). Abre Los Ojos, I really want to see it, but they don't have 'm in my local video-rent-thing (I don't know how ya english speeking people call it, pretty clear i think), so too bad, can't compare stuff. But this was awesome, second time watching was even better; you know the deal but it's still an intriguing story. So go see it and if you've seen it: see it again. 9/10