Vanilla Ice

Rating: Null/10 (4 November 2002)

Last night I watched Vanilla Sky with my boyfriend and as the movie passed, he got impatient... I shared his feelings, because the plot took so long to come out and in the end we were both feeling disappointed about that. You can sell anything to the viewers if sci-fi is used!!
I, myself, was far more intrigued by the scenes where people reacted to David's disfiguration and how Cruise portrayed the frustration and selfpity of his shallow character. That is more real than any bla-bla explanation of the concept of the Lucid Dream.
No way that a playboy like David Aames would fall for a naive character like Sofia and becomes dependant on her. I found Penny Cruz a big disappointment in this movie, she had nothing to 'say' or to add to the part of the other characters.
I like characters to be convincing in the first place when I watch a movie, or else I couldn't care less what happened to them. I couldn't care less for Sofia. Cameron Diaz and Jason Lee though, had my sympathy throughout the movie.
Recently I had another disappointing movie experience, with Cruise in Eyes Wide Shut. Same here: all is explained afterwards. But that is cheap I think and it leaves you with a bittersweet taste in the mouth: no Vanilla to me!