vanilla sky am i losing it or did anyone else get lost
mickymcd2(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 23rd January 2002, 18:05
watched a copy of vanilla sky last night on vcd (for inspection purposes only ) after 2 hours plus i ended up thinking i think ive lost it good style this film plays tricks with your head anyone else make sense of it i know it was garbage!
RE: vanilla sky am i losing it or did anyone else get lost
General Thade(Competent) posted this on Sunday, 27th January 2002, 22:43
Took the wife to see it last night as she thought it was a romance flick (ugh!) and I it would have thriller edge to it. OH BOY were we wrong!!
This is a MUST SEE film!
There is NO film like it, made by Hollywood. None. Nothing!
Its very difficult to describe the film without giving everything away, but dont judge it by the trailer because the trailer is a red herring!
This film will either hit or miss with you, but it should be seen. Critics either love or hate it.
Vanilla Sky is unique, and should not be missed!
RE: vanilla sky am i losing it or did anyone else get lost
Wedge G(Elite) posted this on Thursday, 31st January 2002, 18:26
My student housemates and I went to see it last night. 2 of us loved it, one of us liked it, and one of us thought it was the worst film ever made.
Like thade said, you either love it or hate it. you get it, or you dont!
Persevere, watch the whole film, and in the last half hour, all will become clear.
If you still don`t get it, then theres something wrong with you!
(whens the dvd release?)
RE: vanilla sky am i losing it or did anyone else get lost
Mike Mclaughlin(Competent) posted this on Friday, 1st February 2002, 02:45
This is neither the worst film ever made or a particularly good one, it certainly isn`t a masterpeice in virtue of its indulgent psuedo-mind-f***ery; it is however a watchable flick with sub-par performances but stylish direction and great music. It is a disapointing "cover version" (to use Crowe`s words) of `Open Your Eyes` which delivered its themes of narcissism and dislocation in a far more coherant and vivid manner, perhaps because Armenabar is a far more refined director at sparse thriller mechanics than Crowe who, is slightly out of his depth in such `dark` territory. The trailer, which I find utterly wonderful, is more spellbinding than the resulting film which is overlong and suprisingly contrived. However I fail to see how the film is confusing, since every element is explained to a reasonable degree in the finale.
Still, if you feel the prospect of this film is confusing, choose `Mulholland Drive` instead and be treated to a brain-teaser of greater significance.
--Mike
This item was edited on Friday, 1st February 2002, 02:47
RE: vanilla sky am i losing it or did anyone else get lost
shedaisy(Mostly Harmless) posted this on Friday, 1st February 2002, 17:28
Open your Eyes is on tv channel 4 sunday 3 feb 0010 hours
