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The TVClubHouse: Archives: Movies & Library 2003 -2004: Movies: May 2003 - April 2004: Vanilla Sky users admin

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Sammmy

Monday, December 24, 2001 - 10:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Has anyone seen this movie? I saw it last weekend, and hmmmmmm?? Someone's got some 'splaining to do. I liked the first 2/3 of the movie, very intriguing, but then I got dizzy from all the turns and bends. I'm not a big scifi fan, so I was disappointed that the movie took that turn, although, if I knew anything about the premise of the movie, other than what the previews showed, I would have known more what I was in for.

Heyteach

Tuesday, December 25, 2001 - 1:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey! The reviews say it's "all explained" in the last ten minutes! Did you doze off? Clear as mud, wasn't it? I too would like to hear what others make of it. Anyone read the book? See the Spanish version (was there one?)? Sent it several times and picked up hidden clues?

Zeyna

Tuesday, December 25, 2001 - 12:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw it on the weekend & loved it, although was also puzzled. There are so many ways to interpret the end, and I'm not sure I really bought the ending that was presented.
I don't want to spoil it for anyone, so I won't talk about it, but I promptly rented the original movie "Open your eyes", which was basically identical in the storyline.
If anyone is interested in discussing, lets make a spoiler thread.

Sammmy

Wednesday, December 26, 2001 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'd like to rent the Spanish version, although, I've read that they are really the same -- almost frame for frame. I think starting a spoiler thread is a good idea. After I saw the movie I got on the Internet to read reviews, but, of course, the reviewers didn't want to ruin the movie for those who hadn't seen it yet, so my questions weren't answered. I'll start a spoiler thread right now...................(sound of footsteps running quickly to next post).

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, January 02, 2002 - 11:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw this movie yesterday and thought it was fascinating. About two thirds of the way through the movie I whispered to Bigdog that I had no idea where the movie was going.

Bigdog said he wanted to see it because Siskel and Ebert (well, yes, I know, but it will always be Siskel and Ebert to me and Bigdog) said it was one of the best movies of 2001. I think I might agree with that. I sure did not fall asleep as I have done with some other movies of 2001.

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, January 02, 2002 - 10:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So today we rented Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes) which is the same movie as Vanilla Sky, only in spanish with subtitles and some guy who is not Tom Cruise. Otherwise, it was pretty much the identical movie, except that the board of the company is never seen. Smaller cast. Still fascinating.

Enbwife

Friday, January 18, 2002 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I loved this movie! I liked the twists and turns and felt somewhat confused through most of it but enjoyed it and liked how they explained it all at the end. Tom Cruise was great! I have to see it again for sure!!!

Alaskagal

Monday, June 10, 2002 - 1:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I loved this movie too, Okay so it took me awhile to see it, but I thought it was great. WOW!!

Kaili

Monday, June 10, 2002 - 2:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Tom Cruise is on Oprah right now (central time)- talking about Minority Report. As for Vanilla Sky, I haven't seen it but it's on my to-rent list. Hope I love it as much as you all do!

Alegria

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 9:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I finally saw Vanilla Sky and also loved it. Tom Cruise played a similar character to the one in Jerry McGuire (it was made by the same director). I have a lot of questions about the scifi part and the spoiler thread makes some really good points. It was very powerful and really portrayed the inner reality of a deluded person, expecially in the scenes where he confused the two women. It was also really interesting to see Tom Cruise with the damaged and normal face. What a great actor. Cameron Diaz was really intense as well.

Juju2bigdog

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 4:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Now rent the Spanish version, Abre Los Ojos, or Open Your Eyes, just for the fun of it if you loved Vanilla Sky. It is basically the same movie almost scene for scene, except with Penelope Cruz in the Cameron Diaz role.

Alegria

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 4:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Is that version readily available?

Juju2bigdog

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 7:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yep, they will have it in your neighborhood Blockbuster.

Hummingbird

Monday, August 26, 2002 - 7:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
SPOILER ALERT--DON"T READ IF YOU HAVEN"T SEEN IT. I really liked this movie. People had told me it didn't make sense so I waited a while to see it. I don't know what the problem is. He had himself frozen and opted for the lucid dream thing. At the end, he was waking up 150 years later. Great concept. Left us to wonder what he would be waking up to.

Hermione69

Saturday, August 31, 2002 - 12:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm in the minority here- I thought it was incredibly stupid. The twist was so hard to swallow that it ruined it for me. I think "suspension of disbelief" is very important and I couldn't find myself believing in it. Sorry guys! To each his own!

Ocean_Islands

Monday, September 09, 2002 - 10:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm not sure if I liked this film or not; I just saw it this weekend. Parts of it were disturbing. I thought, I guess, that it was ultimately disappointing because you didn't see exactly where he ended up.

I didn't think Cameron Diaz did a very good job in this film at all, but Penelope Cruz was great.

Hummingbird

Monday, September 09, 2002 - 8:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I thought Cameron was great as a scorned stalker. Penolope's accent bugs the h*** outa me.

Cjr

Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 7:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I thought it was the worst movie I ever saw. It didn't make any sense to me. When it was over everyone in the theatre was very quiet until one voice said very loudly "What the h*ll was that? And everyone busted up. I guess I wasn't alone...

Hippyt

Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 7:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I had to watch this movie twice before I understood it.I thought it was stupid!! If the company put him through 150 years of pure Hell,they shouldn't be telling him his money is running out,they should be fixing the problem,and giving him another 150 years for free!!!!
Just dumb!!! I also hate Tom Cruise.

Puttergirl

Sunday, June 08, 2003 - 1:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hermione69, Cjr, and Hippyt, I'm with ya'll. I thought this was the most boring movie!! I hated it. I didn't think it got interesting until the last 10 minutes when the twist came into play. It would have been better as a 30-minute Twilight Zone episode!!!!

Babyboo

Monday, June 23, 2003 - 7:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
this movie was dreadful.

Tabbyking

Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 8:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
patoooties, it sucked lemons. 4 of us watched it together several months back, and everyone hated it. 3 of us didn't finish watching it, and my husband 'wasn't sure' if he did or not, even though it ran it's course!lol

Eliz87

Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I thought it was an interesting movie, but then again I can't imagine disliking anything with Tom Cruise in it. It's not his looks, because there are better looking actors out there, but something about the way he delivers his lines, his actions, etc. just really get me! Charisma perhaps.

Anyway, speaking of charisma, Penelope Cruz totally turns me off -- I do not like her one bit. I think she could drop the accent if she tried, and there's some type of squeakiness or something to her voice that just grates on me. Ick, IMHO.

Cameron Diaz was good in it. She even got to do a "butt dance" that she does in every movie. I think that's kind of amusing that that is her "signature." She played a good psycho.

I know that the twist was somewhat unbelievable, and the ending just kind of hung there, but I enjoy movies where everything is not spoon-fed to you. I was thinking about this movie for days after I saw it.

Faerygdds

Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 6:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have actually seen BOTH versions of this movie... "Vanilla Sky", the American Version, and "Abra Los Ojos" the original. I actually liked the original better. I rented it on DVD. It doesn't have my favorite "tech support" scene, but hey.. you can't have everything. The scenes are a lot more thought provoking and there were some issues that did not transcend the leap from Spanish to English either verbally, or culturally.

If you liked the movie.. try the original... VERY good!

Bbfanatic

Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 10:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
at the end of the movie i remember mom and i looking at each other with a blank look and going uhhhhhhhh!