Vanilla sky (just finished on Ch4)
Vanilla sky (just finished on Ch4)
09 April 2005, 11:51 PM
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Weird or what??
Great film ...... which girl was Elvis's daughter .... wasn't she supposed to be in it somewhere?
Pete
Edited to say, unusually I'm talking bollox - I don't think she was in it after all??
Great film ...... which girl was Elvis's daughter .... wasn't she supposed to be in it somewhere?
Pete
Edited to say, unusually I'm talking bollox - I don't think she was in it after all??
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09 April 2005, 11:52 PM
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Im now wishing i had watched it judging by the reaction on here of chrome. I didnt think it looked that good so i watched 'creep'. Oh my god, now thats a scary film and pretty disgusting at that. I jumped so high i almost touched the roof!!!!
09 April 2005, 11:54 PM
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Talizaman- Rent it... I would spoil it just by describing it.. I went into it with no expectations, or clue what it was about.
Clare- it did require a fiar bit of attention- gotta admit I sat down for a quick look with SN on in the other room; then before I knew it the film had ended and there was SN still mid post in the other room.
I would say it's not a film for everyone. Very dark, and a bit odd in places.
Defo worth a rent.
Clare- it did require a fiar bit of attention- gotta admit I sat down for a quick look with SN on in the other room; then before I knew it the film had ended and there was SN still mid post in the other room.
I would say it's not a film for everyone. Very dark, and a bit odd in places.
Defo worth a rent.
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10 April 2005, 12:06 AM
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Frozen bodies when you die - to be awoken again in 150 years time when they can fix you up
And the meeting of your dream partner ......... which is, of course, a dream!!
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And the meeting of your dream partner ......... which is, of course, a dream!!
Pete
10 April 2005, 12:11 AM
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(very) basic nutshell:
playboy lives charmed life
treats his conquests badly
meets a really nice girl
conquest gets revenge
playboy's aftermath..
I will say I can pretty much guarantee it wont end how you expect
Here's a good quote by a major film reviewer about the film (courtesy of google)
Nuff Said 
playboy lives charmed life
treats his conquests badly
meets a really nice girl
conquest gets revenge
playboy's aftermath..
I will say I can pretty much guarantee it wont end how you expect
Here's a good quote by a major film reviewer about the film (courtesy of google)
"Vanilla Sky," like the 2001 pictures "Memento" and "Mulholland Drive" before it, requires the audience to do some heavy lifting. It has one of those plots that doubles back on itself like an Escher staircase. You get along splendidly one step at a time, but when you get to the top floor you find yourself on the bottom landing.
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10 April 2005, 12:21 AM
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thats a ****e synopsis Ps!
we must have seen different films...
or maybe it's just that I'm sensitive?
same kind of mind games as Jacobs ladder and Memento (as mentioned above)
we must have seen different films...
or maybe it's just that I'm sensitive?
same kind of mind games as Jacobs ladder and Memento (as mentioned above)
10 April 2005, 12:30 AM
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Original is better
Didn't watch it but have seen it before. Like most foreign films though I often find the originals are much better, i.e. 'Abre los ojos' or 'Open your eyes', as parts often get distorted in the translation.
Does anyone else also find that funny French films aren't quite so funny when they're re-shot for the American market..?
Jonts.
Does anyone else also find that funny French films aren't quite so funny when they're re-shot for the American market..?
Jonts.
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10 April 2005, 11:51 AM
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I saw Vanilla Sky at the cinema when it first came out and nearly had a punch up in the car park with a bloke who thought it was ****e and told me I must have a drug habit if I thought it was any good. When we got back home "Abre los ojos" was just starting on Channel 4 so I watched that. There's actually very little difference between the two, 99% of the script is literally translated and Tom Cruise makes for a more convincing playboy than the original actor.
Great film, very underrated but does require a lot of concentration.
Great film, very underrated but does require a lot of concentration.
10 April 2005, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonty
Didn't watch it but have seen it before. Like most foreign films though I often find the originals are much better, i.e. 'Abre los ojos' or 'Open your eyes', as parts often get distorted in the translation.
Does anyone else also find that funny French films aren't quite so funny when they're re-shot for the American market..?
Jonts.
Does anyone else also find that funny French films aren't quite so funny when they're re-shot for the American market..?
Jonts.
As for vanilla sky, must say I do rather enjoy the film.
10 April 2005, 03:06 PM
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One of my favourite films ever
have it on dvd- just as well as was at work when it was on lats night
Didnt know it was a remake.
p.s- that wasnt actually a 250 GTO at the beginning- it was a replica based on a datsun 250z (i think thats the right one)
have it on dvd- just as well as was at work when it was on lats night
Didnt know it was a remake.
p.s- that wasnt actually a 250 GTO at the beginning- it was a replica based on a datsun 250z (i think thats the right one)
12 April 2005, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by NotoriousREV
I saw Vanilla Sky at the cinema when it first came out and nearly had a punch up in the car park with a bloke who thought it was ****e and told me I must have a drug habit if I thought it was any good. When we got back home "Abre los ojos" was just starting on Channel 4 so I watched that. There's actually very little difference between the two, 99% of the script is literally translated and Tom Cruise makes for a more convincing playboy than the original actor.
Great film, very underrated but does require a lot of concentration.
Great film, very underrated but does require a lot of concentration.
- although I'd say you'd need to be drunk too.Fell asleep after half an hour - maybe it got better
12 April 2005, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Poor Guy
great film. I want his stang and his ferrari
Who would want Penelope after Camerons little remonstration with Cruise about their oral love?
Yum Yum Cameron Diaz will do, or Hermione Norris
Had to watch it three times before I Understood it, must be slow, needed to see the matrix six times before I understood that one!
