![]() Just a guy dreaming (and learning something while he's at it). But it certainly not from a 150 year sleep. Hence we see his eyes open at the end of the movie. But, we never actually saw any of it.Įverything was a comatose dream from start to finish.īut David eventually decides that he wants to wake up back to life. Consequences that got him seriously hurt and in a coma. This means that David did play games with a woman's feelings, and there were consequences. This is furthered by the few times we hear "open your eyes" during the earlier parts of the movie which otherwise would not make sense as these parts of the movie supposedly take place before the Life Extension. In this case, the thing he saw was "Benny the dog". ![]() It's my theory that there is no Life Extension, and that it is just one more thing he dreams up from snippets of things he saw which inspired parts of his dream. I’m not sure he’s really changed or learned anything. ![]() The movie’s ending gives him another chance at life. It’s the type of new age psuedoscience myth that a dumb rich kid might buy into-it fits their worldview of life as a fantasy dream. He bought into a cryogenics platform that no ordinary person could ever afford. It doesn’t make thematic sense that the same wealth that made David who he is-hedonistic, selfish, materialistic, uncomplicated-saves him from facing any consequences. But the movie loses its nerve in taking this narrative to a more fitting conclusion, instead introducing this sort of contrived device of a life extension company. I think the commercialism of Vanilla Sky actually works in its favor here and makes the contrast more jarring. His accident, emotional collapse and physical disfiguration are totally disturbing, as the tone of the movie switches from a kind of happy go lucky rom-com romp to something nightmarish. Tom Cruise is perfectly cast as a shallow, privileged narcissist living in a materialistic dreamworld afforded entirely by incredibly lucky circumstances. I really like the first two acts of Vanilla Sky. Is it a difference of narrative between American and Japanese cinema? Was this the true intention of the screenwriter or was it a compromise with the producer to get a greenlight for the movie? I'd love to know from people who are more experienced on the subject.Īlso, if you could recommend me more movies like Perfect Blue, I'd be grateful. The ending of Vanilla Sky is more or less "look, there is only one truth and it's this, accept it even if it's a bit disappointing and it makes no sense", while it could be much more nuanced in its nature. I spent hours researching the message behind the film, the different theories about it, and to this day I still have no idea about what happened clearly. In Perfect Blue (no spoilers) there's a similar theme of uncertainty: the movie plays with what's real and what's happening inside the protagonist head. I felt there was nothing more to discover as the end credits rolled. I felt cheated to say the least: once the movie was over, I went on with my life slightly annoyed to having wasted a couple hours being involved in such a pointless story. ![]() All the confusion and the uncertainties? Is it Cruz? Is it Diaz? Is his face still disfigured or is he back to normality? Nothing, just a bug in the software. It's all a dream, sike! It turns out the protagonist is in a cryogenic stasis and he dreamt all of this. There had to be a truth, and I wondered where this was going to end.Īnd then. The twist is certainly interesting: what is real? What isn't? I was compelled to know where the story is going, since there were many contrasting plot points that couldn't possibly coexist. Except that now Julianna is Sofia? Sofia never existed? This "girl", Sofia, alternates being Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz and there doesn't seem to be an objective truth. He returns with Sofia, gets a plastic surgery to get his face reconstructed, and they lived happily ever after. After falling in love with Sofia, Julianna decides to kill him and herself in a car accident, except that he survives terribly disfigured. Guy fucks occasionally Julianna (Cameron Diaz). In Vanilla Sky you're given a story, and a twist in the middle of it. One thing that struck me was the difference about the ending of both movies. And I happened to watch, one after another, Vanilla Sky and Perfect Blue. I just saw some movies based on suggestions I found around reddit. So my analysis might come out as very shallow. Premise: I'm no film expert, I just watch them for entertainment.
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