Vanilla Sky

Strong candidate for the most annoying movie ever. Cruise and Cruz are the worst on-screen couple in the history of ... history, and the movie basically plays like: "Yay! I'm pretty, I can fuck who I want, oh no! I'm ugly! My life is shit, Yay! I'm pretty again, I can fuck... wait. Why can I stop time?" Crowe, if you're reading this: if you love music so much become a fucking musician.

This has been laying around my house for 6 years, and I finally gave it a shot; It was OK, and I don't think I ever used that word before. Overrated by many: the lack of consistency, nice soundtrack in the wrong places, and Cruise's crazy performance justify my opinion. I'll definitely give the original a chance, but Vanilla Sky seems like an unnecessary remake.

One of the worst movie-going experiences of my life. Interminable. So. Ungodly. Long. And not nearly as clever as it thinks it is. Look at the picture of Cruise, here...that's how I felt after the 2nd false ending.

The scene near the end where that guy neatly explains everything to Cruise's character, thus killing any tension the movie may have had, is a perfect example of using music as a crutch. Of course the scene is going to seem beautiful and profound when god damn Sigur Rós is playing in the background, but how good would the scene be without the music? It wouldn't be such a problem if Crowe didn't keep doing it again and again. Vanilla Sky does have some good moments, but overall it's mediocre.

I swallowed your cum!