This movie hit me in a way that not many movies have. "Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around." After watching this movie and hearing its message, I picked up the phone and made some changes in my life. I was someone living my life with some regret and this movie helped me turn it all around.
I remember watching this movie when I was a child with my father. I didn’t understand it then but I just remember him crying and crying. He’s gone now but this movie makes me think of him.
I truly believe this movie to be the most underrated, miss understood movie of all times. It is a beautiful film. It really, in short, tells you that doesn't matter how much money and success you may have, the best things in life are free. Also it speaks volumes on how not to mistreat others or it may come back to hunt you later on. And lastly, it speaks about how easy you can miss the most wonderful thing in life if you don't wise up and grasp it.
This movie is easily on the top 10 of the most underrated movies of all time. A masterpiece, a rollercoaster of emotions, amazing soundtrack and from the very first minute you feel unease, it captured my attention and I went from real happiness to true sadness and I didn't expect the ending at all. One of my favorite films of all time.
This is one of those movies that are gaining respect and appreciation years after their original release. The press was unjustifiably harsh on Vanilla Sky but you have to agree it is an excellent thriller scifi drama or whatever it is. As good as the original spanish movie and very different in its own right. Love every minute of it!!
Got the dvd back then because I thought it was a great movie, my last watch was around 2005. I couldnt exactly remember the story as a whole, so I picked up the dvd last month and watched it again and, indeed..IT IS a fantastic movie. I'll watch it again in around 10 years for a reminder of how good it was 😅
I must disagree with all the people saying ‘Abre los Ojos’/‘Open your eyes’ was better. I think Tom Cruise’s performance was stellar, as well as the character chemistry(David and Sofia)and their credibility, Cameron Diaz was excellent at conveying the obsession and despair of her character... But at the end of the day it’s all a matter of taste, watch both and judge for yourself. I’m grateful ‘Abre los ojos’ was ever made, but to me the real masterpiece is Vanilla Sky.
To be honest, this movie went around when I was in Middle school. It's funny how I didn't understand the movie at the time, nor did my friends and called it a "bad" movie for whatever reason. But now that I am older and appreciate movies with deep understanding and interpretations, this movie is my favorite. Funny how we push off things as a kid.
Tilmond Urse did you read his post? He's obviously seen Vanilla Sky. Haha, just messing with you! But seriously, the list goes as follows: The Truman Show The Cable Guy (yes, both Jim Carey) American Beauty Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (yes, another one) Punch Drunk Love Almost Famous These were all movies that you might have seen when you were younger and thought they were nothing special. These are great films.
The pain of this movie is etched deep in my mind and my heart and my soul. Forever. Mission impossible 2, The butterfly effect and Vanilla sky completely changed the way i see the world.
I watched this movie yesterday and i remember that i wanted to see this movie so bad as it was in the cinema 2002 here in germany but i was only 11 years old. But because of my young age this movie was only can be seen with my parents. So my parents watched this movie first before they deicide if it is a film for such a young boy but they told me that i would not understand this movie and it would be better watching it a few years later. Now iam 33 and this movie is on my all time fav list along with "drive" (wich i watched last week),"blade runner 2049","butterfly effect"," 12 monkeys". I can´t think a day without thinking about this movie and my emotions....it´s crazy.
This movie is very underrated. Now it has become somewhat of a cult classic. Released over a decade ago, people now are watching it for the first time and wondering how it missed their radar. I lend my copy to friends to watch and I never get tired of discussing it with them.
+ll tt It might be if compared to an original, but I don't care, Vanilla Sky is a fantastic film and I will not allow anywhere to denigrate on here. Please refrain or I will hunt you down and fight you.
"You were missed, David. It was Sofia who never fully recovered. It was she who some how knew you best... and like you, she never forgot that one night where true love seemed possible."
Ctrain 8 with the band Spiritualized song “Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating in Space” playing in the background. One of my all time fav songs. Just a perfect scene, powerful stuff!
This movie... Let me tell you, I don't know quite what I expected but, this movie is... well I can't even describe it. It literally left me speechless. Had to punch a wall to feel like a man again after tears were rolling down my face and I had no idea why. It was just... beautiful, depressing, incredible, just... Wow. Absolutely perfect. 11/10.
Shamsul Arefin I do too thank you for saying it it makes me feel like more of a man knowing that I am allowed to cry because other men do the same thank you for saying what you said
Yes, in fact it's the original one from 1996. Tom Cruise liked it so much that he bought the film rights by phone during the end credits the first time he saw it. The name of the spanish one is "Abre los ojos" (Open your eyes)
Nearly 20 years old, and it's still an underrated/misunderstood masterpiece!! One of the most beautiful endings and songs (Untitled 4) I've ever seen and heard. Plus, one of the best quotes of all time, "I'll see you in another life, when we're both cats."
I watched this film in the summertime and didn't know what to think. But for some reason, I couldn't stop thinking about this movie for almost 6 months after my first viewing. After much thought, I decided to watch this movie again and I can safely say that I love it. No film has been able to impact me this much in a long long time. Wonderful movie!
I totally understand where you’re coming from! I think that we think about it so much because it resonates with every day life (leading people on; we never know what’s going on in someone else’s head no matter how they seem; money can’t buy happiness; the past can resurface when we try to move on from it; don’t play with peoples emotions because you can’t dictate how they’ll react; etc.)….
the first time I saw this film I literally didn't have a bastard clue what was going on. Then I saw it a second time and it suddenly clicked and I thought Oh my GOD THIS IS AMAZING!
@@rakyeshkadadas2707 -Tom Cruise is wealthy heir to a publishing fortune. He lives his life care free and treats love like a game. -Cameron Diaz is an overly obsessive sexual interest of Cruise. -Cruise meets Penelope Cruz's character and falls madly in love. The 2 spend a night talking, flirting and both fall in love. -Diaz's character stalks cruise and appeals to him to take a drive. She commits suicide by driving off an overpass at 80mph with Cruise in the car. -Cruise survives but is severely disfigured and comatose. Surgery could not be properly performed immediately so he remains disfigured and experiences a great deal of shame and actual pain from migraines. -He builds up the courage to approach Cruz again and asks to go out. They do but he gets very drunk and makes a fool of himself pushing her away. - He falls asleep drunk on the ground outside. Wakes up and Cruz is there to nurse him back to health. - Doctors say they can fix his face and perform surgery making him look like he did before the crash. -His life is perfect again and his relationship with Cruz grows. - He begins having nightmares his face is disfigured again. Cruz's character keeps turning into Diaz's character. This freaks Cruise out to the point of beating up Diaz/Cruz and getting arrested. Somehow Cruz has become Diaz and Cruise murders her by smothering her with a pillow. -He is arrested and sent to prison to be evaluated by a psychologist. - Throughout the film we learn about a company called life extension that maintains human mind through cryogenic preservation. -Cruise opted into a contract with life extension to preserve his body and brain under a plan called the "lucid dream" - Cruise finally remembers this and is informed his "life" from the moment he woke up on the ground was a simulation in his mind he had been building under supervision from life extension and there was a glitch causing him to have a nightmare. -Tech support gives him the choice to return to the corrected lucid dream or to be woken up 150 years into the future to live a real life. - Even though this means losing the love of his life he chose to be woken up. The end.
This movie absolutely rocked me! What a genius masterpiece! To create such an unbelievable concept & leave so much emotion in you! The thing that effected me the most was how much he loved her! Wow.
Even me. I watched so many mindfvcking movies like Memento, Triangle, and Shutter Island. But this even more than halfway I was confused what's happening.
I can`t recall how many times I watched this movie since 2002 when I saw it for the first time. I was obsessed with it (and the soundtrack) for quite some time. there are so many small details, hidden clues and hints to discover, so it's really fun to watch it several times.
I guess this movie give us a clear message, all of us are thinking all the time in past or future, in how we look this morning, in if I am as cool as him ? Or just watching all the time TV believing everything they say us and the only thing we need to do is TO OPEN OUR EYES and realize about the real life we are living and the real world we are living in.
It was darker and creepier which made it intriguing, but in no other way is it better. Maybe a few better actors and certain scenes were better, but overall the movie pales in comparison to Vanilla Sky, especially the soundtrack and the entire ending sequence, and that's what pushed Vanilla Sky over the top and made it the movie it was. That's not insulting Abres Los Ojos at all which was quite good, it's just that Vanilla Sky was a much better remake and an absolute masterpiece.
Probably my favorite film of all time. And just think, Donnie Darko, Mulholland Drive and Vanilla Sky all came out within about 6 weeks. What a autumn 2001 was.
My favorite all-time movie. Every moment of it emphasizes a vital life lesson bathed in inspirational quotes, great acting, and cinematography that brings David Aimes Dream to life as well as his nightmares. It expresses the idea that one small thing can have a major impact on the outcome of someone's life. That love and loss, go hand in hand, and that you can't have one without the other. The loss that Aimes encounters due to that singular moment where he makes a bad decision that is so small in that instant but in hindsight, it is the moment that he lost everything stuck with me in my youth till now. I love how the world he dreamed up was a culmination of all that he loved in his life; His mothers vanilla sky, the therapist being the father figure he always wanted, the scene of his second chance at life with Sophia being based on an album cover that touched him as a child, and then Sophia the love of his life; who he barely knew in real life, and yet out of all of the things that he loved, His mind took those things and took the memory of that perfect night where he first met her and made a heaven out of it where she was at the center of it all. The sorrow of that heaven being an illusion, knowing that the real person died years ago and that to accept that means to lose her forever I can't think of a greater pain than the acceptance of that sort of loss that is all to common. But he comes to terms with reality not knowing what awaits him on the other side, he lets go of the dream and he wakes up. It's truly a beautiful movie that is overlooked extremely. The only movie that came close to this one in terms of sticking with me was "What Dreams May Come" with Robin Williams
One of the best movies I ever seen. Also a beautiful remake ever made. For those who says the original was better, it all depends on the way you see it. The original focused on making the plot more suspenseful and psychological (horror), while Vanilla Sky focused on the emotions and feelings of the characters. Vanilla Sky closely follows the exact plot and scenes of the original but it's way of delivery and cinematography is entirely different. Both movies give an entirely different experience. The Academy winning Director Cameron Crowe just tried take a different pathway for Vanilla Sky. Unlike the original, Vanilla Sky is a romantic - emotional (drama) movie.
I like the remake more, the concept of lucid dreaming is way more appealing in vanilla sky and cinematography in dividing those two worlds are much better. It grabs u more emotionally and hits u harder. The original is still a masterpiece also!
One of it not the best performance of Tom Cruise's career in my opinion, should've won an Oscar for this hands down! Great movie that I watch once every ten years. Two thumbs way up! 👍🏾❤💯
I first watched this movie when I was like 13. So yeah, I didn't really understand it very much back then and felt kind of weird after watching it. 5 years later, I picked up on this, rewatched it and I have to say that my mind got blown. Vanilla Sky has been my favourite movie ever since. This movie has never really gotten the appreciation it truly deserves. The soundtrack is terrific and sigur ros just perfectly syncs in with the scene, enhancing the emotion and visual appeal with its heavenly music. People are misguided and judging this movie just because Tom Cruise is seen as a mediocre conventional actor. But I have to admit, Tom played an impeccable role in this movie and it really surprised me to notice that. I also watched the original spanish version of this movie called Abre los ajos but still, I find Vanilla Sky to be much better and I hardly prefer american remakes over originals. My advice? Just go watch it and think for yourself. Don't judge, just go into it with an open mind and be amazed.
This has always been my favorite movie, I was in High school and I remember the reviews were bad. I never understood why, i thought it was amazing... sad, exciting the plot, the story of being in love, obsessed, vulnerable, blind. Just a roller coaster of emotions. Bravo 👏🏾
I cannot hear Solsbury Hill the same after this movie. This film goes from hearts and flowers of a rich billionaire meeting the love of his life to complete chaos in a matter of minutes. Just watched it for the hundredth time again recently and it’s still amazing.
Not gonna lie, this is a perfect movie of it's own. The movie hit me deeply and I enjoy every little part of it, from the script, the actors, the performance, the music, the journey.
Movie is absolutely amazing. It hit theaters just a couple months after 9/11, and I think that's why it was overlooked. I found it in some bargain DVD bin years later and bought it for a few dollars. That's how I discovered it. What a gem to find.
god this is my favorite movie in the world I thought i was alone I can't even rationalize why people outside of myself all love it I am an introvert and I never talk to anyone I am in tears because you guys loved it too this is seriously my first film that I have loved I never talk to anyone it's beautiful I've never felt people before this in the world
@Kylo Ren Aaaaw, I want to give you a hug now! For what it worths : I used to be like you when I was younger. VERY introverted, never talking to anyone (too shy, too scared of being boring or uninteresting, too different from the other people that only want to be famous or popular)... But believe me : you have the ability to FEEEL POWERFULLY emotions, and that is a gift. With time, you will see that it will make you an extraordinary person, because you have empathy. And trust me, right now, in 2020, in this world that we are living : we're gonna need people like you. But I can understand that you feel relieved to see that there are other people like you who can feel like you do :) Movies and music are the best roads to find people that you belong with :)
people assume this is chessy hollywood romcom, when it turned out one of the most amazing experience about life, making choices and how imagination can be a nightmare if you won't let go. 10/10
My second most favorite movie. My favorite scene is in the park after the accident, and the monolouge about his dreams at the end of that scene... Such a sad but important movie. And of course the incredible soundtrack and how brilliantly they have matched each and every song with the right scene..
Y'know how you can never predict what things from the current era will become iconic when looking back? Well the music and style of this trailer are SO late-90s early-2000s, the nostalgia is extreme.
can say that this is one of the most saddest love stories.. He is a millionaire playboy, never been in love, but is warned time and again by his best friend that someday he will know what the 'sour in love' means..and indeed, he in falls in love but it all goes wrong the very next moment bcoz of one choice he makes..! Its worth watching, one of Tom Cruises finest performances!
Just watched this again tonight and damn this movie is too good. The acting so good in this movie you feel it. Any single bachelor can relate to this movie.
I have seen the original and much prefer Vanilla Sky. Maybe I am biased because I saw Vanilla Sky first. But, I prefer the acting, the music and the mood of Vanilla Sky.
I agree, Spanish version might be technically very well done, but I felt nothing watching that film. Vanilla Sky is so sad and emotional with its soft colors and great soundtrack. One of the best movies of all time.
It's been Almost 2 decades since the film release in 2001 when I was a school student..... & Till today I haven't watched it even once. How come I have missed such a good movie ?
Ive watched this before ,but watching again years later and wow ,its simply mind bending and gripping with an awesome soundtrack One of Tom Cruises best movies ❤
I cannot say enough good things about this movie. Most people here would hate on a movie that is cliche where you know what's going to happen, however there are so many twists and turns that make you think. What makes it amazing is that although sometimes your confused, it keeps you on the edge of your seat till the very end! I really wish they'd make another one, because it was great! However, the actors/ actresses they picked were absolutely perfect!! You fall in love with all of them for sure, especially (Sofia) ;)
I remember one of my friends went and saw this movie when it came out. He trashed it. Mocked it mercilessly. So, assuming my friend had decent taste in films, I put off watching it for 10 years or so. Then, I saw it. The movie must’ve went over his head because, IMO, it’s one of the best movies I’ve ever seen.
+theawecabinet I keep hearing that. Am definitely gonna have to check out the original, although Alejandro Amenabar who made Abre Los Ojos says he loved Vanilla Sky.
I watched it and had to watch again. I saw things in the second viewing on a deeper level. A brilliant film with a profound message and meaning. It's the little things. And the consequences of what seems like a flippant deciisn that can change the course of lifetimes. I will probably watch it agsin. Outstanding. 💯
This movie should’ve had a part 2!!! Like at the end when he wakes up in real life I wanna know what happens next 😂 This movie is really something else!!!! I’ve seen like some 3-4 times years apart and it ALWAYS blows my mind!!
my top 3 movies are kill bill volume 1, vanilla sky, 500 days of summer. you have to have a certain soul mind and outlook to realize how absolutely amazing this movie and soundtrack is.
While watching it, there was a point when i thought, am i going crazy or its really happening in the movie, how things are gonna conclude. But at the end it was satisfactory how they concluded it.
If someone watched this trailer before actually seeing the movie I'm sure they would've thought that they already knew what was going to happen without having to see the movie but of course they'd be in for a surprise
I find this film deeply upsetting, the soundtrack, was around in my life just as I was hospitalised and lost everything and everyone. It's been 15yrs and things only ever got worse.
One of the greatest movies I've ever seen in my life. I had to watch it a couple of times to figure out what the hell was going on but once I did....oh my gosh. I haven't seen it in years but when I do watch it, it is something akin to a religious experience.
I saw this movie when I was a kid and it left a mark on me Edit: My dad fell asleep one night and left the TV on and this movie came on. I probably wouldn’t love it the way so now if not for that single moment. It was my introduction to Penelope Cruz
Easily one of the best movies I've ever seen, I know it's a remake of a spanish movie but man they did a good job, the message of this movie is more relavant to my life than ever before...WHAT IF GOD WAS ONE OF US!!
I can say as a Spanish speaker that abre los ojos it's a little bit less emotional, the dialogues of vanella sky are depper and more significant for the story, imao
I have seen this movie about four or five times in the past two days (my first times watching this movie) and to say it's weird is an understatement. It's so... all over the place that I can barely decipher anything that's happening. But it's still an AMAZING movie.
+Fulgore I'm with Tony, in this one(apart from the cussing). Just because a movie is old it doesn't mean every single person in the world has seen it. Do you think that you've seen every 20-30 year-old movies that have been created?
My mind is completely blown, i never knew a movie created decades back could spin my head like this. What a movie!
This movie hit me in a way that not many movies have. "Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around." After watching this movie and hearing its message, I picked up the phone and made some changes in my life. I was someone living my life with some regret and this movie helped me turn it all around.
Yeah these kind of movies can alter one's life. Very strong points it brought up. Strong themes
I wish I understood the movie as well as you did.
If ever you get time, please consider explaining me your interpretation please.
This quote stuck with me since the film came out. I'm now in my early 30s and that quote still very often comes to mind each time I feel discouraged ❤
@@linalicious415Me As Well ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
@@macabree5856Great Choice of Words 💖💖 I've never forgotten and haven't been the same since. In a good way!!! Of Course
whoever comes on youtube after watching this movie just to chekout others peoples feedback are very cool and amazing people. :-)
I fall in this category everytime :D
Sandy Xd We are cut from a different cloth.
Sandy Xd Me XD
wtf????? I did it, this movie affected me I do not know if I'm in reality
somebody help me please
I am one of them
I remember watching this movie when I was a child with my father. I didn’t understand it then but I just remember him crying and crying. He’s gone now but this movie makes me think of him.
❤
I truly believe this movie to be the most underrated, miss understood movie of all times. It is a beautiful film. It really, in short, tells you that doesn't matter how much money and success you may have, the best things in life are free. Also it speaks volumes on how not to mistreat others or it may come back to hunt you later on. And lastly, it speaks about how easy you can miss the most wonderful thing in life if you don't wise up and grasp it.
Jorge Ortiz Couldn’t agree with you more! Well said!
Sidebar(I believe that this what inspired Jim Carey to the Eternal Sunshine Film!)
Thank You
Lazaro Rodriguez y
Justas Saltuska y que? I don’t understand?
Lazaro Rodriguez se me rayó, ha sido sin querer, lo siento 😅🙄
Justas Saltuska no so question? 🤔 Okay 👌 Gracias! 😉
Do you remember what you told me once? That every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.
+Calvin Klein Yuuuuuuusukeeee ^^
+pissicutza09 haha you already know
"I would rather be a real nobody, than a fake somebody."
gostei
I don't know if this has got anything to do with the movie, but you are right.
Probably not what Cypher thought in Matrix lol.
Yeah but you wouldn't know if you're a fake somebody
Underrated quote
This movie is easily on the top 10 of the most underrated movies of all time. A masterpiece, a rollercoaster of emotions, amazing soundtrack and from the very first minute you feel unease, it captured my attention and I went from real happiness to true sadness and I didn't expect the ending at all. One of my favorite films of all time.
What are the other 9?
But this one is just a remake from a Spanish movie, so it would not be that valuable
This is one of those movies that are gaining respect and appreciation years after their original release. The press was unjustifiably harsh on Vanilla Sky but you have to agree it is an excellent thriller scifi drama or whatever it is. As good as the original spanish movie and very different in its own right. Love every minute of it!!
yesir totaly!
This is not a film. This is a spiritual experience. Minds will be blown!
a expensive copycat of abre los ojos masterpiece
Right on
@@djejmsudin8317 bro they’re literally the exact same movie stfu
True even now scientists saying life does flashes before our eyes when we die
Well said! The movie Swan Song had similar
I only saw this movie once or twice 20 years ago, and I still have intense memories about it to this day. It really is a one-of-a-kind amazing movie
Got the dvd back then because I thought it was a great movie, my last watch was around 2005. I couldnt exactly remember the story as a whole, so I picked up the dvd last month and watched it again and, indeed..IT IS a fantastic movie. I'll watch it again in around 10 years for a reminder of how good it was 😅
The original is Spanish (open your eyes) you should watch it!
Same!
"It's one of a kind"
Funny you say that...
So underrated movie, never heard before. Just watched it today while checking tom cruise movies.
Watch the Spanish original one, is even better.
@@nahtaivel93 alright.
"Open your eyes"... without the original this never happens for Tom Cruise and I agree the original is a bit better.
I must disagree with all the people saying ‘Abre los Ojos’/‘Open your eyes’ was better. I think Tom Cruise’s performance was stellar, as well as the character chemistry(David and Sofia)and their credibility, Cameron Diaz was excellent at conveying the obsession and despair of her character... But at the end of the day it’s all a matter of taste, watch both and judge for yourself. I’m grateful ‘Abre los ojos’ was ever made, but to me the real masterpiece is Vanilla Sky.
@@nahtaivel93 I liked this one more
To be honest, this movie went around when I was in Middle school. It's funny how I didn't understand the movie at the time, nor did my friends and called it a "bad" movie for whatever reason. But now that I am older and appreciate movies with deep understanding and interpretations, this movie is my favorite.
Funny how we push off things as a kid.
1. Gatsby
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. The Pianist
4. Intouchables
5. Vanilla Sky
I recomend you to see those moovies if you havent
Tilmond Urse did you read his post? He's obviously seen Vanilla Sky. Haha, just messing with you! But seriously, the list goes as follows:
The Truman Show
The Cable Guy (yes, both Jim Carey)
American Beauty
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (yes, another one)
Punch Drunk Love
Almost Famous
These were all movies that you might have seen when you were younger and thought they were nothing special. These are great films.
Go watch Abre los ojos. It's the original film.
This trailer alone seems like this isn't nearly as good as the original.
interesting
Chrypto Just finished it in my Spanish class today. This one is just like a drama movie, meanwhile the original one is creepy and scary as fuck.
He’s always running in his movies lol
Snoopy Mochi He always does the fall over leg thing like when he takes the overdose, I just can’t remember what that other film right now
He loves to run
Yeah
Cardio is important.
Snoopy Mochi so does Harrison Ford.
The pain of this movie is etched deep in my mind and my heart and my soul. Forever.
Mission impossible 2, The butterfly effect and Vanilla sky completely changed the way i see the world.
Mission Impossible 2 ? :D
@@Iker122 yeah that one didn't fit :)
This movie messed with my mind pretty good. Still cant get over it
Butterfly Effect was eerily similar.
I watched this movie yesterday and i remember that i wanted to see this movie so bad as it was in the cinema 2002 here in germany but i was only 11 years old.
But because of my young age this movie was only can be seen with my parents.
So my parents watched this movie first before they deicide if it is a film for such a young boy but they told me that i would not understand this movie and it would be better watching it a few years later.
Now iam 33 and this movie is on my all time fav list along with "drive" (wich i watched last week),"blade runner 2049","butterfly effect"," 12 monkeys".
I can´t think a day without thinking about this movie and my emotions....it´s crazy.
This movie is very underrated. Now it has become somewhat of a cult classic. Released over a decade ago, people now are watching it for the first time and wondering how it missed their radar. I lend my copy to friends to watch and I never get tired of discussing it with them.
Indeed, one of my favourite films.
+video hog Is very underrated just because is a fucking remake of a spanish masterpiece. Hollywood always ruining this kind of movies...
+ll tt if you're saying that Vanilla Sky ruined a good movie then you are wrong, dead wrong friend, and I will fight you.
geofreyr It's a bad Hollywood remake.
+ll tt It might be if compared to an original, but I don't care, Vanilla Sky is a fantastic film and I will not allow anywhere to denigrate on here. Please refrain or I will hunt you down and fight you.
"You were missed, David. It was Sofia who never fully recovered. It was she who some how knew you best... and like you, she never forgot that one night where true love seemed possible."
So sad... Consequences...
It's the little things.... theres nothing bigger.
Ctrain 8 with the band Spiritualized song “Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating in Space” playing in the background. One of my all time fav songs. Just a perfect scene, powerful stuff!
So she is going to look like him in his lucid dream?
@@cameronlevine8077 no
This movie... Let me tell you, I don't know quite what I expected but, this movie is... well I can't even describe it. It literally left me speechless. Had to punch a wall to feel like a man again after tears were rolling down my face and I had no idea why. It was just... beautiful, depressing, incredible, just... Wow. Absolutely perfect. 11/10.
Punching walls makes you feel like a man... WTF.
this movie is beautiful.. I cry everytime
King Los Best Alive oh my God thank you for saying it it's completely true
Shamsul Arefin I do too thank you for saying it it makes me feel like more of a man knowing that I am allowed to cry because other men do the same thank you for saying what you said
Kylo ren u are welcome :)
Cameron Diaz is so good at playing an obsessed stalker psycho chick.
She can make a good Harley Quinn.
In the spanish version her character is performed by Najwa Nimri, the pregnant police from Money Heist
@@alburton1516 What the,there is a Spanish version?
Yes, in fact it's the original one from 1996. Tom Cruise liked it so much that he bought the film rights by phone during the end credits the first time he saw it. The name of the spanish one is "Abre los ojos" (Open your eyes)
@@alburton1516 Interesting. I'm gonna check it out.
Movie is so underrated... Not to mention the soundtrack kicks ass.
Tom Cruise hardly ever fails, his movies are outstanding. Great film this is.
Nearly 20 years old, and it's still an underrated/misunderstood masterpiece!!
One of the most beautiful endings and songs (Untitled 4) I've ever seen and heard.
Plus, one of the best quotes of all time, "I'll see you in another life, when we're both cats."
I just watched this movie for the first time today. It was so good I’m in shock. I can’t believe I never saw it until today.
I watched this film in the summertime and didn't know what to think. But for some reason, I couldn't stop thinking about this movie for almost 6 months after my first viewing. After much thought, I decided to watch this movie again and I can safely say that I love it. No film has been able to impact me this much in a long long time. Wonderful movie!
I totally understand where you’re coming from! I think that we think about it so much because it resonates with every day life (leading people on; we never know what’s going on in someone else’s head no matter how they seem; money can’t buy happiness; the past can resurface when we try to move on from it; don’t play with peoples emotions because you can’t dictate how they’ll react; etc.)….
what a masterpiece !
this movie is ghostly , haunting , terryfying yet melancholic , nostalgic , romantic , ethereal !!
the first time I saw this film I literally didn't have a bastard clue what was going on. Then I saw it a second time and it suddenly clicked and I thought Oh my GOD THIS IS AMAZING!
H F me too i saw this movie when i was young, and i didnt have a clue intill i saw it for the second time. They dont make movies like they used to.
YES!!! After the 10th time, i was getting more info each time! Absolute piece of genius work from Crowe. Hands down the best movie ever made!!!
@@nathaniellowry3861 Check out the original "Open your Eyes" for even more mindrape. Movie super ahead of its time.
I am confused with the story of movie ....can u please explain it to me
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-Tom Cruise is wealthy heir to a publishing fortune. He lives his life care free and treats love like a game.
-Cameron Diaz is an overly obsessive sexual interest of Cruise.
-Cruise meets Penelope Cruz's character and falls madly in love. The 2 spend a night talking, flirting and both fall in love.
-Diaz's character stalks cruise and appeals to him to take a drive. She commits suicide by driving off an overpass at 80mph with Cruise in the car.
-Cruise survives but is severely disfigured and comatose. Surgery could not be properly performed immediately so he remains disfigured and experiences a great deal of shame and actual pain from migraines.
-He builds up the courage to approach Cruz again and asks to go out. They do but he gets very drunk and makes a fool of himself pushing her away.
- He falls asleep drunk on the ground outside. Wakes up and Cruz is there to nurse him back to health.
- Doctors say they can fix his face and perform surgery making him look like he did before the crash.
-His life is perfect again and his relationship with Cruz grows.
- He begins having nightmares his face is disfigured again. Cruz's character keeps turning into Diaz's character. This freaks Cruise out to the point of beating up Diaz/Cruz and getting arrested. Somehow Cruz has become Diaz and Cruise murders her by smothering her with a pillow.
-He is arrested and sent to prison to be evaluated by a psychologist.
- Throughout the film we learn about a company called life extension that maintains human mind through cryogenic preservation.
-Cruise opted into a contract with life extension to preserve his body and brain under a plan called the "lucid dream"
- Cruise finally remembers this and is informed his "life" from the moment he woke up on the ground was a simulation in his mind he had been building under supervision from life extension and there was a glitch causing him to have a nightmare.
-Tech support gives him the choice to return to the corrected lucid dream or to be woken up 150 years into the future to live a real life.
- Even though this means losing the love of his life he chose to be woken up.
The end.
This movie absolutely rocked me!
What a genius masterpiece! To create such an unbelievable concept & leave so much emotion in you!
The thing that effected me the most was how much he loved her! Wow.
This movie made me so confused, i was questioning my own existence after the ending.
Lol ...same with me
Even me. I watched so many mindfvcking movies like Memento, Triangle, and Shutter Island. But this even more than halfway I was confused what's happening.
@@the07pattyvonne lmao that's a 9month old comment but i'm gonna reply anyways.
@Mark Hitman Im still gonna reply back. lol
@@tayyab4696 are you still replying back?
I can`t recall how many times I watched this movie since 2002 when I saw it for the first time. I was obsessed with it (and the soundtrack) for quite some time. there are so many small details, hidden clues and hints to discover, so it's really fun to watch it several times.
Perfectly put!
This movie soundtrack is unmatched, it’s so good
I guess this movie give us a clear message, all of us are thinking all the time in past or future, in how we look this morning, in if I am as cool as him ? Or just watching all the time TV believing everything they say us and the only thing we need to do is TO OPEN OUR EYES and realize about the real life we are living and the real world we are living in.
absolutely right.
it has many many different meanings.. now 15 years later I understand maybe 6 times more
Best movie i've ever seen.
It's a shame its so underrated
Arpit Agarwal open your eyes is better.
AEguy Productions no
It was darker and creepier which made it intriguing, but in no other way is it better. Maybe a few better actors and certain scenes were better, but overall the movie pales in comparison to Vanilla Sky, especially the soundtrack and the entire ending sequence, and that's what pushed Vanilla Sky over the top and made it the movie it was. That's not insulting Abres Los Ojos at all which was quite good, it's just that Vanilla Sky was a much better remake and an absolute masterpiece.
Sorry no. I've watched both.
Arpit Agarwal its because people with below average iq has a hard time to understand it
Probably my favorite film of all time. And just think, Donnie Darko, Mulholland Drive and Vanilla Sky all came out within about 6 weeks. What a autumn 2001 was.
My favorite all-time movie. Every moment of it emphasizes a vital life lesson bathed in inspirational quotes, great acting, and cinematography that brings David Aimes Dream to life as well as his nightmares. It expresses the idea that one small thing can have a major impact on the outcome of someone's life. That love and loss, go hand in hand, and that you can't have one without the other. The loss that Aimes encounters due to that singular moment where he makes a bad decision that is so small in that instant but in hindsight, it is the moment that he lost everything stuck with me in my youth till now. I love how the world he dreamed up was a culmination of all that he loved in his life; His mothers vanilla sky, the therapist being the father figure he always wanted, the scene of his second chance at life with Sophia being based on an album cover that touched him as a child, and then Sophia the love of his life; who he barely knew in real life, and yet out of all of the things that he loved, His mind took those things and took the memory of that perfect night where he first met her and made a heaven out of it where she was at the center of it all. The sorrow of that heaven being an illusion, knowing that the real person died years ago and that to accept that means to lose her forever I can't think of a greater pain than the acceptance of that sort of loss that is all to common. But he comes to terms with reality not knowing what awaits him on the other side, he lets go of the dream and he wakes up. It's truly a beautiful movie that is overlooked extremely. The only movie that came close to this one in terms of sticking with me was "What Dreams May Come" with Robin Williams
Beautiful explanation 💯
Well said
Watch Abre los ojos, the original film
One of the best movies I ever seen. Also a beautiful remake ever made. For those who says the original was better, it all depends on the way you see it. The original focused on making the plot more suspenseful and psychological (horror), while Vanilla Sky focused on the emotions and feelings of the characters. Vanilla Sky closely follows the exact plot and scenes of the original but it's way of delivery and cinematography is entirely different. Both movies give an entirely different experience. The Academy winning Director Cameron Crowe just tried take a different pathway for Vanilla Sky. Unlike the original, Vanilla Sky is a romantic - emotional (drama) movie.
I like the remake more, the concept of lucid dreaming is way more appealing in vanilla sky and cinematography in dividing those two worlds are much better. It grabs u more emotionally and hits u harder. The original is still a masterpiece also!
I think retrospectively we can all agree this film is quite brilliant. I try and watch it at least once a year. It still blows me away.
I watched it today, and what an amazing film. This has become an instant favourite of mine.
Honestly, this is the most memorable movie of my youth and until now the best movie I've ever seen. A must watch for everyone !
One of my favorite movies of all time. Very very deep, tragic, beautiful, amazing soundtrack, extremley underrated.
One of it not the best performance of Tom Cruise's career in my opinion, should've won an Oscar for this hands down! Great movie that I watch once every ten years. Two thumbs way up! 👍🏾❤💯
I first watched this movie when I was like 13. So yeah, I didn't really understand it very much back then and felt kind of weird after watching it.
5 years later, I picked up on this, rewatched it and I have to say that my mind got blown.
Vanilla Sky has been my favourite movie ever since.
This movie has never really gotten the appreciation it truly deserves.
The soundtrack is terrific and sigur ros just perfectly syncs in with the scene, enhancing the emotion and visual appeal with its heavenly music.
People are misguided and judging this movie just because Tom Cruise is seen as a mediocre conventional actor. But I have to admit, Tom played an impeccable role in this movie and it really surprised me to notice that.
I also watched the original spanish version of this movie called Abre los ajos but still, I find Vanilla Sky to be much better and I hardly prefer american remakes over originals.
My advice? Just go watch it and think for yourself. Don't judge, just go into it with an open mind and be amazed.
This is life. *My most favorite and most sad movie. I watch it every year and cry a lot*
Ohh yeah I have seen your past comments on every video related to this movie
@@user-xd3px9id4f Yeah ❤
This has always been my favorite movie, I was in High school and I remember the reviews were bad. I never understood why, i thought it was amazing... sad, exciting the plot, the story of being in love, obsessed, vulnerable, blind. Just a roller coaster of emotions. Bravo 👏🏾
I cannot hear Solsbury Hill the same after this movie. This film goes from hearts and flowers of a rich billionaire meeting the love of his life to complete chaos in a matter of minutes. Just watched it for the hundredth time again recently and it’s still amazing.
Not gonna lie, this is a perfect movie of it's own. The movie hit me deeply and I enjoy every little part of it, from the script, the actors, the performance, the music, the journey.
Exactly watched it first time about 2 months ago and was in shock and saddened at the end made me think about life
Its a star studded cast, really well acted
He went from open your eyes to eyes wide shut.
This movie played us back in the day!!! And it was brilliant!!!
This movie is one of the best movies I have ever seen.
Movie is absolutely amazing. It hit theaters just a couple months after 9/11, and I think that's why it was overlooked. I found it in some bargain DVD bin years later and bought it for a few dollars. That's how I discovered it. What a gem to find.
Open your eyes..I love this movie. And I love Tom cruise
Watching this in 2018. I Remember seeing this when I was younger. Didn't really understand how amazing this movie is.
when you realise that this movie came out almost 16 years ago.
Time flies doesnt it?
Now it's 19
@@xiluvaarisenyalungu2955 You are correct
Hi
Especially when you turn around and it's been 20 years.
Now it's 23
I watched this movie when I was 22 year and I'm 40 now and it still make me cry
god this is my favorite movie in the world I thought i was alone I can't even rationalize why people outside of myself all love it I am an introvert and I never talk to anyone I am in tears because you guys loved it too this is seriously my first film that I have loved I never talk to anyone it's beautiful I've never felt people before this in the world
Kylo Ren if this is true. ❤️. I relate to you 100 percent!
@Kylo Ren Aaaaw, I want to give you a hug now!
For what it worths : I used to be like you when I was younger. VERY introverted, never talking to anyone (too shy, too scared of being boring or uninteresting, too different from the other people that only want to be famous or popular)...
But believe me : you have the ability to FEEEL POWERFULLY emotions, and that is a gift. With time, you will see that it will make you an extraordinary person, because you have empathy.
And trust me, right now, in 2020, in this world that we are living : we're gonna need people like you.
But I can understand that you feel relieved to see that there are other people like you who can feel like you do :)
Movies and music are the best roads to find people that you belong with :)
Vailla Sky was as good as Fight Club, but better
people assume this is chessy hollywood romcom, when it turned out one of the most amazing experience about life, making choices and how imagination can be a nightmare if you won't let go. 10/10
My second most favorite movie. My favorite scene is in the park after the accident, and the monolouge about his dreams at the end of that scene... Such a sad but important movie. And of course the incredible soundtrack and how brilliantly they have matched each and every song with the right scene..
That scene is so emotional, the expression on David's face tell us everything he's feeling :'(.
Whats ur favourite movie..??
So what is your favorite film?...im just curious...
Please tell me you watched the 90's original: Abre los ojos(Open Your Eyes)?
Incredible movie, I have no words to describe how amazing it is. Absolute masterpiece.
When Scientology meets lucid dreaming with a fantastic soundtrack.
Jeremiah Kirby lol
😂😂
🤣
I went into this film blind, thinking it was some random romcom since I was bored at 3 am. Amazing film
Lol it's 3:58 I'm in the same rn, just finished
Y'know how you can never predict what things from the current era will become iconic when looking back? Well the music and style of this trailer are SO late-90s early-2000s, the nostalgia is extreme.
Please tell me you watched the 90's original: Abre los ojos(Open Your Eyes)?
can say that this is one of the most saddest love stories.. He is a millionaire playboy, never been in love, but is warned time and again by his best friend that someday he will know what the 'sour in love' means..and indeed, he in falls in love but it all goes wrong the very next moment bcoz of one choice he makes..! Its worth watching, one of Tom Cruises finest performances!
it was a super good movie..tells us money is nothing and love is hard to find...time with love is harder to find wakeup
This movie destroyed me. I saw it in the theater 6 times and couldn’t get it out of my head for months.
One of the best, most underrated movies ever made. ❤️
I looked like Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky.
-Kanye West, Through the wire
Dr Bazzing that line literally brought me here
Bite down through the wire, eating through the wireeeeee!
I challenge the film industry to produce another masterpiece like this one 👍
That’s what brought me here too
Before the crash or after the crash?
Just watched this again tonight and damn this movie is too good. The acting so good in this movie you feel it. Any single bachelor can relate to this movie.
I still have no idea what happens in this movie but I find it to be heartbreaking and optimistic at the same time
At the end when his life flashes before his eyes....nailed it! Is there any other good "life flashes before you're eyes" scenes?
The butterfly effect
Ending of American Beauty
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@@chandreshsingh7264 that's what I thought
stay 2005
good lord the techniques used in this trailer it's like the ultimate early 00s time capsule
I have seen the original and much prefer Vanilla Sky. Maybe I am biased because I saw Vanilla Sky first. But, I prefer the acting, the music and the mood of Vanilla Sky.
I agree, Spanish version might be technically very well done, but I felt nothing watching that film. Vanilla Sky is so sad and emotional with its soft colors and great soundtrack. One of the best movies of all time.
This is how you realize that a good soundtrack can be the backbone of a movie, because it gives so much atmosphere and feeling to it.
It's been Almost 2 decades since the film release in 2001 when I was a school student.....
&
Till today I haven't watched it even once.
How come I have missed such a good movie ?
For me no movie will ever be even close to this masterpiece 🖤
You might wanna try with the original, ``Abre los ojos´´ by Alejandro Amenábar.
@@alexserrano2850 Both are equally good to me..
The original version is the masterpiece! Not this one!
Ive watched this before ,but watching again years later and wow ,its simply mind bending and gripping with an awesome soundtrack
One of Tom Cruises best movies ❤
I cannot say enough good things about this movie. Most people here would hate on a movie that is cliche where you know what's going to happen, however there are so many twists and turns that make you think. What makes it amazing is that although sometimes your confused, it keeps you on the edge of your seat till the very end! I really wish they'd make another one, because it was great! However, the actors/ actresses they picked were absolutely perfect!! You fall in love with all of them for sure, especially (Sofia) ;)
During staring of movie t cruise imitates like Jim carry in mask and cameron diaz her debut movie also reciprocates like Jim carry . What a sport love
a film ahead of its time, today I consider it a masterpiece.
Haven't seen this film in YEARS today is the day we become reunited!
Happy 20th anniversary, Vanilla Sky!
Released 12/14/2001!
🥲 time flies it'll be 21 in months
The original “Abre los Ojos” is from 1997!
I remember one of my friends went and saw this movie when it came out. He trashed it. Mocked it mercilessly. So, assuming my friend had decent taste in films, I put off watching it for 10 years or so. Then, I saw it. The movie must’ve went over his head because, IMO, it’s one of the best movies I’ve ever seen.
It's a good movie but the Spanish version is better, but it's not as good as the medieval play. The cave art version is the best.
+theawecabinet I keep hearing that. Am definitely gonna have to check out the original, although Alejandro Amenabar who made Abre Los Ojos says he loved Vanilla Sky.
+theawecabinet LMAO!!!!! :)
+Tom Toren You clearly missed his joke! :)
+Jordan Allen hilarious
Lol! Lol!
I watched it and had to watch again. I saw things in the second viewing on a deeper level. A brilliant film with a profound message and meaning. It's the little things. And the consequences of what seems like a flippant deciisn that can change the course of lifetimes. I will probably watch it agsin. Outstanding. 💯
U will not regret watch this.... It left me in tears!
Please tell me you watched the 90's original: Abre los ojos(Open Your Eyes)?
I like how this movie stars both Tom CRUISE and Penelope CRUISE (VANILLA SKY).
Possibly the most underrated movie of all time.
This movie should’ve had a part 2!!! Like at the end when he wakes up in real life I wanna know what happens next 😂
This movie is really something else!!!! I’ve seen like some 3-4 times years apart and it ALWAYS blows my mind!!
I related more to the Brian character, the friend. It was just one beautiful movie.
my top 3 movies are kill bill volume 1, vanilla sky, 500 days of summer. you have to have a certain soul mind and outlook to realize how absolutely amazing this movie and soundtrack is.
While watching it, there was a point when i thought, am i going crazy or its really happening in the movie, how things are gonna conclude. But at the end it was satisfactory how they concluded it.
i liked the trailer, it doesn't give too much detail away about the actual story, trailers should be more like this
If someone watched this trailer before actually seeing the movie I'm sure they would've thought that they already knew what was going to happen without having to see the movie but of course they'd be in for a surprise
I find this film deeply upsetting, the soundtrack, was around in my life just as I was hospitalised and lost everything and everyone. It's been 15yrs and things only ever got worse.
What is happiness to you, J A?
@@ctrain8900 I dont think it even matters anymore
@@JA-yz8eq Surely it does. Of course it does.
@@ctrain8900 hey buddy ,you are just like me watching all vanilla sky related movies
@@GREAT-INDIAN-TRAVELLER Lmfao we meet again
Just watched this movie.. its arguably the best movie i have ever seen. It has everything!
john bailey Your comment makes me wanna watch it although I am not liking Cruise very much …
Lettuce Asparagus have you watched it? You should if you haven’t!
One of the greatest movies I've ever seen in my life. I had to watch it a couple of times to figure out what the hell was going on but once I did....oh my gosh. I haven't seen it in years but when I do watch it, it is something akin to a religious experience.
I saw this movie when I was a kid and it left a mark on me
Edit: My dad fell asleep one night and left the TV on and this movie came on. I probably wouldn’t love it the way so now if not for that single moment. It was my introduction to Penelope Cruz
Easily one of the best movies I've ever seen, I know it's a remake of a spanish movie but man they did a good job, the message of this movie is more relavant to my life than ever before...WHAT IF GOD WAS ONE OF US!!
I can say as a Spanish speaker that abre los ojos it's a little bit less emotional, the dialogues of vanella sky are depper and more significant for the story, imao
I like the Spanish original one better. There's a horror movie felling that is missing in the American version.
This movie introduced me to Sigur Ros. Such emotional tracks. Untitled 1 for sure. So powerful and hope to be played at my funeral.
This film fucked with my mind years ago.
The ending still does a bit.
Kind of like inception :) both films have a lot in common and the end makes us wonder
Ted Crilly what at least the ending was easy to understand...he woke up 125years after the night he was in the club with his friend and sofia...
An underrated masterpiece and by far the best roll of Cruise's career."Ill see you in another life when we are both cats" :)
I have seen this movie about four or five times in the past two days (my first times watching this movie) and to say it's weird is an understatement. It's so... all over the place that I can barely decipher anything that's happening. But it's still an AMAZING movie.
Nancy Wilson couldn't have written a better score for this film. My 2nd favorite movie happens to be scored by one of my favorite artists. Insane!!
Why watch the movie when I can just watch the trailer -.-
WWE Divas i watched it, the explanation will blow you away !!
+Fulgore thanks man... for ruining the movie for everyone. flagged. bitch.
+Tony Goesham the movie is from 14 years ago dumbass,your problem if u havent seen it
+Tony Goesham u are the epitome of butt hurt, take a hike
+Fulgore I'm with Tony, in this one(apart from the cussing). Just because a movie is old it doesn't mean every single person in the world has seen it. Do you think that you've seen every 20-30 year-old movies that have been created?
I watched this movie over 20 times over the years. Used to be my favourite film, I felt like David in so many ways...
Haven't watch it yet did anyone die at the end
I was baked out of my mind when I first saw this movie. Amazing!!!