vanilla sky

the sweet is never as sweet without the sour...

soo true..so open your eyes to reality..living life in dreams doesnt pay off..n one can only truly appreciate the "sweet" when there is the "sour" to compare it with..well guess thats what "vanilla sky" is in a nutshell..but not quite..its very simple and yet too complex..a movie i just cant justify with an orthodox review..still reeling from the after-effects of it..that too a good 3 hours after m dun..it hits u at sooo many levels..at one side its a sweet romantic movie..on the other hand its a dark psychological thriller..or again a sci-fi futuristic flick..one man's journey thru his life..his mind..tom cruise is magnificient..a rivetting role..and he actually does justice to it..n thats no mean feat..

the subconcious is a very powerful thing..and has been portrayed beautifully in here..the mind can play tricks..looks can be deceiving..whats reality and where does the dream end??..a striking movie..ambiguous to the end..something which will make u stop and think at the end of it..if this does not raise a question or two in ones mind..one of those few movies which are soo quirky..disturbing..different..one cant call it weird coz that would be an obvious insult..n thats the problem..coz one cant call it any one thing in particular..its a suberb blend of sooo many things (for want of a better term)..one just has to see it to get it..and even then u might not..and definitely not at first..the twists n turns are just soo intricate..sometimes quite overwhelming..but disarmingly simple really..from the correct perspective..


this will have to do for now..i knw its mostly disjointed phrases n all..but saying more will only deduct from the pure viewing pleasure of it..and im not about to put a spoiler alert on this one..has to be experienced first hand..so i leave it at this..

i'll tell you in another life, when we are both cats............