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Review Summaries
"In this movie a man has a girlfriend. At a party he meets another woman and starts to fall in love with her. His girlfriend doesn't like this, so she kills herself in a car and his face get disfigured. After that he finds himself accused of murder and he starts to see things that couldn't happen. "
Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
"Based on Alejandro Amenábar's OPEN YOUR EYES, VANILLA SKY is a movie directed by Cameron Crowe in 2001.
Tom Cruise, a rich publisher, falls in love with Penélope Cruz, a young spanish dancer he's met at his anniversary's party. The next day, a jealous Cameron Diaz provokes a car accident that leaves our Tom disfigured. After a few weeks, a Cruise wearing a mask, decides to meet Penélope again. From this moment on, reality seems to play with him as Cameron Diaz and Penélope Cruz play a dangerous cat and mouse game with his love.
Not as brilliant as Amenábar's film but still good thanks to the tp performances of the actors."
Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
"This Romance/Sci fi is about Tom Cruise a hot shot rich boy who seems to have everything- except happiness. We see that his friend Diaz and sexual partner has become obsessed with him. While Cruise has found a mutual attraction in Cruz.
Thay are become friends and closer when Cruise agrees to get in the car with Diaz to help explain and console her about the situation. However she is mentally unstable and tries to kill him by crashing the car over a bridge. However it fails- killing her and scarring Tom in the face.
The plots chops and changes to Tom losing his business as he loses his sanity and power. Then it changes to a masked man in a mental institute explaining his actions to a therapist (Kurt Russell) about his past actions. More clues and hints are thrown in.
We then discover Tom's hallucinations of Diaz which torment him caused him to kill Cruz- ending him up in the prison. However there's another factor- a company offering eternal life.
Is everything Tom'sxperiencing a hallucination or something else? A great film with great performances by all the cast. Its a romance with a sci fi twist which ends up in the past and future- or the other way round?! A mystery which will keep you guessing until the end and have you pondering afterwards."
H Louise, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 10% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 40% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Romance
Yes
Romance Plotlets:
- falling in love with the unattainable
Inner Struggle
Yes
Plotlet:
- figuring out if it's all real or imaginary
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- very skinny (female)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Ethnicity
- White
Intelligence
- Average Intelligence
Physical condition
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
- near future (later in 21st century)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
In virtual reality?
Yes
Misc settings
- prison
- mental hospital
Kind of city
- Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vauge references only
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
Kinds of F/X
- nasty human transformations
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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