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Vanilla Sky Meaning

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  icanseehimrightnow

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  Sep 17th 2009, 08:06 report

  
  

  The point of the movie is to disorient you. The story intentionally fragments itself, twisting back and forth in time, jumbling its varied plot elements until you no longer know which way is up. Basically, if you sit through most of this movie without a clue as to what's happening, the film is doing its job. At exactly the two hour mark, I looked at my watch and thought that the movie would never be able to explain everything to my satisfaction in the remaining fifteen minutes. Then it turned around and did just that.
  
  The explanation is spooky and ethereal. At first, it seems like it comes from way out in left field. Once I thought about it, though, it made perfect sense. Every piece of the story's puzzle gives you a clue. This is a story about David, how he changes, and why he changes. When the surprise revelation was made, I understood that Vanilla Sky wants to examine our perceptions of our own happiness, as well as what we will do to maintain those perceptions.

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  anonymous

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  Mar 5th 2011, 01:44 report

  
  

  Here's a quick summary. Aames "dream" is his own personal journey through hell. He has sold his soul to the devil,Edmund Ventura at Lucid Dreams (Lucid from the Latin "lucidus" meaning full of light, similar to Lucifer, from the latin word meaning light bringing or morning star). In exchange, he has been given all the material possessions he desires, and he engages in indulging in the seven deadly sins, represented by the "seven dwarfs". McCabe represents God, who tries to save him from his sins but in the end is unsuccessful. An example of McCabe and Ventura's representation of good/evil is shown at the end of the film when Aames has great difficulty in finding Ventura from "tech support" when he needs help, but has only to mention McCabe's name once on the roof top and he appears through the nearest door immediately. Like Satan, Ventura manipulates Aames by telling him lies, finally telling him that if he kills himself his nightmare will end. He decides to try and save himself, of course, and listens to Ventura and jumps from the building. He is exercising his own free will to continue his journey through hell. We then hear the words "open your eyes", the same words heard at the beginning of the film. He is doomed to repeat this sequence again (and again, perhaps for eternity?). There are multiple references to this theme throughout the film, some more obscure than others, but I think this is a basic summary of what the film represents, at least to me.

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  anonymous

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  Jul 23rd 2011, 10:16 report

  
  

  Quote: Here's a quick summary. Aames "dream" is his own personal journey through hell. He has sold his soul to the devil,Edmund Ventura at Lucid Dreams (Lucid from the Latin "lucidus" meaning full of light, similar to Lucifer, from the latin word meaning light bringing or morning star).
  
  I think you are over analyzing the entire film. It is simple. He can not get over his one chance at love and after the ultimate rejection decides a dream would be preferable to reality. Aames realisation that you can not live life as a fantasy saves him from his own created hell which is born from his own guilt.

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  anonymous

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  Jul 25th 2011, 20:08 report

  
  

  My interpretation is that u can't not live life dreaming there is no way u can find happiness in dreams, but in actions u can create real happiness, this is y he chooses to jump at the end. Also it shows no action is without a reaction.

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  anonymous

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  Jan 28th, 22:26 report

  
  

  i think that at the end is david realizing that he is in love with a dream. and all he can do is try again. that is why he chooses to jump off the building.

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  anonymous

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  Apr 9th, 16:38 report

  
  

  this movie is very spanish and very catholic-this movie introduces us to a modern-godless intepretation of the principles of catholicism-i thought it was effective in covering all the tenents of the catholic faith without requiring the"leap of faith" that so many of us are unable to take -preventing us to seeing the mindset and logic of catholicism

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  anonymous

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  May 5th, 22:58 report

  
  

  All you gotta do to fully grasp this film is open your mind. Sound familiar? It should. Sophia (Penelope Cruz) emphasizes this point to the viewer (aka David Aames/Tom Cruise w/ a POV angle) when she says, "Open your eyes."
  
  Near the end, David's business partner (attorney) tells him to "wake up..." Even his best friend tries to snap him out of it (to no avail)...
  
  It is essentially about a man with schizophrenia who is in treatment.