Vanilla Sky Meanings

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Submitted by: icanseehimrightnow
Added: 2009-09-17 08:06:10 Rating: Rating 2.00/5 with 10 votes

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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