dream report

Woke up in the middle of the night to the quiet footsteps of a small animal running on the sheet behind my head. Tried to turn and look, but most of my muscles hadn't woken up yet.

Woke up. Left the light on the rest of the night.

Vanilla Sky: A history of my opinions

1. Weeks before the opening: Cameron Crowe! Cameron Diaz! That shot of Tom Cruise on the edge of a skyscraper's roof! This should be good.

2. Days before the opening, after artname and xythian got back from the preview screening: Uh oh.

3. Opening day, after reading Roger Ebert's review: Sounds like it might not be as bad as they said.

4. Opening weekend, after seeing it: It's not as bad as they said.

5. Yesterday, after seeing it again on DVD: You know what? It's good.

6. Today, after seeing the movie it was based on: It's still a good movie, but I don't understand why Cameron Crowe bothered remaking it--long stretches of his version are almost shot-for-shot identical. Why tell this story again?

7. Tonight, after listening to the commentary by Crowe and Nancy Wilson: It's still a good movie, but the movie I thought I saw isn't the same one Crowe thought he was making, and I'm not sure if I like the movie he thought it was. Fortunately, he encourages alternate interpretations.

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