I think this is my first director-based Viewing Delights post and it was motivated by the trailer for Cameron Crowe's newest film, We Bought a Zoo, starring Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson and Thomas Hayden Church. Like most Crowe films, the trailer promises a certain sentimentality, meaningful characters, an importance on relationships, a beautiful look, and a great soundtrack to complement it. I see a lot of heart in this film and it made me think about how the heart-factor is… Read more »
I promise this is my last Vanilla Sky-related post, but I couldn't possibly write about the actual film after mentioning it on more than one occasion in the past week! To be honest, trying to even sum Vanilla Sky up in a few short sentences is near impossible, not to mention venting my frustration at the totally surreal storyline, and also how much I love this film. It has been voted the most confusing movie of all time, it has… Read more »
Since Monday, I've been having a very Vanilla Sky kind of week so I thought I'd just go along with it and continue some sort of theme! One question that gets asked many times throughout the film is 'what's happiness to you?' The protagonist, David, never literally answers the question – but I think it's pretty obvious that by the end he's worked it out. I'd say I'm pretty much with him when it comes to the ultimate happiness –… Read more »
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