History YMMV / VanillaSky

* BrokenBase: Which one is better? ''Vanilla Sky'' or ''Open Your Eyes''? One of the few cases where the "Foreign Original Vs. Hollywood Remake" debate is pretty legitimate, with solid arguments on both sides. On the other hand, the debate itself is probably only possible because the remake is sofaithful to the original in the first place.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The ending is set to an early version of Sigur Ros's "Untitled 4/Njósnavélin". It also features Music/{{Radiohead}}, Music/PaulMcCartney, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfV-YzMfvns&feature=related this special]] {{Leitmotif}} by Nancy Wilson, and Music/JeffBuckley's LyricalDissonance "Last Goodbye" fits perfectly for the part in which it's being played.
* BrokenBase: Which one is better? ''Vanilla Sky'' or ''Open Your Eyes''? One of the few cases where the "Foreign Original Vs. Hollywood Remake" debate is pretty legitimate, with solid arguments on both sides.

* FollowTheLeader: ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'', ''Film/{{Inception}}'', ''Film/SuckerPunch'', and an army of less successful wannabes all borrow pretty heavily from concepts in ''Vanilla Sky'', but it's rarely acknowledged. ''Inception'''s Mal is almost beat-for-beat Julianna (the former lover who killed herself because of the lead and is now a malicious and insidious force wrecking the dream world), while ''Eternal Sunshine'' is likewise a GenreBusting blend of romance, science fiction and psychological thriller, the relationship between Joel and Clem following many of the same emotional beats as that of Sophia and David.

* MoodDissonance: The "Narm" line below may be funny for viewers. On the other hand, the fact that it's coming out of a clearly unstable woman recklessly driving a speeding car with David in the passenger seat may also produce some other feelings.

* CriticalDissonance: Critical reaction was decidedly mixed, almost to the point of LoveItOrHateIt, but it made over 100 million at the box office and is Crowe's second most successful film.

* LoveItOrHateIt: A prominent example of this trope. Some critics found it overbearing, pretentious, narcissistic on Cruise's part and a betrayal of Cameron Crowe's aesthetics up to that point (often comparing it unfavorably to the source material), whereas other critics were impressed by its ambition, even to the point of naming it one of the best films of 2001. The one part of the movie that was consistently praised was Creator/CameronDiaz's performance.

* LoveItOrHateIt: A prominent example of this trope. Some critics found it overbearing, pretentious, narcissistic on Cruise's part and a betrayal of Cameron Crowe's aesthetics up to that point (often comparing it unfavorably to the source material), whereas other critics were impressed by its ambition, even to the point of naming it one of the best films of 2001. The one part of the movie that was consistently praised was CameronDiaz's performance.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The ending is set to an early version of Sigur Ros's "Untitled 4/Njósnavélin". It also features Music/{{Radiohead}}, PaulMcCartney and Music/JeffBuckley's LyricalDissonance "last goodbye" fits perfectly for it's part being played.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfV-YzMfvns&feature=related This]] {{Leitmotif}} by Nancy Wilson.

** Also MemeticMutation

* ScifiGhetto: Is it a romance involving dreams? Is it Scifi?

* TheWoobie: David after his accident, with shades of JerkassWoobie (particularly in the nightclub scene).
** [[InsistentTerminology The word is "collision,"]] [[Film/HotFuzz as "accident" implies there's nobody to blame.]]

* TheWoobie: David after his accident.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The ending is set to an early version of Sigur Ros's "Untitled 4/Njósnavélin". It also plays Radiohead, PtaulMcCartney and Jeff Buckleys lyrical dissonance "last goodbye" fits perfectly for it's part being played.

* RewatchBonus: Stacks and stacks of {{Foreshadowing}}, among other things. RogerEbert even went so far as to admonish prospective viewers not to try to analyse the film until after they'd seen it twice.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: While the film is ambiguous about how much sympathy Julianna deserves, the fact that she genuinely loves David to the point of killing herself earned her ''a lot'' of sympathy from the audience, as well as the fact some people thought that Sofia isn't really particularly interesting. This couples with the fact that Julianna isn't really an obsessive stalker like her original counterpart Nuria (all of the stalker-ish actions is done by her dream form), ''and'' she is portrayed by ''Cameron Diaz'', who has much more acting experience than Nuria's actress Najwa Nimri and Sofia's actress Penelope Cruz as well as arguably outshines Cruz, and you might have a clear picture while Julianna ended up being the one the audience root for.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: While the film is ambiguous about how much sympathy Julianna deserves, the fact that she genuinely loves David to the point of killing herself earned her ''a lot'' of sympathy from the audience, as well as the fact some people thought that Sofia isn't really particularly interesting. This couples with the fact that Julianna isn't really an obsessive stalker like her original counterpart Nuria, ''and'' she is portrayed by ''Cameron Diaz'', who has much more acting experience than Nuria's actress Najwa Nimri and Sofia's actress Penelope Cruz as well as arguably outshines Cruz, and you might have a clear picture while Julianna ended up being the one the audience root for.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: While the film is ambiguous about how much sympathy Julianna deserves, the fact that she genuinely loves David to the point of killing herself earned her ''a lot'' of sympathy from the audience, as well as the fact some people thought that Sofia isn't really particularly interesting. This couples with the fact that Julianna isn't really an obsessive stalker like her original counterpart Nuria, ''and'' she is portrayed perfectly by ''Cameron Diaz'', who has much more acting experience than Nuria's actress Najwa Nimri and Sofia's actress Penelope Cruz, and you might have a clear picture while Julianna ended up being the one the audience root for.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The ending is set to an early version of Sigur Ros's "Untitled 4/Njósnavélin". It also plays Radiohead, PaulMcCartney and Jeff Buckleys lyrical dissonance "last goodbye" fits perfectly for it's part being played.

** [[InsistentTerminology The word is "collision,"]] [[HotFuzz as "accident" implies there's nobody to blame.]]

* MoodDissonace: The "Narm" line below may be funny for viewers. On the other hand, the fact that it's coming out of a clearly unstable woman recklessly driving a speeding car with David in the passenger seat may also produce some other feelings.

* FollowTheLeader: EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind, {{Inception}}, SuckerPunch, and an army of less successful wannabes all borrow pretty heavily from concepts in Vanilla Sky, but it's rarely acknowledged. Inception's Mal is almost beat-for-beat Julianna (the former lover who killed herself because of the lead and is now a malicious and insidious force wrecking the dream world), while the romance in Eternal Sunshine follows many of the same emotional beats as that of Sophia and David.

* FollowTheLeader: EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind, {{Inception}}, and an army of less successful wannabes all borrow pretty heavily from concepts in Vanilla Sky, but it's rarely acknowledged. Inception's Mal is almost beat-for-beat Julianna (the former lover who killed herself because of the lead and is now a malicious and insidious force wrecking the dream world), while the romance in Eternal Sunshine follows many of the same emotional beats as that of Sophia and David.

* ''Narm'': "I swallowed your cum, it means something!"

* Narm: "I swallowed your cum, it means something!"