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Vanilla Sky vs. The Matrix
    #5485432 - 04/06/06 04:12 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

For anyone who has seen Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky (a high-budget American remake of the Spanish film Abre Los Ojos - Open Your Eyes), would you agree the esoteric symbolism of the film can be compared to that of the Matrix and it's mystical/gnostic underlines?

If so, what comparisons do you see between the David Aames character in Vanilla Sky and Neo in The Matrix?

Is there any comparison between David Aames' leap off a Manhattan sky scraper and Neo's ingestion of the red pill?

Both movies revolve around a central backdrop theme of awakening from a fake reality (although the eye opener in Vanilla Sky is left to interpretation as it happens in the film's explosive ending). I don't want to spoil the movie either for those who haven't seen it yet - but it is hands down one of my favorite movies, and I enjoy its symbolic undertones, perhaps even more so than The Matrix and its protrait of distinguising false realities from actual ones.

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Re: Vanilla Sky vs. The Matrix [Re: Basilides]
    #5486718 - 04/06/06 03:04 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

I have yet to see the matrix movies, but I have seen vanilla sky.
and as I understand the matrix movies, yes, I would concur..

I love where you are "going" with this!


Great post! :laugh:


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