The Brits Think Vanilla Sky Is The Most Confusing Movie Ever
With Inception currently bending the minds of many moviegoers, there’s a lot of chatter about the most confusing films of all time. A recent poll conducted by a British DVD website called LoveFilm asked its patrons to name the flick that boggled them most. Topping the list was Vanilla Sky. Interesting choice, I guess. I’d call it strange, but not all that confusing. Perhaps if people watched Open Your Eyes, the Spanish movie its based on, it would make more sense.
Other titles making the cut were Mulholland Drive, Donnie Darko and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Hard to argue with those, especially Mulholland Drive, which still has me scratching my head after three viewings. Another David Lynch offering, Lost Highway, deserves strong consideration, as do The Nines, Stalker and Schizopolis. Got another? Let us know.
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Silly Brits…my biggest problem with “Vanilla Sky” is that it isn’t confusing. Noah Taylor’s “tech support” character exists only so that he can explain away all the confusing bits at the end. That last five or so minutes of pure exposition really knocked that film down a peg or two in my book.