swiftstag23 said:Interesting. A fun, high-energy flick. They did butcher the ending, though. When Robert De Niro shows up at his office to squeeze him, Bradley Cooper puts on this terrified face—like he’s panicking because everything just fell apart. Then—spoiler alert—he walks down to the car and tells Robert De Niro that he actually owns more factories, he figured it all out, he's fixing the pill to stop the side effects, and he's totally in control. Why the panicked look in the office then? That beat was unnecessary. For a movie like this, they could have gone a different route; it feels a bit too much like a "happy end" for this genre. Just my two cents. And one more thing: who actually killed the security guards and sent him their hands? Was it the money lender or the guy working for Atwood? Also, how does he know exactly what's going to happen to put those hands in the safe with the middle finger? If you're going to make an unrealistic movie, don't go so far off the rails that nothing makes sense anymore. In the end, he gets the fame, the cash, and the girl. A total happy end. 🙂
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
That’s exactly the point, though. It’s designed so you think de Niro totally crushed him and that's how the movie ends. After everything he went through, he’s going to "lose" it all, and then—boom. He played de Niro, he played us, and it's a complete reversal. The movie is great, and I guess you can't expect him to just lose everything right at the finish line, or wait until he sees a car crash coming. I think the ending works for the film as a whole. If they aren't planning a sequel, they don't need to wrap it up with some massive
woow effect or leave it hanging like Inception. Usually, those dramatic endings just end up being annoying.
Ashley Nguyen44 said:Honestly, I hated it. It felt like some cheap, watered-down version of the original Sky 🤷
The writer was completely unconvincing, and honestly, Robert De Niro’s role was way too short.
Plus, that whole relationship he has with that woman? Totally underdeveloped.
Thank god I just watched it online.
That’s all from me. 🙂
I watched Vanilla Sky and remember feeling like time was dragging so slow; it was hard to follow certain parts. With this one, time actually flies by. You don't get that feeling where you're confused or wondering if you even understand what's happening, because you're just totally sucked into it. 🍿