Buh-Bye & “Open Your Eyes”

Tomorrow morning, I’m off to Detroit! I can’t wait to just get away from here… too bad I’ll have to leave here so damn early just to get there early enough to have a whole day. Ehhh… it’s vacation… who cares? I can sleep on the plane. OR I might try watching a DVD on my computer while on the plane.
Just think… a mere 4 to 5 months ago, riding on a plane was the “final test” to make sure that I was over my Anxiety Disorder. And I worried about whether or not I’d be so worried about it that I’d have a panic attack. It’s funny (well, not really) how much that whole problem builds (built?) upon itself. I didn’t have any problem then, and now am not even worried about having a problem. Bring on the fun! There is a down side to my little get-away: my sunglasses didn’t get finished before I had to leave… that means I’ll either have to buy an el-cheapo brand to get me through, or just do without (well, maybe I could borrow some)…
“Open Your Eyes”
OK… I finally managed to watch all of “Vanilla Sky” without accidentally dozing off during an important part… and my opinion?
Huh? Is this the first movie to ever discourage dreaming? I guess the “moral of the story” could be quit dreaming about it, and just get out there and do it… I could see that… but “Vanilla Sky” didn’t quite hit home with that meaning…
I think that the movie is so wrapped up in the whole Pulp Fiction-esque idea that you need to watch the movie again to figure it out, or to see what you might have missed, that the point of the movie was missed. They kept using the phrase “Open Your Eyes”… again, this could reference the “quit thinking about it and do it” mantra I previously mentioned…. but doesn’t “Open your eyes” make you think about paying attention more than waking up? Ehhh… I don’t know…
It wasn’t a bad movie (even though both Tom Cruise and Cameron Crowe both caught some criticism for this movie)… I just think they missed they point…. OR, maybe I missed the point… I’m not sure which…
The irony of this movie is that Cruise made a decision (his dream) which was supposed to last “forever”… and he chose a future with someone he had only met twice… He dreamt of a love and a future (well, that future got kind of fucked up) which had nearly no basis… At the end, he was somewhat solaced by the fact that she (Penelope Cruz’s character) had at least felt some of what he felt too…. and then he chose to “Go out and live”, because he was tired of dreaming!
I don’t know about you, but I can relate a little bit to extending thoughts toward futures with no basis (you know… “What if I ended up with her”… or “What if I did this instead of that”…), but in reality it doesn’t matter… it’s not worth worrying about because it wasn’t meant to be in the first place….
OMG, did I just relate “Vanilla Sky” to Control Issues? Methinks I’ve been in therapy too damned long 🙂 !!!
Oh, btw… I believe that I would still take a psycho Cameron Diaz over a loving Penelope Cruz any day!!!
Oh well, gotsta pack… gotsta get up pretty damn early tomorrow!!! So, Beer Distributors of Detroit, get ready, here I come!!!!!!