The Conundrum of an Endless Life
A couple of nights ago, I watched Vanilla Sky . I stepped into it based purely on a recommendation, without any idea of what the subject matter was. Most movies that I've watched recently have inspired little emotion, if any, and so I was pleasantly surprised to find this particular movie so well-crafted. In fact, by the end, I was positive it had to be made based on a book, which is, more often than not, high praise. Alas, it was not written for the screen from a book, but was a remake of another older movie, which was even more of a nice surprise. Vanilla Sky is a car ride into the now-fairly-familiar concept of everlasting life -- preserving one's body in infinite limbo at the seemingly brighter prospect of letting the Soul live on. On the passenger seat of this car is the mysterious Lucid Dreaming. Vanilla Sky was a helter-skelter ride until it neared its end, where it had some iconic scenes that have stuck with me since. Before long, I had stopped thinking about...