Yesterday, I was reading a message board with people’s experiences of hypnosis to achieve the birth they wanted (i.e. less painful, on a date of their choosing, etc) It had me quite intrigued. I did not have a particularly great birth experience with Akra Jr so it was something to be considered for number 2 (if there is a number 2, of course).

That was until we watched the DVD of Vanilla Sky that evening. Now I think I’ll just stick to strong drugs because I don’t want anyone messing with my mind EVER! No, the film wasn’t really about hypnosis as such but was one of those disturbing stories based around how do we know what’s real, what’s dream and what’s something else entirely – made it fascinating and very scary at the same time.

I’ll admit, that when I picked up the box at Blockbuster, the title was the only thing I knew about the film. I chose it because I was in a hurry, and I thought even if the film was dire Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz would provide appropriate eye candy for Akra and me. I ended up thoroughly enjoying it, even if half the time we were asking each other what the hell was going on particularly as we couldn’t work out which sections were supposed to be dream sequences – which I suppose was the point the director was making.

I won’t spoil the ending for anyone (I imagine most of you have seen it already, actually – we’re just slow and rarely get to the cinema anymore), but the “twist” wasn’t particularly great. However, as a psychological “did he/didn’t he” thriller it worked well. It also had one of the best lines ever: “I’ll tell you in another lifetime when we’re both cats”. Well, I liked it anyway.

Oh and the eye candy was cool too.