Dream Scenario
An ordinary family man (Nicolas Cage) finds his life takes a nightmarish turn when millions of strangers suddenly see him in their dreams.
Angel reviewed
September 9, 2025•
Initially, as the end credits were rolling, I was telling myself, "Well, that was interesting." It has unpleasant moments that any stylish director could have avoided if they wanted to, by leaving the sound in the background or cutting the scene just as the violence begins. There are moments of humiliation for an old man like the protagonist here and there, but nothing that strayed too far from the initial premise or from the current trend of demeaning men in general in today's American movies. The idea is curious, and the plot has unexpected twists and surprises—nothing spectacular, but interesting. I was thinking, "Yeah, I think it deserves a 6."
And then they go and play this song during the end credits:
Here where you are standing
The dinosaurs did a dance
The Indians told a story
Now it has come to pass
The Indians had a legend
The Spaniards lived for gold
White man came and killed them
But they haven't really gone
[Chorus]
We live in the city of dreams
We drive on this highway of fire
Should we awake
And find it gone
Remember this, our favorite town
[Verse 2]
From Germany and Europe
And Southern U.S.A
They made this little town here
That we live in to this day
The children of the white man
Saw Indians on TV
And heard about the legend
How their city was a dream
[Chorus]
We live in the city of dreams
We drive on this highway of fire
Should we awake
And find it gone
Remember this, our favorite town
[Verse 3]
The Civil War is over
And World War One and Two
If we can live together
The dream it might come true
Underneath the concrete
The dream is still alive
A hundred million lifetimes
A world that never dies
[Chorus]
We live in the city of dreams
We drive on this highway of fire
Should we awake
And find it gone
Remember this, our favorite town
Let's re-examine the film with the mentality of this song, and regrettably, I don't tolerate indoctrination. Thank you.
The idea that "the Spaniards lived for gold" and "we killed them" and the Indians are gone. Wake up, Anglos. You're the ones who killed the Indians; we won wars and then lived alongside them. We live in the world of instant information; it's going to be hard for you to maintain the propagandistic garbage of the "Black Legend" that you've been peddling for centuries.
On average, 90% of the population is native or mestizo in the former Spanish overseas provinces. On average, 1% of the population is native or mestizo in the former Anglo-Francophone colonies. I enjoy data more than the propaganda of the day. Shove it where the sun don't shine, or keep going—let's see how long the money lasts.
Go give your humanity lessons to some other country. This is the one that created the first human rights treaty precisely to avoid what happened under French and English imperialism.
Seeing these kinds of songs in movies or sung by artists 10 or 15 years ago was sad, but seeing this in a 2023 movie is shameful and pathetic. But then again, you just have to look at what the Oscars have become.
Keep it up, American producers. Let's see how much longer you have left, as Asia keeps eating bigger and bigger pieces of your pie.