The history of films is the history of remakes. Why they keep making the same films over and over? The answer may be put simply: they believe they can make better ones!
Often times, however, it fails, as is the case with Vanilla Sky, a remake of a Spanish film Abres los Ojos. Although the former was a lot more commercially successful than the latter, we notice that the latter is way better in many ways. The dark, cynical mood in the latter is totally gone in the former and the film ends up being a simple sci-fi flavored melo drama.
There is also some annoying difference in a profession of the role played by Penelope Cruz. She is a mime artist in the original but an 'exotic' dancer in the remake. And finally the great casts in the original are all gone in the remake, including the beautiful Eduardo Noriega!
