Insomnia (1997) v.s. Insomnia (2002)

Rating: 6/10 (30 May 2002)

First I watched Insomnia in theatre and I thought that it was great movie. Two days later I saw on TV Guide that Insomnia was on TV. I searched IMDB and found out that the Insomnia (2002) is actually a remake of a Norwegian film by the same name Insomnia (1997).
So I watched the movie on TV and I noticed that the plot was a somewhat altered. One would assume that a remake would be a better with a budget of 50million and enormous star power, but that's not the case here. I expected more from `Christopher Nolan, the creator of Memento'.
I think the reason the remake is not as good is because they changed the characters to make Al Pacino and even Robin William (the bad guy) look better. They never wanted to make a better film; they wanted to manufacture a movie that would make millions and millions of dollars, like most of the movies that are made in the Hollywood today.
The acting was okay and Christopher Nolan's directing of the movie was excellent, but overall I believe that the original Insomnia was much better.