"Vanilla Sky" or Crowe's "Abre los ojos" own interpretation

Rating: 9/10 (3 October 2002)

First of all, I'd like to point out that "Vanilla Sky" should be not considered as a straight remake of "Abre los ojos", but a film that teach us how to tell the same story in a different way. The Amenábar version was darker and more creepy than Crowe's one in all elements: the story hadn't the fairytale atmosphere that "Vanilla Sky" has got, the characters were darker and more serious, the shots and lightning were more creepy and so on.
That's where "Vanilla Sky" had the mistake. People were expecting the dark thriller that was "Abre los ojos", but instead of that, the audience recieves an "americanized" version, more colorful and beautiful indeed, adding to the story the fairy-tale style that Crowe's has given to the film.

Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Jason Lee, Kurt Russel and Cameron Diaz, all of them have incredible performances, better than I expected (I'd probably not say out loud Diaz did a good performance).
I only do this comments for that kind of movies that surprise me, or make worth my money spent. So, "Vanilla Sky" is worth the money and the surprise :) A must-see 9/10