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The Secret In Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos) *****

Started by Najemikon, February 05, 2011, 05:25:21 PM

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Eric


Achim

Finally got around to watching this. First off, it wasn't was I imagined it to be (I expected a bit more action), but it is firmly in a genre I have always enjoyed. It reminded me a lot of thrillers from the 70s or 80s, I think. The structure is indeed quite enjoyable and well done, as Jon pointed out (although I find the shift in hair color does sign post the shifts quite strongly :shrug:).
[spoiler]ultimately it seems to play on one more level, as we start to realize that he is remembering the past, so not everything we see might be how it actually happened...[/spoiler]

The ending reminded me of
[spoiler]Oldboy[/spoiler]
in its impact. Although, I must admit that how Espsito deduced it was a bit shaky to me... I understand the idea of the clue, as they set up the concept earlier on, but still not sure why this particular clue worked :shrug:

Rating: [mr]4[/mr]

Quote from: Eric on January 04, 2012, 12:42:34 AM
It's my eyes................they tell everything :)
:slaphead: Now I get this as a film reference...

BTW, the title is quite clever...