tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18360914.post7397717179255628252..comments2024-02-28T07:53:57.963+00:00Comments on Bina007 Movie Reviews: THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES - Ampas is vindicatedBina007http://www.blogger.com/profile/01622085135305501711noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18360914.post-8867284567610622672010-08-22T12:21:24.004+00:002010-08-22T12:21:24.004+00:00Hi Bill - welcome back! Yes that was a characteris...Hi Bill - welcome back! Yes that was a characteristically subtle moment when she shuts the door and emblematic of how the case got in the way of their incipient romance. His exile to bumble-fuck is just a more obvious example. And yes, that final scene with Gomez is utterly tragic and pregnant with meaning. It really is amazing how the audience can learn so much from it.<br /><br />As to which is the better film, it's obviously up to individual preference. Alls I can say is that for me the middle act of Un Prophet lost pace whereas The Secret In Their Eyes held my attention throughout. The use of comic relief kept the film alive.Bina007https://www.blogger.com/profile/01622085135305501711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18360914.post-89474709201283724162010-08-21T15:30:25.448+00:002010-08-21T15:30:25.448+00:00What I loved most about this film -- and this is w...What I loved most about this film -- and this is what I love about foreign films -- is how the film makers trust the audience to pick up on subtleties, to grasp moments of nuance and not feel required to explain every ... little ... thing. <br /><br />Remember the scene where Espisito comes in and tells her that he has something really important to say? She gets up and closes the door, but then his colleague comes in. When I saw that I immediately thought she has misread his intentions and thought he was about to declare his love, with her disappointment shown by leaving the door open and returning to her desk. But then, because I'm so conditioned by Hollywood, I actually second guessed myself and for a moment actually thought I must be wrong because there was no close up of her face "acting" crestfallen with a soundtrack to drill the point home. What a fool I am!<br /><br />And the ending -- won't give away any spoilers -- but wow. I just love how Gomez said that one sentence that reveals so much about Morales and the 25 years since the murder of his wife. Stunning. How do you say "less is more" in Spanish? I'll have to google translate that one.<br /><br />By the way, as much as I loved this film, in the three-way match against it, A Prophet and The White Ribbon ... I still prefer A Prophet, by only by a whisker, mind. That film has such an energy, is so vivid, so visceral. But love them all!BillFenner1967noreply@blogger.com