Talk:Secret in Their Eyes

Orphaned references in Secret in Their Eyes[edit]

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Secret in Their Eyes's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "BOM":

From The Night Before (2015 film): "The Night Before (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
From The Hunger Games (film): "The Hunger Games (2012)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
From The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2: "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 22, 2015.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 18:46, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is it okay to say...[edit]

what the hell is this? The plot summary is overly detailed, to say the least. It's not a summary, it's the classic comic book. It's like a play-by-play of a ball game. It's nothing but spoilers. It's like you set out to spoil the entire movie in the most movie-spoiling way possible.

Besides that, the film takes place in two times, the time of the crime and 13 years later; it bounces back and forth. This article tells everything in chronological order, totally missing the point and ruining the movie even more for those who may not have seen it. It misses more, lesser points too; for instance, in the weight room scene, it says "Ray ends up punching Siefert". No, he doesn't "end up" with that; he does punch him but it's not the end, or the climax, of the scene. The point of the scene is that Ray gets some information out of Siefert, first confronts him on framing a suspect and extracting a false confession, then after the punch gets a name from him. It's not about "ending up punching" someone.

Not saying it's a great movie or anything; I don't think it's worthy of the amazing cast, but it's not the worst ever, by a long shot. Maybe two and a half stars, whatever, but it doesn't deserve to be totally spoiled by having the whole plot recapped in excruciating detail and in the wrong order. It's capable of being enjoyed by some people. Hope this writer doesn't do an article on War and Peace! I think this plot summary needs to be edited down to about 4 lines.

Here's the Wikipedia plot summary of the Spanish/Argentine original, of which this the remake: "Using a nonlinear narrative, the film depicts a judiciary employee and a judge in 1974 played by Ricardo Darín and Soledad Villamil, as they investigate a rape and murder case that turns into an obsession for all the people involved, while also following the characters 25 years later reminiscing over the case and unearthing the buried romance between them.[5]" Seriously, THAT's a plot summary.

71.93.172.99 (talk) 07:05, 10 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]