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Summary: Fantasically Mind-Bending Film
Review: This film is unique in that it explores the notion of dreams and thier significance while taking you on a journey throughout the human psyche. The brilliance of the film is undoubtedly do to a superb script and the raw, enthusiastic actors who bring it to life. This movie is not only enjoyable for all of the twists and turns it takes you through but, it is emotionally challenging on a level that most films never acheive.To tell you any more would be to rob you of a wonderful movie experience. Please see this movie and enjoy!
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Summary: unbelievable
Review: I just seen the movie about two hours ago and i still cant get it out of mind. I keep telling my self "this is just a movie" but I am still shocked. I am a real movie buff and i just started watching forign movies lately. This is the best movie I have ever seen. and after seeing few movies i have came to look at Hollywood movies quite differently with all the hype and big budgets. Take the "six sense" for example with a stupid trick at the end, this movie came to be nominated for 5 academy awards in addition to the praise from critics and for somehting that is not even original. "Open Your Eyes takes you into another world and challenges your mind in many different ways. i won't reveal any of the plot, you will have to see for Yourself. Forget "Vanilla Sky" (i am not even going to bother seeing it)go watch the original. Now I have to go watch it again.
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Summary: This was good
Review: I liked this movie and would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: Do you Like Twists
Review: I love films with twists, but hate those that build you up and then dont deliver. This film delivers ! It builds the pace and interest, gives you clues and makes you think. Well acted and the final conclusion and twist comes out 10 mins from the end but your still not sure if this is the truth or not and keep watching ...... excellent , so much so Tom Cruise bought the rights to it having seen it , lets hope the hollywood remake Vanilla Sky does it justice.
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Summary: MUCH BETTER than Vanilla Sky
Review: Abre los Ojos (Open your Eyes) is a much better movie than Vanilla Sky, the script and character handling by Amanenabar are much better than Cameron Crowe's who just glides through a much unnecessary and mediocre re-make of a wonderful film. The best example I can give you is that at the end of Vanilla Sky you actually can know what's going to happen, while in Open your Eyes the ending is a complete mistery and the suspense is great. Skip Tom Cruise and keep Penelope and (watch) buy the original, much better, idea instead.
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Summary: GREAT SPANISH CINEMA!!!!!!!
Review: Abre los ojos is one of the best spanish made films ever!!!!!!! Now with the remake title Vanilla Sky hopefully this movie will revceice some recognition! Its a great buy something that I could watch over and over again!I cant wait for the remake to come out on DVD.
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Summary: A Fascinating Movie Eclipsed by Vanilla Sky
Review: Open Your Eyes is a very, very good Spanish film that was the basis of Vanilla Sky. This is one of the few instances, however, that an American remake is as good or better than the foregin film it is based on. Vanilla Sky is substantially longer than Open Your Eyes, and includes almost all of the scenes of the Spanish movie plus a lot of added material that really adds to the film. If, like me, you don't speak Spanish you'll find it hard to read all the subtitles in Open Your Eyes and still have enough time to watch the actors. Still, how many science fiction movies do we get these days that contain an original idea, let alone aren't just a shoot-em-up in space? If you loved Vanilla Sky you'll want to see Open Your Eyes as well.
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Summary: haunting
Review: I almost hate to compare Amenábar to Hitchcock but it seems to fit - to a point. I didn't know what emotional response was appropriate when it was over, but that's one of the pleasures of this movie - if you're the sort who doesn't need everything tied up neatly and fully explained by the time the end credits roll. This is where "Open Your Eyes" deviates the most from any Hitchcock storyline (although I recall The Birds did finish with some ambiguity). If you can get inside the story and just let it take you along, this will be a very rewarding experience. I suspect "Vanilla Sky" will only bear a superficial resemblance to "Eyes", and considering how (IMHO) Hollywood doesn't have a very good track record re-making foreign films, I don't expect much of it. One last observation; the kiss at the very end has to be one of the most hauntingly beautiful moments captured on film; I must have replayed that a dozen times when I first viewed it.
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Summary: A GEM!!!
Review: I was never that much into movies, but this one REALLY GOT TO ME. Ignore the comparisons, they are ALL TOO UNFAIR. "Abre los ojos" has definitely created a class of its own. I'm writing this because no review I've read as of yet has mentioned that this film really means something different to every viewer, to every audience also. Yes, there's a love story, there's thrill, there's science fiction, but what makes this film special is that all the sequences are presented in a way that allows you to piece-up your own story and conclusion, and that really makes it a "MUST-HAVE". I rate this a "5-Star Movie" because it's NOT TRENDY, and it's so good that while you're watching it you don't even think about Penélope Cruz or Eduardo Noriega, you're looking at Sofía and César. It's almost 2hrs long, but I wish it would have been five times that. "ABRE LOS OJOS" has moved me to start a DVD collection with it! ;-)
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Summary: An Eye-opening movie
Review: I've just watched Open Your Eyes for the second time and I still think that I'm missing some points in the film. Open... has a complex plot that stats very slowly just like any romantic ordinary movie. Then out of the blue, it has twist that makes for a very dark and complex psicological thriller. After that you bit your nails desperate to get any clue of what's going on. And you don't get it until the very last minutes.Writing more about it I would give away important points and I don't mean to steal all the surprise of those who haven't seen it yet. The cast is very good. I have never noticed how good Penélope Cruz is. When she speaks in Spanish, she can deliver her character much better than in English. It's largely known that Tom Cruise has remade the film with Cameron Crowe directing and Cruz reprising her role. By this time there's no much to be said. The trailer looks nice and very close to the original picture. We have to wait... And, last but not least, mark the name Alejandro Amenabar. This guy has made good films in Spanish and one of the best 2001 movie in English, "The Others", which is his debut in English. I can hardly wait to see more of his films. He is very imaginative and his movies have a dark appeal that we haven't seen alike lately.
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