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22 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Hollywood need to stop doing this................, April 22, 2008
This new trend with the film industry when it comes to the east vs. west or the west vs. east doesn't seem like it's slowing down any time soon plus they all end up having the same scare tactics. What they sometimes do is remove color from the "monster" making him look all shades of grey and then they remove frames while it's moving. Making it look like it's jerking around and pop locking. We saw it in the eastern remake of `The Ring,' the eastern remake of `The Grudge' and we see it again in `The Eye.' I guess if you have a winning formula you stick to it but I don't think every year we need to have some black and blue kid pop-locking on the big screen in his or her attempt to make me jump in my seat. I know I've been warned by this film through my Amazon friends but I had to see it for myself.
For those who don't know we are introduced to Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba) who is an accomplished, independent, Los Angeles-based concert violinist. She is also blind, and has been so since a childhood tragedy. As our story opens, Sydney undergoes a double corneal transplant, a surgery she has waited her whole life to have, and her sight is restored. After the surgery, neural ophthalmologist Dr. Paul Faulkner helps Sydney with the difficult adjustment, and with the support of her older sister Helen, Sydney learns to see again. But Sydney''s happiness is short-lived as unexplainable shadowy and frightening images start to haunt her. Are they a passing aftermath of her surgery, Sydney''s mind adjusting to sight, a product of her imagination, or something horrifyingly real? As Sydney''s family and friends begin to doubt her sanity, Sydney is soon convinced that her anonymous eye donor has somehow opened the door to a terrifying world only she can now see.
Though it wasn't really an original film it wasn't a horrible. Jessica Alba is finally getting to the point where I think she can carry a film by herself. In the past she has just been a bit of arm candy for a movie. But that's not the case any more. In the Eye she pretty convincingly goes through the emotional ups and down's of being a blind girl that has adapted to her disability for nearly her entire life. Then recent breakthroughs in science allow her the gift of site via a cornea transplant. It's also worth noting that the film did have a few quality jerk moments. At the end of the day it's a good albeit unoriginal horror flick that you'll probably pass on.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not entirely what I expected, July 18, 2008
Perhaps I enjoyed this movie more because I went into it with very, very, very low expectations. The plot and premise seemed flimsy and ridiculous, and even though I do like Jessica Alba, I wasn't sure decent acting could save a plot that seemed so trite and boring. But partway through my opinion began to change. I decided this isn't really a horror movie, not in the classical sense of what has taken over the horror genre (gore like Saw and Hostel). It's a supernatural mystery with a bit of suspense, if you want to get long-winded and technical. Nothing about it was implicitly scary, but it was interesting and drew me along. I wanted to see the end, and not just to find out if I'd won the classic 'guess who survives' horror movie game.
Sure, the premise is implausible and the entire story is completely unbelievable, but it was an entertaining movie and was fun to watch. I don't ask for realism in my movies (okay, not most of the time!), all I want is to be entertained and this movie, while neither greatly original nor brilliantly written, was enjoyable enough. Horror/suspense fans looking to pass an eventful evening would enjoy this one, but if you're looking for more than that, don't bother.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Awful. Save your time., July 26, 2008
So many questions here: Why are the hospital corridors very dark and unstaffed at night; why does Jessica Alba get dreesed after a shower while still wet; why is Parker Posey in this movie? There are no answers so save yourself the headache of trying to figure it out. This is DUMB, not scary, uneven to the max and dull. Must we remake every Japanese horror film? Yet another question not worth thinking about in these days of completely uninspired, unoriginal filmaking.
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