The Eye (2008)

Sydney Wells is blind and has been so since a childhood tragedy. After undergoing surgery to restore her sight she learns to see again. But soon after, unexplainable shadowy and frightening images start to haunt her. Not knowing if they are an aftermath of surgery, her mind adjusting to sight, her imagination, or something horrifyingly real, Sydney is soon convinced that her anonymous eye donor has somehow opened the door to a terrifying world only she can now see.

Another horrible remake

No insult to the lovely Jessica Alba but after viewing this, she is not ready for any lead roles yet. The movie was basically generic, the acting was sub par and the movie did not have that horror movie feel to it. There was no suspense and the only frightening thing was that I purchased the movie new. The plot was thin and so was the pacing of the entire film. You don't care for any of the characters and trust me; I have been watching and collecting horror movies for years. This one stinks, badly. Hollywood needs to stop butchering Asian films. If you never seen the Ring, put this movie down and watch the Ring instead. Alba could have learned a few pointers from Mrs. Watts. November 14, 2008

Not as lousy as the original "Eye" but still not good!!

Some of you may have read my review for the original asian version of "The Eye" so you most likely know where I stand with that mostly plotless bore. So as for this American remake all I can say is "ZZZ!ZZZ". Yeah this wasn't anymore exciting than the original! I don't completely know what the differences are between the 2 versions, but I will say that while this movie version is considerably better written, better acted, and possessing a little more character development than the original it still just proves way too bland. It's a bitter enough pill that gorgeous and incredibly hot Jessica Alba never gets naked EVER nor does she have any love interest in the movie. But to make matters worse the story was this same bland plot with a beautiful blind violinist girl getting to see again from a cornea transplant only to have visions of her dark past. I mean what it is that anybody thought would be interesting about a dull plotline like that is beyond me! And it still ends the same stupid way as the original. I won't give away what the ending was that much but only I will say that after Jessica Alba saves the people from a gas tanker explosion during a traffic jam why then wouldn't she instead be getting used to seeing as well as having no further flashbacks about the donors incident in the past. That would have been a better turn out. If you read my other review for the original the said "incident" is not any different really. Oh and by the way it would have been nice if they had gotten rid of that annoying little boy ghost who keeps asking for his report card. Oh Please!! And is it so much to ask that they actually bothered to explain how having the supposed cursed girls corneas helped the main character in either version to see the dead!! In closing this movie is bland,pointless,dull and unintersting and just plain unrelatable. November 10, 2008

loved it!!

i am a huge fan of jessica alba and i thought this movie was amazing and it had an awesome story line to it. this movie gave me the creeps but in a good way October 15, 2008

Watching with one eye shut

In "The Eye," a remake of a Chinese movie from 2002, Jessica Alba plays a blind woman who gets her sight back thanks to a successful cornea transplant. The only hitch is that with her new eyes - which were donated by a young lady with psychic powers - comes the unasked-for ability to see into the spirit world and predict the future.

"The Eye" might have been an interesting film had it focused solely on how a once-blind girl learns to adjust to life in a suddenly sighted world. Instead, we're subjected to an inane, gimmicky thriller in which the heroine improbably manages to run across either a dead person or someone doomed to die just about every time she turns a corner.

There's no end of point-of-view shots in which ghouls jump out and yell "Boo!" at the audience, but the whole thing is about as scary as a youngster dressed in a bedsheet doing the same thing on Halloween. October 12, 2008

The Eye

The movie is good just not scary!!
I rate this movie a 7 from 1to10!! September 29, 2008

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