The Eye (2008)

To me, this movie is perfection.

Don't listen to the negative reviews

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

This must have been one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I bet Jessica Alba wishes she was blind in real life so she didn't have to see this movie. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Chloe grace Moretz by far had the best acting and she was only 8 1/2 years old. So disappointed. Absolute garbage. I really wanted this movie to be good but it was the opposite If you want to be wise Do not watch this movie EVER. There are much better things to waste your time on This must be up there with some of the worst movies I have EVER seen Absolutely SHOCKING. We were debating whether to watch this or ted 2 how we decided on. This garbage is beyond me.so once again definitely avoid. By the end of the movie you begin. To wish that you had been the one who was hit in the eyes with glass shards.

Violinist Sydney Wells has been blind since age five. She receives a cornea transplant to recover her sight. She slowly regains her vision but also gains mysterious hallucinations. She makes friends with a patient Alicia (Chloë Grace Moretz) at the hospital. Her sister Helen (Parker Posey) who feels responsible for her blindness tries to help. Dr. Paul Faulkner (Alessandro Nivola) is her new doctor helping her to adjust.Based on a Chinese horror, this is a pretty slim movie with few actual frights. It doesn't have any moodiness for atmosphere. It's not particularly creepy. The vision isn't handled with the best imagination. It's a lot of music cues to highlight visions. My question is why does her visions talk to her if she only did the eyes. So she sees not only memories but the future, death, and ghosts. It's a mishmash of random interior movie logic. There is nothing particularly wrong in this movie aside from the fact that there is nothing particularly right. Then there is the climax which isn't setup that well and seems to come out of nowhere.

Female violinist Sydney Wells was blinded as a child by a firecracker . Receiving a cornea transplant she regains her eyesight . Any joy at this is soon outlived by demonic visions she starts experiencing . Is she suffering mental illness or is there a more supernatural reason at play ? THE EYE is a Hollywood remake of a 2002 Hong Kong chiller which I haven't seen and so can't compare to this remake . This shouldn't have any bearing since a remake should stand on its own hind legs and as a supernatural chiller THE EYE is moderately scary . That is until you realise it startles its audience by using every cliché in the book especially the sound mix where the film is silent for a couple of seconds then BANG a loud noise causes the audience to jump out of their seats . It is effective though it's a pretty cheap trick but considering Sydney has had a cornea transplant why does her sense of hearing suddenly become so sensitive ? I guess you're not supposed to think about this too much And this is a film you're not supposed to think about . We're shown grotesque shadows leading the dead off to a probable afterlife and this ties in with the original donor having second sight but again if you stop to think about it the whole concept seems nonsensical if you examine it in depth . Surely having a clairvoyant ability to foretell death is down to more than just eyesight ? Surely other parts of the brain is involved ? Perhaps I'm over analyzing the plotting but the whole tone and pompous mood of the film draws attention to itself to its own detriment

The Eye (2008) Is a Remake of Gin gwai (2003), This is not even first remake of Gin gwai (2003) as Bollywood remade this before Hollywood as Naina (2005), I have see bits of Naina (2005) on You tube as my God they movie look absolutely terrible (it's so it's looks funny). I was not looking forward to this remake at all, as Gin gwai one of the best ghost story to come out i the last 10 years, Which I found really scary and creepy.I was really disappointed in this movie as they took some from the Original movie, it just did not work with Hollywood remake. I hated the way Change grim Reaper in this movie, made it look more scary with really poor silly CG1 effects.Which makes the movie lose a lot of it potential, The original made them look more realistic and found a lot more chilling as well. I did like some of the new scenes that added into the mix, which I think was decent and The acting was really really good as well.As for the second remake of Gin gwai, This is worth one Time watch at least! 4 out of 10