First off, to all the people putting up reviews who are talking about what a good example of Japanese horror this is, the movie is from Hong Kong. This is not to say the film isn't influenced by Japanese horror films - it certainly is, along with U.S. films like, most notably the Sixth Sense, but let's all pay attention to little details like where the movie is from.
The eye starts out really well. It starts off very low key and then introduces a very subtle sense of menace and has some scenes of suspenseful, understated horror. Even though it is much too derivative of other movies, it is very stylish and well done.
For about the first half.
After that this really becomes a mess. Much of the problem has to do with that derivative nature. It's not necessarily bad to steal, but you have to put together your stolen bits in some sort of sensible manner. The film at times feels as patched together as one of the Scary Movie series. By the end it just feels like a bunch of half-baked ideas are being tossed at the audience in hopes some of them will work. It's just a nonsensical hodge podge.
I've heard about the difficulties of blind people who regain their sight, and how traumatizing that can be. This movie just briefly touches on that, but wouldn't it be cool to see a movie that really dug into that? One that really made you feel what it was like to not know what something was even though you could see it? Where vision was disorienting and you couldn't trust your own senses? I'm not saying this movie should have done that. It would have been interesting but I would have been content with a trite, stylishly directed piece of horror fluff as long as it was coherent and cohesive. Still, as long as they were aware of the problems with regaining eyesight it's a shame they didn't take advantage of the knowledge to do something original instead of recycling other movies. I give this 4/10, although if you only watch the first half it's at least a 7/10.
The eye starts out really well. It starts off very low key and then introduces a very subtle sense of menace and has some scenes of suspenseful, understated horror. Even though it is much too derivative of other movies, it is very stylish and well done.
For about the first half.
After that this really becomes a mess. Much of the problem has to do with that derivative nature. It's not necessarily bad to steal, but you have to put together your stolen bits in some sort of sensible manner. The film at times feels as patched together as one of the Scary Movie series. By the end it just feels like a bunch of half-baked ideas are being tossed at the audience in hopes some of them will work. It's just a nonsensical hodge podge.
I've heard about the difficulties of blind people who regain their sight, and how traumatizing that can be. This movie just briefly touches on that, but wouldn't it be cool to see a movie that really dug into that? One that really made you feel what it was like to not know what something was even though you could see it? Where vision was disorienting and you couldn't trust your own senses? I'm not saying this movie should have done that. It would have been interesting but I would have been content with a trite, stylishly directed piece of horror fluff as long as it was coherent and cohesive. Still, as long as they were aware of the problems with regaining eyesight it's a shame they didn't take advantage of the knowledge to do something original instead of recycling other movies. I give this 4/10, although if you only watch the first half it's at least a 7/10.