The Eye | Jessica Alba | Not entirely what I expected

The Eye | Jessica Alba | Not Terribly Bad

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The Eye

	The Eye Jessica Alba Lions Gate, 2008 average customer review:based on 23 reviews view larger image
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Not entirely what I expected

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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Not Terribly Bad

I would describe this movie as a mystery/thriller. It is about a blind woman played by Jessica Alba who gets an eye transplant operation. Along with her new eye sight, she gains a 2nd sight. She can see dead people and, I guess you would call them, grim reapers. She also has a therapist that does not believe her during most of the movie, but eventually comes through for her and helps her.

This movie almost borders on boredom for me, but it kept my attention with the mystery of why she was seeing the dead. I wasn't use to seeing Jessica Alba in a film like this, but I thought she did a great job at carrying the film and her acting was convincing, at least for me.

Maybe, the overall film could have been better, but I have nothing to base that off of. Nothing to offer as to what could be added or done different, but the film tells a story and concludes with answers to questions about the plot of the movie. So, it wasn't terribly bad, but I wouldn't watch it again.

Thanks.

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Okay, but resorts to common stereotypes

I'm actually very surprised that a remake would have been made of "The Eye," especially since I thought that by now, unless you're living under a rock, you've probably seen the original Pang Bros. creation. Also, I was very surprised that Jessica Alba would have been chosen as the lead in this film; first of all, I'm not an Alba fan -- she seems to be more the type that young preteen and teenage boys have a hankering for, and has starred in some quite embarrassing movies. Despite this, I found her performance in "The Eye" to be subdued and proper to the role, something that I was surprised by (she can actually act, wow!). I actually think the script was too limiting for Alba, and nearing the end, especially in the Mexican setting, she begins to almost look embarrassed because the script was so bad.

In sum, I liked the movie somewhat, although it can never compare to its original, much eerier predecessor; however, a little after half of the film, it starts to suffer from typical Hollywood syndrome. I actually think that the writers just thought that since Jessica Alba is part Mexican, that they should make her counterpart in the film Mexican and set in in a little dingy town that once again, stereotypes all Mexicans in the same light. For those who don't know, Mexico is not all shacks and slums and degradation. In sum, the film could have done much better if it had not resorted to this typical whitewashing of the American who has to save the poor third-world country peasant. That's why I'm giving it only three stars.

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