‘The Eye’ Looks Horrific!
On December 26th, 2007
The directors who brought you “Them” to the silver screen. Now, bring you “The Eye.” David Moreau and Xavier Palud create a bone-chilling, supernatural thriller that plays with perception and reality — it appears to go beyond the boundaries of scary.
“The Eye” stars Jessica Alb, Alessandro Nivola and Parker Posey.
The story is about a beautiful, blind woman who gets a new pair of eyes. What those eyes see is horrific. Yikes!
“The Eye” is based on the remake of the Hong Kong film “Jian Gui”, a woman who receives an eye transplant that allows her to see into the supernatural world.
The movie opens February 1, 2008 — be ready to see scared.
Check out of the trailer at “The Eye.”
THE EYE hits theaters February 1st, 2008!
Wow. Although it’s not especially obvious if you haven’t seen Jian Gui, the big plot twist of the film is right there in the trailer.
A trailer with a giant spoiler right in it – nice move, studio heads.
Oh well.
You saw “Jian Gui.” What did you think of the flick?
It’d be interesting to compare the two.
From the trailer, it looks like every important effects-heavy scene from the original is present in the remake. Whether other, plot-heavy scenes are included with as much attention is not clear.
One of the creepiest sequences in the original took place on an elevator, and featured an entity whose bare feet floated above the floor. That sequence appears to have made the jump to the new film.
The effects budget for Jian Gui was, of course, smaller than the budget for this film. Even so, the sequence with the wall that changes while the protagonist watches in this trailer does not look as compelling as the same sequence from the original. I would say that Jian Gui is lit with a different tone than this remake – sometimes warm, sometimes cold, but never as harshly as some of the sequences in this trailer. Jian Gui seems to be shot with the knowledge that the scariest things lurk in the dark, and so the film keeps to the shadows.
Where it will be interesting to note differences is in the large-scale “mystery” the protagonist is trying to solve (It involves the dark figure in the hospital hallway, so the storyline is obviously present in the film) and how Hollywood will address the cultural differences between the two audiences.
Specifically, Jian Gui took a very credulous tack with the protagonist’s visions – other characters seemed a bit too quick to believe her. The spectres in Jian Gui match elements of traditional spiritualism from Chinese mythology. I expect the visions in this film will conform to western traditions.
I should also mention that Jian Gui is worth watching – it’s a very good spooky movie.
If you are/were a fan of Ringu, I think you’d enjoy it.
You offer some descriptive points about “The Eye” as a remake. I agree the budget is much more than the original version.
I will have to catch the original, even if it has subtitles. Most of these films are visual,sound to be scary anyway.
“Ringu” is popular and a strong following. It’s a little bit more fantasy,though. Don’t you think?
I think both movies are essentially fantasies, but you’re right in the sense that Ringu invents more of it’s mythology out of whole cloth while Jian Gui borrows from pre-existing myths & legends.
Awesome. Thanks so much for contributing information about these movies. “Ringu” definitely appears more of it’s own story, clever though. I am curious to see how well “The Eye” does at the box office.
Which song is at the end of the trailer?
Is there a soundtrack available for this movie?
I don’t know. But you can check out the web site: http://www.theeyethefilm.com. Also the music at the site is horrific too.
Let me know what you find out about the soundtrack.”)
I visited the movie site…I know that music. I own it. If that isn’t Blaqk Audio (aka Davey and Jade from AFI), then I’ll eat my socks.
…and by “own it”, I mean the c.d from which the music is from.
Awesome. Thanks for telling us about the film and music.
You might eat your socks; it’s up to you.
Headmistress, time for you to eat your socks. The song is “Lover I Don’t Have to Love” by Bright Eyes.
Go Girl, eat your socks!!!
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