The Eye

** - I had considered at one point getting LASIK corrective eye surgery for my very poor vision, but after learning from this movie that the potential ramifications of this are seeing and occasionally being attacked by spirits and demons and such, I must admit that I have somewhat soured on the idea. In this 2008 horror/thriller, the Invisible Bitch from the “Fantastic Four” movies plays a blind violinist who has surgery to replace her corneas and immediately begins to see weird stuff from the life of the dead person from whom she received her new eye parts. Frankly, this sort of ridiculous plot is one of many that I have seen since starting my Netflix subscription that seem to be taken straight from the mind of Karl Pilkington. Relying on the specious and completely unsubstantiated concept of ‘cellular memory’ is one of the many failings of this film, the others including a poor script, crummy acting, and Alba not taking off her clothes off a single time. On a side note, I find it interesting that this flick is called “The Eye” and not “The Eyes”. I’m fairly certain that the lead character’s affliction was caused by both of her new ocular implants, so the reasoning behind using the singular in the title is just one more thing to not like about this film.