I just wonder what David Copperfield makes of all this.

The point was to join the secret society, not to make money.

When did they reveal the eye was real? The carousel? How do you know that wasn't just another illusion?

Simply put I think the message of the movie is to have faith. Have faith in yourself, in what you believe in, and in what you want in life. The reason they made it so elaborate and didn't use "real" magic so to keep you guessing until the end where they revealed that the "magic eye" was real.

Ok, lets put aside the fact that the film makes no connection between "The Eye" and the Illuminati, that the Illuminati is probably not real, and that if it is it would be hard to believe that its members would all believe in the supernatural.
My point was that the skills of the people recruited were ideal to fake the magic, but completely wrong to pull off a series of crimes of the century and dangerous car stunts.
"I'm entitled. Simple. End of.."

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Honestly, the whole plot of this thing was so stupid it's incredible it got made.
The term 'willing suspension of disbelief' must have been coined after this movie was made.
One of the dumbest movies i've seen in years.