The Sixth Sense

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Summary: Terrific
Review: Great movie. This should have won for best picture, and not Shakespeare in Love. And the ending is a jolt, completely unexpected. This is one movie everyone should see!

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Summary: The Kizer Soce Effect
Review: When "The Sixth Sense" first came out I enjoyed it as a harmless, derivited popcorn drama- the "Twilight Zone" of it all. As time wore on and the public accolades pilled up my initial acceptance erroded as this supernatural TV movie was propelled by it's ending twist to "excellent" status and an Oscar nod for Best Picture, pushing out superior films ("Cider House" did that too, but not so much). The most blatent loser in all of this is the overlooking of the true best movie of 1999- David Fincher's mindblowing "Fight Club". Politics of both films aside each's biggest selling point is there remarkably similar reality-redefining twists and it's at even this point in which "Fight Club" comes up resoundingly superior. In terms of sheer deception (but with plenty of clues along the way to make you feel stupid) it buries "Sixth Sense" in ambitousness and even sheer length. Fincher not only perfectly intigrates his twist into the story, but it also perfectly coincides with the self denial of the character and the spirit of Chuck Palahiuk's novel. The difference is Fincher's twist is intrigal to the effect and overall message of the story, while "Sixth Sense" is meerly a nifty trick. A second viewing of "Sense" is a different side of the same coin, while "Fight Club" is almost a whole different movie whose double meanings and manipulation make "Sense" look even childish.

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Summary: My Parallax View
Review: This movie raised questions for me.

After we die do we get the opportunity to learn the important lessons we were created from and placed here to learn but failed to realize?

Do we get the opportunity to make ammends to others that we have failed (people who needed us that we were not there for [including ourselves])?

When do we begin to move beyond our Fears?

When do we begin to move beyond our Traditions?

When will humanity begin to look beyond that which only the physical eyes can see?

Will science ever be able to produce a workable context that produces positive results for mankind in the areas as phenomenal as psychology, philosophy, and spirituality?

When will the scientific community recognize that the phenomenon of Humanity constists of more than the material that is the physical body and the logic of mind?

And I also wonder after going through about eight pages of reviews for this movie, is there anyone who could tell me why this movie was named 'The Sixth Sense'?

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Summary: A terrific ghost story within a great DVD
Review: I won't talk about the plot and the acting, it's all been said before and I'm sure you know all about the film. You are probably here to find out if it is worth owning on DVD, and let me tell you it certainly is. There is a load of features on this disc, and the best part is the anamorphic widescreen presentation. No letterbox garbage here. One of the features is the first film done by the director when he was a child, along with several trailer and tv spot commericals. The picture is excellent, but as with all quiet dramas, you aren't going to impressed by the sound. Other than that, the Sixth Sense on DVD is a great buy.

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Summary: A Brilliantly engineered plot!! Got tears out at end!
Review: This movie requires objective as well as subjective but broad minded viewers. Put yourself in the role of the little boy and what he can see and then add the support of Bruce Willis to help understand what's going on. And finally wait for the final development of the relationship between mother and son and you will understand why people at the theaters went back again and again to see this one! You will be surprised and stunned and if you have a great heart then you too will find tears in your eyes! I want to hug Bruce Willis! Many Thanks to the Director and Producers!

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Summary: I SEE DEAD PEOPLE- Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) 6th Sense
Review: Among Willis' very good films- I'd say the DIE HARD TRILOGY, ARMAGEDDON and UNBREAKABLE. This one is another to add to the list. It is very, very, very good. It isn't a satanic movie, it's a good plot. There are people like Cole Sear who really do have problems like this. It is amazing! The acting of Haley Joel Osment was unexplanatorily excellent and unforgettable. It really is an emotional, thrilling film that can really get you. It isn't a horror movie by any means and is very good. M. Night Shyamalan (Unbreakable, Praying With Anger, Wide Awake) directs this film which is his best yet and Bruce Willis, Toni Collette and Haley Joel Osment are just great. Seeing the special features or behind the scenes look of the film may help you catch some things you couldn't catch before. See this film immediately!

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Summary: Great Movie Lousy DVD
Review: I would of given this DVD 5 stars if not for the previews. Right before the menu comes on there are five previews which spoiled the whole disc. You cannot fastforward through them either so you are forced to watch them everytime you put the DVD in the player. Let's hope more studios do not pick up this pratice like they did with VHS.

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Summary: Scary, entertaining, ahh, you know how it is...
Review: I have to say that this is one of the best horror films to come along in sometime. I don't know if I would call it a masterpiece, but it is definitely like nothing I've ever seen and has secured a permanent place in movie history. The cast is terrific together and this is for sure a career high for all of them. The writer-director M. Night Shylaman does a great job in creating a foggy and eerie atmosphere to give it that perfectly chilling effect. There are more than a few moments in the film that will for sure have your heart racing, your palms sweaty and your blood pumping. Also if the surprise ending hasn't been given away to you by now, then you're in for a treat with one'a the most jaw-dropping twists that I've ever seen. It all unfolds right before your very eyes and yet you don't even realize it until the end when the truth is revealed.

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Summary: Awesome movie!
Review: The Sixth Sense is a great movie! It's scary (sorta) and is definatley worth buyin'! I loved Cole. He was a great character. And the end of this movie is great and surprising! THe Sixth Sense is definatly one of the best movies i have ever seen! it's awesome!!!!

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Summary: Are you a good Doctor?...
Review: ...This question is asked of child psychologist Dr Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) by 10 year old Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment), somewhere mid relationship. It's very important to Cole because he wants to trust, and to tell his secret. Malcolm's answer "I got an award once, from the mayor" would seem to be a yes, but he's not so sure himself anymore.

About a year earlier, Malcolm and his wife Anna (Olivia Williams) were at home celebrating his receiving the award when an ex-patient Vincent, no longer a child and violently disturbed - having broken in, surprises them from where he had been hiding in their bedroom. He is scared, inconsolable and very angry with Malcolm for having failed him. In a fit of anguish he shoots Malcolm and kills himself.

Now a year later, Malcolm has concerns. Cole is exhibiting some of the same neuroses and signs of abnormal behavior reminiscent of Vincent. On top of that, he and Anna have grown distant, he can't seem to connect with her and he's definitely not helping Cole. But Cole, having come to trust Malcolm and encouraged by his gentleness and patience, is now ready to tell his secret... "I see dead people. Walking around like regular people. They don't see each other. They only see what they want to see. They don't know they're dead". Ghosts! Not nightmares, he's not sleeping - Cole sees them all the time.

At the mention of Ghosts some of us may be instantly turned off, especially if we do not much care for the use of Ghosts in movies - either for horror, as a gag or as a statement about the life beyond. Especially true if we don't believe in ghosts. The use of Ghosts here though, does not fall into any of these categories, and much more importantly it does not affect the plausibility or watchability of the movie in the least bit. We are drawn elsewhere. The action is with Cole and Malcolm and what is happening in their minds, psyches and relationships. Is Cole's mind slipping away into a state similar to Vincent's? Is Anna's love for Malcolm already gone? and back to where we began - Is the good doctor no longer any good, has he lost the ability to reach out and help? We know he has a gift - the mayor gave him an award. Malcolm is frustrated, puzzled, confused even. Why are things the way they are?

The answers come in a rush of awareness. Sudden, stunning clarity for Malcolm, and for us. An understanding of who was helping who. A conclusion that simply staggered me and made me want to watch the movie again to see what slipped by me before.