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Summary: Bad To Decent Not Good Great
Review: I stand on thin ice when I criticize this film but I don't care. Bruce Willis's performance destroys the great performance of the young star Haley Joel Osment. A rediculous script is only kept afloat by a surprise ending that you'll question for days. Too many cons with too few pros make this a film worth seeing(If you have no car, one channel, and no VCR). Go rent a classic.
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Summary: My Favorite Movie!
Review: If you don't already have this, why? Are you waiting for something better? IT DOESN'T EXIST! This is as good as it gets! From the opening scene to the final second of the ingenious ending, it's ALL GOOD! Anyone can understand it, the ending is crystal clear. You won't be like, "what?" Even if somehow you are, the DVD has director's commentary that explains it....
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Summary: A Suprisingly 'Sense'-ative Film
Review: The Sixth Sense has gone onto become the highest grossing thriller of all time so as you might image it's better than the trailer suggests. The people at Touchstone decided to market this as a scary movie hoping to cash in at Halloween, if it had the legs to make it that far, and did it ever. But not for the reasons you might expect. Sense is a touching story of Cole, a confused young boy who sees ghosts and subsequently turns to a once-renowned psychitrist for help. Bruce Willis plays the part of Dr. Crowe to subtle perfection (I'll bet you never thought you'd see the word subtle to describe the man who brough us Die Hard and Armageddon). His disbelief in Cole lingers a little too long, but not long enough to weigh down the film's swift pace. The pieces start to come together and by the end provide us with a good jolt that will make repeat-viewing a must. It's a clever twist which the director had been building to all along and won't be caught by anyone but the most keen of viewers. My advice is to watch it without expectations because if you buy into the hype you're bound to be disappointed.
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Summary: Superb movie and a great DVD
Review: First, the movie. Definitely 5 stars, this is one of the best scary movies I've watched. Haley Joel is just incredible, I am more impressed by his performance every time I see it. What a shame he did not win an Oscar for this movie, I guess they just couldn't bear to give it to a kid. But boy, he sure makes this movie great. Bruce Willis as well does a great job, certainly his best role to date. All the cast was wonderful, and the story extremely well written, perfectly paced and with a wonderful surprise ending. I particularly like this movie as it didn't go out of its way to use blood and gore to scare you, it did it with a buildup of suspense and mainly through the terror and fear of the characters themselves. Excellent. Now, for the DVD. I love a DVD with plenty of extra material, and this one certainly has that. Always fun getting to watch scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor, and Night's first movies were a riot. Other extra like an interview with the directory and the making of the movie help round out a nice selection of extra features on the great DVD.
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Summary: Twist and Shout
Review: Twists are great in movies. They are especially great for the Box Office. It changes the audience's understanding of the rest of the movie and all they can talk about is why they didn't spot the twist sooner. Primal Fear had a great twist ending. Ditto, the Usual Suspects. Now, add The Sixth Sense to this list. Notice they all did great at the Box Office. The lesson to the studios is to put more surprises into their scripts. However, wheras Primal Fear and the Usual Suspects were overshadowed by their shocking revelations, The Sixth Sense will be remembered not so much for it's twist but for it's original story: a boy that sees dead people. Why hadn't this story been made before? It seemed so obvious. It is a child's worst nightmare - being able to see ghosts and not being able to tell anyone about it. The reason a movie like this wasn't made before was because the script required an adult performance from a 10 year old. Impossible? No, but it needed a very special kid. Perhaps there was only one child in 10 million who could have acted in this movie but fortunately, Haley Joel Osment defied the odds and got the part. He was a revelation. His performance seems only better when you look at other American child performances. Often, they can destroy a good movie with their annoying cuteness. Check out Liar, Liar. Osment was exemplary and honoured for it. I, for one, thought it unjust that his co-star didn't receive any such accolade. The performance of Bruce Willis was subtle and underwhelming. We never expected a surprise, simply because there never seemed anything out of place with this resolutely plain character. We saw an ordinary child psychiatrist desperate to help one of his patients. Willis, knew a lot more about the character but never over-emphasised it. So what, you ask? Well, Kevin Spacey won an Oscar for the same thing in Suspects. I expect a lot from this director now. Anytime, a director writes and direct, I question which one he did better. I can't decide in this case. His script was marvellous, with very few holes. But his direction was methodical and moody, creating a very spooky atmosphere. Kudos to Night on both counts.
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Summary: Dissappointing
Review: This movie had been so hyped-up that I was really expecting something special. Unfortunately, when I saw it I was disappointed. This movie is based on the same premise as so many other movies lately: "Dead people contact the living to help them solve their own murder." We saw it in "What Lies Beneath," "Stirs of Echoes" and many others. I could probably fill a page listing movies with a similar plotline. I have to admit that this movie did have a twist to the ending that I haven't seen before but that didn't make up for the routine nature of the plot. A lot has been said about Haley Osment, the actor that played the psychic child and what a phenomenal performance he gave. I'll admit that he did a good job,but the role was not extremely challenging. The entire movie he had the same expression on his face - sort of a like someone that is nauseous. "I'm nauseous. . . and I see dead people." The role really didn't require him to show much range of emotion (other than screaming occasionally). Other reviewers have pointed out the gaping holes in the plot so I won't repeat all of them, but suffice it to say that there are many. Example: Why would the girl that knows that one parent was poisoning her, not tell someone. Instead she decides that the best thing to do would be put it on video tape, then hide the tape so that - maybe- the right parent will find the tape and know what happened. That makes sense. I will mention one other one has to do with the ending. (If you haven't seen the movie and want to be surprised don't ready any further. ) On all of the "dead people," their wounds are clearly visible. The Willis character looks fine until the end of the movie. Then suddenly we see the bullet wound and blood. What makes him so different? Shouldn't he be walking around with a hole his chest and a bloody shirt? In summary, this is just a routine movie. The ending has a unique twist but you can't rate a movie based on the last five minutes. Taken as a whole, there isn't anything special here.
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Summary: better on the big screen
Review: When i first saw this movie in theaters, i was scared and amazed, even when i saw it a second time in theaters, i was still amazed! But, when it came out on dvd, i bought it and i was not as impressed with it on the tv for some reason, and i watched it on a BIG screen tv. The theater does something to a movies scare factor, and this is a perfect example of that. It is still a good movie with good acting by all, still pretty disturbing, still good story, and still sad in parts. But, it was 10x better in theaters. If you have not seen it at all yet, you will probably still get a good effect but, if you already have been told the ending, you won't get it all. the ending has to be one of the biggest shockers that i have ever seen in a movie! 9 out of 10! reccommended!
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Summary: An example of excellent writing, directing, and acting!
Review: "The Sixth Sense" is a great ghost story with an excellent script by writer/director M. Night Shyamalan. Haley Joel Osment, as the sad, lonely Cole, gives probably the strongest acting of any child actor - ever. Toni Collette gives a strong performance as Cole's loving single mother. Bruce Willis fits his role perfectly with a detached, quiet style of acting that not only works well in the watching of the movie but in light of the final plot twist. The cinematography and the musical score (by James Newton Howard) provide the perfect atmosphere: sad, dark, and ghostly. Unlike most movies these days that seem to be written for audiences with ADD, "The Sixth Sense" does not rush its pace but gives time for well-written dialogue. In the midst of the deluge of crap from Hollywood, "The Sixth Sense" shines as a beautiful exception filmed by a promising director.
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Summary: The extras are worth the DVD
Review: The extras on the DVD (making of, extra footage [which explains why it was cut, in my opinion], and the director's first horror film) were nice additions to an amazing story. By the way, the butler did it. Okay, so there _IS_ no butler. But, I can't say much more without running the risk of giving away the story, so I'll just stop here and say it's a great purchase. And, even with the knowledge of the story from a first viewing, it's worth a second and third watch.
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Summary: ...
Review: While the actual movie is pretty good, the DVD put out by Disney leaves much to be desired. It starts with six long previews of other Disney movies. And if that's not annoying enough, while the previews are playing, you can't access the main menu. You must use the chapter skip button and skip each one individually. .... The extra features are mostly interviews with the director and producers congratulating themselves on what a great movie and "cultural phenomenon" they created. Uh guys, while this movie is definitely better the normal Hollywood ..., it is still just an above-average Bruce Willis movie that borrows heavily from The Exorcist. ....
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