Rating: Summary: Pure Brilliance. Review: The Sixth Sense is ingenuis and pure brilliance. I was amazed at how good the acting was, I was thrilled with how good the story was and I was enthralled at how good the direction was. Dare I say one of the best movies of the century, and the best thriller ever made. The original and how-did-they-think-of-that-idea story is based on how Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) can see dead people and how Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) can help him with his problem. You have probably heard alot about this film, if you haven't seen it, you need to get together and go to the video store and see The Sixth Sense, because you can't miss it.
Rating: Summary: Why is this movie so hyped? Review: I give this movie two stars for the good acting of Osment, Wahlberg and the mother. Bruce Willis is woefully miscast as a psychologist, I think any other actor could have played that role better. He spoke in the same monotonous whisper for the whole movie, which is supposed to be construed as his great sensitivity. The script had such potential, but speaking from a psychological standpoint, it is just unforgivably loose and silly. What gives with the psychologist discussing his marital problems with a child schizophrenic patient? Then he tells him to just listen to what the voices tell him. Give me a break. I'll be sure to tell that to my schizophrenic patient who hears a voice telling him to jump off the World Trade Center.
Rating: Summary: Does an excellent ending compensate for a mediocre film? Review: Haley Joel Osment provides a strong proformance, Bruce Willis isn't half bad (he's not half good either). But "The Sixth Sense" stays flat-footed and mostly grounded because it doens't have atmosphere. Your never all too scared for the young boy or his dealing with his problem. It is an internal struggle that doesn't surface for the viewer. We can't relate and do to lack of character developement we don't want to. It has it's strong points however, M. Night Shyamalan looks like he knows what he is doing and the ending is phenominal. Watch it for yourself.
Rating: Summary: Why is it such a good movie? Review: Everybody were speaking about it. Sure it was worth speaking about, but not by so many at the same time. We all knew that it's about seeing dead people and actually this is the place where the plot ends. It's a film about seeing dead people. Stephen King's 'Langoliers' was the scariest movie for me for a long time. Watching it alone in a dark room mady you shake in your boots; or at least until we couldn't see the little critters, only hear them and feel the time disappearing. After watching this film I had to admit that this was even scarier than time stoping. You don't actually see it, the things that should scare you (like Fred Krueger did in your childhood), you just feel the tension...and see dead people in their true light for the first time in your life. Langoliers came when they were starting the plane and then the magic ended. To me the magic of this film vanished at an unknown point in the second half of it. I don't know what was the trigger, but then I realized that it isn't scary anymore. And even the ending wasn't what it was supposed to be - "gotcha, you didn't see it coming, did ya?" Now I have seen it many times and it is still there, the trigger. Even when I watch it in broad daylight I have to chew at my fingers. (After seeing it for the first time I couldn't stop imagining that my breath steamed and that maybe I was the only person who saw some of the passersby on the street, creepy.) Overall: The cast is great, especially young and very talented Haley Joel Osment. The music is just the right one for this kinda movie. But the plot has some holes that my eyes just can't slide over (where was Malcolm during that one year?) Rating: 4.5 (read: Highly Recommended)
Rating: Summary: Not bad Review: This movie is good, but not as good as everyone says it is. But it's definitely worth seeing. Check it out!
Rating: Summary: Entertaining enough Review: For the first 30 minutes or so, I thought I was going to be pleasantly surprised by this movie. The acting is generally pretty good and the photography, while not exactly groundbreaking, is intelligent and nicely done. The direction of the actors is pretty impressive, too, and occasionally even unique. I can see this director making a really good film at some point if he pays a bit more attention to his script. Unfortunately, midway through the movie it's already apparent that the story just doesn't make any sense. The "twist" ending is fairly easy to figure out before the end and is both intriguing and then silly once you think about it. It certainly doesn't wrap up much of anything in the movie. I had quite a few questions at the end --- most of which could only be answered in ways that would seriously upset the dramatic structure of the picture. Bruce Willis is fine --- he basically steps aside to let the kid do his business. Toni Colette is excellent as usual --- quite effective in a relatively underwritten role. The kid is impressive, but seems to have picked up a few bad habits early. He is really ACTING --- he seems like an adult actor, which is the main reason he impressed so many viewers. I'd be curious to see what he can do with a different director. I only hope he doesn't get ruined by the Hollywood system, because he does seem to have the potential to become a really great actor. Quite sensitive-seeming. All in all, the movie was pretty entertaining --- definitely held my interest. It just didn't make a lot of sense; I'm all for a bit of ambiguity, but the things that were ambiguous about this movie seemed to be the result of laziness. I feel a little bad accusing a filmmaker of laziness --- perhaps he's just more interested in other aspects of filmmaking. Everything except for the script does seem pretty darned tight and thoughtful.
Rating: Summary: My 3rd Favourite Movie. Review: The 6 Senses with this film are : Excellent acting, awesome screenplay, great director, good cinematography and a huge amount of money - and worth it! Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment who deserves an Oscar) is 9 year old boy with a problem. He can see dead people.....like regular people. Meet Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis who deserves an Academy Award Nomination), a child psycholigst who has been sent to help Cole, but can he? The Sixth Sense is worth every penny to buy off Amazon. So if you haven't seen it, I suggest you get your skates on and see dead people....oops I mean rent it from your video store!
Rating: Summary: I don't get it. Review: Talk about over hyping a movie. GEEEZ! What was the big deal, you people act like this is a state of the art movie that has never been done. The twist ending was obvious and the acting was poor. An obvious rip off of 2 or 3 movies (poltergeist, and excorsist) only it was a bad rip off. Thank god for American Beauty and Magnolia or this year would have been a total cinematic waste. ciao p.s. The "twist ending" is only a twist if you are of utterly low intelligence and adapt to Steven Seagul movies.
Rating: Summary: A Masterpiece For Horror Fans! Review: This movie has a very interesting plot to it. I guess that is why it had nominations for an Acadamy Award©. M. Night Shyamalan has done a wonderful job in bringing Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment together in this suspense thriller! This movie has a very interesting ending also...be sure to buy this film and find out what everybody is talking about. 5 stars all the way!
Rating: Summary: I see dead people Review: Oh my God! Haley is so scared and sad! And Bruce with his quite and caring way of speaking. I didn't expect the ending and came out of the theatre as all of the other people did without saying one word!
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