The Sixth Sense

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Summary: Amazing thought provoking film - 1 Glitch Found
Review: Sixth Sense captivated the 5 of us at my place as we watched the movie along with our big bags of buttered popcorn. We munched and crunched and were amazed at the star qualities portrayed by the young fella. He certainly deserved an Oscar or honorary award for his outstanding performance. Toni Collette did a pretty good job with her American accent. We enjoyed the twist and I must admit, I did not work out what was going on until the film allowed us to realize it. The glitch I found was when Bruce Willis was at the table talking to the little boy. He had a hair lick falling off his head and in the next cut to him the hair lick was conveniently slicked back into place. I can't believe a film nominated for an academy award could have such a glaring mistake. Thoroughly enjoyable nonetheless and watching it a 2nd time around should be worthwhile.

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Summary: For Shame (Revisited)
Review: Since my previous review never seemed to have made it to the posts, I will take a moment to reitterate what you didn't read... This movie was top notch and except for one flaw on the DVD release, one that's more than painfully aperrant in the other reviews, is worth every penny. My original review blasted the DVD releases ultra-annoying previews. I seem to be one of the lucky ones who can skip past them, one at a time, to get to the movie. It takes a few clicks and less than a minute, but this is not really the point. I stopped buying video because of mindless fat at the beginning, not just previews to bad films, but also the even more annoying commercials for products relating very little, if at all, to the movie or to movies in general. Add to this the fact that it's a COLLECTOR'S edition and I was fairly outraged. I really think that I would stop buying DVD altogether if this became the norm, just as I did with video. That's how much I love film and hate video. The movie is wonderful, A true work of film art that should be honored. The DVD is passable, and those responsible for it's poor execution should be chided.

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Summary: I sensed something good was going on...
Review: This movie was a revelation. Gripping, chilling and enjoyable from start to finish. The characters are great and the actors even better. Bruce Willis can act...no really he can..and this proves it! Hayley Joel Osment is a superstar waiting to happen...the best child actor I have ever seen. This film is an instant classic...buy it..you'll like it.

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Summary: 5 star, enjoy
Review: Excellent script, players, I have seen it in the movies, and the DVD version is worth watching it again and again.

After "American beauty" it the second best movie of the year.

Enjoy

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Summary: Wonderful
Review: When I first viewed the movie I was thinking it was going to be a horror flick but I was wrong. It is creepy at times but not scary. The acting was wonderful and it is even more interesting when you view it the second or third time. The only bad part was the previews on the DVD but it only took me a few seconds to fast forward through them .

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Summary: Movie=Excellent, Extras=Excellent, Previews=Annoying
Review: This is a great DVD, but not the greatest one you can buy. I'm glad I rented this before I rushed to Strawberries, this is a DVD that's only worth renting. I didn't see The Sixth Sense in theatres, but I saw the trailer online, I didn't see why people thought this movie was scary! BOY, WAS I WRONG. Try viewing the trailer first (It's not really hidden, but it's in an unfamiliar category, under "publicity"), and then seeing the movie. You will notice the trailer is NOTHING like the movie! The trailer makes it appear as an average, ordinary dramatic thriller, but the movie is anything but. If you want a good scare, and I mean a REAL good scare, a thrill, or a tear, watch The Sixth Sense. I mean, during the "Locked In The Dungeon" sequence, I could not blink at all, and the "temperature" sequence gave ME chills! And don't mention to me again the "lady in the kitchen" or the "vomiting ghost" sequences. The "free-writing" sequence was also a bit disturbing. Part of this is purely "R" material, but combined with religious refrences and Haley's moments to shine, it's fair enough to give it a "PG-13", though I wouldn't recommend this movie to people under 14. I will not tell you the ending, you MUST see it for yourself.

And the extras are terrific, but it has a tad too many interviews with M. Night Shyamalan. And here's a neat little extra, scroll down to the "chest" picture on the second "bonus materials" page and you'll get a pleasant little extra: M. Night Shyamalan's first horror movie! It's his home video horror film he made when he was about 12, so if you're into your hand-held camcorder or you have a flair for play acting (or if you're shaken up by The Sixth Sense), you must see this! It's not scary, it's actually funny! Some of M. Night's special effects attempts weren't bad, but the third and final effect packs a snicker: you can see the guys to the right holding up the "floating" hat! (The video's about a ghost). M. Night only provides a clip of it, he says the rest of it is "just terrible".

;)

But don't bother with the extended ending, it's boring and mushy, it's no scientific wonder they cut it out! (M. Night said he didn't want to, though)

The only down side, as you're well aware of, is the previews, sure, I was aware you can fast-forward them, and I would if my remote control didn't break! And believe it or not, some players, don't even HAVE a fast-forward function! And some of the previews are rated "R", so if by some crazy chance, your kid saw The Sixth Sense and rents it on DVD, you better hope your player can fast-forward!

So, in other words, this DVD isn't purchasing material, but it certainly is renting material! The extras are great, especially M. Night's first home video hoopla, and the movie sends a chill down your spine, but if you just put this DVD in your player, take a magazine. You're in for a long wait.

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Summary: Finally! A movie worth watching...
Review: After a 3 month slump of renting what we consider "dud" movies (but actually did fairly well at the box office), my husband and I marveled at the way in which The Sixth Sense pulled us out of movie dispair...it has it all- suspense, drama, action, romance, and the entire spectrum of human emotions. It is not afraid to make us think, and is one of the few movies that makes a second viewing a near necessity. The acting is spectacular...from little Hayley to Bruce Willis, to Donnie Wahlberg (who is hardly recognizable), and to the female roles...all wonderful performances. As for the DVD, the interviews with the director are a wonderful addition. Night's obvious (and well-justified) enthusiasm for his movie are reflected in the colorful interviews and explanations of his favorite scenes, those that were in the movie, and those he had to cut out. The deleted scene section was intriguing, as well as the way in which they describe the difficulties of designing the movie for both the "first timers" and "returning viewers". It is one of the first DVD's we've rented that took full advantage of the benefits of releasing a movie on DVD. Kudos to all involved in the film...it brightened my otherwise mundane weekend!

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Summary: The Sixth Sense
Review: This movie was great. After watching it I was left wondering why Haley Joel Osment didn't win the Oscar for best actor. The ending was great, and until the ending I had no clue what would happen. I would highly suggest buying this DVD. The deleted scenes and rules/clues feature are great.

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Summary: Tell The Studios NO to mandatory previews
Review: The movie is ubelievably good, but plenty of reviewers have said that. I want to focus on the Previews. Some have already said it's a bad idea. I want anyone who doesn't have the DVD to know once you insert the disk it plays the standard Studio/FBI intro as usual, which you can't push the "menu" button for, and goes straight into a LONG session of previews for other movies, which you also can't press the Menu button on.

I'm all for having previews on disks (and in fact I am frequently disappointed when the menu shows single slide ads for other movies but no actual preview), and would encourage all studios to add them where there is space on the disk.

HOWEVER... I think we need to make a stand and make sure the studios don't do this again, not this studio, not other studios. Do not put the previews at the front without a menu option! Do not, do not, do not!

Yes, please use the empty space on the disk to ad previews, but give us as people who BUY the movie the choice to choose them from the menu, don't shove them down our throats! If you want to do a different build for the rental releases thats fine, but as someone who purchased this movie outright, I object to being forced to sit through the previews.

The movie is a 5 star movie for sure, this DVD package with the damnable ads should be avoided at all costs.

Start a campaign, make sure the studios know we want the previews, but only as a menu choice if we choose to make it! If everyone buys the DVD anyway, they'll do more of it!

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Summary: A MUST SEE
Review: Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment should get ocars for this one. No matter what your movie interest are you will enjoy this movie. The things that Cole says really make you wonder if they are really around. The one that really got me was when he said that when you get a cold chills that's when they are mad. Hats off to Osment because there is no way that I could have played such a scary role at that age. Once you get to the end and learn the twist rewind it and watch it again to pay attention to all the things that you over looked.