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Summary: Number 25 on my "Favorite Movie List"
Review: This is no. 25 on my "favorite movie list," starting off my top 25 favorite movies of all time. I first saw this movie in a movie theater on a cruise ship sailing off to the Bahamas. The opening titles began, and the "famous" first scene begins. Let's just say that seeing Vincent Gray take away his own life was so much scarier on the big screen than seeing it on video (like most of the movies on my list.) "The Sixth Sense" then twists and turns through wormholes of excitement as Cole (Haley Joel Osment) sees dead people and gets help from Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) who in the end, is actually dead himself. (That took 2 viewings of the film to figure out that one.) But, it will scare you but in a fun way so just go out and rent "The Sixth Sense."
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Summary: An actual thriller.
Review: In a movie world of "jump-scares" and graphic violence used at times only to grab attention and "thrill" the audience, The Sixth Sense is an actual bonified movie, maintaining the genre title thriller while crossing into greatness as more than just a cheap scare or two.The movie opens on a basement- a wife descends the stairwell, picks a bottle of wine and brings it up. The celebration upstairs is due to the awarding by the mayor to her husband, a renowned child psychologist. After an altercation with an intruder and a gunshot, we are taken from this bizzare opening to a park bench, the same psychologist, and a small boy. As of this moment we have no idea what this first scene means, and we're off to solve the mystery. "I see dead people" This line has become a staple of modern cinema. This, the main plotline to the movie is essential to the enigma. Are the ghosts harmful? We're certainly led to believe so, with such terror in the heart of our child lead, Cole- played with excellent skill and soul by Haley Joel Osment. But this plot actually becomes second to the silent conflict between Cole and Malcolm (the psychologist, played by Willis). Why is Cole hesitant to ask for help? Watch this movie for the genuine thrills, the awesome acting, the visual inspiration, and the conflict. Oh- and keep track of everything red.
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Summary: chilling with suspense
Review: This movie is incredible. I watched it through and then I went through and watched all the special features and deleted scenes. I also watched the rules and clues special feature and then watched the movie again. Each time it will open up new items to your attention but my only bad thing about it is that the music that keep playing is rather annoying, considering I heard it for three straight hours. Other than that, it's truly the best movie I've seen in a long while, and I've seen a lot.
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Summary: EXTREMELY OVERRATED
Review: I saw The Sixth Sense awhile ago and was bored to death by it. Not one second of it scared me and the actor's were too doggone serious throughout the film. The film makes absolutely no sense, I basically sat like a zombie in front of my T.V. pretending that I knew what was going on, but I didn't. I strongly DON'T recommend The Sixth Sense.
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Summary: Great Great movie 3rd best of 99
Review: This is one of the best thrillers (perhaps the best) I have ever seen. EVER! Willis and Osment are remarkable together and the story is so interesting. The whole movie has an eerie atmosphere about it until the very end. When I went to see this with my friends we were all talking about it for the next couple of hours and actually excited after seeing it. While viewing you really got the sense that it was a special movie. I knew right away that it would be nominated for the oscar for best picture. Best Picture winner American Beauty and the unnominated Being John Malkovich were superior films that year, but this definetly deserved the nomination and recognition that it is one of the best movies of all time.
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Summary: Truly insane?
Review: Whereas Unbreakable was a study of how a superhero might develop in a real world setting, The Sixth Sense delves into the possibility that those we consider to be insane may not necessarily be. Consider a youth so tormented by "mysterious voices" SUPPOSEDLY coming from the dead that he is eventually driven insane. Insane to the point that he comes back to murder the child psychiatrist (played by Bruce Willis) who tried to help him. And later, this same psychiatrist attempts to help another child (Haley Joel Osment) whom he comes to realize has the same problem. Consider, then, what happens in a real world setting when someone DOES actually hear voices from the dead? How do we treat these individuals? This movie is a perfect rendition of this; we would normally be compelled to believe that someone is mentally unstable...who truly knows in the end? This movie is rich in its depth and breadth of character and humanity. For it takes someone who IS dead to realize that a child CAN listen to the dead--and it is extremely ironic to think that a psychiatrist, armed with this knowledge, is unable to share this information with the world. However, the movie shines a hopeful light since he is now capable of helping this child! Granted, on a base level of story, this one is a ripping good yarn with a wonderful surprise ending, but it's also stunning if one sits back and realizes the complexity of issues surrounding those we label "insane."
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Summary: Some really good stuff, but too much inconsistency.
Review: Osment performed very well. I liked the sets, and the lighting created the appropriate mood. This could have been an outstanding movie, but alas, too many plot-holes, and too many unanswered questions. Not the good kind of unanswered--the kind of unanswered that shows that the creators of the movie couldn't think in a straight line. Why did Cole know Latin? Why did he know his teacher used to stutter? Why did Malcolm never wonder why he doesn't eat, shower, or sleep? Why would Cole's mother's grandmother leave the bumblebee pendant in Cole's bureau drawer? Where's the sense in that? Why did the dead people, hung by their necks, NOT KNOW THEY WERE DEAD?! And all three of them? What a co-ink-ee-dink! And Malcom's wife could NOT talk to him in her sleep. You cannot speak or hear when you're in the deepest stage of sleep, and if she had been in a stage light enough to hear Malcolm and speak to him, she would have startled awake from the freezing cold, his voice, or from hearing herself speak aloud. "Clues" could have been handled more delicately. It's just silly to have "insight" presented to us through Malcolm's flamboyant circling of script in his textbooks. I really liked how the two noxious kids who locked Cole in the closet didn't even get questioned or scolded for either a) locking him in there or b) standing there stupidly while he screamed and spazzed out. Also, this flick just wasn't that scary. I jumped once, and that's because I had the volume too darned loud. I'd expected a real spine-tingler. Too much sentimental stuff. Resonance is good in a movie--Cole going on about great-grandma seeing his mother's recital is not. This movie had some strong points, but the weak points kept nagging at me throughout the entire film. I had expected near-perfection considering the hype this movie got AND the Oscar nominations, to boot. :( However, it is kind of spooky to imagine that the reason we feel fear when we're alone is that there really ARE ghosts lurking in our midst. But then again, isn't hocus-pocus superstition what usually prompts fear in the first place? So I guess that speculation isn't too ingenious...... On an up note, I CAN skip over the previews with my Playstation 2. Wheee!!!!!
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Summary: Clever, Well-Crafted Thriller
Review: The Sixth Sense is a triumph of storytelling, with a good old-fashioned twist that brings goosebumps on the first viewing. Although I felt the very opening scenes were a little flat, at least until the appearance of Donnie Wahlberg in a role that definitely goes against type, but most of the rest of the movie rings true. There are some genuine "made you jump!" scenes, but the horror here is mostly psychological. My favorite scene: the camera holding steady on Willis's face as Osment reveals more and more of his secret and watching the terror sink in. It's not hard to see why this is one of the biggest box-office hits ever. Willis, never my favorite actor, is solid, and avoids the smarminess that sometimes defeats his natural charm, and of course Osment is at times heartbreakingly earnest in his portrayal of the boy. This movie isn't going to change your life, but it will entertain the hell out of you for a few hours.
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Summary: Well made film
Review: This film was great when I saw it in the theater, so I figured I would love to own the film. What I realized is this isn't a great flick the second time around. What made this movie great was the suspense of it, which is lost when you see it again. If you havn't seen it go rent it, it's great but I wouldn't consider it a "buy" movie.
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Summary: Slow, But Still A Brilliant Masterpiece
Review: M. Knight Shyamalan was put on the map with this film, as well as Haley Joel Osment. One of the highest grossing films of 1999, the Sixth Sense became an instant classic garnering repeat viewings from thousands of fans just to see what they missed. I'm not sure if the pace of the film is deliberately slow, but by the time you witness the last 15 minutes - because of the pace of the film - the ending seems to have a much bigger impact than if the movie was fast-paced and full of scares. But Bruce Willis does prove that he can be artsy and not only "John McClane-style", but the real performance was by Osment. He seems to portray the subtle innocence with such ease. But even without the great performances, Shyamalan's directing style would have been a sight to see!
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