Sixth Sense - The film

[yello]

"total misnomer".... that interests me.

I would have thought (dangerous statement that!) that the majority of people would think the 'the sixth sense' is all that ESP stuff. I wonder how many would even think of 'balance' as a sense? Certainly I didn't.

I don't doubt jimbo one bit.... perish the thought! .... I am sure there is a community of people that know/believe the 6th sense to be balance but whether that makes them 'right' or not is another matter.

After all, it's just a name... or a number, whichever. So, in that context, is it not the popular convention that is rightly used here?

Edit: benb's wiki link offered the following....

There is no firm agreement among neurologists as to the number of senses because of differing definitions of what constitutes a sense.

...I think I'm going to invent me some senses

 

[CopperBrompton]

It's one of those films where, if you heard beforehand there's a twist, you're fairly likely to guess it. You really have to be fortunate enough to have seen it before people started blabbing.

 

[mr_cellophane]

I thought The Others was a better twist 

"I see living people" 

 

[ChrisKH]

Can anyone remember the first name of the Bruce Willis character?

Kaiser Soze.

Oh no, that was the guy in the other film. Speicher look away!

 

[ChrisKH]

This is a total misnomer.

Along with our senses of Sight, Hearing, Touch, Smell and Taste ( the usual 5 ), our SIXTH sense is "Balance".

I thought it was a film about a Tightrope Walker.

According to 'QI: The Book of General Ignorance' we have at least nine senses. Pity I've forgotten them.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

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You're in for a treat then - a Bryan Singer classic. Brillant from the start all the way through to the end.
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It's well-made but overdone IMHO (and yes, I know I am in a minority of one here!). I got what was going on quite early on largely because I had been told it was a twisty film so I was looking for the clues - whereas I didn't know anything about The Sixth Sense when I saw it and even though it was a far simpler film, I didn't see it coming.

Now, Memento - there's a film I changed my mind about what was the 'truth' so many times I forgot who I was and what I was doing...

 

[Kirstie]

Now, Memento - there's a film I changed my mind about what was the 'truth' so many times I forgot who I was and what I was doing...

What a film!
I was about as gullible as it's possible to get with the sixth sense and didn't spot it until right at the end...

 

[benb]

According to 'QI: The Book of General Ignorance' we have at least nine senses. Pity I've forgotten them.

Read this.

 

[yello]

Memento is an astonishingly good film. So clever that you fry your brain if you think too much about it. The whole structure of the film mirrors and enhances the plot line, you get a very real empathy with the main character. Your confusion and uncertainty is exactly what he feels!

And the questions it asks about identity, and truth, and perspective.... how it all relates to memory.... heady stuff! Personally, I think it's a work of damn near perfection, of genius even. The whole package has been thought through, top to bottom and beginning to end. I can't recommend it highly enough.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Don't believe his lies!

 

[Brains]

Another good one with a twist at the end is "Angel Heart"
I remember suddenly getting the twist at the end 20 mins 'after' leaving the cinema!

(Which may explain why it did better as a cult DVD than as a film, as I'd guess many people did not quite understand it.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Heart

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Another good one with a twist at the end is "Angel Heart"
I remember suddenly getting the twist at the end 20 mins 'after' leaving the cinema!

(Which may explain why it did better as a cult DVD than as a film, as I'd guess many people did not quite understand it.)
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Angel_Heart

It had the added bonus, when I saw it as a teenager, of Lisa Bonet nekkid...

 

[yello]

It had the added bonus, when I saw it as a teenager, of Lisa Bonet nekkid...

Indeed! I read somewhere that it was much to the displeasure of Bill Cosby too, as Bonet was in the family-friendly 'The Crosby Show' at the time. Not quite the image he wanted!

Angel Heart has perhaps a more obvious twist than 6th 7th 8th nth Sense though... I mean Lou Cipher.... how much more signalled can it get!

I'm reminded (mainly by the Wallander thread, but it's more relevant to mention it here) of another favourite film of mine.... 'The Sweet Hereafter'. I love the slowness, the willingness to use silence, let the camera hang in an almost voyeuristic way. It also contains a really disturbing accident, one of the most chilling I think I've ever seen in cinema... when a school bus goes off the road and onto a frozen lake, then slowly disappears beneath the ice. It's heart stopping. You feel so helpless and hopeless, you can only watch.

I really like same director's prior film (Exotica) too. Similar feel in many ways but a totally different setting. I love films that give you space, don't tell you what to think.

 

[bauldbairn]

I thought The Others was a better twist

+1 - I liked "the Others" not seen it for ages. Wasn't Eric Sykes the Gardener?

Now, Memento - there's a film I changed my mind about what was the 'truth' so many times I forgot who I was and what I was doing...

+1 - we watched it again straight afterwards, very very clever plot!

 

[Reluctant cyclist]

Hi All,

My (now ex) wife told me the plot as we watched the film.....most annoying (but that is not why she is ex!)