The Sixth Sense

Bruce Willis features in a very different role on the blog. The 'Sixth Sense' was in someways similar to 'The Shining' but in my opinion slightly better because it had people trying to help the child instead of Jack Nicholson.

This film wasn't pure horror and I like that very much about it. I wasn't scared, it was a difficult subject but a very important subject. What I liked about it so much was that it had a plot that would have worked without any weirdness. Somewhat similar to Matilda but this time with a boy instead of a girl, from the first twenty minutes we get an idea of what the boy could do. Knowing things about his teachers and seeing things that aren't there- not like hallucinations as such but more of what is going to/ could happen.

One of the best scenes in the film was right towards the end when the boy is in the car with his mum, who has just missed his school play. The mum seems to think that the boy is upset with her for missing his school play. As a child we can hardly understand why our parents can't always be there to support us but as the mum points out- she works two jobs. As children we don't always appreciate the things that our parents do to help us out. Times can be tough for some people and they do what they have to do in order to keep us alive. I felt that the emotion in this scene is powerful beyond words. The essence of what it is to be a child was captured perfectly in this scene and also the trials that parents go through. Having children isn't a piece of a cake after a casual stroll in the park- it's something tough and testing that will accompany you through life.

I could have spent the time talking about Bruce Willis but 'The Sixth Sense' is made by the entire cast. Not one person stands out above the others and everyone pulls their weight. It may have been Bruce Willis' name that sold it and I will give it to him- he is playing a different character to the one that we have become accustomed to seeing in 'Die Hard' and his performance right at the end was super. Dying in the way that he did was perfect, not overdone and not pathetic either, just perfect.
The filming at the end- bringing it back to the beginning was also a really cool idea. Not original but just a decent way to end a story.