Review of The Sixth Sense (1999) by Griffin H — 02 Aug 2013

I like the reflection in the recognition document from the Mayor at the beginning of the film.

The church is a big emphasis.

I like the cineophotography in the film with the odd angles. I liked the open spaces, the shadows and how reflections were used in this film.

I like the use of shadows.

I like the reflection in the silver door knob as the kid reached to open the door.

I was really surprised that there were not more scary things since I thought that the film was rated R. The only thing I can see that made this film PG-13 was the short moments of gore and frightening talk.

This film really did a great job at scarring the audience with the music, open and wide spaces, shadows, and by moments of silence. Really the only things that scared you were context clues which made you think something was going to pop up and scare you. They used a method used in Jaws where you knew that the shark was near but never saw the shark for the longest time. That same method was used in this film. You heard about the bad things but never saw them exact three or four times.

I liked how the way to resolve the problems of the film was by facing the problems head on and asking what they wanted because Bruce Willis character finally determined that the ghost were not purposely scaring the kid but wanted his help and by hearing out the ghost and what they wanted resolved made the fear of ghost go away.

The ending was interesting finding out Bruce Willis was a ghost as well. I still wonder how he was still able to move things around or was it all in his mind and something Bruce Willis character just wanted to see and was living a fail de reality.