Have you seen AI: Artificial Intelligence? He's awesome in it, and the ending, especially, makes me cry every time. Haley also played Forrest Gump's son.
@@NikkieTwix Haley was truly awesome in this film and some other's like, Pay it Forward...I loved that one too but, I wouldn't think to put him above child actors such as the late, Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley Temple, Natalie Wood & Mickey Rooney, for starters. But, I think it depends on what age group we're in as well.😊
I like that the teacher is shown not to be a terrible person and they're ok with eachother during the theater bit. Dude snapped under the unusual situation but isnt really a bad guy
And when he said "freak", it seemed like he was trying to stop himself from finishing the word, but it was like it was impossible to hold in once started. Like trying to stop yourself from peeing once a little comes out.
@@celinahatton2653 - Yup, both Sixth Sense and Usual Suspects are both movies that I will always remember where I was, and who I was with, when I first saw them.
@@Mr.Ekshin I wish it was possible to watch a movie for the first time more than once. Great films are of course wonderful to rewatch with the knowledge that you have, seeing all the things that were beautifully hidden in plain sight, but that initial feeling of your mind being blown is amazing.
When this film came out my father had passed away five years prior. That final scene between Hayley Joel Osment and Toni Collette had me bawling my eyes out in the movie theater
Same ~ my Mom passed away before I became a mom myself and that's the one question I always have asked myself, like I had no appreciation of how hard it is to be a parent until I became one, and now I always wonder : am I doing a good job Mom? Talk about ugly crying in a theater!
I'm sorry for your loss. you can always find him if you talk to him in your dreams. The voice carries whispers among the wind. In breath carried the weight that became you. When they spoke to God they made you and that weight she carried was you. But as Jesus says your yoke is light. And now more light is added to the sun. Then reflect off the moon. Every rotation will something to reflect on. God bless your father and God bless you.as among many ones. Proud of you. Thank you for sharing
I still remember seeing this back in 1999 and people losing their shit over that twist ending and everyone kicking themselves for not figuring it out sooner.
That's nothing! I saw it a full year later. I managed to avoid spoilers (just barely) & the only thing I knew is that there WAS a twist ending! And I STILL didn't figure it out until less than 5 minutes before the reveal! (much to my friends amusement)
I saw this movie a few weeks after it's release, and all people told me who saw it already, was that it was a great movie, and that it's a must see. No one - and I mean NO ONE spoiled it for me. Ahhh....back in the days when people respected the NO SPOILER code of honor. lol
First time I saw it, when Bruce is shot in the belly at the start, I said he's dead. Then the next scene was him still alive and I thought ok its Hollywood.
One of the cool things about this movie is that when you watch it again, the story takes on a whole new but equally rich meaning. Such as near the end when Cole says, "I'm not going to see you again, am I?" And we realize why Cole has been so unresponsive to the doctor--he's just another ghost haunting him--until it becomes clear that the doctor wants to help and very well may be able to. One thing, though--I never believe anyone who says they saw the twist ending coming. :)
I can see some thinking something was off, than saying "I knew it" after the reveal. Though they didn't have the specifics. Though it's certainly possible to catch on if you know the director beforehand and that's he's so known for the twist at the end, because then you watch everything that happens in that lens.
The twist was harder to spot when it came out than now, mostly because of the influence of this movie itself. Not that there were never twists before, but this big twist was such a huge thing that pretty much the entire horror genre tried to replicate it for years to come, and really have never stopped trying. Now people are trained to look for a big twist, so it likely stands out more for current audiences. Edit to add that most of the clues you picked up on, the over-big ignoring at the dinner and such, I (and I'd say most others when this came out) chalked up to bad scripting or directing rather than an intentional hint. That's what I mean when I say current audiences have now been trained to see this as a hint for a twist, since a twist is far more expected.
I figured it out when the boy says I see dead people as he's looking at Bruce Willis. My mom figured it out almost from the beginning. She's very well read.
There were clues all through the film. Dr Crowe was never shown in an office with a patient, certainly not with Cole. When Cole goes into the murdered daughter's room, Crowe doesn't show up in the silver doorknob reflection and when the door opens, Cole's shadow is cast on the floor but not Crowe's. What comes across as a 'twist' is not so much twist as the viewer imposing their own expectations and preconceptions on what they're watching. Shyamalan is a highly-perceptive, visionary storyteller. But the story he's telling is not confined by genre, it's obscured by genre. The Sixth Sense is not a 'ghost' story per se. Signs is not an 'alien invasion' movie, really. Unbreakable is not a 'superhero' movie either. But they are costumed in the genres while telling a far more compelling and realistic story about human beings, their relationships, and their emotions. The intent in all Shyamalan movies is not to 'get' you with the twist, it's not his 'gimmick'. This is how he tells stories of love and loss and sincere struggle and redemption and healing. If you miss the obvious clues, blame your own perceptions and expectations.
If by "over-big ignoring" at dinner, you are talking about the anniversary scene, that was 100% intentional and GOOD directing. I used to have the DVD with the commentary and they talked about just how much attention they paid to the clues they laid. Edit: I haven't watched it yet so I may update this comment if I'm wrong. Edit 2: Just finished the video. Yep, You are mistaken. All of those clues were 100% intentional and not "bad directing" or "bad scripting." In the commentary they talked about how they made sure that no one spoke directly to Bruce Willis's character. They used the dinner scene and the scene when Cole comes home and sees his mom and the therapist in the chair sitting across from each other as examples. You never see them talking, you just kind of assume they were talking. The color red is also another intentional clue. Everything affected by ghosts is red. So the wife was wearing red at the dinner. Cole's mom wears a red shawl. The doornob to the basement is red. The mother who poisened her child wears red. and so on
Toni Colette is a total goddess. No one can “ugly cry” like she can. She should have won an Oscar for her first film Muriel’s Wedding (another great movie possibly for you guys).
M. Night Shyamalan gets a lot of crap, but I actually love his movies. He tends to make modern day parables. If you want to watch another great one by him, try Signs. I've seen this and Signs multiple times, and I always get emotional. Glad you guys liked this one!
Guys, i really loved your reaction. You really respected all the dramatic aspect of the movie by not saying stupid things like some youtubers do in dramatic, intense scenes. Really appreciated!! You have to watch The Others (2001) with Nicole Kidman. You'll be blown away!
Great catches on all fronts. Also, remember when you guys remarked how the kid was speed walking at the beginning of the movie. The kid could see him and knew he was dead, and was actually trying to avid him. And when he agreed to talk with him, it was the first time he was able to speak with one of the dead people he sees without being afraid. And this eludes to the fact that Cole was helping the doc. the whole time deal with his own death.
I saw this when I was 12. This was the first good time a movie had done the "he was a ghost all along." It was a HUGE twist that no one saw coming and made this movie the epic movie it is. Too bad it was "duplicated" and parodied so much after cause people who see this today aren't impacted as much as when people in 1999 saw it.
It is a shame man, because I've seen this formula copied in some sort of way over the years and not as good either might I add. It helped me catch on far more early in the movie; I can't imagine the reaction of people when this first came out.
The opening shooter was Donnie Wahlberg. NO ONE recognizes him. He lost a ton of weight for the role. I absolutely love this movie, and it holds up to repeated viewing. The doctor asking about the cuts and bruises is the director.
Vincent, the one who shot Willis’ character at the beginning, is Danny Wahlberg: one of five members of the once famous boy band New Kids on the Block (late 80’s thru early 90’s), and brother to Mark Wahlberg (actor and once upon a time singer).
In my opinion, Haley Joel Osment is the best child actor ever. He was absolutely brilliant in everything he played. I also think that Dakota Fanning is a close second. Just my opinion, though.
One of things I found to be sooo wonderful when the movie first came out was how people would protect the ending for others. My son's girlfriend saw the movie with her family and then said that she and he HAD to see it on their next date. She just told him it was a fabulous movie and left it at that. The next morning my son told me I needed to see the movie and just that it was a great movie. He and I went to see it that night. Then I told my sister and best friend they HAD to see the movie, it defied description, just have to see it 🙂 So the three of us went a few nights later. I love how everyone wanted to preserve the experience for the next person. ❤️. Just too good to spoil.
It's amazing how talented Haley Joel Osment was when he was acting. I remember watching the movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence when I was young almost every day. I really need to watch that again. It's beautiful. I'm thankful I got to experience and grow up with these stories.
I'm late to the party but I wanted to mention that in the DVD commentary, it's mentioned that the color red was used to symbolize the spirit world. Anytime you see the color red, there are ghosts/spirits near by.
The car scene! Just two actors in a car repeating dialogue. It's an example of great script writing. No CG. No explosions. Just solid acting and line delivery.
25:05 It's Munhausen by Proxy - when it's by proxy rather than hurting yourself or making yourself sick as a way of getting attention or validation, you're making someone in your care like a child or an elderly person sick as a means of getting attention or validation (basically creating a reason for you to be useful to someone, creating a "she needs me, I look after her" situation causing other people to say things like "He's such a tower of strength, the way he looks after his mother" or "we couldn't get without her"). The intention isn't for the victim to die however, just to stay sick for years, if not for life (they get sick, they go to the hospital, they get better, they come home, they get sick again), not sure if the scriptwriters didn't know that or if we're supposed to think that the mum gave her too much by accident.
Maybe she did mean to kill her daughter. Look at her red dress after the funeral while everyone else was in black. And she was enjoying herself! Plus she had another daughter she could poison.
@@TallyDrake Yeah I figured that even though she didn't mean to kill her she still got a lot of attention out of it, all the sympathy, flowers, hand holding. It's also what I meant when I said that the scriptwriters might not have known that the intention usually isn't for them to die. That's only what I've heard though.
@@agenttheater5 i dont rememver but i think she was the stepmother. Not sure because i havent see it in a while but i think it was said in the coments of the movie.
If you rewatch the movie you’ll see the color red in strategic moments, particularly the door knob. M. Knight Shymalan used red symbolizes the closeness between this world and the next. The girl’s mom wore red to the funeral. The doctor’s wife wore red on their anniversary. The boy’s mom is wearing red in the conversation in the car about the grandmother.
Toni Collette has been in some great movies, Hereditary is phenomenal psychological thriller & Knives Out is a great mystery crime drama in case you haven't seen them. Highly recommend them!
When the boy says, I see dead people, I figured out the twist. My mom figured it out practically from the beginning of the movie. She's very well read so I wasn't surprised by it. She figured it out when he had his first dinner with his wife.
The scene where cole was locked in the closet tramatized me to no return, I could never watch this movie alone or with the lights out! I believe in ghost and this freaked me tf out!!!
M. Night Shyamalan's movies always have crazy twists, but with a deep meaning. In this movie, he was the ER doctor that pointed out the bruises on Cole. As Stephen King often did in his movies, M. Night Shyamalan usually plays a small role in his movies too.
This movie kept me on an emotional roller coaster. I used to have weird feelings when I was a child and was committed to a psych ward, even though a lot of times what I said would happen DID happen. I stopped thinking so much because it would get me in trouble. This movie rocked me, Cole was so sadly mature and misguided.
Vincent the shooter, that is Donnie Wahlberg, re:new kids on the block and Mark Wahlberg/MarkyMark’s big brother. It’s mind blowing that he delivered that performance. It was brilliant.
This movie is the reason I never went to film school. I was a theatre major in college because acting is my dream, but while I love the stage I've always been more drawn to the screen. So I took some film classes to round out some credits, and briefly considered going back to school to study film once my acting degree had been won. Then this film was shown in a class run by one of the film department heads. I had seen it before, but was happy to dig a little deeper. However, our professor shocked us at the end by revealing that this film was *not, in fact, a ghost story*. It was a story about a mom abusing her kid and a psychiatrist failing to see that. She had three reasons for this take. 1. "Shyamalan's wife is a doctor who has dealt with cases like this and she was consulted heavily in the crafting of Cole's character". Yes...to set up abuse as a red herring. It's easy to forget that "I See Dead People" was supposed to be a mid-film twist that the trailers spoiled, so we're set up to think abuse was happening before that bombshell is dropped. I repeat: one of the film department heads at my college actually fell for a red herring and insisted it was still true after the actual plot is revealed. 2. "So-called 'Ghosts' in this movie can interact with the physical world. Ghosts can't do that." It depends on the lore of the story and the type of spirit you're dealing with. Ever hear of a Poltergiest? I tried to correct her on that in class along with another student in thr back who was a self-proclaimed occult expert, but we were dismissed and ignored. 3. This is the kicker, the last straw. "Ghost Stories are low art. The Sixth Sense is a good movie, therefore it cannot be a Ghost Story". I think that speaks for itself. And it was not the first or last time I would hear such pretentious, gatekeeping, dismissive, and just plain wrong attitudes come from a film professor or film student. And I decided I would never, ever waste my time studying film in an academic setting that encourages such pompous trains of thought.
Your professor sounds so annoying, how do they in any way explain the kids interaction with people who are dead and pass away? Like it's all filler? It never happened? I don't understand how they focus so hard on that one instance in the movie. Film people can be pretty annoying, they sometimes think they see a "deeper" or "bigger" picture to a movie and it makes them smarter; it's sad. What a buzz kill.
@@OctoKrool please react to An American Werewolf In London (1981). It's my favorite werewolf movie of all time. The practical effects were nominated & won an Oscar for special makeup effects. The Oscars created a new catagory to be able to give Rick Baker who did the practical effects in this film an Oscar. John Landis who directed this movie had only directed comedy films before this movie & only did two other horror films after this film Twilight Zone The Movie & the crappy An American Werewolf In Paris movie. He eventually went back to comedy films with Coming To America. This is my favorite horror movie of the 80s with A Nightmare On Elm Street as second favorite.
@@OctoKrool I mean there often are bigger and deeper pictures to movies, which is what makes many truly great movies great. But to dismiss that it could exist in certain genres or that certain genres are default "low art" is idiotic at best and downright classist at worst. Remember, in their day the works of Shakespere were the equivilent of "cheap popcorn flicks" to the average nobleperson.
Definitly a horror/suspense fan "must-see" When you realize that Malcolm was actually the first ghost Cole decided to talk to. Malcolm only helped him realize how good of an idea that was. Cole realized talking to ghosts helps himself.
Glad your enjoyed this. Unbreakable, Signs, The Village, The Visit, Split and Glass are the best films by this director. Anyone of these would make a great reaction video, the trilogy of Unbreakable, Split and Glass is pretty awesome.
This is a great reaction guys. I see’d you crying when he told his mum about his grandma. I don’t know anyone with a heart that couldn’t cry at that point.
It honestly hit me hard because I had a really good relationship with my grandma and when she passed away it was incredibly painful; that one part started bringing back those emotions again.
@@OctoKrool I think it would be someone not human to not be moved by that scene. When we lose people close to us I think we can all relate to Toni Collette.
Hayley Joel Osmont's earliest role was as Forest Gump Junior in (1994), then he was great in A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) in 2001, and Pay It Forward in 2003 or around then. He was also good in "I'll Follow You Down" as a young adult.
It's amazing how easy it was to miss things the first time round. The anniversary scene in the restaurant with only one setting at the table. I know I'm late to the party but I'm currently making my way through your entire channel. Love the content. Keep up the great work.
New sub based on this. One of the many easter eggs in the film re: the correlation between Cole and Vincent not a lot of people notice is that they both have poliosis, which often manifests as a streak of white hair. (There used to be a belief that if someone was frightened sufficiently their hair would turn white overnight.)
This film was HUGE when it came out. #1 at the box office for a couple of months and made a ton of money. The director, M. Night Shyamalan, played the doctor that examined Cole. Check out "Unbreakable" and "Signs" by him, too.
You guys are so fun and wholesome - I really enjoyed watching along with you! It's interesting to see people react to this one; the twist really gets to you.
One of the greatest plot twists in film history. This was also kind of a comeback film for Bruce Willis, his stardom had kinda slowed down. Great reaction guys 👍🏽✌🏾🔥
Great video guys!! I could see how the same parts that resonated with me did the same for you both. This movie is truly one of the best I have seen and both Haley Joel Osment and Bruce Willis do a phenomenal job making you feel both characters.
I saw this movie in the theater and no one saw the twist coming. We went and saw it again - the second watch was also interesting to spot all the clues you missed the first time around.
The patient in the start of the movie that shoots himself is Donnie Walberg from New Kids On the Block. ;) He did an amazing job. He turned out to be a good actor. Him and his brother both.
@Carl Stone what does an actors religious beliefs have to do with their acting ability? Same as Tom Cruise and his Scientology has nothing to do with the fact that he is one of the greatest action movie stars. Nobody cares & nobody asked.
The mother keeping her kids sick is called *Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy* *Eminem's* mother did the same But I was expecting a bigger surprise when you found out the guy was dead the whole time similar to the movie *(Ghost)*
Its actually munchausen syndrome by proxy, munchausen syndrome is when a person makes themselves ill for sympathy and attention, by proxy is when they make someone in their care sick so that they get sympathy or attention or to be treated like a hero for saving them.
I was a little kid when I first saw this, my older sisters insisting I watch it with them so they could scare me, but I figured out the big twist by about 8:41. My sisters lost it 😆
Definitely worth doing a second reaction now you know the twist. You can see that no one other than the kid interacts with Bruce and the kid looks surprised sometimes to see him near. It is brilliant acting and directing all around.
I don't know how I found you guys, but I have gotten NO recording done today because of me binging your channel!🤣😫 You guys are great. Keep up the great work!
Great reaction guys! Some of those clues are perhaps a little "on the nose" nowadays. But back then, can you even imagine not seeing the ending coming? You're freaking heads would've exploded.
That's the thing a lot of movies have tried copying this formula so we got on a little earlier, but my god I can't imagine the reaction of people in theaters seeing this for the first time; it must have been such a great experience!
Exactly! It’s that first time experience that shook everyone. Just like when the original Saw came out. NO ONE expected that ending. Our jaws were all on the floor when we found out who Jigsaw was
Haley Joel Osment, that kid who played Cole, was only 5 years old when he played "little Forest" Gump Jr. in "Forrest Gump". If you haven't seen that movie, starring Tom Hanks, watch it. If you have seen it, check out the kid's acting chops at 5 yrs old. Also, Haley was in a nice little movie called "Second Hand Lions" when he was a teenager. And this movie, "The 6th Sense" was perfection in terms of suspense.
I just found this video and I absolutely loved your reactions. When the emotions hit you they hit me all over again. Thanks for making this, it was great!! It's nice to see siblings making videos together too.
Love u guys! Also I wanted to comment on the Boyz In The Hood reaction. Love there are still men out there who would cry in a movie. Thank u. You are amazing. You are good people.
I saw this movie for the first time in the theater when it was released in 1999. Of course, nobody suspected the amazing twist! I remember having to watch it again because I was convinced Bruce Willis's character interacted with others and of course, I was wrong. This movie is such an icon and has influenced pop culture in so many different ways, it would be difficult for anyone to watch it now and not guess the surprise ending. But even so, this film holds up. The performances are stellar and it still packs an emotional punch after all these years. I'm not crying...you're crying!!
A+++++++ for the fantastic reaction you guys did. Both of you should watch some of the other M.Night Shyamalan films together: "Unbreakable," "Signs," "The Village," "The Lady in the Water," "The Happening," "Split," "Glass," and "The Visit." All of them contain his infamous twists and top notch actors.
I love watching a reaction video of this when most people come to dislike the wife because Willis trying to help Cole and fix his marriage, but she is cold, distant and seemingly about to have an affair. But when you rewatch the film your opinion of her completely changes. You realize that she misses her husband and is in mourning and can't move on. She rewatches their wedding video and still celebrates their anniversary. The co-worker who shows an interest in her - you think he's a scumbag who's trying to sleep with a married woman, but he's actually a work-friend who is trying to start a relationship with a woman who has been a widow for about a year.
love how emotional you guys are. You should react to The Lake House. It is an incredible classic with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reves. You'd love it I'm sure. Great reaction you guys
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Part of the reason why the wife couldn't let go is because his presense has literally been haunting her since he died. Unintentionally...but still.
Yes. She really was talking to him; she just didn't know he was there.
the scene in the car with his mom... oh man. this kid deserved tons of awards.
It makes me tear up that scene
My favorite scene!!
Amen!! actually the mom made me sobs.
also the actor playing mom.
Have you seen AI: Artificial Intelligence? He's awesome in it, and the ending, especially, makes me cry every time.
Haley also played Forrest Gump's son.
The final scene with Cole and his mother in the car makes me cry every time.
I must have seen it at least thirty times and I still choke up
I Did even watching this reaction video. Every Time!
It’s the “look at me” every time 😭
Me, too. Toni Collette got an Oscar nomination for this role - very deserved.
Same. Every single time.
Haley Joel Osment was actually nominated for an Oscar for this movie. (One of the youngest people ever.)
He completely deserved it, one of the best child actors ever, maybe even the best
@@NikkieTwix Haley was truly awesome in this film and some other's like, Pay it Forward...I loved that one too but, I wouldn't think to put him above child actors such as the late, Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley Temple, Natalie Wood & Mickey Rooney, for starters. But, I think it depends on what age group we're in as well.😊
He’s a professional
Tatum O'Neal actually won an Oscar at 10 years of age for Paper Moon.
Roddy McDowell. Jodie Foster.
I like that the teacher is shown not to be a terrible person and they're ok with eachother during the theater bit. Dude snapped under the unusual situation but isnt really a bad guy
And when he said "freak", it seemed like he was trying to stop himself from finishing the word, but it was like it was impossible to hold in once started. Like trying to stop yourself from peeing once a little comes out.
I wish I could watch this movie again for the first time.
My reaction to this film reminded me of seeing The Usual Suspects.
@@celinahatton2653 - Yup, both Sixth Sense and Usual Suspects are both movies that I will always remember where I was, and who I was with, when I first saw them.
@@Mr.Ekshin I wish it was possible to watch a movie for the first time more than once. Great films are of course wonderful to rewatch with the knowledge that you have, seeing all the things that were beautifully hidden in plain sight, but that initial feeling of your mind being blown is amazing.
Same
I saw it in the theater. In the end, you could literally hear the thump of everyone's jaw hitting the floor.
When this film came out my father had passed away five years prior. That final scene between Hayley Joel Osment and Toni Collette had me bawling my eyes out in the movie theater
Same ~ my Mom passed away before I became a mom myself and that's the one question I always have asked myself, like I had no appreciation of how hard it is to be a parent until I became one, and now I always wonder : am I doing a good job Mom? Talk about ugly crying in a theater!
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@@lilychris811 i love you
I'm sorry for your loss. you can always find him if you talk to him in your dreams. The voice carries whispers among the wind. In breath carried the weight that became you. When they spoke to God they made you and that weight she carried was you. But as Jesus says your yoke is light. And now more light is added to the sun. Then reflect off the moon. Every rotation will something to reflect on. God bless your father and God bless you.as among many ones. Proud of you. Thank you for sharing
I still remember seeing this back in 1999 and people losing their shit over that twist ending and everyone kicking themselves for not figuring it out sooner.
That's nothing! I saw it a full year later. I managed to avoid spoilers (just barely) & the only thing I knew is that there WAS a twist ending!
And I STILL didn't figure it out until less than 5 minutes before the reveal! (much to my friends amusement)
Social media would've ruined it for millions. So glad it came out before this mess. lol
I saw this movie a few weeks after it's release, and all people told me who saw it already, was that it was a great movie, and that it's a must see. No one - and I mean NO ONE spoiled it for me. Ahhh....back in the days when people respected the NO SPOILER code of honor. lol
I had no idea he was dead. I knew there was something very off but I just had no idea what. I felt so dumb by the end!
First time I saw it, when Bruce is shot in the belly at the start, I said he's dead. Then the next scene was him still alive and I thought ok its Hollywood.
One of the cool things about this movie is that when you watch it again, the story takes on a whole new but equally rich meaning. Such as near the end when Cole says, "I'm not going to see you again, am I?" And we realize why Cole has been so unresponsive to the doctor--he's just another ghost haunting him--until it becomes clear that the doctor wants to help and very well may be able to. One thing, though--I never believe anyone who says they saw the twist ending coming. :)
I can see some thinking something was off, than saying "I knew it" after the reveal. Though they didn't have the specifics.
Though it's certainly possible to catch on if you know the director beforehand and that's he's so known for the twist at the end, because then you watch everything that happens in that lens.
Me either. My husband usually irritates me because he can almost always predict how a movie will end.........even he admits he never saw this coming.
Agree on your last sentence. I've met quite a few people who've claimed that and it's straight lies
Some people guess at the hospital scene "i see drad people..all the time... they don't know they're dead"
Nobody saw the ending coming
When I first saw this I didn’t even recognize that Vincent Grey was Donnie Wahlberg. He was good in that role.
I was hoping someone would point that out.
He lost weight to fit that role
I did not realize that until I saw this reaction!
@@suvijii841 He did a great job, didn’t he? 😀
@@JosieSchuller He did! And only with a few lines!
The twist was harder to spot when it came out than now, mostly because of the influence of this movie itself. Not that there were never twists before, but this big twist was such a huge thing that pretty much the entire horror genre tried to replicate it for years to come, and really have never stopped trying. Now people are trained to look for a big twist, so it likely stands out more for current audiences.
Edit to add that most of the clues you picked up on, the over-big ignoring at the dinner and such, I (and I'd say most others when this came out) chalked up to bad scripting or directing rather than an intentional hint. That's what I mean when I say current audiences have now been trained to see this as a hint for a twist, since a twist is far more expected.
Shaymalan is notorious now for always having a twist in every movie, too. Back then, he was a nobody who nobody heard of.
I figured it out when the boy says I see dead people as he's looking at Bruce Willis. My mom figured it out almost from the beginning. She's very well read.
There were clues all through the film. Dr Crowe was never shown in an office with a patient, certainly not with Cole. When Cole goes into the murdered daughter's room, Crowe doesn't show up in the silver doorknob reflection and when the door opens, Cole's shadow is cast on the floor but not Crowe's.
What comes across as a 'twist' is not so much twist as the viewer imposing their own expectations and preconceptions on what they're watching. Shyamalan is a highly-perceptive, visionary storyteller. But the story he's telling is not confined by genre, it's obscured by genre. The Sixth Sense is not a 'ghost' story per se. Signs is not an 'alien invasion' movie, really. Unbreakable is not a 'superhero' movie either. But they are costumed in the genres while telling a far more compelling and realistic story about human beings, their relationships, and their emotions.
The intent in all Shyamalan movies is not to 'get' you with the twist, it's not his 'gimmick'. This is how he tells stories of love and loss and sincere struggle and redemption and healing. If you miss the obvious clues, blame your own perceptions and expectations.
If by "over-big ignoring" at dinner, you are talking about the anniversary scene, that was 100% intentional and GOOD directing. I used to have the DVD with the commentary and they talked about just how much attention they paid to the clues they laid.
Edit: I haven't watched it yet so I may update this comment if I'm wrong.
Edit 2: Just finished the video. Yep, You are mistaken. All of those clues were 100% intentional and not "bad directing" or "bad scripting." In the commentary they talked about how they made sure that no one spoke directly to Bruce Willis's character. They used the dinner scene and the scene when Cole comes home and sees his mom and the therapist in the chair sitting across from each other as examples. You never see them talking, you just kind of assume they were talking.
The color red is also another intentional clue. Everything affected by ghosts is red. So the wife was wearing red at the dinner. Cole's mom wears a red shawl. The doornob to the basement is red. The mother who poisened her child wears red. and so on
The scene with Kyra's father... You see the love and then the hurt and pain... Pure torment in those eyes
Great acting. I wonder if he still acts or had a bigger role after this..
Toni Colette is a total goddess. No one can “ugly cry” like she can. She should have won an Oscar for her first film Muriel’s Wedding (another great movie possibly for you guys).
One of the greatest robberies ever committed is when she didn’t win, let alone get nominated for best actress in 2019..
Muriel's Wedding is an amazing film.
Yes. Please watch Muriel’s Wedding!
I thought she was fantastic in 'Hereditary'.
She was good in the third XXX movie.
That car scene was my favorite scene of the entire film.
Yesssssssssssss
Every time I watch that scene I can tell my wife is cutting onions in the kitchen. It's such a coincidence.
Toni plays the shit out of it!
Me to that's where I start crying!!
Yes it still gives me goosebumps that part 🤣😂🤣😂
M. Night Shyamalan gets a lot of crap, but I actually love his movies. He tends to make modern day parables. If you want to watch another great one by him, try Signs. I've seen this and Signs multiple times, and I always get emotional. Glad you guys liked this one!
His attempt at Avatar: The Last Air Bender was bullshit though. He shouldn’t have tried and it ruined his reputation
He’s known as the twist guy now, every film he makes has to have a twist in it...
I liked Lady in the Water
Signs and The Village. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
@@mena94x3 YES, love The Village!
Can't believe I'm sitting here watching you watching a movie I've already seen and I actually started crying again lol
I think that's the beauty of movies, sometimes they hit those emotions again even though you know it's coming lol
Lol me too
Guys, i really loved your reaction.
You really respected all the dramatic aspect of the movie by not saying stupid things like some youtubers do in dramatic, intense scenes.
Really appreciated!!
You have to watch The Others (2001) with Nicole Kidman. You'll be blown away!
10:56 that "BRO LEAVE!" was so genuine! Like that man offended you personally.
Great catches on all fronts. Also, remember when you guys remarked how the kid was speed walking at the beginning of the movie. The kid could see him and knew he was dead, and was actually trying to avid him. And when he agreed to talk with him, it was the first time he was able to speak with one of the dead people he sees without being afraid. And this eludes to the fact that Cole was helping the doc. the whole time deal with his own death.
I saw this when I was 12. This was the first good time a movie had done the "he was a ghost all along." It was a HUGE twist that no one saw coming and made this movie the epic movie it is. Too bad it was "duplicated" and parodied so much after cause people who see this today aren't impacted as much as when people in 1999 saw it.
It is a shame man, because I've seen this formula copied in some sort of way over the years and not as good either might I add. It helped me catch on far more early in the movie; I can't imagine the reaction of people when this first came out.
The opening shooter was Donnie Wahlberg. NO ONE recognizes him. He lost a ton of weight for the role.
I absolutely love this movie, and it holds up to repeated viewing.
The doctor asking about the cuts and bruises is the director.
Didn't he also play Duddits in Dreamcatcher. A film that not many people like, but i love it.
@@69coolchris Walhberg did. I had to look that up though.
So good in Band Of Brothers
Shyamalan always does a small part in his movies.
I recognized Donny !
Vincent, the one who shot Willis’ character at the beginning, is Danny Wahlberg: one of five members of the once famous boy band New Kids on the Block (late 80’s thru early 90’s), and brother to Mark Wahlberg (actor and once upon a time singer).
The actress, Toni Collette, who plays Cole's mom is Australian, but she's a great actress who does a perfect American accent.
Not just American but a Philly accent. I seem to recall Shyamalan being particularly impressed with that.
In my opinion, Haley Joel Osment is the best child actor ever. He was absolutely brilliant in everything he played. I also think that Dakota Fanning is a close second. Just my opinion, though.
He was adorable as Forrest Gump jr
Agreed. No over acting, so raw and real
Just caught this bit of foreshadowing
"You haven't told bedtime stories before."
"Uhhh, not too many, no."
"Well you have to add twists and stuff."
One of things I found to be sooo wonderful when the movie first came out was how people would protect the ending for others. My son's girlfriend saw the movie with her family and then said that she and he HAD to see it on their next date. She just told him it was a fabulous movie and left it at that. The next morning my son told me I needed to see the movie and just that it was a great movie. He and I went to see it that night. Then I told my sister and best friend they HAD to see the movie, it defied description, just have to see it 🙂 So the three of us went a few nights later. I love how everyone wanted to preserve the experience for the next person. ❤️. Just too good to spoil.
It's amazing how talented Haley Joel Osment was when he was acting. I remember watching the movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence when I was young almost every day. I really need to watch that again. It's beautiful. I'm thankful I got to experience and grow up with these stories.
I'm late to the party but I wanted to mention that in the DVD commentary, it's mentioned that the color red was used to symbolize the spirit world. Anytime you see the color red, there are ghosts/spirits near by.
The car scene! Just two actors in a car repeating dialogue. It's an example of great script writing. No CG. No explosions. Just solid acting and line delivery.
I saw this film in theaters with my parents, and I DID NOT SEE THE TWIST ENDING!! 😱
Actress Toni Collette as the mom did a great job too. I love Toni Collette she's such a great actress ❤
Fantastic film!!! Haley Joel Osment and Toni Collett were just perfect, his performance always makes me cry
25:05 It's Munhausen by Proxy - when it's by proxy rather than hurting yourself or making yourself sick as a way of getting attention or validation, you're making someone in your care like a child or an elderly person sick as a means of getting attention or validation (basically creating a reason for you to be useful to someone, creating a "she needs me, I look after her" situation causing other people to say things like "He's such a tower of strength, the way he looks after his mother" or "we couldn't get without her"). The intention isn't for the victim to die however, just to stay sick for years, if not for life (they get sick, they go to the hospital, they get better, they come home, they get sick again), not sure if the scriptwriters didn't know that or if we're supposed to think that the mum gave her too much by accident.
Thanks you saved me the research. I couldn't remember what it was called.
That reveal scene creeps me out more than anything. Just the idea of a parent doing that...
Maybe she did mean to kill her daughter. Look at her red dress after the funeral while everyone else was in black. And she was enjoying herself! Plus she had another daughter she could poison.
@@TallyDrake Yeah I figured that even though she didn't mean to kill her she still got a lot of attention out of it, all the sympathy, flowers, hand holding. It's also what I meant when I said that the scriptwriters might not have known that the intention usually isn't for them to die. That's only what I've heard though.
@@agenttheater5 i dont rememver but i think she was the stepmother. Not sure because i havent see it in a while but i think it was said in the coments of the movie.
The kid that says come I’ll show you my dads gun collection makes me jump every time 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
A thing to watch for when you do a rewatch is the color red and an appearance of a ghost.
The use of the color red in this movie was used in such a great way.
If you rewatch the movie you’ll see the color red in strategic moments, particularly the door knob. M. Knight Shymalan used red symbolizes the closeness between this world and the next. The girl’s mom wore red to the funeral. The doctor’s wife wore red on their anniversary. The boy’s mom is wearing red in the conversation in the car about the grandmother.
Don’t forget the red 🎈
What got me is realizing that the kid rode the bus to that funeral by himself. That young man is a fine and talented actor.
Excellent movie! Now when will you guys get around to "Train to Busan"? You guys will NOT regret it!!!
YES, TRAIN TO BUSAN
TRAIN TO BUSAN!!!
Yes!! Talk about adrenaline! ENTIRE MOVIE! 🍿
Yes!
The young actor should have won an Oscar and every award going. He was amazing. Truly a very talented young man.
Toni Collette has been in some great movies, Hereditary is phenomenal psychological thriller & Knives Out is a great mystery crime drama in case you haven't seen them. Highly recommend them!
Hereditary is one of the strangest movies ive ever seen lmao
Muriel's Wedding
@@kellyzak2375 "You're terrible, Muriel."
It was Toni Collette's role in Muriel's Wedding which the director saw. and cast her in this movie.
I don't know how I stumbled up on this channel but I'm hooked. Subscribed. Please keep up the great content
It's astonishing how differently this film plays when you know the twist. The second viewing is awesome. Kinda like Knives Out.
Another M. Night Shyamalan movie you guys should check out is Signs. It’s got Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix
Criminally underrated film!
Great film
I detest Signs, because its point is that you have to believe everything God says.
When the boy says, I see dead people, I figured out the twist. My mom figured it out practically from the beginning of the movie. She's very well read so I wasn't surprised by it. She figured it out when he had his first dinner with his wife.
The scene where cole was locked in the closet tramatized me to no return, I could never watch this movie alone or with the lights out! I believe in ghost and this freaked me tf out!!!
M. Night Shyamalan's movies always have crazy twists, but with a deep meaning. In this movie, he was the ER doctor that pointed out the bruises on Cole. As Stephen King often did in his movies, M. Night Shyamalan usually plays a small role in his movies too.
Yeah he is even the movie “signs” another amazing movie, he plays the drunk driver who kills Mel Gibson’s wife x
This movie kept me on an emotional roller coaster. I used to have weird feelings when I was a child and was committed to a psych ward, even though a lot of times what I said would happen DID happen. I stopped thinking so much because it would get me in trouble. This movie rocked me, Cole was so sadly mature and misguided.
The way the dad looked at the mother for poisoning her daughter was amazing acting as well I believe his outrage.
If you enjoyed this boy's performance you really need to check out another movie he's in called pay it forward it is so beautiful
Vincent the shooter, that is Donnie Wahlberg, re:new kids on the block and Mark Wahlberg/MarkyMark’s big brother. It’s mind blowing that he delivered that performance. It was brilliant.
The color red is very important in this movie. It's everywhere.
This movie is the reason I never went to film school.
I was a theatre major in college because acting is my dream, but while I love the stage I've always been more drawn to the screen. So I took some film classes to round out some credits, and briefly considered going back to school to study film once my acting degree had been won.
Then this film was shown in a class run by one of the film department heads. I had seen it before, but was happy to dig a little deeper. However, our professor shocked us at the end by revealing that this film was *not, in fact, a ghost story*. It was a story about a mom abusing her kid and a psychiatrist failing to see that.
She had three reasons for this take.
1. "Shyamalan's wife is a doctor who has dealt with cases like this and she was consulted heavily in the crafting of Cole's character". Yes...to set up abuse as a red herring. It's easy to forget that "I See Dead People" was supposed to be a mid-film twist that the trailers spoiled, so we're set up to think abuse was happening before that bombshell is dropped. I repeat: one of the film department heads at my college actually fell for a red herring and insisted it was still true after the actual plot is revealed.
2. "So-called 'Ghosts' in this movie can interact with the physical world. Ghosts can't do that." It depends on the lore of the story and the type of spirit you're dealing with. Ever hear of a Poltergiest? I tried to correct her on that in class along with another student in thr back who was a self-proclaimed occult expert, but we were dismissed and ignored.
3. This is the kicker, the last straw. "Ghost Stories are low art. The Sixth Sense is a good movie, therefore it cannot be a Ghost Story". I think that speaks for itself. And it was not the first or last time I would hear such pretentious, gatekeeping, dismissive, and just plain wrong attitudes come from a film professor or film student. And I decided I would never, ever waste my time studying film in an academic setting that encourages such pompous trains of thought.
Sounds like your professor had her head up their own arse.
Your professor sounds so annoying, how do they in any way explain the kids interaction with people who are dead and pass away? Like it's all filler? It never happened? I don't understand how they focus so hard on that one instance in the movie. Film people can be pretty annoying, they sometimes think they see a "deeper" or "bigger" picture to a movie and it makes them smarter; it's sad. What a buzz kill.
@@OctoKrool please react to An American Werewolf In London (1981). It's my favorite werewolf movie of all time. The practical effects were nominated & won an Oscar for special makeup effects. The Oscars created a new catagory to be able to give Rick Baker who did the practical effects in this film an Oscar. John Landis who directed this movie had only directed comedy films before this movie & only did two other horror films after this film Twilight Zone The Movie & the crappy An American Werewolf In Paris movie. He eventually went back to comedy films with Coming To America. This is my favorite horror movie of the 80s with A Nightmare On Elm Street as second favorite.
@@OctoKrool I mean there often are bigger and deeper pictures to movies, which is what makes many truly great movies great. But to dismiss that it could exist in certain genres or that certain genres are default "low art" is idiotic at best and downright classist at worst. Remember, in their day the works of Shakespere were the equivilent of "cheap popcorn flicks" to the average nobleperson.
@@jesselester9722 it's been on the list for a while just haven't gotten around to it, but I promise it'll be done!
Definitly a horror/suspense fan "must-see"
When you realize that Malcolm was actually the first ghost Cole decided to talk to. Malcolm only helped him realize how good of an idea that was. Cole realized talking to ghosts helps himself.
Glad your enjoyed this. Unbreakable, Signs, The Village, The Visit, Split and Glass are the best films by this director. Anyone of these would make a great reaction video, the trilogy of Unbreakable, Split and Glass is pretty awesome.
Loved Unbreakable. It's a superhero movie, but obviously so at first.
This is a great reaction guys. I see’d you crying when he told his mum about his grandma. I don’t know anyone with a heart that couldn’t cry at that point.
It honestly hit me hard because I had a really good relationship with my grandma and when she passed away it was incredibly painful; that one part started bringing back those emotions again.
@@OctoKrool I think it would be someone not human to not be moved by that scene. When we lose people close to us I think we can all relate to Toni Collette.
I love how both kids could see ghosts too. Because with both patients having the ability it makes it a sixth since instead of a 1 time anomaly
Just found your channel. Loving the movie reviews. The brother matching mannerisms & facial expressions are awesome 😆
Thank you Crystal, having my brother be a part of this honestly makes it far more fun lol
Hayley Joel Osmont's earliest role was as Forest Gump Junior in (1994), then he was great in A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) in 2001, and Pay It Forward in 2003 or around then. He was also good in "I'll Follow You Down" as a young adult.
Fellas you just got a taste of what the 90’s were like.
It's amazing how easy it was to miss things the first time round. The anniversary scene in the restaurant with only one setting at the table. I know I'm late to the party but I'm currently making my way through your entire channel. Love the content. Keep up the great work.
that kid is a fucking amazing actor. Artificial intelligence is another great film
New sub based on this. One of the many easter eggs in the film re: the correlation between Cole and Vincent not a lot of people notice is that they both have poliosis, which often manifests as a streak of white hair. (There used to be a belief that if someone was frightened sufficiently their hair would turn white overnight.)
That kid got another one called A.I. (Artificial Intelligence). It is a must-see.
The Others is probably one of the most underrated movies ever.
Dakota Fanning is another amazing child actress. I recently rewatched I AM SAM and these kids are truly gifted.
Her sister Elle is even better.
Overrated. She used to act like a child with the emotional range of a 50 year old.
You guys give great reactions! And yes what a great movie! This is in my top ten favs of all time. Thanks for watching it.
"That's a rough one" - yeah, he didn't have a ghost of a chance with her at that dinner.
This film was HUGE when it came out. #1 at the box office for a couple of months and made a ton of money. The director, M. Night Shyamalan, played the doctor that examined Cole. Check out "Unbreakable" and "Signs" by him, too.
You guys are so fun and wholesome - I really enjoyed watching along with you! It's interesting to see people react to this one; the twist really gets to you.
Donnie Wahlberg was almost unrecognizable in this movie. He had seconds on screen and it set the tone.
One of the greatest plot twists in film history. This was also kind of a comeback film for Bruce Willis, his stardom had kinda slowed down. Great reaction guys 👍🏽✌🏾🔥
Great video guys!! I could see how the same parts that resonated with me did the same for you both. This movie is truly one of the best I have seen and both Haley Joel Osment and Bruce Willis do a phenomenal job making you feel both characters.
I saw this movie in the theater and no one saw the twist coming. We went and saw it again - the second watch was also interesting to spot all the clues you missed the first time around.
The patient in the start of the movie that shoots himself is Donnie Walberg from New Kids On the Block. ;) He did an amazing job. He turned out to be a good actor. Him and his brother both.
I actually didn't recognize it being him; he did such an amazing job even if it was just a short role!
@Carl Stone what does an actors religious beliefs have to do with their acting ability? Same as Tom Cruise and his Scientology has nothing to do with the fact that he is one of the greatest action movie stars. Nobody cares & nobody asked.
I don't know anyone who saw the twist coming. Loved your reaction. Yes, Haley Joel Osment's performance in this movie was phenomenal.
if you liked the kid's acting you may want to watch Paying it forward or Secondhand lions..... Love those movies.
THE PATIENT WHO BROKE IN WAS DONNIE NKOTB WAHLBERG. YUP.
He is so good in band o brothers.
He's also great on Blue Bloods!
...and the Saw series. And brother of Markie Mark Wahlberg from the Departed.
I mean can we all admit at this point that Donnie is the superior actor in the Wahlberg clan?
Watch fear. Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon. He is good in that.
M. Night Shyamalan caught lightning in a bottle with this timeless classic. He hasn't been the same since (though I like Unbreakable). 🤷🏿♂️
The mother keeping her kids sick is called *Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy* *Eminem's* mother did the same
But I was expecting a bigger surprise when you found out the guy was dead the whole time similar to the movie *(Ghost)*
You mean Munchausen by proxy.
Munchausen Syndrome is making yourself sick.
Its actually munchausen syndrome by proxy, munchausen syndrome is when a person makes themselves ill for sympathy and attention, by proxy is when they make someone in their care sick so that they get sympathy or attention or to be treated like a hero for saving them.
@@emeralddarkness 🤔I know this but this comment is a year old I don't know why I left out by proxy but I fixed it. Either way thanks for the reply👍😉
@@CaddyJim lol thanks for being cool about it! Munchausens by proxy is absolutely wild, and more people should know about it
What did Eminem’s mother do?
I was a little kid when I first saw this, my older sisters insisting I watch it with them so they could scare me, but I figured out the big twist by about 8:41. My sisters lost it 😆
Definitely worth doing a second reaction now you know the twist.
You can see that no one other than the kid interacts with Bruce and the kid looks surprised sometimes to see him near.
It is brilliant acting and directing all around.
I don't know how I found you guys, but I have gotten NO recording done today because of me binging your channel!🤣😫
You guys are great. Keep up the great work!
Great reaction guys! Some of those clues are perhaps a little "on the nose" nowadays. But back then, can you even imagine not seeing the ending coming? You're freaking heads would've exploded.
That's the thing a lot of movies have tried copying this formula so we got on a little earlier, but my god I can't imagine the reaction of people in theaters seeing this for the first time; it must have been such a great experience!
Exactly! It’s that first time experience that shook everyone. Just like when the original Saw came out. NO ONE expected that ending. Our jaws were all on the floor when we found out who Jigsaw was
Haley Joel Osment, that kid who played Cole, was only 5 years old when he played "little Forest" Gump Jr. in "Forrest Gump". If you haven't seen that movie, starring Tom Hanks, watch it. If you have seen it, check out the kid's acting chops at 5 yrs old. Also, Haley was in a nice little movie called "Second Hand Lions" when he was a teenager. And this movie, "The 6th Sense" was perfection in terms of suspense.
M. Night Shyamalan has a tendency to star in a tiny role in each of his films. That's him at 14:25
Thank you so much for sharing this reaction. I've seen the movie before, some years ago, and rewatching it with the two of you was perfect. Thanks.
I’m obsessed with the octopus mug.
Lol, it's one of my favorites; brother got it for me for my birthday!
I just found this video and I absolutely loved your reactions. When the emotions hit you they hit me all over again. Thanks for making this, it was great!! It's nice to see siblings making videos together too.
Love u guys! Also I wanted to comment on the Boyz In The Hood reaction. Love there are still men out there who would cry in a movie. Thank u. You are amazing. You are good people.
I saw this movie for the first time in the theater when it was released in 1999. Of course, nobody suspected the amazing twist! I remember having to watch it again because I was convinced Bruce Willis's character interacted with others and of course, I was wrong. This movie is such an icon and has influenced pop culture in so many different ways, it would be difficult for anyone to watch it now and not guess the surprise ending. But even so, this film holds up. The performances are stellar and it still packs an emotional punch after all these years. I'm not crying...you're crying!!
A+++++++ for the fantastic reaction you guys did. Both of you should watch some of the other M.Night Shyamalan films together: "Unbreakable," "Signs," "The Village," "The Lady in the Water," "The Happening," "Split," "Glass," and "The Visit." All of them contain his infamous twists and top notch actors.
I love watching a reaction video of this when most people come to dislike the wife because Willis trying to help Cole and fix his marriage, but she is cold, distant and seemingly about to have an affair.
But when you rewatch the film your opinion of her completely changes. You realize that she misses her husband and is in mourning and can't move on. She rewatches their wedding video and still celebrates their anniversary. The co-worker who shows an interest in her - you think he's a scumbag who's trying to sleep with a married woman, but he's actually a work-friend who is trying to start a relationship with a woman who has been a widow for about a year.
Any chance you guys would react to Ghost? It's a brilliant movie. Lots of fun 👍👍
If you haven't already, watch it again. You'll recognize more and things will have a deeper meaning.
Stir of Echoes (1999, Bacon) and The Others (2001, Kidman) are similar to this one.
",Do I make youe proud'...makes me cry every time!!
This reaction was so good omg!
Absolutely Brilliant movie to watch all the way through, bits you missed, even though you know the ending, so much more to the movie
love how emotional you guys are. You should react to The Lake House. It is an incredible classic with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reves. You'd love it I'm sure. Great reaction you guys