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After the screening of "The Sixth Sense", screenings started quickly!
In Hollywood, the mode of on-demand screening and expanded release does not mean that it is suitable for any movie.

Some movies use spot screenings to collect reviews and word-of-mouth of the movie because of the great uncertainty of the movie itself, so as to determine the scale of release.

But some movies are different. Some movies are entirely because they have confidence in the movie and hope to spread word-of-mouth and accumulate popularity through screenings. When they are released, they will achieve a concentrated explosion at the box office.

The Sixth Sense is undoubtedly the latter.

Because although the first screening was also to determine the scale of the release, this movie was a collaboration between Li Yi and Dean Films. Although the investment did not reach A-level, the treatment was definitely A-level.

Soon, under the public relations of Dean Films, Hollywood film critics and the media began to interpret and evaluate the film.

Veteran Hollywood film critic Taylor has a very high evaluation of "The Sixth Sense" in his personal column.

"This is a most special tender thriller!"

"Thriller movies, blood plasma movies, supernatural movies, these types of movies are often sold for visual impact, but "The Sixth Sense" has brought me a huge surprise!

In fact, Hollywood has never lacked thriller and suspense horror films. The large number of works of varying levels produced every year is dazzling, but there are really few that can be called classics and can test IQ.

With sequels flooding the big screen, with original movies almost disappearing, with innovative movies, Hollywood, which seems to be under a spell, can be said to be called classic movies, and there are fewer and fewer. I once said that Hollywood needs new ones. Element, Hollywood needs someone who dares to break the rules.

Undoubtedly, this director from Huaguo, Li, is such a person.

"The Sixth Sense" is a movie that breaks the rules!

"The Sixth Sense" is also a classic thriller and suspense movie, and it is also a typical ending movie.

Ending-style films are the title of a category of films that I have customized. Most of them focus on horror, thriller and suspense films, and the three are often combined.

What they have in common is that they all have an unexpected ending.

The rhythm of these films is often progressive, because in order to tell the story well from the beginning, the director has set up the situation step by step from the beginning, paved the way for the atmosphere, and made all preparations for the detonation of the ending at the last moment.The classic ending-style movies are endlessly memorable. When you are eagerly guessing the ending, a shocking moment suddenly comes. After experiencing the baptism of this stormy climax, all the previous details will unconsciously emerge to you. In your mind, then you will find that the fit between these details and the ending is so ingenious.Then you will look up to the sky and sigh, feeling that you have encountered such a masterpiece again, savoring the infinite special pleasure during the period.

A good ending-style movie has very high psychological requirements for the audience, so if you know the ending in advance and then watch it, it is undoubtedly the biggest harm to this kind of movie, and the viewing pleasure is destined to be greatly reduced. .Therefore, there is an unwritten rule among movie fans. It is a big taboo for movie fans to reveal the plot or ending of an ending movie in front of people who have not seen it.It not only irreparably damages other people's enjoyment of viewing, but also gives oneself a reputation of being unkind, harming others and oneself.

So why do classic ending movies always make us unforgettable?
Let's imagine why a little boy named Cole, who is less than ten years old and lives with his mother, has indifferent and sensitive eyes that shouldn't belong to his age.He is indifferent because he is rejected by his peers, and he is sensitive because of the constant fear welling up in his heart.

Cole was a tough kid.But I couldn't even bear to say this seemingly ordinary word, how much pain and fear his young heart was suffering behind it.

"I can see dead people..." When Cole curled up under the quilt and told the secret to his trusted Dr. Mike with a trembling voice, his crystal eyes were filled with uncontrollable tears.He was finally able to release himself, to let go of a part of his heart that shouldn't be, because he finally found someone who trusted him.

A boy of his age should have enjoyed the happy time innocently, should not have understood the meaning of death under the care of his parents, and should have gotten along well with his peers.However, these do not belong to Cole.I don't know when he started to realize that he was different, but it is undeniable that this is a brutal process.

When he suddenly realized one day that the strange scenes he had seen since he was a child made him feel more and more uneasy and even frightened.

When he suddenly discovered one day that not everyone could see those terrifying "characters" of all kinds that would appear at some point.

When he suddenly discovered one day that telling these fears to anyone around him would get the same strange eyes.

He became silent, he stopped opening his heart to anyone, not even his own mother.Suppressing the fear in his heart to face these horrible things that he couldn't explain alone.Of course he loves his mother, and he knows her mother loves him too.But even so, he knew his mother wouldn't understand what really frightened him.He couldn't overcome those fears, but he didn't want his mother to worry, so he would ask his classmates he didn't like to pretend to be affectionate to go to school with him every day.

He is a sensible child. His father's premature death made him think about his mother more often, and he didn't forget to empathize even when facing inner fears.

However, no matter how strong and sensible he is, after all, he is only a child less than ten years old!
When his classmates made a prank and trapped him alone in the dark attic, he saw what he was least willing to face, and the fear he tried to hide made him cry hysterically and crazily until he fainted.

When he was ridiculed and looked at strangely by the people around him, the almost irresistible inferiority complex made him doubt himself.He already understood his difference, but he couldn't explain why it all happened.

"Am I really a monster?" This thought made him unbearable, and he also shuddered.

Fortunately, he met Dr. Mike, who was different from anyone who regarded him as a monster before.He doesn't look at him with that strange look that makes him annoying, he talks to him like a friend, teaches him crappy little magic tricks, and most importantly, he listens to every word he says seriously.Somehow, he felt that this person was the only one who could help him.

In fact, Mike didn't believe this autistic child at first. He analyzed what kind of mental illness he suffered from with the inertial thinking of a doctor.But he didn't want to hurt him, he carefully tried to pry into his inner secrets, he wanted to use a tactful way to avoid the issue of trust, but he failed.Distraught by his wife's estrangement from him, Cole's behavior made him feel that there was nothing he could do to heal him, and he decided to give up.

I once said that what I am most afraid of seeing is the disappointed and injured expression of the child, just like the helpless and innocent eyes of King Kong who fell in front of his beloved Ann on the island.So when Cole cried and begged the doctor to stay and help him, I could even feel the voice of the only hope rising in his heart being torn apart a little bit, which was extremely cruel.

Fortunately, this is a warm story.Dr. Mike heard something strange from the recordings when he was treating patients, and after tracing the root cause, he finally believed Cole's words completely.It was this kind of trust that had never existed before that once again infected Cole, who was already heartbroken.

He suppressed the fear in his heart and began to try to communicate with the ghosts that kept appearing, and found that, as the doctor said, they were looking for help.Then, the situation changed, and Cole, accompanied by a doctor, helped a dead little girl who had been around him all the time.More importantly, the doctor finally helped him untie the magic button in his heart.He understands his specialness, and he also understands his mission.He got over his fear and he grew up.

In fact, the highlight of this film is far more than the stunning ending, because if you haven't seen the film, I can't allow myself to reveal the details about this important ending to you in advance.And if you have already enjoyed this movie, I believe you still remember this ending!
What I'm trying to say is a small subplot where Cole asked his mom a question twice, each time when he was so overwhelmed with confusion and fear of abandonment that he couldn't bear it.

He looked at his mother nervously and asked her, "Do you think I'm really a monster?"

Then, this great mother, with a very serious tone, said a sentence to her baby that was enough to move me for the rest of my life:

"Baby, look me in the eyes! Never! Got it?"

For the first time, Cole smiled like a child, his eyes were full of trust, and his eyes were crystal clear: "Understood!"

At that moment, I understood the essence of this film, and also understood that this is really a classic.

Cole was lucky. He was lucky enough to meet Dr. Mike, and even if the so-called secret he said was absurd, he was still willing to patiently try to treat him even if he didn't believe it.

But in our reality, there is too little communication between parents and children. We are always impatient and always feel that children are talking nonsense. Many of us are not even willing to listen carefully!

So the theme that this movie wants to express is what makes people so touching and profound. Although the movie is a thriller, under the cloak of horror, what it explores is the relationship between people, loneliness, family affection and friendship. Communication is full of every shot in the movie. We will worry about the loneliness in the movie, be infected by family affection, and realize the importance of communication!

Perhaps, after watching the film, we all have to ask: Are we all still alive?Or are we just seeing what we want to see?

Do you really need help, yourself or someone else?When Mike said maybe he was still there to help someone, was he referring to himself or the boy?
"When people lose something they think it's been stolen, when in reality it's just been moved..."

There are also two secondary lines in this movie that cannot be missed.One is the gap of distrust and incomprehension between Cole and his mother caused by this weird world; Cracks that look like nothing.

The affection between mother and child and the love between husband and wife are the most important and profound emotions in the world.Therefore, when the son utters the grandmother's last words in the future, when the wife leaves behind the wedding ring that her husband should have worn in her sleep, the barriers and cracks disappear invisible with a hug and a drop of tears.

A good movie is always worth thinking about. This warm little movie includes sincere and eternal love, regretful but still touching family affection, friendship across ages, inevitable incomprehension in the process of growing up, loneliness and redemption. "

Film critic Chris also gave the film a high rating.

"This is definitely not a ghost movie or thriller in the ordinary sense!

From the horror film at the beginning, the pattern turns again and again, the ghost haunts in the middle part, and then turns sharply into a warm family film in the second part, and the climax of the last 5 minutes reveals the mystery, which is really unexpected.Even though I have watched many supernatural films, I have to admit that this is the most intriguing one.

If the world you see with your eyes is different from others, will you feel stressed?The answer is of course yes.Many people will bear heavy pressure for this, just because you are not the so-called "normal person" expected by your family and society, you must not be understood and accepted.

Little Cole is facing such an inherent dilemma. This nine-year-old child can see ghosts that ordinary people cannot see, but no one believes him, including his mother who loves him the most.The deepest memory is that Cole was sitting at the dining table, and his mother asked him why he moved the sideboard and drawers casually. Cole denied it, and then his mother broke out and ordered him to leave.

At this time, Cole wanted to explain in his eyes, but he stubbornly endured it. The fear, grievance and helplessness that a child should have... all appeared very real, which made people not only feel: how much pain this child has endured that should not be endured!It is also this scene that reminds me of the experience of this young actor.Perhaps it is precisely because he has had a similar experience that he was able to perform so movingly.

The performance in Rogers' film is also surprising. The psychiatrist he plays looks calm and steady, but his heart is undercurrent.

With guilt for the patients he had failed in counseling and his neglected wife, he approached Cole with a redemption mentality, trying to untie his heart knot, help him face his inner fear, and dare to fight with those who came to him. The soul dialogue... "Maybe, they need your help!" Yes, this is the foreshadowing that the film has always hidden in the deepest part.Mike's word became a prophecy, not only himself, but all the audience did not expect that this is the salvation that Mike finally obtained through Cole-who made who?Who is redeemed by whom?

When you see the ending, you suddenly realize that everything has already been prepared by the director, which is really brilliant.It is also the core of this film that surpasses other supernatural films. He wears the cloak of a ghost, but he always talks about the communication between people.Although I shudder, what I remember is warmth.

Every soul in the film who longs to be saved, whether he is alive or dead, including Cole, Cole's mother, and Malcolm, finally got the answer he wanted.Some learned it through others, while others discovered the truth on their own.After all, all the conflicts in this world can be resolved through love. When Cole's mother heard the phrase "everyday" brought to her by her son's grandmother, tears flowed down her cheeks. Be released - although the space is blocked, love will never be absent.

Even if you have already seen this film, or already know the ending, don't give up and watch it again!He will tell you: the world we see may not be all.What you have always believed may not necessarily be the truth. Right and wrong, normal and heresy are always relative terms. "